The Franklin Library First Edition Collection, 40 Volumes

Franklin Library First Edition Collection

True First Editions, First Printings

Featuring Vonnegut, Roth, Heller, Updike, Wouk, Shaw, and Le Carre

40 Volumes

Published from 1976 through 1980 by the Franklin Library, the First Edition Series contracted with leading publishing houses to produce limited first editions of some of the finest books written during that period. Besides being beautiful leather bound books, they are the true first edition, first printings of some very significant works. The editor of this series was John R. Hawkins. The books feature the usual Franklin Library fineries of a full leather cover, gold gilding and gilting, silk moiré endpapers and a matching satin bookmark. The collection consists of the following titles in alphabetical order:

A Coat of Varnish by C.P. Snow

A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman

A God Against The Gods by Allen Drury

An American Prophet by Gerald Green

Anna Hastings by Allen Drury

Beggarman, Thief by Irwin Shaw

Black Night, White Snow by Harrison E. Salisbury

Collected Poems by W.H. Auden

Dubin's Lives by Bernard Malamud

Evidence of Love by Shirley Ann Grau

Full Disclosure by William Safire

Getting Up and Going Home by Robert Anderson

Good As Gold by Joseph Heller

History by Elsa Morante

Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut

Kalki by Gore Vidal

Marry Me by John Updike

Now, God Be Thanked by John Masters

Picture Palace by Paul Theroux

Proteus by Morris West

Recapitulation by Wallace Stegner

Roosevelt and Churchill by Joseph P. Lash

Selected Letters by William Faulkner with paperback companion volumne

Selected Poems 1923 – 1975 by Robert Penn Warren

Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut

Sons Come and Go, Mothers Hang In Forever by William Saroyan

Sophie's Choice by William Styron

The Alcestiad by Thornton Wilder

The Bold and Magnificent Dream by Bruce Caton

The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman by J.P. Donleavy

The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre

The Human Factor by Graham Green

The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner

The Unmade Bed by Francoise Sagon

The Walnut Book by John Hersey

The Winthrop Covenant by Louis Auchincloss

Trinity by Leon Uris

Two By O'Hara by John O’Hara

Whistle by James Jones

Women of Crisis by Robert Coles

Please note that there are 41 total volumes but the companion book to the Faulkner title is a paperback and has not been included in the count of 40 books. I have classified the condition of the collection as FINE- to FINE. The books are in excellent condition with no bookplates or internal markings of any kind. A few of the books have very minor gilt marks and very minimal shelf wear. As a collection they are in exceptional condition. The cost of shipping by USPS Media Mail with delivery confirmation is included in the price.