Wouk, Herman; Stegner, Wallace; Paton, Alan; McCarthy, Mary; Drury, Allen; Catton, Bruce; Roth Philip. [Franklin Library: Lot of 7 vols. from the Signed, Limited Editions Series] Herman Wouk: The Caine Mutiny (1977). Illustrated by George H. Jones; Wallace Stegner: The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1978), Illustrated by Charles Reid; Alan Paton: Cry the Beloved Country (1978), Illustrated by Howard Rogers; Mary McCarthy: The Group (1978), Illustrated by Miki; Allen Drury: Advise and Consent (1977), Illustrated by Walt Spitzmiller; Bruce Catton: A Stillness at Appomattox (1977), Illustrated by Bob Dacey;. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: A lot of 7 volumes. All are attractively bound in elaborately gilt decorated leather of various hues with all edges gilt. Each volume is signed by the author on preliminary leaf with a tissue guard. The 7 volumes are in very good + to near fine condition, with 4 showing some faint water spotting on the gilt at the top edge of the text block, and one (the Stegner) with a few pages slightly bumped and a tiny paint spot at the head of the spine, and one (the Catton) with a white paint stain at the top of the gilt edge and another (the Roth) with a faint tide mark at the top fore-corner of some early and late leaves. Very good+ to near fine condition

Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Wouk, Herman. THE CAINE MUTINY. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1978.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Franklin Limited edition. Illustrated by Edward Vebell. Issued unsigned, this copy is specially signed by Wouk on the title page. (The Franklin Library issued a signed edition of this title in 1977; the 1978 publication was issued unsigned.) Marine-blue leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker. Unread copy in Fine condition. Rare as such. Wouk's third novel. Pulitzer Prize winner and the basis of the Edward Dmytryk film with Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer and Van Johnson.

Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.