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London, Orbit, 1994. Ivanhoe is sometimes credited for increasing interest in romance and medievalism; John Henry New 'The Way of All Flesh' 'exploded like a bomb' in Edwardian England. Vonnegut was a prolific writer, publishing 14 novels, 3 short-story collections and five plays over a 50 year career.

With such a sterling resume, Bradburys Fahrenheit 451 is an obvious candidate for the collectible books canon, and Easton Press took note.

It depicts the formativ Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. Stephen Ambrose was a historian and presidential biographer who made his mark on the American literary establishment with his book, a manner that the layperson could absorb, understand and appreciate. Not only was he a world-renown science fiction author, but he did stints as a photographer in World War II, a newspaper journalist for West Coast publications in the 1950s, a book reviewer, ecological consultant and lecturer. He taught at six schools between 1957 and 1967, all in Manhattan.

Dune tied with Roger Zelazny's This Immortal for the Hugo Award in 1966, and won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel. [1] Shields, Charles J. The work immediately rose to the upper echelons of the New York Times bestseller list and stayed there for 16 weeks. Henry Holt and Company.

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He was one of the best-known writers of the 20th and, 21st century, earning many awards for his work, including a 2007 special citation from the Pulitzer Prize committee for his distinguished, prolific and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy. [1] In a tribute to Bradbury after his death, the New York Times called him the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream. [2]. Spawned by a nightmare that Stevenson had, this classic tale of the dark, primordial night of the soul remains a masterpiece of the duality of good and evil within us all.

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Animal Farm is a dystopian novella by George Orwell.

Proudly created with Wix.com. As a point of reference, the average sale price of this edition on eBay as of June 25th is $105.

It is one of the most influential works of philosophy and political theory, and Plato's best known work. In this post, Ill feature 6 of these titles.

6 Collectible Books from Easton Press and Why They're Collectible.

Celebrated novel traces the moral degeneration of a handsome young Londoner from an innocent fop into a cruel and reckless pursuer of pleasure and, ultimately, a murderer.

Dune, published in 1965, earned the distinction of becoming the best-selling science fiction novel of all time. I do know that EP customer service is working from home, so I assume the bindery is short staffed if not altogether shut down for a time. Easton Press published the work as a Signed First Edition in 1997 with a limited run of 1000 numbered copies.

Translated here into modern English, these tales of a mo Works by modern and Victorian critics are presented together with poems from each stage of Browning's literary career. Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut, Signed Modern Classic. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Pri Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological character. A great number of these books found their way to the secondary market, where there is a lively trade among buyers and sellers. [1]. His career and writings were not without controversy, but in a, 21st century, earning many awards for his work, including a 2007 special citation from the Pulitzer Prize committee for his distinguished, prolific and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy. [1] In a tribute to Bradbury after his death, the, With such a sterling resume, Bradburys, Frank Herbert was a man of many talents.

Unlike the tall-tale, idyllic worl At this challenge, Mary Shelley began work on the 'ghost story' that was to evolve into the most celebrated horror novel in literary history.

Citizen Soldiers, Ambroses 1997 account of the WWII battles fought in northwest Europe from D-Day to the end of the war, was on the New York Times bestseller list in both hardcover and paperback during the same week. The book was the basis for a film of the same name in 1999. Included with the book is an insert of Collectors Notes.

The book is narrated in free indirect speech following the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with matters of upbringing, marriage, moral rightness and education in her aristocratic socie Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers, is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. It was published in two parts: Faust. Frank McCourt, Angelas Ashes, Signed Modern Classic, An Irish-American teacher and writer, whose parents were immigrants, Frank McCourt was born in New York City in 1930 and lived in Brooklyn. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a guard of the musketeers. I mean, do they ask which titles you want before the send them? The Set in the London of AD 2540 (632 A.F. Yet another article relating to Gerry Hannan and Frank McCourt.

The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collision, who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powe Rostand's hero has become a figure of theatrical legend: Cyrano, with the nose of a clown and the soul of a poet, is by turns comic and sad, as reckless in love as in war, and never at a loss for w With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature.

Easton Press issued the work as a Signed Modern Classic in 1998, nicely bound in full blue leather with gold gilt borders and crests. Although the work was not without controversy and accusations of exaggerated claims, the novel won the National Book Critics Circle award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1997. He is in constant conflict with the Nurse who tries to enforce the rules. This was stated back in November. Its full title Alonso Quixano, a retired country gentleman in his fifties, lives in an unnamed section of La Mancha with his niece and a housekeeper.

Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play, although more appropriately it should be defined a tragicomedy, despite the very title of the work.

The stories were first published in magazines in 189394. The Republic is a Socratic dialogue by Plato, written c. 380 B.C.E..

Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Signed Modern Classic.

4. Items in the Worthopedia are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members research needs. No one else writes books on these subjects; they are inaccessible to normal novelists." Originally called De Principatibus (About Principalities), it was origi Jane Eyre is a first-person narrative of the title character, a small, plain-faced, intelligent and honest English orphan.

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Commo Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. It defen Leaves of Grass (1855) is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem written by Virgil in the late 1st century BC (2919 BC) that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the For daring to peer into the heart of an adulteress and enumerate its contents with profound dispassion, the author of Madame Bovary was tried for "offenses against morality and religion." In 1999, Easton Press published the book as a Signed Limited Edition, bound in handsome, full black leather, accented with gold gilt borders and crests.

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Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953, and considered by many to be one of Bradburys best works, is a dystopian novel where a future society outlaws books and burns any subsequently found. He began his career as a novelist in 1955 with the serial publication of Under Pressure in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction, later issued as a book by Doubleday, The Dragon in the Sea. When the Time Traveler courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700--and everything had changed.

In an interview with Robert K. Elder during a discussion of Keseys college years at Stanford, Kesey recalled, I was too old to be a Beatnik, and too young to be a hippie. [1]. 05 June 2012.

The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by English author Rudyard Kipling. From my own experience buying and selling Easton Press books, Ive discovered the Library of Military History, Masterpieces of Science Fiction and Signed Modern Classics series to be good hunting grounds for collectible EP books.

Growing up in the Great Depression, Vonnegut saw his familys fortunes wane in a few years, emotionally scarring his mother, who later committed suicide. It is one of his most played pieces. As Dorian Gray sinks into No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. His cross-country bus trip with the Merry Pranksters chronicled in Tom Wolfes 1968 award-winning novel The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test cemented his reputation as a counterculture hero almost as much as his brilliant literary talent. Gerry Hannan The Truth. He has become obsessed with books of chivalry, and believes th Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 January 29, 1963) was an American poet.

Do keep us posted if Good Omens shows up on the web site.

Since his first appearance in Beetons Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created.

Until he left again for America at 19, Frank and his brothers worked odd jobs and stole food to help feed the family.

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Included with the text are multiple archival photos of World War II operations in Europe. In over 40 years of publishing, theyve produced some very fine editions of titles recognized by readers and scholars alike as exceptional examples of their genre. So, to say there is an ample supply of pre-owned Easton Press titles available to the book scout would be an understatement. Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. Do they just arrive and you have to send them back if you don't want them?

Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Roc Billy Budd, Sailor is a novella by American writer Herman Melville, first published posthumously in London in 1924.

Frank Herbert was a man of many talents. Responding to the claims of misrepresentation in the work, McCourt described the book as a memoir, not an exact history [1].

Looks like Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett is coming soon to the MSE collection.

28 July 2009. In over 40 years of publishing, theyve produced some very fine editions of titles recognized by readers and scholars alike as exceptional examples of their genre. As a point of reference, as of June 17th, the average sale price of this edition on eBay was $316. Looks like this offer is still available.

Slaughterhouse Five catapulted Vonnegut to literary fame and became a rallying cry for the generation opposed to the Vietnam War.

Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that Candida, a comedy by playwright George Bernard Shaw, was written in 1894 and first published in 1898, as part of his Plays Pleasant. Ill highlight the noteworthy features of the edition by Easton Press and/or the features of the work itself that enhance its collectability. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1912.

I started collecting him later and only have 3 of his EP editions. Easton Press published their first edition of Dune in 1987 as a Masterpiece of Science Fiction title, richly bound in full Maroon leather with a gold gilt accented fremen motif on front and back covers. The many hats Herbert had worn in his career strongly influenced the story of Dune a saga of an interstellar society in the distant future where control of the planet Arrakis, the only source of a much coveted spice (drug), necessary for space navigation, is fought over by the competing factions of the society.

The narrative is non-linear, involving several flashbacks, and two primary narrators: Mr. Lockwood and Ellen "Nelly" Dean. [1] Elder, Robert K. Down on the peacock farm.

Malcolm Edwards in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction wrote: Much of Herbert's work makes difficult reading. Cuckoos Nest tells the story of a rogue patient who disrupts the routine of the ward by encouraging the other patients to break the rules.

[1] I Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the Lunyu, also known as the Analects of Confucius, are considered a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples, as well as the discussions William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. Herbert examines how politics, religion, ecology, technology and human emotion play a part in the human conflict over control of the spice.

Seventy-seven w Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861.

This lyrical tragedy of two star-crossed lovers and their feuding families is one of the world's most famous love stories. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce.

Some people think a signed version of "Good Omens" was in the works. Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Keseys first successful novel published in 1962, was an instant hit and the basis for a stage play and film of the same name, winning 5 Academy Awards.

I'm hoping they reprint some of Gaiman's other books.

Constructed of fine materials using old school bookbinding techniques, featuring hubbed spines, 22KT Gold accenting, acid-neutral papers, and satin ribbon bookmarkers, they found a niche with book lovers and no offense to Easton Press library stylists.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870.

Books published by the Easton Press in the signed modern classics series are bound in full genuine leather with gold gilt accents. Salon Magazine.

It is a cat-and-mouse game between a tormented young killer and a cheerful Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmrchen) is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. Not only was he a world-renown science fiction author, but he did stints as a photographer in World War II, a newspaper journalist for West Coast publications in the 1950s, a book reviewer, ecological consultant and lecturer. From my own experience buying and selling Easton Press books, Ive discovered the.

The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, pre.

Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story.

He survived the firebombing of Dresden by Allied forces while hiding underground in a meat locker.

Published in 1998, EP issued Fahrenheit 451 as a Signed Modern Classic, handsomely bound in full black leather with gold accented borders and boards.

An American novelist, short story writer, reporter and creative writing teacher at the University of Oregon, Kesey considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the Hippies of the 60s. His anti-war sentiments and notoriety after the publication of, Vonnegut discovered his talent for writing as co-editor of, I hope youve enjoyed this short preview of just a few of Easton Press Collectible books.

The Talisman is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. The book germinated from Keseys experiences as an orderly on the night shift at the Menlo Park Veterans Hospital.

The story centres on Isabel Archer, an attractive American whom circumstances have brought to Europe. His teaching career began shortly thereafter.

Wells's famous novel of one man's astonishi Fathers and Sons is an 1862 novel by Ivan Turgenev, his best known work.

The novel garnered the American Academy of Arts and Letters award in 1954, the Prometheus Hall of Fame award in 1984, and a Retro Hugo Award in 2004 for a Best Novel.

Many titles claimed a spot in multiple series.

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Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California. As a point of reference, the average sale price of the book on eBay as of July 3rd stands at $87. The central characters are clergyman James Morell, his wife Cand A shipwrecks sole escapee, Robinson Crusoe endures 28 years of solitude on a Caribbean island and manages not only to survive but also to prevail.

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Born in 1922 in Indianopolis, Indiana, Vonnegut was of German descent and the youngest child of a wealthy family.

The story of the abandoned waif who learns to survive through challenging encounters with distress and misfortune. The science-fiction inspired plot concerns the life of Billy Pilgrim, an army chaplain in World War II, a survivor of the Dresden bombing, a time-traveler, an abductee for a time on an alien planet, and a victim of several life tragedies born out of his captivity in Dresden during the war.

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For children it remains an enchanting fantasy; First published in 1851, Melville's masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick's words, "the greatest novel in American literature."

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