Collection of Sixty Eight Franklin Library First Edition Leather Bound Books.  Comprising 68 volumes of signed first edition literary works. Examples include the novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) by Tom Wolfe, the short story collection, Quicker than the Eye (1996), by Ray Bradbury, Maya Angelou's memoir, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986), the historical novel, Billy Bathgate (1989), by E.L. Doctorow, and His Little Women (1990), by Judith Rossner.  All with leather bindings in varied solid colors, with gilt cover designs and leaf edges.  

{Approximate dimensions: 9 5/8" long x 6 5/8" wide x 1 7/16" deep, with variations.}.

In very good condition overall. Some with foxing primarily to leaf edges, a few with foxing bleeding from edges onto page margins, some covers with minor gilt loss, slightly bent corners, subtle browning. Please contact the Furniture and Decorative Arts Department for a detailed condition report on this lot.