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The best place to get them is half price book store. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Charles pierre baudelaire 18211867 was a french poet, essayist, art critic, and translator of the works of edgar allan poe. Ep easton presss 100 greatest books ever written letters. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Easton press leatherbound space books collectspace. Easton press100 greatest books ever writtenthe adventures of huckleberry finn by mark twainthe adventures of sherlock holmes by arthur conan doylethe later adventures of sherlock holmes by arthur conan doyle the final adventures of sherlock holmes by arthur conan doyle. Ep easton presss 100 greatest books ever written letters republic. The flowers of evil used books and rare books from. Yeats 1976, the poems of ralph waldo emerson 1945, the essays of ralph waldo emmerson 1979, the poems of john donne 1979, poems of john keats 1980, leaves of grass by walt whitman 1977, the poems of robert. Browse our titles by author last name then first name. The flowers of evil, easton press 100 greatest books, charles baudelaire 1977. My goal is to someday acquire the entire collection.
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Although they offer a few series, most of their books are farranging in interest and topic, much more diversified than franklin library was. In beautiful prosepoetry, baudelaire expresses the fleeting, ephemeral, everchanging nature of beauty in modern, industrializing paris during the nineteenth century. Beautiful, leather bound easton press collectors edition from the 100 greatest books ever written collection. But, the publisher did take liberties in changing the covers and spine designs, the colors of the leather, the lettering of the titles, the endpapers, and the frontispiece for. Therefore, i decided to utilize easton presss list, but i could not find it anywhere. T he popular easton press books are fine books, primarily because of their high quality production methods, e. The 100 greatest books ever written checklist series note. Charles baudelaire the flowers of evil easton press 1st edition 1st printing hardcover norwalk, connecticut easton press 1977 fine, leather bound. Easton press 100 greatest books ever written 120 books. A small quarto measuring 9 12 by 7 34 with silk end sheets and a.
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Les fleurs du mal the flowers of evil is his most famous work. In beautiful prosepoetry, baudelaire expresses the fleeting, ephemeral, everchanging nature of beauty in modern. Includes paradise lost by john milton 1976, poems of w. Easton press 100 greatest books ever written up for auction is a set of the 100 greatest books ever written published by the easton press. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Some of our most popular easton press books are signed by. For those i dont own, i searched online to confirm that easton press at least published them, although this doesnt necessarily mean that they were published as part of the lomh. A selection contains 53 poems which the editors feel best represent the total work and which. I do believe there are actually at least 120 separate titles that were issued with this designation. The 100 greatest books ever written easton press book.
Aeschylus the oresteia aesop aesops fables alcott, louisa may little women. Easton press the 100 greatest books ever written attempting to add all books from this collection to the list. The flowers of evil easton press leather by charles baudelaire. The french the greatest french poet of the 19th century, baudelaire was also the first truly modem poet, and his direct and indirect influence on the literature of. Easton press the flowers of evil baudelaire great books. The easton press has been publishing fine quality leatherbound books for almost 30 years, using 22kt gold stamping on the covers, fine endpapers and sewnin satin bookmarks. Easton press the flowers of evil baudelaire great books 20th.
Easton press is a publishing house which specializes in high quality, leatherbound editions. The flowers of evil by charles baudelaire easton press leatherbound 1977. That makes for a quirky greatest books ever written list, which combines safe, outof classics like austen and dickens with some populist entries. The easton press is a publishing house and so it is restricted in what it can publishand what it thinks it can make a profit on. Easton press makes the worlds most beautiful leather bound books. Easton press library of the presidents leather bound. The reason for this is that, if you put the iliad in an easton press wonderful books series because your copy happens to be from that series, everyone with a copy of the iliad from any publisher will find that they now have a book in the easton press wonderful books series. Great deals on easton press limited edition leather antiquarian. Each book is bound in fine genuine leather with 22 karat gold decorations all page edges gilded with 22 karat gold, raised spine hubs, sewnin satin ribbon bookmarks, high quality paper, silk moire fabric endpapers and sewn pages for strength and durability. There are 3 books at the end of the list that i was unable to confirm have been published by easton press, much less as part of the lomh.
The flowers of evil hardcover 1977 by charles baudelaire author, the easton press contributor 4. Since i own several franklin library books, thought id highlight those here, so whenever i do stumble across a franklin library edition in a local bookstore, i can. Containing all the poems written for the original book, including the 6 banned poems, all translated by many poets of considerable ability, including james elroy flecker and edna st vincent millay. Aeschylus the oresteia aesop aesop s fables alcott, louisa may little women. So i wanted to ask more experience people about buying the easton press s 100 greatest books ever written collection. One of my favourite books of all time, i do not think i will ever sell it. All are in as fine condition with no markings or flaws. This volume is from the easton press collection of the one. Easton press 100 greatest books ever written this series was originally 100 books but throughout the years the easton press added an additional 25 titles. I have about 100 books scattered between home and office. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Yeats 1976, the poems of ralph waldo emerson 1945, the essays of ralph waldo emmerson 1979, the poems of john donne 1979, poems of john keats 1980, leaves of grass by. Easton press the 100 greatest books ever written 102 books.