Bidspirit auction | 15 Easton Press Leather Bound

15 Easton Press Leather Bound Collector Edition Books - A collection of 15 volumes from the Easton Press Collector's Edition series, published in Norwalk, Connecticut. The assortment includes titles from the Masterpieces of American Literature and Great Books of the 20th Century series, as well as classic philosophical works. Identified titles include The Analects of Confucius, The Poems of William Cullen Bryant, Jude the Obscure, Looking Backward, Politics & Poetics, Lysis, or Friendship; The Symposium; Phaedrus, The Republic, and The House of Mirth. The books are bound in genuine leather of various colors including burgundy, forest green, navy, tan, and black. Each volume features elaborate gilt-stamped decorative patterns on the boards, hubbed spines with gilt lettering, all-edges-gilt (AEG), moiré silk endpapers, and permanent silk ribbon page markers. Illustrators and editors noted include Leonard Baskin, Agnes Miller Parker, Thomas W. Nason, and Louis Untermeyer. Each title page bears the Easton Press logo and the statement Collector's Edition Bound in Genuine Leather. 5E