Books published by publisher Franklin Library

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. The signed, limited edition of The Caine Mutiny, signed by Wouk on the third free endpaper, with tissue guard. Accompanied by the quite scarce accompanying twenty-two page "Notes From the Editors" commentary, laid in. Illustrations are paintings, done for this edition, by George Jones. Stout octavo, 544 pp. As New; immaculate and pristine. See scans. Franklin's lavish leather binding of the Signed, Limited Edition of Wouk's 1951 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Rich russet top grain leather binding in Niger Goat texture; gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided; All Edges Gilt; black moire endpapers, and a matching satin page-marker ribbon. The gilt is 22 karat; the paper is 70-pound Medium Publisher's White "1854" book paper; text set in Aster typeface. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. As New; pristine and flawless, and protectively archived since arrival; page-marker has in fact never been moved. With the author's newly-contributed "A Special Message to Subscribers from Herman Wouk" prefacing the novel, and the seldom-retained "Notes from the Editors" which arrived with original shipments of the piece. This pamphlet does have a light stain on the front cover and a pencil mark on the rear cover. Please see all scans. Show this one off on the cocktail table; get a market copy to read. l-frnkln3

This book was published by the Franklin Library and is part of their "100 Greatest Books of All Time" series. They are a book collector's book and here is why: The Franklin Library 100 Greatest Books of All Time series was produced between 1974 and 1982 and are bound in full genuine leather with hubbed spines, acid-neutral paper, 22K gold leaf imprinting, gilded page ends, sewn-in silk bookmarks, moiré fabric endsheets, and Smyth-sewn bindings. Some of those terms are used exclusively in the book collectors world, but to be clear, they add up to the finest quality book you can behold. Franklin Library books grace the most prestigious libraries anywhere in the world and this "New" virtually flawless edition will serve as a wonderful gift or stellar addition to your personal library.