(Association Copy) The All-Embracing Doctor Franklin

Portland, Maine: Privately Printed / Fred Anthoensen / The Southworth Press, 1932. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ASSOCIATION COPY, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"J. K. Lilly with the regards and the season's greetings of A. S. W. Rosenbach Dec.1/32" . #95 of 195 copies printed. Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners, in a Vey Good slipcase, stains and loss of outer paper at spine. A most notable Association in the book collecting world, J.K. Lilly's collection, considered one of the finest private libraries of rare books and manuscripts in the world., (truncated) was in great part assembled with the help of renowned bookseller A.S. W. Rosenbach. Lilly's collection was the founding basis for the Lilly Library at Indiana University, and the association between the two men has been wonderfully described in Joel Silver's "Dr. Rosenbach and Mr. Lilly: Book Collecting in a Golden Age", published in 2010 in a limited edition by Bird & Bull Press, and in a 20111 trade edition by Oak Knoll Press. This seller finds it hard to imagine a better Association Copy of this book. .. (Inventory #: 010141)