London: Faber and Faber. 1995 - 1997. Complete set of Faber Library, thirty volumes, all first printings. Occupies 26" of linear shelf space.
In 1995, Faber & Faber revived their "Faber Library" series which had originally been published between 1930 and 1990, releasing new titles and updating the Faber canon. Issued in five sets of 6-volumes each, the series is known for its distinctive style and format, with volumes planned to appear uniform on a bookshelf. The result is an extraordinary curation of novels, plays and poetry from some of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
Titles in the series are:
- Sassoon, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
- Eliot, Four Quartets
- Golding, Lord of the Flies
- Steiner, Death of Tragedy
- Hughes, Crow
- Kundera, Unbearable Likeness of Being
- MacNeice, Autumn Journal
- Larkin, Jill
- Osborne, Look Back in Anger
- O'Connor, Wise Blood
- Heaney, North
- Ishiguro, Remains of the Day
- Barnes, Nightwood
- Auden, Another Time
- Jarrell, Poetry and the Age
- Plath, The Bell Jar
- Stoppard, Jumpers
- Carey, Illywhacker
- Pound, Draft of XXX Cantos
- Durrell, Prospsero's Cell
- Spender, World within World
- Hammarskjold, Markings
- Hare, Plenty
- Cope, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis
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Joyce, Anna Livia Plurabelle
- Collis, Foreign Mud
- Genet, The Balcony
- McGahern, The Barracks
- Gunn, Jack Straw's Castle
- Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days
Issued both in sets and as separate volumes, volumes 1-6, 19-24, and 25-30 are sets in publisher's original slipcase; volumes 7-18 are individual.
Acquired over time with discernment, the books are in fine condition, many unopened, in fine dust wrappers.
A remarkable collection of titles from the venerated British publisher.
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