Jean-Paul Sarte - Five Plays. Signed, Limited Edition, Franklin Leatherbound, with "Notes From the Editors" Laid-in. 1978. No Exit; The Flies; 3 Others

Fine; pristine. See scans and description. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Signed, Limited Edition. Signed by Jean-Paul Sartre on the third free end paper. First Edition Thus. Includes the rather scarce 22-page "Notes from the Editors", which accompanied this edition in its original shipment. Octavo, 484 pp., mood-capturing illustrations by Robert Borja. Full rich red leather, gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, pink moire endpapers, with matching satin page-marker ribbon. Franklin's as-always lavish binding, in a limited signed edition of five of Sartre's most memorable plays: No Exit; The Flies; Dirty Hands; The Respectful Prostitute; The Condemned of Altona. The paper is 55-pound '1854' Cream, typeface is 11-point Primer, gilt is 22 karat. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. As New; bright, tight and immaculate. With the author's 'A Special Message to Subscribers from Jean-Paul Sartre', written in 1978 for this limited edition, and, of course, the separate 'Notes from the Editors', a very desirable example. See scans. LFR5