The Distinguished Library of Frank Capra. Apr 26 & 27, 1949. Sale #1060, First Editions XV-XX Century in Exceptionally Fine Condition Including Boccaccio's Decameron, London 1620; Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, William Caxton, 1478; Queen Elizabeth's Copy

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1949. Very Good condition. Moderate fraying and age toning to edges of the Yapp style cover (see below). Flat, uncreased spine. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. The Distinguished Library of Frank Capra. First Editions XV-XX Century In Exceptionally Fine Condition Including Boccaccio's Decameron, London 1620; Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, William Caxton, 1478; Queen Elizabeth's Copy of Montaigne's Essays. Parke-Bernet Galleries. 110pp. 380 lots. Partly priced, i.e. lots 1-210. Auction catalog of the film director's Frank Capra's magnificent rare book library. Among the highlights are the original manuscript for James Hilton's LOST HORIZON (which Capra filmed), , inscribed James Boswell's LIFE OF JOHNSON, inscribed SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser, a magnificent copy of Frankenstein in original boards, Henry nDavid Thoreau's A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS inscribed to Tennyson, Walt Whitman's LEAVES OF GRASS inscribed to Tennyson, presentation Hemingways; etc. Laid in is a blank printed bid sheet. Bound in the original wraps, printed in black, with "Yapp edges." So-called after the London bookseller who invented the style about 1860 (per ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS) Yapp edges overlap the edges of a book on 3 sides, and are thus understandably a little frayed. 7.25" wide by 10.25" tall. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. (vii), 112pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…