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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY, 7, "'1311. & Srmounce:a.'QQfos$a'.Sde Having Replenished Their Holiday Stock, AlsoAddingf Many Sets Not Shown Before r Join the Booklovers' Club SI Down, SI a Books Are Delivered on the First Payment Lagt Opportunity to Secure Qboks- of the Jenson Society No Owner of a Library Can Afford to Miss This Great Opportunity Don't Misconstrue These Sets With So-CaUed Edition De Luxe Sets THIS is the second and last shipment of our allotment of Library Books of the Jenson Society, whose publications have always been sold by subscription and found only in the finest private libraries through out the United States, This is the first time, also the last time, that these books can be purchased at retail. f In order that you may convince yourself that our books are superior in binding, printing and plates, we will give" you the privilege of taking these books to your home and comparing them with sets offered in other sales throughout the city, These books are all printed on semi-featherweight paper with deckle edge,, and come from the celebrated University Press of Cambridge, which guarantees the finest presswork. They are all illustrated with photogravures, and in every case the frontispiece is colored by hand, We lay particular stress upon the fact that all these books are limited editions and numbered, and that the limit is absolute, When these sets are sold you can neyer hope to duplicate them, The Jenson Society has sold all its publications antf plates, and this last allotment closes out their remaining stock, Until now only the wealthiest could avail themselves of the opportunity of securing books of this character, owing to the prohibitive subscription prices, By joining our Booklovers' Club, the professional man, the business man, the student, the minister, the clerk and the wage-earner may secure these library sets on an easy-payment system, No better time to start your library than now. You have a year in which to make your payments. Avail yourself of this extraordinary opportunity, -fl It brings'to A r , t i J 1L -J.'.- L II 11--' j L 1 M l! 1 you the works or tne wona-iamous amnorb Ralzae 18 vols.: subscription price $54.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $21.25 Dickens 15 vols.; subscription price Book Lovers Club, per set .......... . -if . Ruskin 15 vols.: subscription price 4i.W': Book Lovers Club, per set $1.65 Thackeray Lr) vols. ; subscription price $45.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set v .' $17.65 Scott 12 vols.; subscription price $36; Hook Lovers' Club, per set $14.15 Prescott 12 vols.; subscription price $36.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $14.15 Dumas in vols.; subscription' price $30.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $11.75 Carlyle 10 vols.; subscription price $30.00; iBook Lovers' Club, per set $11.75 Hawthorne ft vols.; subscription price $24.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $9.50 Plutarch 6 vols.; subscription price $18.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $7.25 BROWNING, ROBT. The complete works of Robert Browning, edited by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke in twelve volumes. The Arno edition of Robert Browning has been planned tq meet the needs of book buyers and is an edition with lull notes and annota tions ; the paper is a fine laid, soft and flexi- ble, with deckel edge. The printing is done by 1 the celebrated University Press of Cambridge, from new plates ; the binding is stamped in gilt and the illustrations are thirty-six in number and all in photogravure printed on Japan paper. Subscription price $36.00 ; Book Lovers' Club, per set 3ie.zo MACAULEY LIMITED EDITION. Lord Macauley, in 20 volumes, complete, in jt new edition which will be appreciated by col lectors of fine books. 1 he paper is a deckel edge, semi-featherweight, which gives a vol ume of "remarkable lightness ; and the illustra- tions comprise eighty fullrpage photogravures n Japan paper from copies that have been care fully chosen, bach' trontispiece hand colored. In fine buckram with leather label;' subscrip tion price $bu.uu; nook Lovers uut3 per let $25.00 In three-quarter Morocco with Morris paper sides and linings; subscription price $80.00; Book Lovers' Ciub, per set. $37.50 SMOLLETT LIMITED EDITION. Dalquhurn edition Tobias Smollett in 12 volumes. The letter-press is from new plates bv the University Press of Cambridge and is printed on old Stratford deckel pape. The illustrations comprise 48 photogravures on etching paper and the frontispiece in each volume hand colored. In fine buckram with leather label; subscrip tion price $42.00 ; Book Lovers' Club per set $15.25 In three-quarter Morocco with lorris paper sides and linings ; subscription price, $7.00 per vol.; per set, $84.00; Book Lovers' Club. $24.25 -.. FIELDING LIMITED EDITION. $harphan edition of Henry Fielding, in 12 volumes. A new edition on old Stratford deckel-paper, with 48 photogravures on etch ing paper, and frontispiece in each volume hand colored. In fine buckram with leather label; subscrip tion price $42.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set ..... ...:..! $15.25 In three-quarter Morocco with. Morris paper sides and lining; subscription price v$84.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set . .$24.25 '::' STERNE. Twelve volumes Jenson Society edition Printed from new plates, numbered" and lim ited; subscription price $36.00; Book Lovers' Club per set .... .'. .$15.25 Week A at bucn a smau price inai ine payment is BURTON EDITION ARABIAN NIGHTS. Buckram bound, gilt top. deckel edge, illustrat ed in photogravure in 17 volumes, limited and. unibered. Printed by the Burton Club for r:vate subscribers onlv. Subscription nrice $70.00 : Book Lovers' Club nrice $39.95 ' DEFOE LIMITED EDITION. 16 Volumes. Cripplegate edition of Daniel Defoe. A new edition from new letter-press, on old Stratford deckel paper and with ft 6 photogravures on etching paper. Frontispiece in each volume hand colored. Bound in fine buckram with leather label; sub scription price $56.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $20.50 GAUTIER. Thcophile Gautier the complete works in 12 volumes; Illustrated in photogravure and others ; a limited number edition ; subscription Prj" $'MM Book Lovers' Club, per set. $14.15 Farbe's edition in 24 volumes, limited and numbered. University Press, Cambridge, letter-press, printed on featherweights paper with deckel edge; illustrated in photogravure and hand-colored frontispiece to each volume. In plain buckram, flat back, gilt top, leather labels, uncut edges; subscription price $72.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $23.50 IRVING. Washington Irving. Twenty-four volumes. A special limited edition authorized by the G. P. Putnam's Sons, on deckel edge, semi featherweight paper, giving a volume of re markable lightness ; with 82 photogravures on Japan paper by the best American artists, and each volume contains a hand-colored frontis piece. In fine buckram with leather label; subscrip tion price $60.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set ' ' ' '.. $3050 lenson Society edition of Irvine; 24 volumes. bound in half Morocco, illustrated in photo gravure, gilt top, uncut edges; subscription price $72.00 ; Book Lovers' Club, per set .$23.25 ELIOT. The St. James edition of the complete works of George Eliot, in 10 volumes. Paper and letter press are of the best; illustrated in photor gravure. In mauve cloth ; subscription price $30.00 ; Book Lovers' Club, per set $9.98 In three-quarter Moreno; subscription price $40.00 ; Book Lovers' Club, per set $14.50 FRANKLIN. 10 volumes ; cloth ; good print and good paper; subscription price $25.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $7.50 PEPYS. Is the edition imported by the MacMillan com pany and contains four illustrations to the vol ume. Limited edition, numbered, bound in cloth with paper labels, gilt tops, uncut edges. This is not the same as the cheap store edi tions; subscription price $30.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set .$11.25 HUGO. Complete edition of Victor Hugo Jenson So ciety edition. Bound in cloth with paper labels, limited and numbered edition and finely illustrated , 20 volumes; subscription price $35 ; Book Lovers' Clubper set $16.50 Same, in three-quarter Morocco; subscription price, $55.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $25.00 ; DUMAS. 15 volunfes; three-quarters leather; Library edition; illustrated; good print; Book Lovers' Club, per set - $10.98 ao re i eeoiuiiicemen naruiy noucea. LIBRARY CLASSICS. An encyclopedia of Knowledge in 20 volumes. Comprising autobiography. Livy's "History of Rome." 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Illustrated in photogravure and wood cuts, Fine letter-press and binding; subscription price $S2.50; Book Lovers' Club, per set DeKOCK. $38.25 25 volumes. This is the only fine standard subscription edition of this author; cloth bind ing: subscription price $62.50; Book Lovers' Club, per set : $26.25 SHELLEY V. KEATS. 12 volumes. This is the only fine standard subscription, edition of this author; cloth bind ing; subscription price $30.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $15.75 RUSKIN. 30 volumes, printed by the Society of Ameri can and French Literature. Illustrated in photogravure and wood cuts. Fine letter-press and binding ; subscription price $82.50 ; Book Lovers' Club, per set $38.25 De MUSSET. From the new set of plates from the only English edition that has ever been made; cloth binding Limited and numbered edition ; Book Lovers' Club, per set $9.00 Same, in half Morocco ; Book Lovers' Club, per set $11.25 POE. Raven edition. Printed from the plates of George Putnam's Sons, numbered and limited ; cloth; Book Lovers' Club, per set .$9.00 Same, in three-quarters Morocco; Book Lov ers' Club, per set ...$11.25 WILDE. 15 volumes. This is printed fronji the only Complete set of this author made in this coun try and is much superior to the 10-volumc edi tions that are for sale, in moSt stores ; cloth ; subscription price $30.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $15.00 BULWER. The Bulvver is a scarce set, being one of the editions of 1891 published by Estes & Lauriate, and is not often found in the market. In the original buckram binding with paper labels ; subscriptionprice $80.00 ; Book Lovers' . .7T$43.'2C uiud, per set , . . AUSTEN. 10 volumes; cloth; illustrated J Book Lovers' Club, per set . $9.00 i : : ', ; 'iHlSlilV n tne Booklovers' Club , $1 Do wn, $1 a Week IC Books Are Delivered on the First Payment CERVANTES. Don Quixote. 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Subscription price $35. 00 ; Book Lovers' Club, per set . $15.00 Same, in cloth binding; subscription price, S-.'"! : Book Lovers' Club, per set ; $7.15 SHAKESPEARE. 13 voiumes; cloth, subscription price, $30.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $9.30 Flsinore edition, with historical and analy tical prefaces, comments, critical and explana tory notes by the most eminent Shakespearean scholars and commentators. 13 volumes, in a wood case; square. 12 mo.; three-quarters leather; gilt tops, with 21 full page illustrations in color; subscription price, $35.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $14.25 pri" $40.00 BoorLovers'Ciub: 0 volumes: bound in shot silk: illustrated; per set .$15.00 LOSSING'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. 8 volumes; three-quarters leather revised to date, 1910. A complete and fascinating nar rative of our country's life from earliest times to the present day. A pictorial marvel includ ing over 1000 illustrations and colored plates. 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H volumes; three-quarters leather, bound in handsome three-quarter leather de luxe style, gold tops, uncut deckel edge; illustrated with superb photogravures and half-tones; sub scription price $35.00 ; Book Lovers' Club, per set $9.75 GAUTIER 12 volumes, three-quarters leather; new edi tion de luxe of complete works; best transla-ti4isf-dkl by Prof.- Strmichrast of Harvard ; gold tops, silk bound bands ; each set numbered by hand; subscription price $35.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set $15.83 GOETHE. 7 volumes, three-quarters leather; new edition de luxe complete ; paper extra fine, type new and large ; illustrations include photogravures and half-tones; subscription price $30.00; Book Lovers' Club, per set .' $8.25 SCHILLER. 5 volumes, three-quarters leather, new edy;ion de luxe complete. 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