Illustrated Unillustrateds |
In 1944 The Modern Library introduced its line of illustrated editions. Lasting only a few years, the series had a total of 20 laviously illustrated titles. (For the details, see Modern Library Illustrated Editions and Guide to the Illustrated Editions.) But a number of other regular & giant editions were also illustrated, some with just decorative line drawings but others with quite detailed drawings, maps, and photographs. A list of those with at least two illustrations appears below. If you know of others not on this list, please let us know. Thanks to collector Drew Asson whose observations about the illustrations in Tortilla Flat prompted the creation of this page. |
Tole # |
Author |
Title |
Illustrator |
| 258.2 | Alcott, Louisa May | Little Women | Jousset, Albert de Mee |
| 175.2 | Bemelmans, Ludwig | My War with the United States | Bemelmans, Ludwig |
| 285.1 | Blake, William | Selected Poetry and Prose | Blake, William |
| 379.1 | Bradford, William | Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647 | Raisz, Erwin |
| 106.2 | Bronte, Emily | Wuthering Heights | Eichenberg, Fritz |
| G035.1 | Bury, J.B. | History of Greece | misc. |
| G013.1 | Carlyle, Thomas | The French Revolution | misc. |
| G028.1 | Carroll, Lewis | Complete Works of Lewis Carroll | Teniell, John |
| 174.1, G015.1 | Cervantes, Miguel de | Don Quixote | Dore, Gustave |
| 094.1 | Cooper, James Fenimore | Leatherstocking Saga | Marsh, Reginald |
| 208.1, 208.2 | Dante | Divine Comedy | unknown |
| G027.1 | Darwin, Charles | Origin of Species/Descent of Man | misc. |
| 110.2 | Dickens, Charles | David Copperfield | Brown, Hablot Knight ("Phiz") |
| 151.1 (1939 + later) | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor | Brothers Karamazov | unknown |
| G060.1 | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor | The Idiot | Robinson, Boardman |
| 207.1 | du Maurier, George | Peter Ibbetson | du Maurier, George |
| 028.3 | Flaubert, Gustave | Madame Bovary (later bindings) | unknown |
| 026.1 | Gilbert, W.S. | Mikado and other Plays | Bab [?] |
| 148.2 | Heyward, Dubose | Porgy | Nadejen, Theodore |
| 089.2 | Hudson, W.H. | Green Mansions | Kauffer, E. McKnight |
| 112.2 | Hughes, Richard | High Wind in Jamaica | unknown |
| 318.1 | Kafka, Franz | The Trial | Salter, George |
| 182.1 | Kent, Rockwell | Wilderness | Kent, Rockwell |
| 056.2 | Longfellow, Henry | Poems | unknown |
| G064.1 | Melville, Herman | Moby Dick | Kent, Rockwell |
| 152.2 | misc. | Outline of Abnormal Psychology, Revised | misc. (some diff. from 152.1) |
| 152.1 | misc. | Outline of Abnormal Psychology | misc. |
| G081.1 | misc. | Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor | unknown |
| G048.1 | misc. | The Metropolitan Opera Guide | Serebriakoff, Alexandre |
| G073.1 | misc. | Subtreasury of American Humor | misc. |
| 235.1—235.4 | Nevins and Commager | Short History of the United States | misc. |
| 164.2 | Newton, A. Edward | Amenities of Book Collecting | misc. |
| 150.1 | Pennell, Elizabeth Robins | Art of Whistler | Whistler, James Abott McNeill |
| G029.1 | Prescott, William H. | Conquest of Mexico and Conquest of Peru | unknown [two maps] |
| 280.1 | Saki | Short Stories | Saki |
| 216.1 | Steinbeck, John | Tortilla Flat | Gannett, Ruth |
| 100.2, 100.3, 100.4 | Swift, Jonathan | Gulliver's Travels (etc.) | unknown |
| 042.1 | Symonds, Arthur | Art of Aubrey Beardsley | Beardsley, Aubrey |
| 131.3 | Thackery, William M | Vanity Fair | unknown |
| 085.3 | Thurber, James | The Thurber Carnival | Thurber, James |
| 105.1 | van Loon, Hendrik Willem | Ancient Man | Van Loon, Hendrik Willem |
| 047.1 | Voltaire | Candide | unknown |
| 041.1 | Weinberg, Louis | Art of Rodin | Rodin, Auguste |
| 197.1 | Wells, H.G. | Tono Bungay | Wells, H.G. |
| 005.1 | Wells, H.G. | The War in the Air | Papé, Frank C. |
| G050.1 | Whitman, Walt | Leaves of Grass | Angelo, Valenti |
| G009.1 | Young, G.F. | The Medici | misc. |