WHAT A GREAT CHRISTMAS OR BIRTHDAY PRESENT THESE BOOKS WOULD MAKE AND I WILL OF COURSE COMBINE POSTAGE FOR MORE THAN 1 BOOK BOUGHT [MAINLY TO APPLY TO U.K AS ABROAD COSTS ARE MAINLY ON WEIGHT] [SEE END OF ITEM  DISCRIPTION FOR MORE POSTAGE DETAILS ] /// please note i am putting the the whole 100 volume set on e bay in the next couple of weeks the books are the 100 GREATEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME published From the years 1974 until 1982 at the rate of 1 book a month by the Franklin Library in a limited edition  [this set was this publishers 1st release as the firm had just been set up and is an offshoot of the Franklin Mint and  which closed in 2000] all  the books are full leather and the publisher used some unusual leathers as well as the Goat,Pig and Cow it also used unusual leathers like Buffalo Hide /// THE WHOLE SET ARE IN FULL LEATHER BOUND AND  USE ARCHIVAL OR  ACID FREE PAPER HAVE SILK MOIRE ENDPAPERS, SEWN IN SATIN BOOKMARKS, RAISED BANDS ON THE SPINES AND SEWN PAGES [NOT GLUED] OVER 95% ARE ILLUSTRATED . THERE IS 22 K GOLD ON THE PAGE EDGES WHICH IS THICK TO THE TOUCH [AND ACTUALLY IS USED TO STOP THE SCOURGE OF BOOKS, FOXING AS IT SEALS THE CONTENTS] ALSO 22 K GOLD IS USED FOR THE DECORATIONS ON THE FULL LEATHER COVERS [WITH THE PRICE OF GOLD AT PRESENT  YOU COULD RENDER EACH BOOK DOWN AND MAKE $ 20 EACH BOOK] ALSO ALL THE  BOOKS WERE FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. I ALSO HAVE A LETTER FROM FRANKLIN MINT STATING THEY WERE SENDING ME 25 'EDITORS NOTES' IN A SLIPCASE  AS THESE WERE NOT SENT WITH EACH BOOK BUT ONLY IN BATCHES OF 25 WHEN YOU HAD BOUGHT THAT AMOUNT OF BOOKS .  I WILL PUT OF THESE BOOKLETS INTO EACH BOOK SOLD AND THEY ARE ALL INDIVIDUAL TO THAT  BOOK .   THESE EARLY FRANKLIN LIBRARY PUBLICATIONS WERE OF SUPERIOR QUALITY IN BOTH THE BINDINGS USED AND THE QUALITY OF THE CONTENTS  TO THERE RIVALS [INC EASTON PRESS] IT WAS ONLY DURING THE EARLY 1990s THAT FRANKLIN LIBRARY BOOKS QUALITY SLIGHTLY  DECLINED [AND EASTON PRESS PROGRESSED] THAT THIS WAS REVERSED.  ALL THESE BOOKS ARE FROM THE 1ST PRINTINGS OF THIS SET ARE ALL IN VERY GOOD + CONDITION BOTH INSIDE AND OUT  [I DONT LIKE THE WORD 'MINT' ]IF YOULL PARDEN THE PUN //// BOOK OFFERED  IS THE TRIAL BY FRANZ KAFKA  WITH THE  ILLUSTRATIONS OF  PHERO THOMAS   [SEE PHOTOS]   THE BOOK IS LARGE 8 MO  [ LARGE NOVEL SIZE ] AND IS PUBLISHED BY THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY IN A LIMITED EDITION IN 1977 THE BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD + CONDITION BOTH IN THE LEATHER COVERS WITH 4 RAISED BANDS ON THE SPINE , THE GILT BRIGHT , AND THE CONTENTS ALSO VERY GOOD  BRIGHT AND CLEAN  AS EXPLAINED IN THE PARAGRAPHS ABOVE LOVELY 'ORNATE' FULL LEATHER BINDING WITH NO DEFECTS ,BOOKPLATES OR  INSCRIPTIONS  TO REPORT. THE BOOK EVEN SMELLS GREAT  //// PLEASE NOTE !!! BECAUSE OF BINDING MATERIALS , PAPER USED AND THE USE OF 22 K GOLD THIS BOOK IS VERY  VERY HEAVY  /////   I TRY TO BE CRITICAL WITH MY DISCRIPTIONS SO THEY MAY SEEM A LITTLE LONG  /////// PLEASE  CHECK OUT MY FEEDBACK COMMENTS AS A PURE SELLER ARE HARDER TO ACHIEVE   ///POSTAGE COSTS  [TO UK ONLY] THIS BOOK= 5- [POUNDS] /// BOOKS UP TO 4 KILO IN WEIGHT  =7-90 [POUNDS]/// UP TO 6 KILO= 10 POUNDS///8 KILO =12-50 // 10 KILO =13-50 ////12 KILO= 17-50 /// 15 KILO =20-75/// 18 KILO= 23 POUNDS/// [ POSTAGE TO U.S.A, ASIA., AUSTRALIA AND CANADA =  11 ENGLISH POUNDS  / /EUROPE = 8  [POUNDS]//// [OTHER ABROAD  POSTAGE COSTS ON REQUEST FOR MORE THAN I BOOK  ]