Louise Newman collection of Limited Editions Club printed materials

The Limited Editions Club was a book club founded by George Macy (1900-1956) of New York in 1929 that printed unique and finely illustrated books in a limited run (usually 1500 copies). The copies contained original illustrations by celebrated artists, including Pablo Picasso, Thomas Hart Benton and Norman Rockwell and were often signed by the illustrator, author and/or publisher. Each title typically had a special cover (often in leather) and came in a slipcase or clamshell box.

After Macy's death in 1956, his wife, Helen, took over management of the business until 1968. Beginning in 1968, her son, Jonathan Macy operated the business until 1970 when he sold it to Boise Cascade Corporation, who then sold it to Ziff-Davis Publishing Company who then sold it to Cardavon Press. Cardavon operated the company for most of the 1970s before selling it to Sidney Shiff in 1978. Shiff changed the focus of the company and produced only works by fine art artists, rather than illustrators and graphic artsits. He also reduced the number of copies printed to 300 and raised the annual subscription price to $5,000. Currently, Sidney's wife, Jeanne, is president of the company but there have been no new works printed since 2010.

Source: https://www.abebooks.com/books/george-macy-illustrated-classics/limited-editions-club.shtml https://www.majure.net/lechistory.htm