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A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press by Morris, William (1834-1896); Cockerell, S.C - 1898: Together with a Short Description of the Press by S.C. Cockerell, & an Annotated List of the Books Printed Thereat

by Morris, William (1834-1896); Cockerell, S.C

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A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press by Morris, William (1834-1896); Cockerell, S.C - 1898

A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press: Together with a Short Description of the Press by S.C. Cockerell, & an Annotated List of the Books Printed Thereat

by Morris, William (1834-1896); Cockerell, S.C

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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1898. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/4 5 5/8 7/16. Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press: Together with a Short Description of the Press by S.C. Cockerell, & an Annotated List of the Books Printed Thereat; by Morris, William (1834-1896); Cockerell, S.C.. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by William Morris, and sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. 1898. Limited First Edition. First Printing. 8vo: 8 1/4" x 5 5/8" x 7/16" (21 x 14.3 x 1.1 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 525 [at ten shillings] paper copies (plus 12 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [iv] + 70 + [1, colophon] + [1, blank] pp. Printed in black and red throughout with the Golden type designed by Morris for his press, with 5 pages in the Troy and Chaucer types he designed. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. The frontispiece, "Psyche Borne off by Zephyrus," designed by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, was engraved by William Morris for a projected edition of THE EARTHLY PARADISE in the 1860s and was "touched up" by Robert Catterson-Smith. Rejected ornaments for LOVE IS ENOUGH. Woodcut borders (4a and 4) to frontispiece and first page of text. One 6-line woodblock initial capital designed by Morris for his press, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper, plus four large, 20-line woodcut initials (designed for the Froissart, but never used). Errata slip laid in. This was the last book printed at the Kelmscott Press. It was finished at No. XIV Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the County of London, on the fourth day of March, MDCCCXCVIlI. [Clark Library, Kelmscott and Doves, pp. 62-63. Peterson A53. Ransom, Private Presses, p. 331, no. 53. Sparling 53. Tomkinson, pp. 121-124, no. 53.] Lacking errata slip. Light wear and soiling to boards. Small 1 cm ink stain to back board, possibly originating at the time of printing. Handsome bookplate of Chareles Walker Andrews with a motto: "CUM GRANO SALIS.". Pencil marks on title list at rear, likely a tally of the books acquired by the previous owner. Very good. Condition overall: Very Good.
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  • Illustrator Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
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  • Publisher Kelmscott Press
  • Place of Publication London/Hammersmith
  • Date Published 1898
  • Size 8 1/4 5 5/8 7/16
  • Keywords William Morris, collectable, Kelmscott Press, First Edition, Fine Press, rare, Private Press, colophon
  • Size 8 1/4 5 5/8 7/16

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The Bread of Days
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The Bread of Days

by Paz, Octavio, Eliot Weinberger, and Samuel Beckett (Translator)

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A Fine - oversize book approximately 14 by 10 inches – in a Near Fine slipcase with slight rubbing, touch of edge wear and several light spots on one side. The limited edition book (11 of 81 numbered copies) contains twelve poems, a collection  of classical Mexican poetry spanning five centuries by eleven of Mexico's greatest poets with an introduction by Weinberger, commentary and notes on each poem by Nobel Laureate Paz, and a discussion between Weinberg and Paz concerning Beckett’s (also a Nobel Laureate) translation of the poems. The book includes multicolor etchings created especially for this edition by Enrique Chagoya who is becoming one of  the most  highly regarded  Mexican-American  artists of his generation. The twelve full-page plates were produced by the master printer, Jesus Romero under the supervision of the artist; each signed in pencil by Chagoya. Book is signed on a limitation page by Paz, Weinberger, and Chagoya. The text is printed entirely in letterpress on handmade… Read More
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Apparently with no surprise.
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Apparently with no surprise.

by [Hagner, Dirk] Emily Dickinson.

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San Juan Capistrano, California:: Inkswine Press,, 2020.. Edition of 8. 15 x 11.5" (38 x 29.25 cm); 20 pages. Collagraphs. Chine collé. Letterpress printed with debossed running text. Screen printing. Bound in paper over boards with leather spine. Front cover with printed titles and black glyph illustration. Signed and numbered by the artist. Dirk Hagner: "This large format case-bound book reflects on COVID-19 and is based on a poem by Emily Dickinson which she wrote in 1880, 'Apparently with no surprise'. "This time around the 'blonde assassin' on stage is played by the red-crested corona virus upstart. The sun proceeds but is unmoved. Life is often cruel and death can be random and unexpected, with God paring her fingernails while it all happens. "The book's pages follow the 8 lines of the poem, cutting up the words in several ways, and reassembling the pieces with collagraphs and chine collé, employing debossed running text… Read More
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The Mask of Evil.
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The Mask of Evil.

by Hagner, Dirk].

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San Juan Capistrano, California:: Inkswine Press,, 2021.. Edition of 10. 13.75 x 11.25 x .675 inches (35 x 29 x 1.8 cm); 12 pages pages including front and end matters on heavy 480 gm rag paper. Multi-color woodblock prints and letterpress type. Quarter-bound in black Kraftex leather over blue hand-made paper covered boards, with foil title. Signed and numbered by the artist. Dirk Hagner: "Brecht's 'The Mask of Evil' reveals beautifully the problem of being angry and hateful in this world: it's straining and a lot of effort - exactly what it looks and sounds like. Here it is interpreted with anxious typography, juxtaposed with calm organic wood textures.
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Cave Birds
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Cave Birds

by Ted Hughes

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These ten poems printed for the first time form part of "Cave Birds," a sequence of twenty poems written by Hughes between 1974-75 to Baskin's drawings. The poems are published together with prints from the related drawings and each poem is accompanied by a facsimile of a draft selected from the poet's working papers. The elephant folio sized prints are signed by Baskin, numbered, and dated. The book is quarter white paper, with hand-made chocolate paper sides and light brown label stamped in black. Unpaginated. Portfolio is 20 x 14 1/2 inches. The Baskin prints are printed on Barcham Green paper. The text of the poems is printed on handmade paper by F. Amatruda, Amalfi. The matching burlap covered fitted portfolio with ties contains both the prints and the book. Number 93 of an edition limited to one hundred copies, each copy of the book signed by the poet, Ted Hughes, and the illustrator, Leonard Baskin. Fine condition.
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The Cats of Copenhagen
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The Cats of Copenhagen

by Joyce, James

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9780957068414
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First Edition. New. Copy E of 26 Lettered copies. Signed by the printer and the illustrator. The Lettered Deluxe issue, printed on Crisbrook Waterleaf handmade paper, is in loose imperial quartos, with hand-marbled paper-wrappers and presented in a cloth-covered slip-case. The first-ever appearance in print of James Joyce's story for children, The Cats of Copenhagen, in a special edition of 200 copies, limited to 26 Lettered copies, 170 Numbered copies & 4 copies Hors Commerce.Exquisite, surprising, and with a keen, almost anarchic subtext, The Cats of Copenhagen is a slightly younger twin sister to The Cat and the Devil, the only other known example of James Joyce writing a story for young children. Both works, penned within a few weeks of each other in 1936, are in letters posted to his only grandchild, Stephen James Joyce. Michael Caine has printed this large-format letterpress edition with virtuoso skill, setting the text in a wondrously expressive array of original, early twentieth-century… Read More
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The Potter's House
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The Potter's House

by Stegner, Wallace

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Muscatine, Iowa: The Prairie Press , 1938. The only edition of this title, his 3rd published book, limited to 490 copies. Cheever 23. Especially SCARCE in Fine condition AND with the original glassine dust jacket, Very Good, small chips at the tips and a larger triangular chip top edge rear panel. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Kelmscott & Doves Presses
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The Kelmscott & Doves Presses: an essay by Alfred W. Pollard, Presented with Leaves from the Kelmscott Golden Legend and the Doves English Bible. Calligraphy by Martin Jackson

by [Heavenly Monkey] Rollin Milroy; Martin Jackson.

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Vancouver, British Columbia:: Heavenly Monkey ,, 2019.. Edition of 50. 10 x 15"; 30 pages. Set in Centaur type. Printed on dampened Arches wove paper by Rollin Milroy with the HM handpress. Martin Jackson's caligraphy reproduced from polymer plates, printed in red. Written issue: copies 1- 12. Handwritten calligraphy. Signed by Martin on colophon. Bound by Claudia Cohen in handmade paper over boards, embellished with gold tooling. Housed in a box. Heavenly Monkey: "Alfred W. Pollard's introduction to the catalogue of William Andres Clark Jr.'s Kelmscott and Doves collections [was] originally printed in 1921 by John Henry Nash and issued in an edition of 150 copies. HM's edition [is] enhanced by the inclusion of leaves from the Kelmscott Press's 'The Golden Legend' (1892) and the Doves Press's English Bible (vol. 1, 1902); and the incorporation of Martin Jackson's beautiful calligraphy through the text. "Pollard's essay… Read More
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Poems
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Poems

by O'Hara, Frank; De Kooning, Willem [Art]

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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1988. First Edition. Near Fine. Limited edition of 550 copies; this copy is #136 with authorized facsimile signature of De Kooning. Elephant folio. Black Nigerian goatskin lettered in gilt, housed in black cloth clamshell case with gilt lettered black leather spine label. Includes 13pp. staplebound Limited Editions Club Letter. A bit of waviness to a few pages in middle of book, else Fine, housed in Very Good slipcase with worn spot to back edge of spine, a bit of pilling to cloth. Letter has small light crease to bottom corners, else near fine. 17 original lithographs by De Kooning, reproduced from charcoal drawings, illustrating the New York School poet's ode to the Dutch-American abstract expressionist painter.
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Sunrise is Coming after While
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Sunrise is Coming after While

by Langston Hughes

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New York: The Limited Editions Club. New. 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of the later Livre d'Artiste editions of the club, with a specific focus on African American art, authors and poets. Elephant Folio, 54pp housed in rough purple cloth clamshell case with a gilt stamped black leather cover label. Poems for this edition was selected by Maya Angelou, with several LEC Livre d'Artiste edition of her own work as well. The book is illustrated by 6 silkscreen prints by Phoebe Beasley, who has twice been awarded the coveted Presidential Seal for her work. Her works avers a deep desire to express "the love and humor that comes from Black family life". Her work therefore captures the spirit of Langston Hughes's poetry perfectly. Langston Hughes is also perfectly described by his biographer; "To many readers of African descent he is their poet laureate, the beloved author of poems steeped in the richness of African-American culture. To many readers who love verse… Read More
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The Revelation of St John the Divine
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The Revelation of St John the Divine

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New York: The Limited Editions Club. Near Fine. 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Revelation was written at the height of Christians prosecution by the Romans and the book as inspired many past literary masterpieces by the likes of Dante and Milton. For this edition the great American artist Allan Rohan Crite was inspired to produce fifteen relief engravings for possibly the ultimate illustrated edition of the book of Revelations. Revelations passionately speak against the power of evil and encourage Christians to resist even at the cost of martyrdom. Many critics considers this to be Crite's finest religious work. One volume (16 x 22 inches) Relief engravings were printed on Japanese paper and mounted on heavy paper handmade in Pescia Italy. Volume is handbound in burgundy linen and the solander box covered in black Italian cotton. The inset is Nigerian goatskin and the title stamped in 22-karat gold. The book is in NF condition with a few slight marks visible on the… Read More
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NOTE BY WILLIAM MORRIS ON HIS AIMS IN FOUNDING THE KELMSCOTT PRESS

NOTE BY WILLIAM MORRIS ON HIS AIMS IN FOUNDING THE KELMSCOTT PRESS

by MORRIS, William

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Syracuse, NY: Spare Moments Press, 1962. Staplebound paper wrappers. Spare Moments Press. 8vo. Staplebound paper wrappers. 5, (1) pages. Printed in an edition of 300 copies..."one hundred of which are marked as keepsakes for participants in a quiet evening at the Herity Press on June 26, 1962." Text is from "A Note By William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press..." Hamersmith, London, 1908.
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Printing Digital Type on the Hand-Operated Flatbed Cylinder Press

Printing Digital Type on the Hand-Operated Flatbed Cylinder Press

by Lange, Gerald

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Chatwin Books, 2018. Trade Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" New!
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PRIVATE PRESS.|THE
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PRIVATE PRESS.|THE

by Cave, Roderick

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New York: Watson - Guptill, 1971. cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 376 pages. First U.S. edition. Jacket lightly soiled, else a fine copy. Traces the development of the private press over the last 500 years. 83 figures in the text and 72 plates. Better printed than the second edition and containing some material not present in the first edition and thus still desirable.
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The Eye of Heaven: a Narrative Poem
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The Eye of Heaven: a Narrative Poem

by Efird, Susan

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Abattoir Editions, 1982. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. One of 150 numbered copies printed by Harry Duncan; this being #84. 9.25 X 12 inches. 40pp., bound in tan wraps with mounted cream printed paper label wrapping around the spine and front cover. Letterpress printed on Japanese Etching paper, from Poliphilus, Blado, and Fournier Ornate types; with 2 woodblock prints by Michael McCurdy. Faint dampstaining to the text margins of the fore-edge, else Very Good.
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Nomi no Kai
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Nomi no Kai

by Minegishi, Shinsuke

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Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers, 2006. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. [4]pp. Black & white frontispiece by Shinuske Minegishi, reproduced from the original engraving. One of 75 copies (from an edition of 100, signed and numbered by Minegishi). Designed by Rollin Milroy and printed by David Clifford at his Black Stone Press. Sewn into a Canson paper wraps. A Fine copy. // A previously unpublished essay by the artist, paying homage to a group of six Japanese wood engravers 'who were responsible for reviving the art form in that country'. Published to accompany the artist's first solo exhibition in the United States, at Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers, November 2006.
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The First Ten
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The First Ten: A Penmaen Press Bibliography

by Peich, Michael; Michael McCurdy

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Lincoln: Penmaen Press, 1978. First Edition, one of 500 copies printed. This copy SIGNED by McCurdy twice, at Title and Afterword. Woodcuts by McCurdy. Bibliographically describes all Penmaen Press books, broadsides and ephemera 1968-1978, with additional items. Includes 16 pp. of photographs of contributors: Peich, McCurdy, Lynd Ward, Allen Ginsberg and others. A demonstrable work of love. 9½ x 6½.. Near Fine original blue cloth-covered boards blind stamped with gilt lettering to spine in like dust jacket.
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A Song About Major Eatherly
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A Song About Major Eatherly

by Wain, John

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Iowa City, Iowa: Qara Press, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine -. Baasch, Norman. [16] p.: 2 linoleum cuts; 27 cm. Original light blue paper over boards with white paper label on front board, printed in black. "Printed by Gerald M. Stevenson, Jr. on Curtis Rag paper with linoleum cuts by Norman Baasch. Of an edition limited to 190 cpies, this is copy 25." -- colophon. This poem first appeared in The Listener on Aug. 6, 1959. Major Claude R. Eatherly was one of the pilots involved in the atomic bombing of Japan in World War II. In Near Fine- Condition: cover lightly soiled; pages are clean and crisp.
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Evening Redness
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Evening Redness

by Lawrence Clark Powell

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A collection consisting of four novels and reminiscences about Powell's career and his writing. Powell was a renowned expert in bibliographical matters and in addition to his writing held important posts at academic libraries. He possessed the rare gift of writing about books and personalities with a great deal of feeling and affection. Whole generations of book collectors, librarians, and book sellers came to admire his work and owe their inspiration to him.

Designed by Ward Ritchie for the Capra Press. One hundred copies were quarter bound in leather with patterned paper covered boards enclosed in a cloth covered slip case. 436 pages. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. The book is signed by Powell. Number 9 of 100 copies. Fine.
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Urban Birds
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Urban Birds

by Jo Spaul

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The editorial matter is set in Ehrhardt types, the contributors' list in Goudy Old Style & the poems in the attractive Hyperion, designed by Berthold Wolpe. Bound in black cloth with a bird blind embossed on front cover, title in silver on front and spine. 10 1/4 x 7 inches. Unpaginated. Number 70 of an edition limited to 180 numbered copies. A collection of 22 woodblock prints on a single theme, "illustrated" by poems of various authors. Spaul's images are taken from life in our urban surroundings. For, like the fox, there are few birds which are not urban. The creators of the book wished to accompany Spaul's images with poetry written by authors who tried to write about birds as birds, rather than just using them as vehicles to carry human characteristics. Fine.
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Choice of Churches
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Choice of Churches

by Michael Harrison

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In addition to writing the introduction, the author also assembled the text by various authors: Peter Porter, D.H. Lawrence, Father Bernard Walke, Jack Clemo, John Whitworth, Thomas Hardy, Charles Causley, Canon Hawker, Patricia Beer, and Sabine Baring-Gould. Lavishly illustrated with scraperboard drawings by Alan Richards. These drawings range from quarter-page images to two-page spreads. The boards are covered in a paper printed with another scraperboard drawing by the artist. 12 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches. 48 pages. Number 128 of an edition of 326 copies (36 of which were hand-colored under the direction of the artist). Signed by Richards and Harrison.
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The Story of Cupid and Psyche: The Speaking Tower. PRINT

The Story of Cupid and Psyche: The Speaking Tower. PRINT

by Morris, William; Edward Burne-Jones

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London: Clover Hill Editions at the Rampart Lions Press, 1974. Unbound. Fine. Burne-Jones, Edward. Burne-Jones, Edward. Unbound. Prints (sold individually) of Burne-Jones's illustrations which were originally designed to accompany The Story of Cupid and Psyche in a Kelmscott version of Morris's The Earthly Paradise. The book was never completed. The original woodblocks, carved mostly by William Morris, were left to the Society of Antiquaries after his death. The blocks were "rediscovered" in the 1960s, and in 1974, the Rampant Lions Press published an edition of the work using them. These engravings were printed from those original wood blocks. The book and prints were in a limited edition of 100. A separate cloth box housed 44 loose prints. Paper size: 13 x 9 inches. Image size: 4.25 x 3.25 inches. PRE/100716.
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