The Rime of The Ancient Mariner : One of 10 copies with a Separate Portfolio of Plates Signed And Numbered by the Illustrator
by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor & Le Cain, Errol (Illus.)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The sole UK printing published by The Arcadia Press, London in 1972. Number '9' of only 10 deluxe copies issued, from a total edition of 100 copies. Bound in full vellum with a separate portfolio of ten plates mounted, and all signed and numbered by the illustrator. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. The book is entirely hand manufactured. Hand bound by Zachnsdorf in full vellum. The limitation page is numbered and signed by the calligrapher David Howells, the paper-maker Philip Rowson and the illustrator Errol Le Cain. Illustrated with 10 full-page striking mounted colour plates by Errol Le Cain. The ten loose plates are in Fine condition and are within their original coloured mounts. They are all signed and numbered (number '9') by the illustrator. They are housed in the publisher's original marbled cloth portfolio with black ties. The portfolio case is complete and is a little rubbed in places. A sumptuous production and one of the highlights from the Arcadia Press.
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- Bookseller
- Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125935
- Title
- The Rime of The Ancient Mariner : One of 10 copies with a Separate Portfolio of Plates Signed And Numbered by the Illustrator
- Author
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor & Le Cain, Errol (Illus.)
- Illustrator
- Le Cain, Errol
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Illustrated Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Arcadia Press, London
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1972
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Le Cain, Coleridge, Mariner, Arcadia
Terms of Sale
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
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Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
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