Lot 474
Charles Ricketts & the Vale Press.- Marlowe (Christopher) & George Chapman. Hero and Leander, one of 220 copies, original vellum, gilt, [The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane], 1894.
Hammer Price: £1,000
Description
Charles Ricketts & the Vale Press.- Marlowe (Christopher) & George Chapman. Hero and Leander, one of 220 copies, Caslon type, wood-engraved illustrations and decorative initials by Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon, a little foxed and browned in parts, original decorated vellum, gilt, designed by Ricketts, uncut and partly unopened, lightly soiled, upper cover slightly splayed, [Watry A7], 8vo, [The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane], 1894.
⁂ Although not strictly a Vale Press item, like the five issues of The Dial and Daphnis and Chloe of 1893, it anticipates the press and contains the Vale Press device at end and at foot of the spine. The first true Vale Press publication was Milton's Early Poems issued in 1896.
The Property of J.Paul Delaney, author of a biography and other books on Charles Ricketts.
Description
Charles Ricketts & the Vale Press.- Marlowe (Christopher) & George Chapman. Hero and Leander, one of 220 copies, Caslon type, wood-engraved illustrations and decorative initials by Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon, a little foxed and browned in parts, original decorated vellum, gilt, designed by Ricketts, uncut and partly unopened, lightly soiled, upper cover slightly splayed, [Watry A7], 8vo, [The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane], 1894.
⁂ Although not strictly a Vale Press item, like the five issues of The Dial and Daphnis and Chloe of 1893, it anticipates the press and contains the Vale Press device at end and at foot of the spine. The first true Vale Press publication was Milton's Early Poems issued in 1896.
The Property of J.Paul Delaney, author of a biography and other books on Charles Ricketts.
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