Lot 364
Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Maud, from an edition limited to 125, Essex House Press, 1905 & two others, private press (3)
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Maud, one of 125 copies, hand-coloured frontispiece by Reginald Savage after Laurence Housman, hand-coloured capital initials, printed on vellum, edges slightly toned, original blind-stamped vellum, spine gilt, corners slightly bumped, Essex House Press, 1905 § Cellini (Benvenuto) The Treatises...on Goldsmithing and Sculpture, translated by C.R. Ashbee, one of 600 copies, photogravure plates, woodcut illustrations, errata/advertisement leaf at end, some slight spotting, original buckram, uncut, a little bumped, spine sunned, paper label to spine, slightly torn, Essex House Press, 1898 § Milton (John) Lycidas- A Monody, printed in red and black, with gilt initial, toning to title and rear endpapers, edges uncut and browned, original vellum, slightly spotted, title and author to upper cover in red ink, original green silk ties, Nene Press, 1904, v.s. (3)
Description
Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Maud, one of 125 copies, hand-coloured frontispiece by Reginald Savage after Laurence Housman, hand-coloured capital initials, printed on vellum, edges slightly toned, original blind-stamped vellum, spine gilt, corners slightly bumped, Essex House Press, 1905 § Cellini (Benvenuto) The Treatises...on Goldsmithing and Sculpture, translated by C.R. Ashbee, one of 600 copies, photogravure plates, woodcut illustrations, errata/advertisement leaf at end, some slight spotting, original buckram, uncut, a little bumped, spine sunned, paper label to spine, slightly torn, Essex House Press, 1898 § Milton (John) Lycidas- A Monody, printed in red and black, with gilt initial, toning to title and rear endpapers, edges uncut and browned, original vellum, slightly spotted, title and author to upper cover in red ink, original green silk ties, Nene Press, 1904, v.s. (3)