Lot 206
Shakespeare Head Press.- Malory (Sir Thomas) The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur, 2 vol., one of 370 copies, Oxford, 1933
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Shakespeare Head Press.- Malory (Sir Thomas) The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur, 2 vol., number 94 of 370 copies printed from the Wynkyn de Worde edition of 1498, printed in red and black in double-column, woodcut illustrations, original full brick-red morocco, spines gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut, small 4to, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1933.
⁂ One of a small number bound in full rather than the more common half morocco.
Description
Shakespeare Head Press.- Malory (Sir Thomas) The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur, 2 vol., number 94 of 370 copies printed from the Wynkyn de Worde edition of 1498, printed in red and black in double-column, woodcut illustrations, original full brick-red morocco, spines gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut, small 4to, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1933.
⁂ One of a small number bound in full rather than the more common half morocco.
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