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Lot 221
Ashendene Press.- Thucydides. [History of the Peloponnesian War], one of 260 copies on paper, original white pigskin, 1930
Hammer Price: £1,800
Description
Ashendene Press.- Thucydides. [History of the Peloponnesian War], translated by Benjamin Jowett, [one of 260 copies on paper], printed in red and black with text in Ptolemy type, side-notes in Blado Italic, chapter headings designed by Graily Hewitt, initials by Eric Gill, original white pigskin, by the W.H.Smith bindery, spine titled in gilt and with seven raised bands, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, small stains to upper cover, spine yellowed and scuffed, [Franklin p.242; Hornby XXXVII], folio, Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1930.
Description
Ashendene Press.- Thucydides. [History of the Peloponnesian War], translated by Benjamin Jowett, [one of 260 copies on paper], printed in red and black with text in Ptolemy type, side-notes in Blado Italic, chapter headings designed by Graily Hewitt, initials by Eric Gill, original white pigskin, by the W.H.Smith bindery, spine titled in gilt and with seven raised bands, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, small stains to upper cover, spine yellowed and scuffed, [Franklin p.242; Hornby XXXVII], folio, Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1930.
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