Lot 174
Vale Press.- Marlowe (Christopher) and George Chapman. Hero and Leander, one of 220 copies, The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894.
Hammer Price: £550
Description
Vale Press.- Marlowe (Christopher) and George Chapman. Hero and Leander, one of 220 copies, Caslon type, wood-engraved illustrations and decorative initials by Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon, some leaves browned, ex-library copy with perforated stamp to pp.5/6 and 97/98, and also ink stamp to former, original decorated vellum, gilt, with 'Pearl and Thread' design by Ricketts, uncut, preserved in cloth chemise and slip-case (a little rubbed), [Watry A7], 8vo, The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894.
⁂ Not strictly a Vale Press item, but it contains the Vale Press device at end and at foot of the spine.
Description
Vale Press.- Marlowe (Christopher) and George Chapman. Hero and Leander, one of 220 copies, Caslon type, wood-engraved illustrations and decorative initials by Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon, some leaves browned, ex-library copy with perforated stamp to pp.5/6 and 97/98, and also ink stamp to former, original decorated vellum, gilt, with 'Pearl and Thread' design by Ricketts, uncut, preserved in cloth chemise and slip-case (a little rubbed), [Watry A7], 8vo, The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894.
⁂ Not strictly a Vale Press item, but it contains the Vale Press device at end and at foot of the spine.
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