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Lot 67

Vale Press.- Marlowe (Christopher) & George Chapman.. Hero and Leander, one of 220 copies, original vellum gilt designed by Ricketts, 1894

Hammer Price: £1,100

Description

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, some light spotting, bookplates of Minnie Caroline Bell and Rainforth Armitage Walker, 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.

*** Again, 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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