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Auction archive: Lot number 307

Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Press: The History of the Press and the Story of Its Types...The Character of the Man Set Forth by His Faithful Scribe Edward Johnston with The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful by Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson and a list of...

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$1,080
Auction archive: Lot number 307

Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Press: The History of the Press and the Story of Its Types...The Character of the Man Set Forth by His Faithful Scribe Edward Johnston with The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful by Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson and a list of...

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$1,080
Beschreibung:

Title: Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Press: The History of the Press and the Story of Its Types...The Character of the Man Set Forth by His Faithful Scribe Edward Johnston with The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful by Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson and a list of the Doves Press Printings Author: Pollard, Alfred W. Place: San Francisco Publisher: John Henry Nash Date: 1929 Description: xviii, [35], [1] pp. Illus. with tipped-in original vellum leaf from a Doves Press printing. 12½x8½, full vellum over heavy boards, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt, slipcase. No. 6 of 27 copies with a vellum leaf from a total edition of 339 numbered copies. First Edition. The inserted vellum leaf is from the Doves Press printing of Hamlet. O'Day pp. 68-69. Lot Amendments Condition: Slipcase sunned and with light wear, light spotting to vellum; near fine. Item number: 246645

Auction archive: Lot number 307
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 2014
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Press: The History of the Press and the Story of Its Types...The Character of the Man Set Forth by His Faithful Scribe Edward Johnston with The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful by Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson and a list of the Doves Press Printings Author: Pollard, Alfred W. Place: San Francisco Publisher: John Henry Nash Date: 1929 Description: xviii, [35], [1] pp. Illus. with tipped-in original vellum leaf from a Doves Press printing. 12½x8½, full vellum over heavy boards, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt, slipcase. No. 6 of 27 copies with a vellum leaf from a total edition of 339 numbered copies. First Edition. The inserted vellum leaf is from the Doves Press printing of Hamlet. O'Day pp. 68-69. Lot Amendments Condition: Slipcase sunned and with light wear, light spotting to vellum; near fine. Item number: 246645

Auction archive: Lot number 307
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 2014
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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