Doves Press.- Pollard (Alfred W.) Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Press, number 2 of 27 copies with a specimen leaf on vellum, from an edition limited to 339, printed in red and black in cloister Lightface, specimen leaf from the Doves Press 'Hamlet' (printed in red and black with a large initial "W" in green supplied by hand by Edward Johnston tipped in at beginning, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original vellum, ruled in gilt, by Hübel & Denck of Leipzig, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly soiled, with 11pp. prospectus in original blue printed wrappers preserved in later Japanese paper-covered drop-back box, folio, San Francisco, John Henry Nash 1929. ⁂ An excellent copy with one of the choicest specimens on vellum, in this case the first page of Hamlet featuring the entry of the ghost of Hamlet's father. Very rare in deluxe format.
Doves Press.- Pollard (Alfred W.) Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Press, number 2 of 27 copies with a specimen leaf on vellum, from an edition limited to 339, printed in red and black in cloister Lightface, specimen leaf from the Doves Press 'Hamlet' (printed in red and black with a large initial "W" in green supplied by hand by Edward Johnston tipped in at beginning, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original vellum, ruled in gilt, by Hübel & Denck of Leipzig, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly soiled, with 11pp. prospectus in original blue printed wrappers preserved in later Japanese paper-covered drop-back box, folio, San Francisco, John Henry Nash 1929. ⁂ An excellent copy with one of the choicest specimens on vellum, in this case the first page of Hamlet featuring the entry of the ghost of Hamlet's father. Very rare in deluxe format.
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