Title: Spenser's Minor Poems Author: Spenser, Edmund Place: [Chelsea] Publisher: Ashendene Press Date: 1925 Description: [iv], 216 pp. (Folio) 43x30 cm. (17x12"), original calf-backed vellum over thick boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed, custom black morocco-backed clamshell box, box spine lettered in gilt. Prospectus and order form laid in. One of 200 copies on paper. There were also 15 copies on vellum. Printed as a companion volume to the Faerie Queen [see previous lot], the pair are considered "...masterpieces among Ashendene folios, without illustration or decoration except for Hewitt's initials and colour printing." (Franklin). The last of the Ashendene Press Folios printed in the Subiaco type. Ashendene Bibliography 35. "House of Belt" bookplate. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear to case; volume fine. Item number: 246640
Title: Spenser's Minor Poems Author: Spenser, Edmund Place: [Chelsea] Publisher: Ashendene Press Date: 1925 Description: [iv], 216 pp. (Folio) 43x30 cm. (17x12"), original calf-backed vellum over thick boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed, custom black morocco-backed clamshell box, box spine lettered in gilt. Prospectus and order form laid in. One of 200 copies on paper. There were also 15 copies on vellum. Printed as a companion volume to the Faerie Queen [see previous lot], the pair are considered "...masterpieces among Ashendene folios, without illustration or decoration except for Hewitt's initials and colour printing." (Franklin). The last of the Ashendene Press Folios printed in the Subiaco type. Ashendene Bibliography 35. "House of Belt" bookplate. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear to case; volume fine. Item number: 246640
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