Title: The Faerie Queene Author: Spenser, Edmund Place: [Chelsea] Publisher: Ashendene Press Date: 1923 Description: [iv], 406, [1] pp. (Folio) 43x30 cm. (17x12"), original calf-backed vellum over thick boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed, custom two-part red morocco-backed slipcase, slipcase spine lettered in gilt. One of 180 copies on paper. There were also 12 copies on vellum. Together with the companion volume of Spenser's Minor Poems [see next lot], the pair are considered "...masterpieces among Ashendene folios, without illustration or decoration except for Hewitt's initials and colour printing." (Franklin). Ashendene Bibliography 32. "House of Belt" bookplate. Lot Amendments Condition: Case worn; minor wear to volume; fine. Item number: 246639
Title: The Faerie Queene Author: Spenser, Edmund Place: [Chelsea] Publisher: Ashendene Press Date: 1923 Description: [iv], 406, [1] pp. (Folio) 43x30 cm. (17x12"), original calf-backed vellum over thick boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed, custom two-part red morocco-backed slipcase, slipcase spine lettered in gilt. One of 180 copies on paper. There were also 12 copies on vellum. Together with the companion volume of Spenser's Minor Poems [see next lot], the pair are considered "...masterpieces among Ashendene folios, without illustration or decoration except for Hewitt's initials and colour printing." (Franklin). Ashendene Bibliography 32. "House of Belt" bookplate. Lot Amendments Condition: Case worn; minor wear to volume; fine. Item number: 246639
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