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, all edges gilt, marbled slip case. One of 180 copies on paper. There were also 12 copies on vellum. Together with the companion volume of Spenser's Minor Poems, the pair are considered "...masterpieces among Ashendene folios, without illustration or decoration except for Hewitt's initials and colour printing." (Franklin). Ashendene Bibliography 32. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to slipcase; spine sunned, front hinge cracked; very good. Item number: 218902
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, all edges gilt, marbled slip case. One of 180 copies on paper. There were also 12 copies on vellum. Together with the companion volume of Spenser's Minor Poems, the pair are considered "...masterpieces among Ashendene folios, without illustration or decoration except for Hewitt's initials and colour printing." (Franklin). Ashendene Bibliography 32. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to slipcase; spine sunned, front hinge cracked; very good. Item number: 218902
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