English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
Lot Closed
July 9, 03:46 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ESSEX HOUSE PRESS
2 limited copies, including:
Goldsmith, Oliver. Deserted Village. Essex House Press, 1904. 8vo, number 55 of 150 copies, printed on vellum, hand-coloured frontispiece after C.R. Ashbee, hand-coloured capital initials, original vellum blind-stamped with "Soul is Form" and rose design, additional gilt initials within an oval, minor soiling to vellum
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. Maud. Essex House Press, 1905. 8vo, number 96 of 125 copies, printed on vellum, hand-coloured frontispiece and tailpiece after Laurence Houseman, original vellum blind-stamped with "Soul is Form" and rose design, additional gilt initials within an oval, bowed, minor soiling to vellum
both in collector's folding box (2)
PROVENANCE:
Féodorovna, Baroness Alington, wife of Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington (1859-1919) (her bookplate)
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