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RUSSELL FLINT | Works illustrated by Flint, vellum or special bindings (9 vol.)

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December 8, 04:25 PM GMT

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1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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FLINT, SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL


Collection of 9 volumes of works illustrated by William Russell Flint, each in vellum or special bindings, comprising:


Marcus Aurelius. The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Philip Lee Warner/Medici Society, 1909, signed by the illustrator on half-title, number 316 of 500 copies, 12 coloured plates by William Russell Flint, original vellum with ties, [Gardner p. 116], bookplate, lacking two ties--


Arnold, M. The Scholar Gipsy & Thyrsis. Medici Society, 1910, first edition thus, number 34 of 100 copies on Japanese Vellum, 10 coloured plates by William Russell Flint, original vellum, [Gardner p. 114], upper cover slightly bowed--


Kingsley, C. The Heroes. Medici Society, 1912, number 416 of 500 copies, 12 coloured plates by William Russell Flint, original vellum with ties, DUST-JACKET, [Gardner p. 116], some loss and soiling to dust-jacket--


[Bible]. The Song of Songs. Medici Society, 1909, signed by the illustrator on half-title, number 465 of 500 copies, 10 coloured plates by William Russell Flint, original vellum with ties, [Gardner p. 113]--


Theocritus, Moschus and Bion. The Idyls… Medici Society, 1922, 2 vol., number 157 of 500 copies, 20 coloured plates by William Russell Flint, original vellum with ties, [Gardner p. 117], vellum naturally discoloured, later slipcase--


[Bible--Apocrypha]. Judith …from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha… The Haymarket Press, 1928, signed by the illustrator on limitation page, number 21 of 100 copies, 4 coloured plates by William Russell Flint, original vellum with ties, original slipcase, [Gardner p. 120], slipcase slightly soiled;


[Bible--Apocrypha]. The Book of Tobit and The History of Susanna …from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha. The Haymarket Press, 1929, number 45 of 100 copies, 4 coloured plates by William Russell Flint with additional suite of plates, original vellum with ties, original slipcase, [Gardner p. 120]--


Herrick, R. Poems… The Golden Cockerel Press, 1955, signed by the illustrator on the limitation page, number 82 of 550 of which this is one of 105 specially bound, 42 illustrations by William Russell Flint with additional suite of plates, original sheepskin, original slipcase, [Gardner p. 121], spine discoloured, tears to envelope containing additional suite 


all 4to, top edges gilt, occasional spotting and browning