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The Palace of Pleasure With an Introduction by Hamish Miles
by (CRESSET PRESS) Painter, William
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- Signed
- Condition
- Bound in original vellum. Later slipcases, mounted drawings housed in folding box to match
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About This Item
London: The Cresset Press, 1929. Copy number one of only 30 numbered copies on hand-made paper. Pochoir frontispiece in each volume, numerous headpieces all by Douglas Percy Bliss. Illustrations by Douglas Percy Bliss. With 105 original signed drawings (including 8 full-page hand colored drawings for frontispieces). 4 vols. 4to (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.; 292 x 190 mm). Bound in original vellum. Later slipcases, mounted drawings housed in folding box to match. Copy number one of only 30 numbered copies on hand-made paper. Pochoir frontispiece in each volume, numerous headpieces all by Douglas Percy Bliss. Illustrations by Douglas Percy Bliss. With 105 original signed drawings (including 8 full-page hand colored drawings for frontispieces). 4 vols. 4to (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.; 292 x 190 mm). 105 Drawings. Together with all 105 original signed drawings, those for the frontispieces hand-colored, together with a separate proof for each of the frontispieces, hand-colored and signed by the artist, the majority of the headpieces mounted in groups of three. Ransom, Selective Checklists, pp. 7-8
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 222936
- Title
- The Palace of Pleasure With an Introduction by Hamish Miles
- Author
- (CRESSET PRESS) Painter, William
- Format/Binding
- Pochoir frontispiece in each volume, numerous headpieces all by Douglas Percy Bliss. Illustrations by Douglas Percy Bliss. With
- Book Condition
- Bound in original vellum. Later slipcases, mounted drawings housed in folding box to match
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Copy number one of only 30 numbered copies on hand-made paper
- Publisher
- The Cresset Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Private Press | British
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Private Press;
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