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Hammersmith: Doves Press, 1900. ONE OF 225 COPIES on paper (and five copies on vellum). 233 x 167 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 5/8"). 2 p.l. (first blank), xxxii pp., [1] leaf.Edited by J. W. Mackail. Original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery (stamp-signed on rear pastedown), flat spine with gilt titling. In (original?) vellum-lipped slipcase lined with chamois. Front pastedown with armorial ex-libris of W. H. E. Baron van der Borch van Verwolde and with pencilled bibliographical note in German. Tidcombe DP-1; Tomkinson, p. 52. ◆Spine a little dust-soiled, naturally occurring variations in the grain of the vellum, faint spot of foxing to title page, otherwise a very fine copy, the slipcase preventing the usual rumpling or splaying to the vellum boards, and the text quite clean, fresh, and bright. This beautifully preserved volume represents the beginning of the work undertaken by the visionary and fanatical Cobden-Sanderson at his Doves Press. The elegant simplicity that would characterize all Doves books is… Read More