LIMITED TO 200 COPIES FOR SALE (250 WERE PRINTED). THIS IS NUMBER 9(a). QUARTO ORIGINAL GREEN BUCKRAM BEVELLED EDGES T.E.G. UNTRIMMED PAGE EDGES. WITH FOUR FULL PAGE WOODCUTS BY ERIC RAVILIOUS INCLUDING THE FRONTIS.. THE TYPE IS BEMBO REVIVED FROM AN EARLY ALDINE FOUNT. THE PAPER IS PURE RAG HAND-MADE. OF THE EDITION OF 200 A BALANCE REMAINED AND THESE WERE TAKEN OVER BY HOLLIS AND CARTER LIMITED AND OFFERED IN A LESS ELABORATE BINDING AND NUMBERED 1(a) ONWARDS. tHIS IS ONE OF THOSE COPIES. SLIGHT FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. AND SOME (SLIGHT) FADING TO THE GREEN BOARDS NO SLIPCASE. A VERY GOOD COPY OF THIS SCARCE WORK.
VERY NICELY REBOUND IN HALF CALF OVER BROWN CLOTH NEW ENDPAPERS GILT TITLES. FROM THE LIBRARY OF DOUGLAS GRANT CHAIR OF AMERICAN LITERATURE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS WITH HIS SIGNATURE IN PENCIL. TITLE PAGE DEDICATION (iv)(i) PROLOGUE (i) 62pp. ADVERTS (ii). A VERY GOOD AND HANDSOME COPY.
THE OXBERRY EDITION WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES NOTES AND CRITICAL COMMENTARY FAITHFULLY MARKED WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS AND STAGE DIRECTIONS. SIX ODD VOLUMES BOUND IN FULL LEATHER WITH ELABORATE GILT TOOLING TO THE SPINES. THESE ARE VOLUMES 23 4 6 10 AND 17. INTERNALLY THEY ARE VERY GOOD BUT ALL HAVE DAMAGE TO THE TOP OF THE SPINES FOUR OF THEM WITH SIGNIFICANT LOSS. THESE SCARCE ITEMS ARE THEREFORE PRICED TO SELL. A PHOTOGRAPH CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE.
