FIRST EDITION VERY NICE COPY IN ORIGINAL BURGUNDY CLOTH BEVELLED BOARDS ELABORATE GILT DESIGN TO FRONT BOARD TOP EDGES GILT. PROTECTIVE SLEEVE. ILLUS. BY HUGH THOMSON.
MIXED EDITION. VOLUME ONE IS 1793 AND VOLUME TWO IS 1796 (FOURTH EDITION). VOLUME ONE CONTAINS THE ECONOMY OF VEGETATION AND VOLUME TWO THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS. BOUND IN FULL-TREE CALF HINGES STARTING SPINE GILT WITH MOROCCO SPINE LABELS( PART MISSING IN VOLUME ONE) INTERNALLY CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND.
A FACSIMILIE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF 1827. TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE BOUND IN FULL POLISHED CALF (A PENCIL NOTE TO THE FEP SAYS BY ZAEHNDORF). INNER DENTELLES MARBLED ENDPAPERS. INSCRIPTION TO FEP. SOME FOXING TO PRELIMS. THEN VERY CLEAN. SLIGHT WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT VERY GOOD. A SCARCE ITEM.
SIX VOLUMES COMPLETE. A HANDSOME SET BOUND IN HALF GREEN LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS T.E.G. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE TO EACH VOLUME. VERY SCARCE AS A SET AND IN THIS CONDITION. VOL. 1: POEMS AND BALLADS. VOL. 2: SONGS BEFORE SUNRISE. VOL. 3: POEMS AND BALLADS 2 AND 3. VOL. 4: TRISTRAM…VOL. 5: STUDIES IN SONG…VOL. 6: A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY…
LIMITED TO 100 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 86. SIGNED BY TED HUGHES AND THE ARTIST TONY BEVAN. DESIGNED AND PRINTED BY SEBASTIAN CARTER AT THE RAMPANT LIONS PRESS. PRINTED ON ARCHES VELLUM PAPER AND BOUND BY THE FINE BINDERY NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. A FINE COPY WITH SMALL BUMPS TO ONE CORNER OF FRONT AND REAR BOARDS.
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