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TALL QUARTO LIMITED TO (500?) COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 31 INITIALED AND NUMBERED BY LECHTER WHO WAS MUCH INFLUENCED BY WILLIAM MORRIS. THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE PRESS BOUND IN FULL COBALT BLUE MOROCCO WITH FOUR DARK BLUE SQUARE INLAYS TO THE CORNERS BORDERED WITH HEAVY GILT DESIGNS ALL EDGES GAUFFERED AND GILT. 6 BLANK PAGES 22 PAGES. THE FOUR PAGE DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK INITIALED BY LECHTER IS LOOSE (ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS WAS ATTACHED TO THE BOOK – WAS IT PUBLISHED LOOSE?). THE LEATHER BLUE SPINE HAS FADED OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. A RARE WORK.