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The Anglophile and the Professor

Thu, Oct 19, 2023 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1131

7 19th/20th C Limited Ed. Bound Narratives and Plays

Estimate: $100 - $200
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Property from the Collection of Ronald Onorato, Savannah, GA

Description:

Group of Seven 19th/20th C Limited Edition Bound Narratives and Plays, comprising Almack, Edward, ed EIKON BASILIKE; OR, THE KING'S BOOK (London: de la MorePress, 1903), folio, limited 226/290, frontispiece and portrait (wear to edges, some foxing); PRYDERI, trans Llewelyn Wyn Griffith (Gwasg Gregynog, 1998), illus. Kyffin Williams, limited 87/350, signed (lightly worn on edges, some very minor foxing); Roper, William THE MIRROUR OF VIRTUE IN WORLDLY GREATNESS: OR, THE LIFE OF SIR THOMAS MORE, KNIGHT, ed I. Gollancz (London, De La More Press, 1902), cloth-backed boards, frontispiece and portrait, limited 13/50 (wear to edges, some toning); THE DECAMERON (NY: Limited Ed Club, 1930), trans. Francis Winwar, 2 vols., cloth (light wear to edges, some toning); THE MABINOGION, new translation by Gwyn Jones & Thomas Jones (Golden Cockerel Press, 1948), folio, frontispiece and plates (wear to edges, some toning and minor foxing); and THE LOVES OF CLITOPHON AND LEUCIPPE, trans. William Burton (Oxford:, Shakespeare Head Press, 1923), 4to, cloth-backed boards, limited ed, 193/394 (wear to edges, some toning, dampstaining to top edge of boards and spine), together with Berners, Juliana A TREATYSE OF FYSSHYNGE WYTH AN ANGLE (London, Elliot Stock, 1880) a facsimile reproduction of the first book on the subject of fishing printed in England by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496, Sondley Reference Library bookplate.

Measurements: Height: of largest 14 1/4 in. x Width: 9 in. x Depth: 1 1/2 in.

Condition:

Worn condition, see description and photos.

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