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Edité par Oxford Basil Blackwell 1923, 1923
Vendeur : Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, Royaume-Uni
Livre
Etat : Fine. A promotional brochure for a new limited edition published by subscription of William Caxton's 1480 translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, from the unique manuscript in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Fine along with the uncompleted order form. Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.
Edité par Houghton Mifflin, Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford Upon Avon, 1924
Vendeur : The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, Etats-Unis
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. The first printing of this edition; number 238 of 375 copies in this printing, printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand made paper. The extant remnants of William Caxton's translation, printed from the manuscript in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press at Stratford Upon Avon. This is one of the small number of copies bearing the Houghton Mifflin imprint to the title page for purposes of American distribution. Bound in publisher's blue boards and a grayish tan cloth to the spine. Paper title label to spine. A very good copy with wear to extremities, more pronounced at base of spine and upper rear corner. Crease to front end paper, and minute prior owner's imprint ( along with ghost of bookplate to rear paste down. ) Spine label toned but intact.