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[Vale Press] The Sonnets of Sir Philip Sidney
by Sidney, Sir Philip (1554 - 1586); Prepared from the Earliest Editions by John Grey
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Vale & Ballantyne Press For Hacon and Ricketts, 1898. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Designs by Charles Ricketts (1866-1931).
Sold by Hacon & Ricketts. Limited to 210 copies [8 on Vellum]. Printed with the Vale Type in Red and Black. Designed and cut on wood by Charles Ricketts (1866-1931) Laurel leaf border and two initials, border destroyed after print run. Handmade paper with VP watermark.
Half grey paper to paper with pinecone and leaf design in buff and green, printed label on the spine, (4) blank, 67, monogram, colophon, (7) blank. Woodcut border with one initial.
The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with lightly rubbed corners a darkened spine and advanced rubbing of the boards on the half paper. Free endpages darkened as usual. Tiny bookplate of British Art Historian Campbell Dodgson. 8vo; 9.25 inches tall.. Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.
Ref; Watley, B15; L'Art Ancient, 35, Ricketts, xxiii; Capelleveen.
Sold by Hacon & Ricketts. Limited to 210 copies [8 on Vellum]. Printed with the Vale Type in Red and Black. Designed and cut on wood by Charles Ricketts (1866-1931) Laurel leaf border and two initials, border destroyed after print run. Handmade paper with VP watermark.
Half grey paper to paper with pinecone and leaf design in buff and green, printed label on the spine, (4) blank, 67, monogram, colophon, (7) blank. Woodcut border with one initial.
The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with lightly rubbed corners a darkened spine and advanced rubbing of the boards on the half paper. Free endpages darkened as usual. Tiny bookplate of British Art Historian Campbell Dodgson. 8vo; 9.25 inches tall.. Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.
Ref; Watley, B15; L'Art Ancient, 35, Ricketts, xxiii; Capelleveen.
Details
- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014379
- Title
- [Vale Press] The Sonnets of Sir Philip Sidney
- Author
- Sidney, Sir Philip (1554 - 1586); Prepared from the Earliest Editions by John Grey
- Illustrator
- Designs by Charles Ricketts (1866-1931)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Vale & Ballantyne Press For Hacon and Ricketts
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Great Britain; Type and type-founding; Handmade papers; Printers' devices; Private press books; Typefaces; Private Press; Elizabethan Poetry
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About the Seller
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DeLand, Florida
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