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Syr Perecyvelle of Gales
by anonymous
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 8 5/16" × 5 5/8" × 5/8" (21.1 × 14.3 × 1.6 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis, after the edition printed by J. 0. Halliwell, from the Cambridge manuscript, with some additions and variations from the THORNTON ROMANCES manuscript, in the Library of Lincoln Cathedral. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by William Morris. 8vo. Bound in contemporary hardcover full leather with gilt tooled design. One of 350 [at fifteen shillings] paper copies (plus 8 [at four guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [8], [4], 98, [10] pp. Printed in black and red throughout with the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his press. Two full-page ornamental borders (13a and 13), with a woodcut frontispiece designed by Sir E. Burne-Jones depicting young Perecyvelle embraced by his aging mother. Numerous 10-, 3-, and 6-line woodblock cut initials all designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Titles and shoulder notes in red. [Peterson A47] One of a series of three medieval metrical romances chosen by Morris to be printed at his Kelmscott Press, along with SYR YSAMBRACE and SIRE DEGREVAUNT. Finished on the 16th day of February, 1895. Zaehnsdorf binding, 1895. Interior is mostly very clean. Offsetting from catalogue slip on last page. Splitting at spine. Corners bumped. Some pages remain unopened. Condition overall: Good+.
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- Bookseller
- MRM Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1193
- Title
- Syr Perecyvelle of Gales
- Author
- anonymous
- Illustrator
- Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Publisher
- Kelmscott Press
- Place of Publication
- London/Hammersmith
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 8 5/16" × 5 5/8" × 5/8" (21.1
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- William Morris, collectable, Kelmscott Press, First Edition, Fine Press, rare, Private Press, colophon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press; First Editions; Kelmscott Press Editions; Fine Bindings;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MRM Books
Biblio member since 2017
Los Angeles, California
About MRM Books
I'm a collector and seller of fine books focused on works written and/or printed by William Morris, especially books from his famed Kelmscott Press.
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Good+
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
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