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(DOVES PRESS.) Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.
Die Leiden des Jungen
Werther.
Printed in red and black. 8vo, gilt-lettered vellum, scattered soiling, heavy to rear
cover along edges near binding glue, rear pastedown partially stuck to endpaper, faint
dampstaining to lower outer edges of preliminaries and signatures L-M. Tidcombe 24.
ONE OF
200
UNNUMBERED COPIES
.
(Hammersmith, 1911)
[500/750]
78
(DOVES PRESS.)
In Principio: the First Chapter of Genesis.
Printed in red
and black. 12mo, gilt-lettered full calf by the Doves bindery, spine ends and tips a bit
rubbed; glue residue from removed bookplate on front pastedown.
ONE OF
200
UNNUM
-
BERED COPIES
.
Hammersmith, 1911
[250/350]
79
(DOVES PRESS.) Milton, John.
Paradise Lost: A Poem in XII Books.
Printed
in red, blue, and black.Thick 4to, gilt-lettered vellum; scattered light foxing to first two sig-
natures and last quarter of book as sometimes encountered; board chemise and slipcase.
ONE OF
300
UNNUMBERED COPIES
and one of the earliest books of the press.
Hammersmith, 1902
[600/900]
80
(DOVES PRESS.) Ruskin, John.
Unto This Last. Four Essays on the First
Principles of Political Economy by John Ruskin.
4to, special binding of full calf gilt;
all edges trimmed and gilt, by the Doves Bindery, few minor surface imperfections; custom
cloth chemise and
1
/
4
red morocco gilt slipcase.
ONE OF
300
UNNUMBERED COPIES
.
Hammersmith, 1907
[500/750]
81
(DOVES PRESS.) Shakespeare,William.
Anthony and Cleopatra.
Printed in red
and black. Opening initial by Graily Hewitt. Small 4to, gilt-lettered vellum; slipcase.
ONE
OF
200
COPIES
and one of four volumes of Shakespeare’s plays produced by the Doves Press
that preserve the spelling from the First Folio of 1623. (Hammersmith, 1912)
[500/750]
80