Fine Books and Manuscripts

3 volumes, 8vo (195 x 132 mm). Uniformly bound in tan crushed levant, single fillet and dot border gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest with floral gilt pattern, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY COBDEN-SANDERSON, THE DOVES BINDERY: "The Doves Bindery / 18 C-S 95." (Spines darkened, joints starting, some very minor chipping to joints and spine ends, Plato volume skillfully rebacked preserving original spine). A relatively early example from Coben-Sanderson's Doves Bindery. Cobden-Sanderson was responsible for all of the Doves Bindery designs; the bindings themselves were executed by his skilled staff, which included Charles Wilkinson, Charles McLeish, Bessie Hooley and Douglas Cockerell.