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Lot 156

Sale 2721 - Books & Manuscripts
May 28, 2020 9:00AM ET
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[Poetry] Milton, John Poems in English

London: Nonesuch Press, 1926. In two volumes. First and limited edition, one of 1,450 copies. Label on colophon of first volume states: "This copy is one of fifty in the gift of Adrian van Sinderen whose kindness in allowing the reproduction of twelve pictures is hereby acknowledged by the Nonesuch Press." Large 8vo. (vi), 283, (1); (xii), 352, (10) pp. Illustrated with 53 collotype plates after William Blake by the Chiswick Press. Original quarter vellum over patterned boards, lightly soiled, stamped in gilt; all edges untrimmed; newspaper clipping tipped-in on front free endpaper of first volume, second volume unopened, residue from removed book-plates on front paste-down of each volume (book-plate present at front of first volume), ownership inscription on front paste-down of each volume. Dreyfus 32.

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