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Lot 117

Sale 2600 - Books and Manuscripts
Sep 27, 2023 11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$2,500 - 4,000
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$4,725
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[Private Press] [Kelmscott Press] The History of Godefrey of Boloyne and of the Conquest of Iherusalem

The History of Godefrey of Boloyne and of the Conquest of Iherusalem
(London: Kelmscott Press, 1893). First and limited edition, one of 300 copies printed on paper. 4to. (452) pp. Printed in Troy type in red and black. Publisher's limp vellum with yapp edges; all edges untrimmed and lightly foxed; original silk ties present; prelims lightly foxed. Ransom, p. 326, Tomkinson, p. 112, Franklin, p. 190v

The first book produced by the Kelmscott Press that was also published and sold by them (their previous 13 titles were either published and/or sold by other booksellers).

A near-fine example.

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