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Lot 556
Sale 437 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 5, 2016
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(CAXTON CLUB) KENYON, FREDERIC
Ancient Books and Modern Discoveries. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1927.Folio, quarter vellum backed with marbled paper-covered boards, unprinted dust jacket and special linen slipcase. First edition, limited to 350 copies. Illustrated with 30 plates. Annual Christmas Revels presentation copy in appreciation to speaker Walter Muir Whitehill, with a presentation leaf bound-in at the f.f.e.p. that is signed by over 100 Caxtonians and attendees of the 1961 event. Includes an original printed invitation.




