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Lot 162
Sale 6285 - Books and Manuscripts
Mar 27, 2025
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Live / Philadelphia
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$3,200
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[Kelmscott Press] Morris, William. The Life and Death of Jason, A Poem
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, May 25, 1895. First edition (one of only 200 copies). 4to. (iv), 254, (4) pp. Printed in Troy type in black and red. Illustrated with two woodcuts, after designs by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, each within full-page woodcut borders, as well as numerous partial woodcut borders and woodcut initials. Original limp vellum, spine stamped in gilt, remnants of green silk ties, spine largely perished with loss at bottom of front and rear board; light spotting to text. Peterson A34; Tomkinson 34


