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Lot 163

Sale 6285 - Books and Manuscripts
Mar 27, 2025 10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$500 - 800
Price Realized
$640
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[Kelmscott Press] Johnson, Ruth and Foster. Kelmscott Revisited


Meriden, Connecticut: Bayberry Hill Press, 1966. Limited edition, one of only seven copies specially bound in William Morris' original "Fruit" design wallpaper (#45/125 numbered copies, from the colophon). With an original typed letter, signed by Foster Johnson, dated December 9, 1966, regarding this book, laid in. Title-page printed in red and in black. Original quarter slate blue leather over above mentioned wallpaper-covered boards, printed paper cover label, spine lettered in gilt; in original black board slip case (matching side label now loose and laid in).

One of only seven copies specially bound in William Morris's original "Fruit" printed wallpaper, a small roll of which was discovered at Kelmscott House in the summer of 1966 and sent to the publisher's for their use.

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