Sale 22BP01 | Lot 170

[DOVES PRESS] TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD. Seven Poems and Two Translations.

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Lot 170
[DOVES PRESS] TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD. Seven Poems and Two Translations.
Hammersmith: Doves Press, 1902. One of 325 paper copies. Full red levant by C. & C. McLeish, with an elaborate central oval panel with a geometrical design of patterned dots surrounded by two oval line panels, the whole surrounded by an elaborate tracery of gougework of vines and roses against a seme of small dots, broad leafy-gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. 9 x 6 3/8 inches (23 x 16 cm); 55, [1] pp., printed in red and black. The front joint abraded and starting, the rear joint slightly rubbed, but still a pretty example, in the remains of a felt-lined case.

The elder McLeish started his career as an apprentice to Grier of Edinburgh, before moving to Rivière and then The Doves Bindery, where he was a finisher until its closure in 1909. With his son he started the bindery of C. & C. McLeish, producing accomplished work reminiscent of that of the Doves Bindery, apparently with the Doves tools.

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Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Sold for $1,638 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Sold for $1,638 (includes buyer's premium)

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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 10am EDT