Sale 15BP02 | Lot 122

[KELMSCOTT PRESS] MORRIS, WILLIAM. The Tale of Emperor Coustans and of Over Sea

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[KELMSCOTT PRESS] MORRIS, WILLIAM. The Tale of Emperor Coustans and of Over Sea

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Lot 122
[KELMSCOTT PRESS] MORRIS, WILLIAM. The Tale of Emperor Coustans and of Over Sea. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. [Limite...
. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. [Limited to 525 copies]. Elaborate woodcut borders on title pages; woodcut initials; shoulder notes in red. Full dark brown morocco by M[arcellin] Lortic, elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, with doublures of red levant morocco and flyleaves in brown ribbed silk with marbled blanks, all edges gilt, in a later cloth slipcase. 5 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches (14 x 10.5 cm); [4], 130 pp., with a superb two-page opening by Morris, printed in red and black throughout. Fine copy, joint of slipcase neatly restored.

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