Kelmscott Press: The Poems of William Shakespeare, Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593. The Rape of Lucrece, 1594. Sonnets, 1609. The Lover's Complaint.
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. William Morris. Limited Edition. Vellum with ribbon ties. 8vo. Pp. [vi,] 216. Edited by F. S. Ellis. Woodcut Morris chapter head borders, initials and colophon. Set in Golden Type with section heads, running heads and sonnet numbers printed in red. Bound in limp vellum with overlapping fore edges, olive green ribbon ties, titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Edition limited to 500 on paper.
Cover spine and edges moderately darkened, original ties intact with light offsetting to endpapers, top edge dust-soiled, fore-edges minimally age toned, small stain to rear endpapers.
Drop-down-back clamshell case in full straight-grain brown morocco, bronze silk sides, spine titles gilt on black morocco labels, gilt rules, five raised bands. Very Good+ / Clamshell Fine. Item #7197
One of the scarcer Kelmscotts due to its broad appeal. While 15-or-so copies have appeared at auction in the last ten years, most were afflicted with condition issues, or offered in elaborate bindings. This paper edition is increasingly scarce in the condition at hand, with age-toning to the vellum cover being a characteristic of age. COCKERELL 11; PETERSON A11; RANSOM, p. 326.
Price: $9,000.00