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THE LOVE-LYRICS & SONGS OF PROTEUS: Kelmscott
by BLUNT, Wilfrid Scawen (1840-1922)
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Blunt (Wilfred Scawen) The Love Lyrics & Songs of Proteus, limited to 300 copies, all on paper, printed in red and black in Golden type, 2 woodcut borders, each poem opening with a woodcut initial by Hooper after Morris, woodcut press device after Morris on colophon leaf. Original vellum with light green silk ties, yapp edges, spine lettered in gilt.
The only Kelmscott book with the initials printed in red, at the author's request. Morris wrote to Jenny Morris, "'...it looks very gay & pretty with its red letters, but I think I prefer mine in style of printing'".
The book was shown at the Wolverhampton exhibition, 1902.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E. C. Rare Books [ABA / ABAC]
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 487
- Title
- THE LOVE-LYRICS & SONGS OF PROTEUS
- Author
- BLUNT, Wilfrid Scawen (1840-1922)
- Format/Binding
- Full Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Published by Kelmscott Press,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Kelmscott, Fine Press
Terms of Sale
E. C. Rare Books [ABA / ABAC]
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives miss-described or damaged.
About the Seller
E. C. Rare Books [ABA / ABAC]
Biblio member since 2015
Vancouver, British Columbia
About E. C. Rare Books [ABA / ABAC]
Specializing in Fine Bindings, Children's Illustrated, Fore-edge paintings, Sets, voyages and classic literature.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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