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23 February 2012 | New York, NY, USA
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Lot 159 | (KELMSCOTT PRESS.) Syr Ysambrace.
Estimated Price:
$5,000 - $7,500Realised Price:
$18,000
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RARE VELLUM EDITION (KELMSCOTT PRESS.) Syr Ysambrace. Edited by F. S. Ellis. Printed in red and black in Chaucer type. Woodcut frontispiece after a design by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, borders, and initials. 8vo, original linen-backed blue paper boards, title printed on front cover, boards slightly bowed with some marginal soiling, spine rubbed with a few small splits and 1/4-inch chip near foot; occasional light foxing to a few leaves at extreme outer margins. Norman J. Sondheim and William Bartlett (armorial) bookplates to front pastedown. (Hammersmith, 1897)
Estimated Price: $5,000 - $7,500
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