[DOVES PRESS]. MILTON, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost. Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1902.
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[DOVES PRESS]. MILTON, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost. Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1902.
Small 4to. Printed in red and black. Red niger gilt, edges gilt, by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery, stamp-signed “19 C-S 19” (both covers detached, spine a little dried and darkened); in morocco tipped slipcase. Provenance: Barry Moser (bookplate).
LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 copies on hand-made paper of a total edition of 325.
[With:]
MORRIS, William (1834-96). Art and the Beauty of the Earth. London: Chiswick Press, 1898. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards (boards stained, front hinge cracked). Provenance: Barry Moser (bookplate).
Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser
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