Strange (Edward Fairbrother).
One of 200 copies signed and numbered by the author and with printed date "June" crossed through b him and changed to "November 1892" Lower wrapper, upper hinge repaired, wrappers somewhat soiled and frayed, pieces missing from spine, otherwise a very good copy; errata-slip tipped in at end. Presentation Copy, inscribed on the fly-leaf "Julian Marshall Esq., Edward F. Strange", text with a few typographical corrections in his hand Scarce and fragile, perhaps Uranian, only the British Library, Cornell and the Australian National University recording copies. Strange was an assistant keeper at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Original dark brown wrappers lettered in black, uncut
London.
Plates and illustrations Minor damage to free end-papers, otherwise a very nice copy in slightly edgeworn, price-clipped dust-wrapper designed by Barbara Jones; inscription on half-title Contributors to the text include John Betjeman, Christopher Sykes, Elizabeth Bowen, Nicolas Bentley, Leonard Woolf and Stevie Smith, the artists Augustus John, Wyndham Lewis, Felix Topolski and Osbert Lancaster. Original green cloth, map end-papers
Kelmscott Press. Keats (John) Edited by F.S. Ellis
Wood-engraved borders and initials by Morris One of 300 copies on Flower paper. Printed in red and black in Golden type Very slight wear at head of joints, otherwise a gorgeous copy Full dark green morocco, spine in compartments with raised bands, compartments with elaborate tooling, sides densely gilt with quadruple fillets and elaborate interlocking patterns, dots, flowers, leafy sprays and other tools, maroon morocco doublures, free doublures with gilt fillet, pastedown doublures with green morocco border with gilt fillet and rolls with large central ornament and cornerpieces with further elaborate gilt tooling, top edge gilt, by Zaehnsdorf