Lot 356
Essex House Press.- Book of Common Prayer (The), one of 400 copies on paper, London & New York, printed at the Essex House Press of Chipping Campden, 1903.
Hammer Price: £500
Description
Essex House Press.- Book of Common Prayer (The), number 238 of 400 copies on paper, printed in red & black in Endeavour and Prayer Book types, woodcut illustrations, initials and ornaments by W. Hooper and Clemence Housman after C. R. Ashbee, very light marginal foxing at beginning and end, original oak boards with woven leather straps and metal clasps, by the Guild of Handicraft under the direction of Anastasia Power, uncut, rebacked in brown morocco and with woven straps and endpapers renewed, a few small scratches to boards, corners very slightly chipped, 4to, London & New York, printed at the Essex House Press of Chipping Campden, 1903.
⁂ Handsome copy of the largest book produced by the press and Ashbee's magnum opus, for which he designed the Prayer Book type.
Description
Essex House Press.- Book of Common Prayer (The), number 238 of 400 copies on paper, printed in red & black in Endeavour and Prayer Book types, woodcut illustrations, initials and ornaments by W. Hooper and Clemence Housman after C. R. Ashbee, very light marginal foxing at beginning and end, original oak boards with woven leather straps and metal clasps, by the Guild of Handicraft under the direction of Anastasia Power, uncut, rebacked in brown morocco and with woven straps and endpapers renewed, a few small scratches to boards, corners very slightly chipped, 4to, London & New York, printed at the Essex House Press of Chipping Campden, 1903.
⁂ Handsome copy of the largest book produced by the press and Ashbee's magnum opus, for which he designed the Prayer Book type.
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