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Longus. Daphnis and Chloe, translated by George Thornley, one of 210 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts, decorative initials, 4pp. prospectus loosely inserted, light offsetting, browning to endpapers, small red ink ex-libris stamp beneath colophon, original green cloth, uncut, corners very slightly bumped, [Watry A6], 4to, [The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane], 1893.
*** Although not strictly a Vale Press item "The Vale" appears at the foot of the spine; the first true Vale Press publication was Milton's Early Poems issued in 1896.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/94bae422-9b90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/16621a71-7491-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "483
Longus. Daphnis and Chloe, translated by George Thornley, one of 210 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts, decorative initials, 4pp. prospectus loosely inserted, light offsetting, browning to endpapers, small red ink ex-libris stamp beneath colophon, original green cloth, uncut, corners very slightly bumped, [Watry A6], 4to, [The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane], 1893.
*** Although not strictly a Vale Press item \"The Vale\" appears at the foot of the spine; the first true Vale Press publication was Milton's Early Poems issued in 1896.")
Lot 483
Longus. Daphnis and Chloe, one of 210 copies, The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893.
Hammer Price: £1,200
Description
Longus. Daphnis and Chloe, translated by George Thornley, one of 210 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts, decorative initials, 4pp. prospectus loosely inserted, light offsetting, browning to endpapers, small red ink ex-libris stamp beneath colophon, original green cloth, uncut, corners very slightly bumped, [Watry A6], 4to, [The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane], 1893.
⁂ Although not strictly a Vale Press item "The Vale" appears at the foot of the spine; the first true Vale Press publication was Milton's Early Poems issued in 1896.
Description
Longus. Daphnis and Chloe, translated by George Thornley, one of 210 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts, decorative initials, 4pp. prospectus loosely inserted, light offsetting, browning to endpapers, small red ink ex-libris stamp beneath colophon, original green cloth, uncut, corners very slightly bumped, [Watry A6], 4to, [The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane], 1893.
⁂ Although not strictly a Vale Press item "The Vale" appears at the foot of the spine; the first true Vale Press publication was Milton's Early Poems issued in 1896.
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