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4:00 AM PT - Jun 8th, 2009
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More (Sir Thomas, Saint) A Fruteful and Pleasaunt Worke of the Beste State of a Publique Weale, and of the Newe Yle called Utopia, one of 100 copies on handmade Batchelor paper, printed in red and black in Subiaco type, with initials in red designed by Eric Gill, bound in black goatskin, by J.Franklin Mowery, ruled in blind with criss-crossing lines of perspective across both boards and spine, letters of title inlaid in crimson goatskin at head of upper board, crimson goatskin label at head of spine, black suede doublures and flyleaves, signed at foot of rear doublure "JFM 94", top edge graphite, others uncut, preserved in board slip-case (very slightly rubbed at edges), 4to, 280 x 196mm., Ashendene Press, 1906.***The first book from the press with marginal notes printed in red, reflected in the colours of the binding. Exhibited: The Art of Contemporary Bookbinding, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague; Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris, 1997, p.135, repr.. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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