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[FINE PRESS & LIVRE D’ARTISTE]. –– [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. –– [ELSTON PRESS]. MORRIS, William (1834–1896). The Art and Craft of Printing… [New Rochelle: The Elston Press, 1902]. 8vo. Full illustrated woodcut title engraved by William Morris after Edward Burne–Jones of “Psyche Borne off by Zephyrus” with vine woodcut borders, a full–page woodcut illustration of ornament samples, and woodcut initials. Original publisher’s linen–backed blue paper boards (much like Kelmscott’s holland–backed boards), printed spine label, uncut leaves (covers toned at edges). With a notice to subscriber’s leaf laid in. ONE OF 210 COPIES from Clarke Cornwell’s Elston Press that was truly inspired and indebted to the Kelmscott style. BRIGHT COPY. Franklin, The Private Presses, p. 157; Ransom 7, p. 260. From the private library of a prominent Chicago collector, part II.
 [FINE PRESS & LIVRE D’ARTISTE]. –– [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. –– [E...
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