Venus and Adonis: Illustrated by Rockwell Kent

by Shakespeare, William; Kent, Rockwell (illus)

First Edition Thus/Limited Edition

Price: $375.00

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Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
Seller Inventory #: 4203
Format: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition Thus/Limited Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Printing House of Leo Hart
Place: Rochester, NY
Date published: 1931

Book Description

Rochester, NY: The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1931. First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Hint of sun at spine, hint of spotting at silk, signed by the artist at the colophon, else tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows light shelf/edge wear, several spots of what appears to be white paint, else tight and clean. Quarterbound, brown leather spine, beige silk boards, teg. 4to. 82pp. Limited numbered edition this being 862 of 1250, signed by artist. Typography by Will Ransom. Construction in the Japanese folded-leaf fashion. Bookplate of Fred M. Hellman. Beautifully illustrated (and signed) by Kent. Overall, a handsome copy.

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