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ONE OF ONLY 250 COPIES

Robert Herrick: Poems, by the Kelmscott Press[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. HERRICK, ROBERT.  

Poems Chosen out of the Works

The Kelmscott Press "was far and away the most splendid of all private presses... quite without a peer." -Colin Franklin, The Private Presses

FIRST KELMSCOTT PRESS EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 250 COPIES ON PAPER. Beautifully printed in red and black in Golden type. Exquisitely illustrated by William Morris with woodcut title page, first page (borders), and decorated initials throughout.

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895 [issued 1896]. Small quarto, original limp vellum, yapp edges, gilt spine title, green silk ties; uncut. One tie loose, otherwise fine. RARE. $5800.

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