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ONE OF ONLY 225 COPIES
The Shepheardes Calender: "Gaskin's drawings for each month of the Shepeardes Calender are perhaps the happiest of all Kelmscott illustrations, bringing a strictness of form and composition none of the others provided..." -Colin Franklin, The Private Presses BEAUTIFUL KELMSCOTT PRESS edition, one of only 225 copies on paper (out of a total edition of 231). Elegantly printed in Golden type in red and black and with twelve wood-engraved plates by Arthur J. Gaskin. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Small quarto. Original linen backed blue gray printed boards. Later slipcase (no slipcase was originally issued). Ownership signature on front endpaper; minor wear to spine, bottom corner of upper cover slightly bumped. Generally an excellent copy of a rare and highly sought-after edition. Peterson A44. $6000.
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