Lot n° 721

SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe The poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley. 1901-1902London,Sold by Hacon & Ricketts, The Vale Press,3 vol., 8vo, orig. white buckram (some faint spotting), gilt lettering on spines. Good set.

Estimation : 150 / 200
Adjudication : 320 €
Description
Ed. limited to 300 copies. Each vol. contains a full-page wood-engr. border and elaborate initial designed by Charles Rickett who founded the Vale Press. The private press closed down after a fire which destroyed Rickett's original blocks and most of the electrotypes of the borders, initials, and other decorations used in the earlier books.
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