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William Thomas & Harold Nelson: Early English Prose Romances:…
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Melbourne
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9-May-2021
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William Thomas & Harold Nelson: Early English Prose Romances: Robert the Deuyll, Robin Hood and Fryer Bacon, [Edinburgh, Otto Schulze, 1904], Three volumes, first edition set. 4to. Buckram spine, lettered in gilt, over paper boards. 1 of 500 copies, unnumbered. Decorative title pages printed in red & black, black & white woodcut plates, decorative borders & line drawings. The style of this set of books owes much to William Morris' Kelmscott Press and the Arts & Crafts movement. The drab boards give way to hand made paper, wood engravings, Art Nouveau swirls and gothic fonts.
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Art: Prints - Engravings, Lithographs etc