![]() ![]() original limp vellum, custom slipcase.įirst Edition Thus. The two partners, along with Sydney Cockerell, created type based on Nicolas Jenson's Roman type (1470s), named the 'Doves Type.' Unfortunately, the relationship between the two partners deteriorated, resulting in said type being famously dumped in the Thames, where it languished until 2014, when it was rescued and subsequently digitalised. Alongside the Kelmscott, Ashendene and Vale presses it is considered one of the cornerstones of the Golden Age of Private Press, drawing heavily on the spirit of the Arts & Crafts Movement that flowered at the turn of the century. ![]() After establishing the Doves Bindery in 1893, Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson partnered with Emery Walker to found the Doves Press in 1901. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker in black and red from the 18 Weimar Editions. Bound by The Doves Bindery, with bookbinder's ticket on rear pastedown. Overall a near fine set of this increasing scarce publication. ![]() Housed in a finely-crafted custom cloth slipcase with leather fore-edges to protect both volumes. From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003). First edition (first part, one of 300 copies on paper second part, one of 250 copies on paper). ![]()
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