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[London] Hammersmith, The Doves Press, 1911. . One of 200 copies on paper, presentation copy from Cobden-Sanderson; small 4to; printed in red & black; original limp vellum lettered in gilt to spine, a fine example. Inscribed on front free end paper: 'To Mr Mason/ with the compliments/ of the printer C-S, Nov, 1911'. J.H. Mason (1875-1951), the chief compositor of the Doves Press.After establishing the Doves Bindery in 1893, Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson partnered with Emery Walker to found the Doves Press in 1901. 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. 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,… Read More

Hammersmith: Doves Press, 1911. ONE OF 200 COPIES ON PAPER (and 12 on vellum). 235 x 165 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 1/2"). 230 pp., [1] leaf. RUSSET CRUSHED MOROCCO BY THE DOVES BINDERY (stamp-signed and dated 1912 on rear turn-in), covers with simple gilt fillet border, raised bands, gilt-ruled compartments, gilt titling, turn-ins with two gilt rules, all edges gilt, with two rows of gauffered dots. Printed in red and black. Front pastedown with bookplate of Haven O'More of The Garden Ltd. Tidcombe DP-25; Tomkinson, p. 56. ◆Spine gently sunned, leather with (naturally occurring) variations in hue, covers with a score of tiny dark spots, but the binding showing no signs of wear. A few trivial imperfections in the text, but a fine copy internally, clean, fresh, and bright. An excellent example of the fine printing and fine binding produced under the aegis of T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, this is a Doves Press book highly sought after both because of its limited press run and its content, which Cobden-Sanderson… Read More

Hammersmith: Doves Press, 1911. ONE OF 200 COPIES ON PAPER (and 12 on vellum). 235 x 165 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 1/2"). 230 pp., [1] leaf. FINE RED CRUSHED MOROCCO BY FRIEDA THIERSCH (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), covers with double gilt fillet border, raised bands, double gilt-ruled compartments, gilt titling, turn-ins with gilt French fillet, all edges gilt. In the matching morocco-lipped marbled paper slipcase lined with fleece. Printed in red and black. Front flyleaf with tiny oval "E K" stamp of Ernst Kyriss. Tidcombe DP-25; Tomkinson, p. 56. ◆AN EXTRAORDINARILY FINE, EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT COPY, little changed from the day it left the bindery. This is an excellent example of the fine printing produced by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker at the Doves Press and the fine work done by Frieda Thiersch, the German binder who had trained with the former head of the Doves Bindery, Charles McLeish. That master artisan wrote of his pupil, "Miss Thiersch became the most skillful pupil we ever had and we… Read More