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ESSEX HOUSE PRESS—PRINTED ON VELLUM.
1. WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. Ode on the Intimations of Immortality.... 1903. Illustrated by WALTER CRANE.

17 February 2013, 09:00 PST
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ESSEX HOUSE PRESS—PRINTED ON VELLUM.

1. WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. Ode on the Intimations of Immortality.... 1903. Illustrated by WALTER CRANE. ONE OF 150.
2. BROWNING, ROBERT. Flight of the Duchess. 1905. Illustrated by Paul Woodroffe. ONE OF 125.
3. GRAY, THOMAS. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard. 1900. Illustrated by George Thomson. ONE OF 125.
Together, 3 volumes. All printed at the Essex House Press under the care of C.R. Ashbee. 8vo. Hand-colored frontispieces and tailpieces, hand-painted initials. Original blindstamped full vellum, spines gilt-lettered. Light spotting to last title, some mild bowing.

LIMITED EDITIONS, ALL PRINTED ON VELLUM.

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