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THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE A.J. KARTER
Lot 227

CRESSET PRESS
BUNYAN (JOHN) The Pilgrim's Progress, 2 vol., Cresset Press; and 2 others, Cresset Press (9)

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CRESSET PRESS

BUNYAN (JOHN) The Pilgrim's Progress, 2 vol., one of 195 copies printed on hand-made paper, wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes, publisher's black-stained vellum, t.e.g., 1928--BACON FRANCIS) The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall, one of 250 copies printed on hand-made paper, printed in red and black, bookplate of Clarence B. Hanson Jnr., publisher's vellum gilt, t.e., 1928, both printed by the Shakespeare Head Press--LAWRENCE (D.H.) Birds, Beasts and Flowers, one of 500 copies printed on hand-made paper, wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original prospectus loosely inserted, original quarter vellum, 1930--PAINTER (WILLIAM) The Palace of Pleasure, 4 vol., one of 500 copies, colour-printed illustrations by Douglas Percy Bliss, publisher's cloth-backed boards, 1929, the first three mentioned in slipcases, Cresset Press; and 2 others, Cresset Press (9)

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