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Lot 152

SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS
MALORY. Le Morte D'Arthur, 2 vol., 1933; and others (8)

10 – 20 March 2025, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS

MALORY (THOMAS) The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte D'Arthur, 2 vol., NUMBER 170 OF 370 COPIES, printed in red and black, with several woodcut illustrations from the 1498 edition, red half morocco, 1933--BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI) Decameron, 2 vol., NUMBER 32 OF 325 COPIES, printed in blue and black, quarter blue morocco-backed cloth, 1934-1935, morocco-edged slipcases--BEDE. The History of the Church of Englande, 2 vol., LIMITED TO 450 COPIES, printed in red and black, 1930--PINDAR. Odes of Victory. The Nemean and Isthmian Odes [-The Olympian and Pythian Odes], NUMBERS 47 AND 85 OF 250 COPIES, wood-engraved illustrations by John Farleigh, 1928-1930, red crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf, all t.e.g., folio, Shakespeare Head Press (8)

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