[Rarebooks] For Sale: Catalog of the Ashley Library

[Norman Kane]

THE ASHLEY LIBRARY. A CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND 
AUTOGRAPH LETTERS COLLECTED BY THOMAS J. WISE. WITH A NEW PREFACE BY 
SIMON NOWELL-SMITH  . . . COMPLETE IN 11 VOLUMES.
Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1971.
Small quartos, original gold-stamped cream cloth, a nice set, 
reprinting the original limited edition of this
splendid library of English literature. "This reprint enjoys a 
notable advantage over the original edition. Against all the entries 
. . .have been supplied the 'Ashley' shelf-marks in the ... [British] 
Museum . . . The occasional short notes written into entries, and the 
occasional deletions, have been taken from the marked set only 
accessible to readers in the Reading Room."  Frontispieces & many 
facsimile illustrations.
There are Introductions by A. W. Pollard, R. W. Chapman, Richard 
Curle, Augustine Burrell, E. V. Lucas and others.  Despite his 
transgressions, this
unique collection is the monument that reveals Wise  as a great and 
in some ways innovative collector (as, for instance, in his 
recognition of the stellar importance of manuscripts and 
correspondence to compliment the books.)  The set,  $550.00
(Trade Discount Available)


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