[Rarebooks] FS: "Ashendene Press, Original Unbound Sheets, 1923-1935"

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(LEAF BOOKS) [Dawson, Glen]. ASHENDENE PRESS, ORIGINAL UNBOUND SHEETS, 
1923-1935. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop. 1961. Folio (17" x 12"). Consisting 
of 1 leaf of letterpress descriptive notes by Glen Dawson and 6 multi-page 
examples of original printed proof, trial and discarded sheets purchased from 
the daughter of C. H. St. John Hornby. Edition limited to 17 numbered sets 
housed in publisher's red cloth portfolio, black calf label on front cover. 
Small bookplate of John Saks on front pastedown.     $1,250.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
The works represented are: 1. Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser, (10)pp.; 2. 
The Golden Ass by Apuleius, (8)pp. on a single folded but uncut sheet; 3. 
Wisdom of Jesus... (16)pp. on 2 uncut sheets; 4. Les Amours Pastorales de 
Daphnis et de Chloe, (8)pp. on 1 uncut sheet; 5. Ashendene Press Bibliography, 
(4)pp.; and 6. Spenser's Minor Poems, (8) folio leaves printed in black, red & 
blue. DISBOUND AND DISPERSED, #123.

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