[Rarebooks] FS: THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER bound in ostrich hide

[Charles Agvent]

COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. New York: 
Limited Editions Club, 1945. Thin quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in 
full russet ostrich hide, certainly one of the more unusual bindings of 
the press. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson hand-colored by Charlize 
Brakeley. Includes the author's marginal notes. Designed by C. P. 
Rollins at the Yale University Press. Introduction by John L. Lowes. 
Copy #1185 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Minor 
fading to the spine; tiny nicks to chemise and slipcase. Small 
university bookplate on the verso of the front free endpaper. Close to 
Fine in chemise and slipcase and uncommon thus. (#013852)        $400.00

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