[Rarebooks] FS: Spenser's THE FAERIE QUEENE Illustrated with Wood Engravings and SIGNED by Agnes Miller Parker

[Charles Agvent]

SPENSER, Edmund. THE FAERIE QUEENE. DISPOSED INTO TWELVE BOOKES 
FASHIONING XII MORALL VERTUES (FAERIE QUEEN). Oxford: Limited Editions 
Club, 1953. Two large quarto volumes (7-3/4" x 11-3/4") bound in 
gilt-decorated green cloth and illustrated with pen decorations by John 
Austen and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Copy #322 of 1500 
SIGNED by Parker on the colophon page. A nicely printed set retaining 
Spenser's original English and beautifully illustrated. The uncommon 
dustwrappers are present as is the slipcase. A lovely set of this, one 
of the underrated books of the press. The spines of the dustwrappers 
slightly darkened with a stain on that of the first volume; light foxing 
to the side panels of the dustwrapper as usually found with this title. 
Fine in Very Good dustwrappers with short tears at the spine tips and a 
Near Fine, intact slipcase. (#016010)        $250.00

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