[Rarebooks] FS: Lovely Edition of Spenser's THE FAERIE QUEENE Illustrated by John Austen & 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 #39 of 1500 
SIGNED by Parker on the colophon page. A nicely printed set retaining 
Spenser's original English and beautifully illustrated. Monthly Letter 
laid in. The uncommon dustwrappers are present as is the slipcase. One 
of the underrated books of the press. Bookplate on the front pastedown 
of each volume. The spines of the dustwrappers are slightly darkened as 
almost always the case. Just about Fine in Near Fine dustwrappers and a 
Fine slipcase. (#017781)        $350

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