Limited to 150 copies printed on full vellum (this is #135). This beautiful and rare vintage hardcover (vellum) book shows some shelf wear, a few defects are evident, but all around clean copy for its age. Covers are somewhat brittle and curved at edges, as is often the case with vellum covers. Pages may be slightly discolored with age and contain some markings, but appear to be quite clean. Beautiful gilded first letter and hand colored first letters throughout copy. Please examine all photos closely for condition detail, and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions you may have before purchase.
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First Essex House Press edition, one of 150 copies only, each printed on vellum and hand-coloured, this copy out of series. This is the tenth work in the press's Great Poems Series. The illuminated letters for this work were provided by Florence Kingsford Cockerell (1871-1949), one of the leading book illuminators of the English arts and crafts movement. Kingsford Cockerell studied calligraphy under Edward Johnston and predominantly worked for the Ashendene Press. Octavo. Original vellum, spine lettered in gilt, rose and "Soul is Form" blind-stamped on front cover. Printed in Caslon type. Wood-engraved frontispiece by William Strang, hand-coloured initials by Florence Kingsford Cockerell throughout, interleaved with 15 loosely-inserted tissue guards.