Wednesday, September 3, 2014

1901 WILL O' THE MILL BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ~ LIMITED TO 100 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPAN VELLUM AND ILLUMINED BY HAND ~ LEATHER BINDING ATTRIBUTED TO LOUIS HERMAN KINDER

1901

WILL O' THE MILL
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

#51 OF 100 COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPAN VELLUM
AND ILLUMINED BY HAND

3/4 VARIEGATED LEVANT LEATHER BINDING
(SIGNED ''ROYCROFT'') ATTRIBUTED TO LOUIS HERMAN KINDER

DECORATIONS, PORTRAIT, AND INITIALS BY SAMUEL WARNER

HAND-ILLUMINED AND SIGNED BY EDITH ANDREWS
PRINTED AND SIGNED BY ELBERT HUBBARD

*** RARE ANTIQUE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION ~ FINE LEATHER BINDING ~ HAND-COLORED ~ CLASSIC LITERATURE ~ FINE PRESS ***

East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1901.

• rare antique limited edition
• limited to 100 copies printed on Imperial Japan Vellum; this book is number 51
• signed by the printer Elbert Hubbard and the illuminator Edith Andrews on limitation page
• book measures about 7.75'' x 6''
• exquisite original 3/4 variegated levant leather binding (signed ''Roycroft'') attributed to Louis Herman Kinder
• ornate embossed gilt stamping
• textblock all edges gilt
• decorative blue marble swirl endpapers
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• hand-illuminated initials and decorations

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