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May 2008 Fine Art & Antiques Auction

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1208. 12 Verses from "The Day Dream" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Designed, Printed, Illustrated and Bound by Susan Allix

London. 1995. 65 printed pages, 35 of which have pochoir, linocut or a combination of both. Apprx 7" x 6". Printed in various colors on Somerset mould made paper with cream Japanese title sheets. Binding is tongue-in-slot construction with boards edged in a wide strip of dark purple goatskin, covered in Japanese paper stenciled in pastel colors and varnished, with a printed title and aqua green leather onlays. The edges sponged with watercolor, endpapers stenciled, and the fly leaves printed. The book has a curved top, and is cased in a green cloth box with a pink leather tie. One of only 17 signed copies, this being numbered 8. Fine.



400/600   Sold $2,035.50
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