The Ashendene Press - The XI. Bookes of The Golden Asse (sic...

Hammer

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The Ashendene Press - The XI. Bookes of The Golden Asse (sic), Containing The Metamorphosie (sic) of Lucius Apuleius Interlaced With Sundry Pleasant and Delectable Tales: With An Excellent Narration of The Marriage of Cupid and Psyches Set Out in The Fourth, Fifth, and The Sixth Bookes Translated Out of Latine (sic) Into English, By William Adlington, limited edition of 16 printed on vellum, The Ashendene Press, Chelsea 1924, viii, 230pp, Subiaco font in black and red, full red pebble morocco by the W.H.Smith bindery, stamped to verso pastedown, the boards gilt-embossed with triple fillett and pimpernels to angles, the front board titled and with publishing details, the spine with further title and dated within raised bands and further fillett compartments, small folio