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[DOVES PRESS]; KEATS, John; COBDEN-SANDERSON, Thomas James (selected and arranged by...)

Keats.

[Poems]

Stock Code
105763
[London] Hammersmith, The Doves Press, 1914
£2,750

After establishing the Doves Bindery in 1893, Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson partnered with Emery Walker to found the Doves Press in 1901. Alongside the Kelmscott, Ashendene and Vale presses it is considered one of the cornerstones of the Golden Age of Private Press, drawing heavily on the spirit of the Arts & Crafts Movement that flowered at the turn of the century. The two partners, along with Sydney Cockerell, created type based on Nicolas Jenson's Roman type (1470s), named the 'Doves Type.' Unfortunately, the relationship between the two partners deteriorated, resulting in said type being famously dumped in the Thames, where it languished until 2014, when it was rescued and subsequently digitalised.

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Description

one of 200 copies on paper; small 4to ( 240 x 170 mm); printed in red & black, near-fine; original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery (stamp to rear endpaper), spine titled in gilt, uncut, mild spotting to fore-edges , vellum toned and warped (as usual), otherwise a very good copy of this rare edition.

Bibliography

Tidcombe DP5 & DP7.

Stock ID:105763

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