[SPECIAL PRESS] SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS

William Shakespeare | [Victor Hammer]

Lexington, Ky. Printed by Jacob Hammer for the Anvil PRess, 1956 [1609].

Hard Cover. Limited Edition. Large 8vo.; in blue paper-covered boards, backed in tan linen with a printed paper label to the spine; 78 pages; from the colophon: “Printed after the Praetorious facsimile edition from the proof copy of the First Quarto -- 1609 -- in the British Museum. -- Layout by Victor Hammer. Printed by Jacob Hammer for the Anvil Press, Lexington Kentucky 1956. Publication V: two hundred and forty copies. [no; 96].” there is the faintest amount of foxing to the spine; printed in black and red; with the printer’s blue dustjacket, also with a paper title label to the spine.~~Altogether a splendid copy of this production by Victor Hammer’s Anvil Press.~~~~~.

Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
Item #297775

Price: $650.00