Description: The Poetical Works of John Milton With Life of the Author and Illustrations R.H. Hinkley Company, Boston, 1908, Printed by D.B. Updike at The Merrymount Press, Boston, #81-555, limited edition, sixteen illustrations, blind stamped pigskin bindings, complete in four volumes, 10 x 6.5”, 8vo. In good condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to edges. Slight cracking and rubbing to joints. Corners exhibit red rot with light fraying. Spines slightly faded with light rubbing to bands. Ends lightly abraded as well. Front gutters slightly tender in each volume. Top edges gilt. Deckled edges are toned and slightly brittle. Internally good. Bright and clean. Free of ownership or markings. Pink stamped #81 in rear of texts. Bindings intact. Presents well. Please see photos. A lovely finely bound set of Milton’s work produced by Updike at The Merrymount Press. The Merrymount Press was a printing company, both scholarly and craftsman like, founded and run by Daniel Berkeley Updike in Boston, Massachusetts from 1893-1941. It was perhaps the finest representative of the Arts and Crafts Movement in American book arts, influenced by William Morris’ Kelmscott Press. Founded to “do common work uncommonly well.” He called it The Merrymount Press in honor of Mount Wollaston just south of Boston. RAREA1908DMOZ
Price: 500 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Leather
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Limited Edition
Author: John Milton
Publisher: R.H. Hinkley Company
Topic: Poetry
Subject: Literature
Original/Facsimile: Original
