Dramatis Personae

Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1910. Limited Edition. Fine. One of 250 copies on paper. 202pp. Bound in publisher's full vellum with spine lettered in gilt, with Doves Bindery stamp to rear pastedown, contents printed in black and red, housed in a custom red cloth chemise slipcase with morocco spine label lettered and ruled in gilt. Slight bump to tail of spine and slight splaying to vellum, as usual with naturally occurring color variations else Fine. An elegant Doves Press production of a collection of 18 poems by Browning. Books printed by Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker at the Doves Press are characterized by a stark simplicity, “dependent for their beauty almost entirely upon the clarity of the type, the excellence of the layout, and the perfection of the presswork” (Cave, 147). (Inventory #: 140947671)