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DOVES PRESS. -- Robert BROWNING. men and Women. London: Doves Press, 1908.
2 volumes, 8° (233 x 165mm). Printed in red and black. Light brown morocco gilt, g.e., by The Doves Bindery, additionally stamped '19 C-S 13'. Provenance: T.J.Cobden-Sanderson (presentation inscription to his wife:); Annie Cobden-Sanderson (bookplate, sold lot 311 Sotheby April 12 1949, ¨28 to Maggs Bros. for:); Lord Harlech.
LIMITED EDITION OF 263 COPIES, this one of 250 on paper. Thomas Sanderson (1840-1922) married Annie, daughter of Richard Cobden, in 1881. "In a symbolic act of union, he added her name to his and thereafter was known as Cobden-Sanderson." F.Adams Bookbindings by T.J.Cobden-Sanderson. New York, 1969. He began binding in 1884, established the Doves Bindery in March 1893. "Thereafter he made designs for others to follow, and supervised their work closely, but never again bound a book himself." F.Adams op.cit. The Doves Press was founded by Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker in 1900, their partnership was dissolved in 1909. Tomkinson p.55. (2)
2 volumes, 8° (233 x 165mm). Printed in red and black. Light brown morocco gilt, g.e., by The Doves Bindery, additionally stamped '19 C-S 13'. Provenance: T.J.Cobden-Sanderson (presentation inscription to his wife:); Annie Cobden-Sanderson (bookplate, sold lot 311 Sotheby April 12 1949, ¨28 to Maggs Bros. for:); Lord Harlech.
LIMITED EDITION OF 263 COPIES, this one of 250 on paper. Thomas Sanderson (1840-1922) married Annie, daughter of Richard Cobden, in 1881. "In a symbolic act of union, he added her name to his and thereafter was known as Cobden-Sanderson." F.Adams Bookbindings by T.J.Cobden-Sanderson. New York, 1969. He began binding in 1884, established the Doves Bindery in March 1893. "Thereafter he made designs for others to follow, and supervised their work closely, but never again bound a book himself." F.Adams op.cit. The Doves Press was founded by Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker in 1900, their partnership was dissolved in 1909. Tomkinson p.55. (2)