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[ASHENDENE PRESS]. ECCLESIASTICUS. The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach... Chelsea, 1932. Printed in Subiaco type, with chapter-headings and shoulder-notes in red, initials in blue and green supplied by Graily Hewitt, printer's mark D. 4to, original limp terracotta vellum, silk ties, uncut; slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, one of 303 copies on paper, of a total edition of 328. Hornby XXXVIII ("... one of the most satisfactory of the books of the Press. During its preparation my old Pressman George Faulkner, fell ill and to my regret died in March, 1932. I was fortunately able to replace him temporarily by H. Gage-Cole, who had served his apprenticeship under Morris at the Kelmscott Press in 1896.").