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[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. GODEFROY OF BOLOYNE. The History of Godefroy of Boloyne and of the Conquest of Iherusalem [Reprinted from Caxton's edition of 1481, edited by H. Halliday Sparling], Hammersmith, 1893, 4to, 286 x 205mm. (11¼ x 8in.), original limp vellum, spine gilt-lettered, silk ties, uncut, LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 copies of an edition of 306, printed in black and red, woodcut title-page, facing page with full woodcut page-border, numerous woodcut ornaments. Cockerell 15 ("This was the fifth and last of the Caxton reprints, with many new ornaments and initials, & a new printer's mark...It was the first book published and sold at the Kelmsott Press."); Peterson A15. Bookplates of Charles Eamer Kempe and Estelle Doheny (sale, Christie's New York, 19 May 1989, lot 2295).

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[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. GODEFROY OF BOLOYNE. The History of Godefroy of Boloyne and of the Conquest of Iherusalem [Reprinted from Caxton's edition of 1481, edited by H. Halliday Sparling], Hammersmith, 1893, 4to, 286 x 205mm. (11¼ x 8in.), original limp vellum, spine gilt-lettered, silk ties, uncut, LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 copies of an edition of 306, printed in black and red, woodcut title-page, facing page with full woodcut page-border, numerous woodcut ornaments. Cockerell 15 ("This was the fifth and last of the Caxton reprints, with many new ornaments and initials, & a new printer's mark...It was the first book published and sold at the Kelmsott Press."); Peterson A15. Bookplates of Charles Eamer Kempe and Estelle Doheny (sale, Christie's New York, 19 May 1989, lot 2295).