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Franklin (Colin). The Ashendene Press, 1st ed., 1986 Franklin (Colin). The Ashendene Press, 1st edition, Dallas: Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, 1986, title in red, blue and black, few illustrations, original cloth-backed patterned boards, large 8vo (Limited to 750 copies printed), together with: Johnson (Foster Macy). Charles Harry StJohn Hornby, English Gentleman, An Essay..., Meriden, Connecticut: Bayberry Hill Press, [1973], portrait frontispiece and several illustrations, some light scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, original cloth-backed marbled boards, slim 8vo (Limited edition 60/75), Hornby (Charles Harry St. John). The Ashendene Press: C.H. St. J. Hornby's foreword to his descriptive bibliography, with a note on the press by Will Ransom, and a check list of its books, 1st edition, Meriden, [Connecticut]: Domesday Press, 1939, title in red and black, monochrome plates, original cloth, slim 8vo (Limited to 350 copies printed), Dreyfus (John). The Personal Pleasures of a Private Press. With three engravings by Gwen Raverat, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California: 1971, three wood engravings by Raverat, with light offsetting, edges untrimmed, original printed wrappers, light mark to upper cover, slim 8vo (Limited to 1000 copies) Bakker (Steven A. and Warmenhoven, Erik J.). C.H. St. John Hornby's vellum copy of The Ashendene Press Dante, 1st edition, Antwerp: De Zilverdistel Rare Books, 1996, monochrome portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, colour plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, stain to cloth covers, 8vo, plus several other related publications and auction catalogues, including Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York auction catalogue of Ashendene, Kelmscott and Doves Press Publications, February 7 & 8, 1944 QTY: (36)