The Chester Play of The Deluge

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Fine, in a Fine Dust Jacket, 1977, Limited Edition, 10 pls. In quarter grey cloth over green marbled boards, gilt titles to spine, orange DJ, black ink titles. Internally, half title, [9], [1], [2], 3-30 pp, [1], [2], [1] blank, [1] printing details, 10 wood engravings by David Jones, one of 250 copies on Barcham Green mould-made paper, printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge in the Golden Cockerel type designed by Eric Gill, top edges cut, remainder not. Accompanied by the full size prospectus with the engraving printed from the original wood-block and a customer receipt. Originally published in 1927 by the Golden Cockerel Press. (Berger - Medieval English Drama: An Annotated Bibliography. #21). (329*253 mm). In PRISTINE condition. The engravings was lost because the heavy hand-made paper had not been dampened. Our copy is the Clover Hill edition which was expertly reprinted in 1977, depicting the plates in their true glory.