Vale Press. The Early Poems of John Milton edited by Charles Sturt, London: Ballantyne Press for the Vale Press, [1896], wood-engraved frontispiece, ornaments and initials by Charles Ricketts, light toning to a couple of leaves, light spotting to endpapers, ink inscription to front endpaper, original cream blindstamped cloth gilt, gilding to spine rubbed in places, 4to (Qty: 1) Provenance 'From the books of Arthur & Margaret Gillett, 21.4. 1962', ink inscription. Probably Margaret Clark Gillett (1878-1962) botanist and social reformer, noted for advocating for women and children held in concentration camps after the Boer War. Tomkinson 1. One of 310 copies printed and the first book issued by the Vale Press.
Vale Press. The Early Poems of John Milton edited by Charles Sturt, London: Ballantyne Press for the Vale Press, [1896], wood-engraved frontispiece, ornaments and initials by Charles Ricketts, light toning to a couple of leaves, light spotting to endpapers, ink inscription to front endpaper, original cream blindstamped cloth gilt, gilding to spine rubbed in places, 4to (Qty: 1) Provenance 'From the books of Arthur & Margaret Gillett, 21.4. 1962', ink inscription. Probably Margaret Clark Gillett (1878-1962) botanist and social reformer, noted for advocating for women and children held in concentration camps after the Boer War. Tomkinson 1. One of 310 copies printed and the first book issued by the Vale Press.
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