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Caxton, William (1422-1491) An Original Leaf from the Polycronicon, 1482. The Life and Works of William Caxton, with a Note on the Polycronicon.
San Francisco: [The Book Club of California], 1938.
Folio, including leaf CCL, Liber Quintus, single column, black letter, capital marks in red added in a contemporary hand, three contemporary marginal notations (some spotting, 10 x 7 in.) from STC 13438 tipped to the leaf following the title; followed by The Life and Works of William Caxton, with an Historical Reminder of Fifteenth Century England by Benjamin P. Kurtz; A Note on the Polycronicon by Oscar Lewis; and An Appreciation of William Caxton by Edwin Grabhorn; title printed in red and black, featuring a large version of Caxton's xylographic printer's mark, printed in black letter throughout in black ink with red chapter marks; limited edition, one of 297 copies printed for the Book Club of California by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn; bound in publisher's oatmeal cloth spine and brick red paper covered boards with Caxton's mark printed on front and back, 11 1/2 x 9 in.
