John Heron Lepper Tr (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Brown/beige marbled bds., corners rubbed. Brown backstr. with gilt lettering, top and bottom of backstr. rubbed. Front endpaper missing. Hinges loose. Frontis. xxvi, 316pp. on laid paper, deckled edges. Copy number 196 of limited edition of 1050. Contents Good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. *** BOOK in good clean tight and unmarked condition. Printer's/publisher's original sage green boards with cream vellum backstrap. Gilt title on spine. Structurally very good except for rubbing on lower corners. 145 pages. Macabre frontispiece taken from Levet's edition of 1489 depicting three unfortunates being hanged. This is a quality edition, not only the vellum backstrap but also all rag paper with fore and lower edges uncut. The limitation page states that this edition was limited to 775 copies of which 750 were for sale - this is #209. The book contains Villon's two major works, The Little Testament (1456) and The Great Testament (1461). Size: 265x185mm.…