LIBRARY OF WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK, JR., IN TWO PARTS - PART I: KELMSCOTT PRESS, PART II; THE DOVES PRESS, COLLATED AND COMPILED BY ROBERT ERNEST COWAN, ASSISTED BY.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALFRED W. POLLARD.PRINTED BY JOHN HENRY NASH.|THE Cowan, Robert Ernest and William Andrews Clark, Jr. Bibliography,Fine Press Books,Libraries,Publishing

large 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper label on spine, slipcase. xxxviii, (ii), 123, (3). Limited to 150 numbered copies; printed on cream-colored Umbria Italia by John Henry Nash. Spine faded, slipcase partially cracked, else a near fine copy of this extremely scarce title. From 1914 through about 1930, the collector William Andrews Clark Jr. published twenty volumes of catalogues of selected items from his library. This volume (cf. Besterman 5128) lists Clark's collection of Kelmscott Press books and related items, and then lists the Doves items, for a total of one hundred eleven unnumbered entries for books and various sets of pamphlets, designs and catalogues. The lengthy introduction by A.W. Pollard deals mostly with Morris and his influence. Morris' "Notes" on the founding of the Kelmscott Press precede the Kelmscott listings; Cobden-Sanderson's farewell to the Doves ("Salve Aeternum Aeternumque Vale") precedes the Doves listing. A typical entry includes author and title, colophon transcription, physical description, edition statement, collation, information on printing and illustrations, and references. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper label on spine, slipcase