Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 2 Vols, Agnes Miller Parker, SIGNED, 1953, NF HC w/DJ+slipcase
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 2 Vols, Agnes Miller Parker, SIGNED, 1953, NF HC w/DJ+slipcase
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 2 Vols, Agnes Miller Parker, SIGNED, 1953, NF HC w/DJ+slipcase
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 2 Vols, Agnes Miller Parker, SIGNED, 1953, NF HC w/DJ+slipcase
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 2 Vols, Agnes Miller Parker, SIGNED, 1953, NF HC w/DJ+slipcase
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 2 Vols, Agnes Miller Parker, SIGNED, 1953, NF HC w/DJ+slipcase
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 2 Vols, Agnes Miller Parker, SIGNED, 1953, NF HC w/DJ+slipcase
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 2 Vols, Agnes Miller Parker, SIGNED, 1953, NF HC w/DJ+slipcase
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 2 Vols, Agnes Miller Parker, SIGNED, 1953, NF HC w/DJ+slipcase
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 2 Vols, Agnes Miller Parker, SIGNED, 1953, NF HC w/DJ+slipcase
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 2 Vols, Agnes Miller Parker, SIGNED, 1953, NF HC w/DJ+slipcase

Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 2 Vols, Agnes Miller Parker, SIGNED, 1953, NF HC w/DJ+slipcase

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Spenser, Edmund, and John Hayward, Oxford: The University Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1953, #1169/1500, Near Fine octavo, 11 3/4" x 8". Illustrated and SIGNED by Agnes Miller Parker. 

Near Fine octavo, 11 3/4" x 8", hardcovers in green cloth with stamped gilt title decoration to front panels, stamped gilt lettering to front panel and spine, and deckled edges. Very minor spot to pg.44. Very Good green dust jackets with black ink illustrations to the front panels and black and blue lettering to the front and spine. 1/2" chip to the head of Volume One. Notable foxing, some sunning to the spine, minor wear to edges and tips, with a few small tears. Good slipcase in patterned paper with illustrations of shields with various Coat of Arms, splitting to edges, head, and tail with some exposure, notable sunning and spots of foxing, overall, fragile but intact. 

Beautifully designed two-volume set of the Elizabethan epic poem The Faerie Queene  (Disposed into Twelve Bookes Fashioning XII Morall Vertues), originally published in 1590 and known for Edmund Spenser's fantastical allegory of Elizabeth I's reign and the Tudor dynasty. Volume I (xiii + [1] 511 pp) includes the first three 'bookes,' and Volume II ([2] 514-992) includes the fourth to the seventh 'booke.' Replete with decorations drawn by British book illustrator John Austen and reproductions of the wood-engravings by Scottish artist Agnes Miller Parker. Includes an Introduction by John Hayward. Signed by Parker on the copyright page. 

The Limited Editions Club was founded by publisher George Macy in 1929 with goal of delivering a monthly fine press edition of great works in literature, religion, history, philosophy, and poetry. The press worked with some of the best printers in the US and Europe, and sought the best artists to illustrate runs of 1500 or 2000 copies. Amatoria has acquired ~100 Limited Edition Club titles, to see more, visit the collection on our website.