First Housman edition. Number 5 of just 30 copies printed on Japanese vellum at the Chiswick Press and signed “Charles Whittingham Co.”. Octavo. Bound by Bumpus of Oxford in full contemporary burgundy morocco, lettered and decorated gilt. Gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. A near fine copy, internally crisp, repairs to joints.
Uncommon. There were an additional 660 copies on paper.
The Imitation Of Christ (One of 30 Copies On Vellum)
Author
Laurence Housman
Publisher
London: Kegan Paul, Trench Trübner & Co.
Date
1898
