Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834). A group of 17 editions of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, including:

London: The Art Union of London, 1863. Illustrated by J. Noel Paton. -- New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877. Illustrated by Gustave Doré. -- East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1899. In a designer binding with wood inlays. LIMITED EDITION, number 368 of 400 copies, SIGNED BY ELBERT HUBBARD. -- London: George C. Harrap & Co., Ltd., [1910]. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. REVIEW COPY. -- Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon, 1929. 10 engravings by David Jones. LIMITED EDITION, number 188 of 460 copies. INSCRIBED BY PRINTER S.A. JACOBS on the half-title. Samuel A. Jacobs was an American printer and book designer, best known as e.e. Cummings's personal printer. -- New York: Cheshire House, 1931. LIMITED EDITION, number 1,171 of 1,200 copies. -- New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1945. LIMITED EDITION, number 1,015 of 1,500 copies, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR EDWARD A. WILSON. -- London: Allen and Richard Lane, 1945. Illustrations by Duncan Grant. LIMITED EDITION, one of 700 copies. -- London: The Arcadia Press, 1972. Original half-vellum over seaweed boards by Zaehsdorf. LIMITED EDITION, number 103 of 110 copies (100-110 not for sale), SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR ERROL LE CAIN, CALLIGRAPHER DAVID HOWELLS AND PAPER MAKER PHILIP R. ROWSON.

And 8 others. Together, 17 works in 17 volumes, various folio, 4to, and 8vo sizes, all in original bindings, many with slipcases. Condition generally very fine.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834). A group of 17 editions of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, including:

The Library of Stephen J. Farber

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834). A group of 17 editions of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, including:

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