[Roycrofters | Limited to 40 Copies] The Deserted Village E-List 36 Turn-ins on both front and

Turn-ins on both front and back covers gilt-rolled and ruled

) Housed in buckram fleece-lined slipcase

Dibdin studied art at Edinburgh College of Art (known at that time as the Royal Institution) and worked as the art critic for the Liverpool Courier newspaper from 1887 to 1904

Smith's library was purchased en bloc by A

along with some minor gilt loss

[Roycrofters | Limited to 40 Copies] The Deserted Village E-List 36 Turn-ins on both front andGoldsmith, Oliver. The Deserted Village. East Aurora, NY: Roycroft Shop, 1898. Handwritten on the limitation page: "Numbers one to forty are specially illumined by hand", with this being #39. Signed by the illuminator, Minnie Gardner, and signed in Elbert Hubbard's name. Large initials in green and gold, and illuminated throughout by Gardner with beautiful watercolor vignettes. Printed in black and green on Dickinson's wove. Paper covered boards with