[Clerk's Press] The Clerk's Press Miscellany, Third Series

The Clerk's Press Miscellany, Third Series. Cleveland: At the Clerk's Press, 1913.

These "miscellanies"--comprising several individual volumes from the Clerk's Press bound together--include a separate title page and table of contents, and are quite scarce (note holdings below). 

The front cover of each title is bound into the rear of the volume. Each copy is #16 (except for The Wisdom of the Simple, which is #23.) 

Contents:

• The Wondrous Bird. 1913. Limited to 34 copies, of which this is #17.
• Lyrics from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1913. Limited to 40 copies, of which this is #17.
• The Divell's Chrystmass. 1913. Limited to 60 copies, of which this is #17.
• Sermons by Saints Francis and Antony. 1913. Limited to 32 copies, of which this is #17.
• Of False Allegations. 1913. Limited to 32 copies, of which this is #17. Hand drawn initial in red.
• The Lay of the Were-wolf. 1913. Limited to 32 copies, of which this is #16. Four beautiful hand drawn initials in watercolors.
• The Lay of the Little Bird. 1913. Limited to 32 copies, of which this is #17. (An initial called for, but not added.)
• The Song of Brother Sun. 1913. Limited to 32 copies, of which this is #14. Hand drawn initial in red.
• The Nativity of Our Lord. 1914. Limited to 32 copies, of which this is #19. (An initial called for, but not added.)

Bound in 3/4 deep red morocco by The Booklovers Shop, with maroon and brown marbled boards. Title in gilt to spine. Plain endpapers. Measures approx. 4.25" x 5.5". A significant amount of rubbing and wear to edges, boards, corners, spine & bands, and hinges (though covers remain solidly attached). Head and tail of spine chipped and worn. Some offsetting to the edges of the endpapers, a few smudges to text, and soiling to upper edge of textblock.

A single institutional holding of this compilation of works in OCLC (WorldCat).