[Bruce Rogers | Inscribed by Dard Hunter] Before Life Began Extra Illustrated privately printed

privately printed

Sister Anne

Marshall (who was likely taught by either Douglas Cockerell or Sangorski & Sutcliffe)

with subtle blind tooling along the bands and the title tooled in blind to the second compartment--undoubtedly taking cues from the original binding

Some rubbing to edges

[Bruce Rogers | Inscribed by Dard Hunter] Before Life Began Extra Illustrated privately printedHunter, Dard. Before Life Began 1883 1923. Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1941. Limited to 219 copies, of which this is #212. Designed by Bruce Rogers, and signed by him at colophon. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Dard Hunter: "Inscribed for my friend Charles E. Pont by Dard Hunter December 10, mcmlviii". Full page profile watermark of Hunter, followed by a page of paper watermarked with the name "DARD HUNTER". Original vellum backed decorative