THE RING AND THE BOOK

Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing to the spine, mostly at the tips. Very Good in a Good slipcase with some fraying. Carl Schultheiss. Two quarto (7-1/3" x 10") volumes bound in half red sheepskin leather and boards decorated with Italian hand-made paper. Printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. Copy #981 of 1500 illustrated with ORIGINAL COPPER ETCHINGS by Carl Schultheiss and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.