[Will Ransom | Handcraft Shop] Ave Imperatrix! A Dirge of Empire E-List 18 Signed by Alfred East

Signed by Alfred East

and the rich crimson binding

it is very much in the style of illumination work being performed by the Craftsman's Guild in Boston during this period

Bibliography of club publications at the rear and a list of 21 members

[Will Ransom | Handcraft Shop] Ave Imperatrix! A Dirge of Empire E-List 18 Signed by Alfred EastWilde, Oscar. Ave Imperatrix! A Dirge of Empire. The Handcraft Shop, Snohomish, WA, 1902. Limited to 150 copies, of which this is #6. Limp dark red polished calf. Full page black & white plate with hand colored border. 31 pages of text (on recto only) printed within a woodcut of a tree, vines and thorns with a hand colored and gilt capital. Additional capital to the preface and colophon. The title page, caption to the plate and printer's device on