[Roycrofters | Limited to 26 Copies] Ali Baba E-List 16 Gilt lettering to front cover

Gilt lettering to front cover

Bright red watered silk endpapers

featuring a knight and castle illustration printed in brown and stamped with gilt by H

kelly green

with several delicate curving gouges in gilt extending outwards and connecting each quadrant

[Roycrofters | Limited to 26 Copies] Ali Baba E-List 16 Gilt lettering to front coverFra Elbertus [Elbert Hubbard]. So This then is the Appreciation of Ali Baba of East Aurora. East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1899. Limited to 26 copies on Imperial Japan Vellum, of which this is #6. Signature of illuminator Minnie Gardner as well as the mark (X) and signature of Ali Baba. Hand illuminated initials throughout. Photogravure portrait frontispiece. Bound in yapp edged limp suede with a blind rule and turned edge. Moir silk doublures.