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ASHENDENE PRESS -- AUSTIN, Sarah (translator). The Story without an End . Chelsea: The Ashendene Press, 1909. 16° (177 x 125mm). Printed in red and black on Japanese paper, four and three line initials supplied in blue and paragraph marks in

ASHENDENE PRESS -- AUSTIN, Sarah (translator). The Story without an End. Chelsea: The Ashendene Press, 1909. 16° (177 x 125mm). Printed in red and black on Japanese paper, four and three line initials supplied in blue and paragraph marks in alternating blue and red by Grail Hewitt. Original linen-backed blue paper boards, paper label on spine (small chips to paper label). Provenance: Charles Harry St. John Hornby (1867-1946) and Diana Hornby (gift inscriptions dated 1909 to:) -- Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden (1868-1928) and Esther Smith -- William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden (1903-1948; book label). LIMITED EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY from the printer Charles Harry St. John Hornby and his daughter Diana Hornby to Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden and his wife Esther Smith. This copy is one of 30 copies on Japan paper; 6 other copies were printed on vellum. Steele pp. 45-48; Hornby XXIII.