ASHENDENE PRESS. THUCYDIDES. c.460-395 BC. The History of the Peloponnesian War. Chelsea Ashendene Press, 1930.

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THUCYDIDES. c.460-395 BC. The History of the Peloponnesian War. Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1930. Folio (410 x 280 mm). Ptolemy type, printed in red and black, 3-line initials by Graily Hewitt beginning each chapter, marginal summaries printed in red Blado Italic type, original white pigskin by W.H. Smith & Son, stamp to turn-in, spine lightly toned, custom morocco-backed clamshell folding case.Provenance: Philip Duschenes (bookseller ticket to rear pastedown.VERY NICE COPY OF THE ASHENDENE PRESS THUCYDIDES IN ORIGINAL PIGSKIN, limited to 260 copies on paper (there were 20 on vellum). The notice to subscriber's advertising the Ashendene Thucydides foreshadowed the closing of the press, noting "It is more than probable that these two books [with Daphnis et Chloe] will be the last to be issued from the Ashendene Press, with the possible exception of a Bibliography of the Press, containing a number of specimen pages...." Hornby 37.