[Frederic Goudy | Hillside Press] The Sleep of Beppo
[Frederic Goudy | Hillside Press] The Sleep of Beppo
[Frederic Goudy | Hillside Press] The Sleep of Beppo
[Frederic Goudy | Hillside Press] The Sleep of Beppo
[Frederic Goudy | Hillside Press] The Sleep of Beppo
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[Frederic Goudy | Hillside Press] The Sleep of Beppo

Burr, Amelia J. The Sleep of Beppo. Englewood, NJ: The Hillside Press, 1909. Limited to 150 copies. Initials and ornaments designed by Frederic W. Goudy. Printed on handmade Fabriano paper. Set up and printed from type by Frederic M. Burr in red, black, and metallic gold. Inscribed by Burr to the American artist George H. Story. Slate grey wrappers with faded title in metallic gold to the front cover. Measures approx. 5.5" x 8.75". Some light edgewear to the covers and foxing to pages. Fading to lettering on cover. Stitching replaced. Bookseller bookplate to the inside front cover.

Cave notes in The Private Press: "Some of [Burr's] work is of considerable interest, like Burr's A Criminal in Stone (1908) or his wife's The Sleep of Beppo (1909), both of which were designed by Frederic Goudy working in his Kelmscott manner..."