[Press of the Woolly Whale | Illuminated | "A Few Copies"] A Prayer for a Wedding E-List 19 Gilt-ruled turn-ins with Celtic knot

Gilt-ruled turn-ins with Celtic knot tooling to corners

[Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society

with three gilt rules

Wallbrand Evans (who was likely trained at the Guild of Women Binders)

Limited to 500 copies on paper and 17 copies on vellum

[Press of the Woolly Whale | Illuminated | "A Few Copies"] A Prayer for a Wedding E-List 19 Gilt-ruled turn-ins with Celtic knotHolmes, John Haynes. A Prayer for a Wedding. New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1938. As noted on the colophon: "Set in 18 point Goudy Tory with decorations by George W. Van Vechten, Jr., and a few copies printed" Printed for Madeleine Curtis Walsh and James William Walsh on the first anniversary of their wedding. Printed in red and black, with three gold initials and beautifully illuminated decorative elements throughout. Ivory paper colored boards