[Roycrofters | Limited to 40 Copies] The Deserted Village Extra Illustrated since it has been printed

since it has been printed at the Village Press and has the distinguishing earmarks of the his notable private press

Cobden-Sanderson and Douglas Cockerell (apparently no relation)

Ball donated the latter collection to the Army Medical Museum [now the National Museum of Health & Medicine] around 1920

otherwise a gorgeous example

both in blue

[Roycrofters | Limited to 40 Copies] The Deserted Village Extra Illustrated since it has been printedGoldsmith, Oliver. The Deserted Village. East Aurora, NY: Roycroft Shop, 1898. As noted on the limitation page: "Numbers one to forty are specially illumined by hand", with this being #24. Signed by the illuminator, Harriet Robarge, and signed in Elbert Hubbard's name. Illuminated throughout by Robarge with a plethora of shamrocks and shamrock based floral ornaments. An early engraved portrait of Goldsmith has been loosely inserted. Printed in black