Shelley.Prometheus Unbound,1/20 vellum,inscr number 11 of 20 copies on vellum, from an edition li

Shelley.Prometheus Unbound,1/20 vellum,inscr number 11 of 20 copies on vellum, from an edition limited to 220, printed in red and black, presentation copy from C.R.Ashbee to R.A.Harari incscribed on front free endpaper and with accompanying A.L.s. loosely inserted, frontispiece by Ashbee, lacking pp.21-28, endpapers slightly yellowed, unbound, uncut and unopened, 4to, Campden, Essex House Press, 1904. ***The inscription reads, "To R.A.Harari from C.R.A. as a mark of his affection. In token also of the very good year we have spent together in the Holy City...may our work not all be thrown away! Aug. 1919." In his accompanying letter written from the Military Governorate, Jerusalem, Ashbee comments that he would have liked to have had the book bound for Harari "but after my one experience of Jerusalem craftsmanship I daren`t risk it." He continues, "I would like to add that I shall feel your departure as a keen personal loss & when you finger the vellum leaves I want you to remember that, & your friend C.R.Ashbee". Ashbee spent time in Jerusalem during the early years of the British Mandate from 1918-22, acting as a town-planner under the governorship of Sir Ronald Storrs which gave him a chance to put his utopian ideals into practice. R.A.Harari (1892-1969), merchant banker, art scholar and collector, who served as finance officer under Sir Ronald Storrs and director of trade and commerce in the mandate under Sir Herbert Samuel. He was an authority on Islamic metalwork and a notable art collector, particularly of Beardsley drawings and Japanese paintings.