Justinian and Theodora : drama, being a chapter of history and the one gleam of light during the Dark Ages

East Aurora, N.Y. : Roycroft Press, 1906. Octavo, finely bound in half mauve crushed Morocco over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, pp. 107; (2), decorated title page, head and tail pieces, the deluxe edition limited to 106 copies printed on Japan vellum signed by Elbert Hubbard, housed in the publisher’s original felt lined folding card box, edges a little rubbed. A fine copy.

The Roycroft Press was founded by Elbert Hubbard in 1895 in as part of the Roycroft Arts and Crafts movement in upstate New York, inspired in part by a meeting he had with William Morris in England. Like Morris’s Kelmscott Press, the Roycrofters publications were defined by quality craftsmanship and a refined handmade aesthetic.