A Bibliography of the Essex House Press
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Essex House Press struggled financially, with the situation growing ever more precarious after 1904, when an ambitious print run of 300 copies of the Essex House Bible was met with only 40 subscribers and the printers were put on half time. The Press finally ceased production altogether in 1906. Ashbee, however, was convinced that someday collectors would come to appreciate his beloved books. This bibliography carefully notes the details of each edition in what almost seems like an anticipation of the curiosity of future collectors.
“Alas that we could not go on with our work for we all of us loved it so and I think the book collectors of a day to come will probably prize some of the books…”
Ashbee Memoirs, 31 August 1906