collectable

Many people decide to collect books that were published by the Ashendene Press between 1895-1935. They were one of the finest private presses and produced many beautiful books. Some were made like pamphlet style booklets, some with flexible, limp covers (like modern day card cover books) with little silk ties to fasten them together and others with strong leather binding. Even wedding booklets with the order of service that the founder of Ashendene Press produced for his own wedding and that of his son. Let’s take a look at why books that were published by the Ashendene Press are so highly regarded and collectable and some of the prices they have achieved at auction houses. As so few copies come up for auction as buyers hang on to them the prices shown will be from sales either in the  UK, Europe or America with there respective currency.