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THE SENSITIVE PLANT
de Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Intro by Edmund Gosse. Illustrations by Charles Robinson
- Usado
- Estado
- Very Good-
- Librería
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London / New York: William Heinemann / J. B. Lippincott. 1st edition. Cloth. Very Good-. Charles Robinson. 1st edition thus, undated, circa 1911. A Very Good- copy. Royal 8vo., 127 pp., with Robinsons 18 full page color images tipped in with tissue guards. Bound in green gilt decorated cloth, top edge gilt. Tips are rubbed, top & base of spine rubbed, spotting to cloth. Previous owners bookplate on first blank endpaper, otherwise text is unmarked. A charming book! The Sensitive Plant is a poem composed by Percy Bysshe Shelley. The poem was written following the death of his child, Will, and the subsequent despondency of his wife, Mary Shelley, while they stayed in Pisa, Italy. The poem is four stanzas long and written in the style of the fable genre, and it describes a garden of flowers tended by an unnamed Lady. The titular "sensitive plant," the mimosa, stands out amongst the flowers.
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- Librería
- Frey Fine Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 32067
- Título
- THE SENSITIVE PLANT
- Autor
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Intro by Edmund Gosse. Illustrations by Charles Robinson
- Ilustrador
- Charles Robinson
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good-
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st edition
- Editorial
- William Heinemann / J. B. Lippincott
- Lugar de publicación
- London / New York
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
