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Sonnets from the Portuguese
de Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Chicago: Monastery Hill Bindery, 1933. A handsome little book, #75 of 200 copies printed by the Broadside Press, Barrington; for the Century of Progress Exposition, presumably as a promotion for the bindery, which is still in business making fancy restaurant & hotel kit. Quarter turquoise morocco over turquoise paste-paper boards, gilt titling. Edges worn, corners frayed, spine hubs rubbed, couple of little nicks, pen mark inside back cover. Text clean, printed in black with red title page elements; [6], 24 pages. . Later Printing. Quarter Leather. Very Good. 4½" by 6½".
Sinopsis
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets to the Portuguese are widely considered among the greatest cycle of sonnets in the English language. This collection of love poems was written between 1845-46 to fellow poet and her soon-to-be husband, Robert Browning . Originally, Browning had no intention of publishing the poetry owing to its deeply personal subject matter, but her husband convinced her to publish them in the 1850 edition of her Poems . Originally, however, she was reportedly to have called the collection Sonnets from the Bosnian but was convinced to change the title to Sonnets from the Portuguese , also on her husband's suggestion. The Sonnets (as they are often called) are interesting as far as their collectibility is concerned. They were not originally published as a standalone work, but in Barrett's first compilation of poetry, Poems . First published in 1844, it did not contain the Sonnets initially. This distinction was to belong in fact to the second edition of 1850, published in 2 octavo volumes by Chapman and Hall in dark blue gilt cloth, making the second edition of Poems more valuable and collectible than the first edition. This is, of course, a rarity in the world of book collecting. The first state contains the address for the publisher on the title page as 186, Strand, rather than 193, Piccaddilly. The second edition of Poems (containing Sonnets from the Portuguese) is rather uncommon, but will typically fetch $5,000 or more, depending on condition.
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- Librería
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- u2389
- Título
- Sonnets from the Portuguese
- Autor
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- Later Printing
- Editorial
- Monastery Hill Bindery
- Lugar de publicación
- Chicago
- Fecha de publicación
- 1933
- Palabras clave
- Poetry, Century of Progress Exposition, World's Fair
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
Sobre Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
