Intro by nathan haskell dole (3 Ergebnisse)

Leather. Zustand: Good+. 1903, unstated edition. Good+. 12mo., 279 pp., with red silk ribbon, bound in soft brown leather with gilt seal on front cover and gilt title on spine, top edge gilt. Spine is faded, tips & edges rubbed. Text appears unmarked.

Hardcover. Zustand: G+ to VG. First edition, thus. Tan cloth backed with green paper over boards. Wear to extremities with rubbing down to the press board, wear to joints with some threading, spine paper label darkened, some discoloration to the green boards, overall clean. T.e.g. a bit dulled and rubbed. Very well bound with both covers firmly attached. Former owner's bookplate on front paste-down, blue bookmark ribbon laid in with tear to tip. One of the letters to the title on the title page has been rubbed by glue sticking to the facing page (blank, no frontispiece). Otherwise, free of marking, with pleasingly bright and clean pages. Bilingual French/English. A unique edition of this classic, and now uncommon. Further details given, and questions are always welcome. Photos can be made upon request.…

Contains 874 translated quatrains. Presentation copy signed by author on ffep to Edward Glodd, Esq with high regard of Eben Francis Thompson, February 1911, Worcester Massachusetts with former owner signature below (1957). 6-1/2 x 10, 290 pp, sheet-protected frontispiece sepia photo of author w printed signature VeryGood, unmarked contents except for a few light pencil notes clarifying the translations, tight binding, wear to spine ends, spine label darkened w light wear. Hardcover in off-white cloth boards w gilt Arabic letters, titling label on spine, no jacket.…