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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri (six volumes).
by (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) ALIGHIERI, Dante
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York:: Houghton, Mifflin and Company,. Near Fine. 1906. Hardcover. Complete in six volumes. Translated from the Italian by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by John Flaxman. Limited large paper edition: this set is number 55 of 650. Quartos, fully bound in black (or perhaps very dark blue) morocco leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spines, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmarks. Light aging, previous owner's book-plate on front paste-downs, else all volumes are near fine. .
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- Bookseller
- Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101632
- Title
- The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri (six volumes).
- Author
- (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) ALIGHIERI, Dante
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company,
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York:
- Date Published
- 1906
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- POETRY, Italian Literature, TRANSLATION
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Springfield, Massachusetts
About Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
Booksellers since 1987. ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, and SNEAB member.
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
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