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The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso (A New Translation into English Blank Verse by Lawrence Grant White with Illustrations by Gustave Doré)
by Dante Alighieri; Doré, Gustave (Illustrator)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, Inc., 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Doré, Gustave. New translation of Dante's masterful description of his imaginary journey through Hell, Purgatory, & Paradise, employing the blank verse favored by John Milton in "Paradise Lost," with the phantasmagoric illustrations--69 full page--of Gustav Doré. Hardcover quarto (8.5" x 11.25") has sumptuous leather-like burgundy cloth over boards with creamy white textured cloth wrapping the spine, which has a decorative burgundy & gilt title box. Condition is Near Fine, with mild rubbing to lower extremities & slight bumping to corners. Else, completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with modest tanning, heavier to edges, but completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $6.50 price intact to front flap) is Good+, with multiple tears & chips to all edges; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023686
- Title
- The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso (A New Translation into English Blank Verse by Lawrence Grant White with Illustrations by Gustave Doré)
- Author
- Dante Alighieri; Doré, Gustave (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Doré, Gustave
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- poetry poem verse English literature illustrated illustration Gustav Dore steel engravings
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- 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...
- Fine
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- Quarto
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
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