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Rabbi Ben Ezra ( London Booklet No. 4) **Jessie M. King**
by Browning, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh and London: T.N. Foulis, 1910 Soft cover chapbook, 24 mo (measuring 3 x 5 1/8 inches) in second variant (more deluxe edition) of reddish brown sueded leather with yapp edges, blind stamped with the cover design by Jessie M. King (1875-1949). The pictorial paste downs feature two different color landscape watercolor reproductions by the Edinburgh-born Artist Richard Hope (signed); the front is of boats on the Thames. The rear double pastedown is a lovely autumnal view of Edinburgh Castle, seen from below. Additionally, the frontispiece and title page feature art by Russell W. Flint, as well as two full page chromolithographed full page plates within the text. All edges gilt, bright ribbon marker intact. Colophon states this is part of the London Booklet Series, and states date 1910., 32 pp. First Edition. CONDITION: Near Fine. Only fault noted is a loss at the bottom corner of the yapp edge of the front cover about 1/16 inch wide and 1 1/4 wide. Otherwise, tight, bright, clean and unfoxed. A really colorful little gem, (although hard to photograph.) Now in mylar. **King bibliographer Colin White notes this under as the final variation of this title by T.N. Foulis; see his listing B116 in "A Guide to the Printed Work of Jessie M. King" (2007), p. 63. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Jessie M. King (cover design); Russel W. Flint; Robert Hope, RSA (pastedowns).
Synopsis
Rabbi Ben Ezra: A Dramatic Monologue is a poem by Robert Browning. It is not exactly a biography of Abraham ibn Ezra, but is an interpretation of ibn Ezra's ideas and works. It was first published in 1864.
Reviews
On Jan 11 2013, FHG Goudy said:
The 1901, London, edition of Browning's "Rabbi Ben Ezra" appears in an online BIBLIO search for "Goudy" or "Village Press". This is an error to be corrected, however, since it confuses the more available 1901, Chiswick Press, London, edition with the rare 1904 edition produced by Fred and Bertha Goudy at the Village Press (Hingham, Mass.).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9038
- Title
- Rabbi Ben Ezra ( London Booklet No. 4) **Jessie M. King**
- Author
- Browning, Robert
- Illustrator
- Jessie M. King (cover design); Russel W. Flint; Robert Hope, RSA (pastedowns)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T.N. Foulis
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh and London
- Date Published
- 1910
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