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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
by COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Light, scattered foxing. Minor edgewear and a few scuffs on the rear board. Very Good, lacking the chemise and slipcase
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Light, scattered foxing. Minor edgewear and a few scuffs on the rear board. Very Good, lacking the chemise and slipcase. Edward A. Wilson. Thin quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in full russet ostrich hide, certainly one of the more unusual bindings of the press. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley. Includes the author's marginal notes. Designed by C. P. Rollins at the Yale University Press. Introduction by John L. Lowes. Copy #323 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.
Synopsis
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834), one of the most imaginative poets of the English Romantic Movement, was also its most influential thinker and philosopher. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was written early in his life, during a period of intense and impassioned creativity, and, like all his best work, has a visionary quality with strong religious and metaphysical overtones. MERVYN PEAKE (1911-1968) was born in China but moved to England at the age of eleven and studied at Eltham College, Kent, and at the Royal Academy Schools. His striking originality as an artist brought him renown as an illustrator of books such as Alice in Wonderland, The Hunting of the Snark and Treasure Island . He also wrote poetry and plays, but is best remembered as a writer for his Gormenghast trilogy of novels , Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone , an extravagant gothic fantasy that has become a modern classic.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019390
- Title
- THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
- Author
- COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor
- Illustrator
- Edward A. Wilson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light, scattered foxing. Minor edgewear and a few scuffs on the rear board. Very Good, lacking the chemise and slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Signed, Limited Editions, Romantic Literature, Samuel T. Coleridge, Fine Press, Color Plate Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century British Literature; Hand-colored;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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