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Shakespeares Sonnets Counter Sonnets
by Jeoffroy, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Alchemia Press, 2009. [322], original cloth in hand-painted DJ. Bright and clean externally, small smudge to half-title, otherwise fine. One of a hundred copies, this being number one. With a hand-painted dust jacket in ink and watercolour by the artist with a sonnet pair calligraphed on the rear of the jacket. Printed to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare's Sonnets in 1609, painter and poet Mark Jeoffroy has replied to each one of the 154 sonnets with a counter-sonnet from the lover and a full-page facing illustration. With the prospectus, signed by the illustrator to the rear limitation leaf. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good+/Very Good+. Illus. by Jeoffroy, Mark. Folio. Limited Edition.
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- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000246
- Title
- Shakespeares Sonnets Counter Sonnets
- Author
- Jeoffroy, Mark
- Illustrator
- Jeoffroy, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alchemia Press
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- Private Press, Illustrated, Jeoffrey, Shakespeare
- Size
- Folio
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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