The Silver Book of English Sonnets: A Selection of less-known Sonnets with an Introduction by Robert Lynd
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Paris: The Pleiad, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. [8], 53, [1] p.; 28 cm. Original green cloth with gilt stamped spine title. This is number 310 of a limited edition of 550 copies printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen a Haarlem for the Pleiad under the typographic direction of Frederic Warde in Dec. 1927. It was printed in a 15th-century roman letter of Peter Schoeffer von Gernsheim, Gutenberg's son-in-law. It contains 46 sonnets by 28 English poets. In Very Good Condition: cover is lightly soiled; pages are clean and crisp.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007486
- Title
- The Silver Book of English Sonnets: A Selection of less-known Sonnets with an Introduction by Robert Lynd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Pleiad
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1927
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Fine Binding & Printing;
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Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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