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Mottetti / Motets
by Montale, Eugenio; Wright, Charles (Translator)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Walnut Creek, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Iowa City: The Windhover Press at the University of Iowa, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. No. 117 of 220 copies, sixmo size, [46] pp. Printed with the Italian on the verso and the translation on the recto of each page; per the bibliography, "the translations are superb." A wonderful publication by the inimitable Kim Merker at the University of Iowa's Windhover Press.
___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full green cloth over boards, paper spine label, fore- and bottom edges uncut, the open capitals on the title page hand-coloured; Romanee and Double Augustin Open capitals on Windhover paper handmade at the Barcham Green Mill, sixmo size (5 7/8" by 5 3/4"), forty-six unnumbered pages with the spreads numbered with the poems.
___CONDITION: Fine overall; the binding clean and without blemish, the corners straight and unrubbed, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; a hint of sunning to the spine, else fine.
___CITATION: Berger, "Printing & the Mind of Merker", no. 75.
___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.
___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full green cloth over boards, paper spine label, fore- and bottom edges uncut, the open capitals on the title page hand-coloured; Romanee and Double Augustin Open capitals on Windhover paper handmade at the Barcham Green Mill, sixmo size (5 7/8" by 5 3/4"), forty-six unnumbered pages with the spreads numbered with the poems.
___CONDITION: Fine overall; the binding clean and without blemish, the corners straight and unrubbed, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; a hint of sunning to the spine, else fine.
___CITATION: Berger, "Printing & the Mind of Merker", no. 75.
___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.
___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Swan's Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CNBR378
- Title
- Mottetti / Motets
- Author
- Montale, Eugenio; Wright, Charles (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Windhover Press at the University of Iowa
- Place of Publication
- Iowa City
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Fine Press, Windhover Press, University of Iowa, Kim Merker
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About the Seller
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Walnut Creek, California
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