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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, POEMS (London: F.S.
Ellis, 1870). First edition, 19 x 12.5cm (8vo), in publisher's
dark green fine linen-texture cloth w/gilt floral & trellis design
(by DGR) to covers & spine, gilt title to spine, w/cover design
repeated in dark blue on pale blue ep.s & binder's ticket (Burn) to
recto of final ep., [i-vii] viii-xi [xii], [1] 2-282 [283-284], [1-4
publ. adverts], [1-16 blanks]. Printed by Strangeways &
Walden, London. With the neatly erased pencil name of M. Maurice
to titlepage. Binding Very Good (a few marks to cloth); contents
Near-Fine. Slater 3, Rossetti 17, Vaughan 11, Ashley IV 132,
Ehrsam & Deily 218, Fredeman 23.8, Fennell 20, Ball 161, Colbeck 10
(in dark blue cloth). (Inv. #198) C$450 |
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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, POEMS
(London: F.S. Ellis, 1870). First edition, 19 x 12.5cm (8vo), in
publisher's dark blue fine linen-texture cloth w/gilt floral &
trellis design (by DGR) to covers & spine, gilt title to spine,
w/cover design repeated in dark blue on pale blue ep.s, [i-vii] viii-xi
[xii], [1] 2-282 [283-284], [1-4 publ. adverts], [1-16 blanks].
Printed by Strangeways & Walden, London. With the decorative
bookplate (designed by "EML") of William Crampton to fr.
pastedown. Binding Near-Fine (a few stains to fr. ep.); contents
Near-Fine. Slater 3, Rossetti 17, Vaughan 11, Ashley IV 132,
Ehrsam & Deily 218, Fredeman 23.8, Fennell 20, Ball 161, Colbeck
10. (Inv. #539) C$450 |
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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, POEMS: A NEW EDITION
(London: Ellis & White, 1881). First edition thus, 22.5 x
14cm (8vo), in publisher's cream paper spine over slate blue boards,
paper title-label to spine, deckle edges, [i-ix] x-xi [xii], [1-3]
4-294, [1-2 publ. adverts] mostly unopened pp. Limited Edition
Large Paper Copy printed on watermarked Whatman handmade paper by
Strangeways & Sons, London. With the small blindstamp of
American International to titlepage, & traces of their markings to
spine & fr. pastedown. Binding Fair (spine darkened w/loss to
extremities & label, corner tips sl. worn, & fr. joint
cracked); contents Near-Fine. Slater p.218, Rossetti 34 ("there
were also 31 copies printed on large paper"), Vaughan 11, Ashley IV
148, Fredeman 23.11, Fennell 22 ("contains most of the poems first seen
in [Poems 1870], except that the House of Life has been
removed ... and a few sonnets have been eliminated. Four new
poems and three new translations are added"), Colbeck 23. (Inv.
#455) C$500 Home Page |