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Sale 437: Rare Books & Manuscripts: A Private San Francisco Library with Important Angling & Sporting Books (#437) 09/16/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 09/16/2010 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #35 Sonnets from the Portuguese

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Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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Heading:

(Elston Press)

Title:

Sonnets from the Portuguese

Author:

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

Place Published:

New Rochelle

Publisher:

Elston Press

Date Published:

1900

Description:

Unpaginated. With initials and borders designed by H.M. O'Kane. Printed on double-leaves. 32.5x25 cm. (12¾x9¾"), limp vellum wrappers with ribbon ties. No 31 of 60 tall copies on Imperial Japanese paper, printed by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press.

There was also a regular edition of 485 copies.

Condition:

Foxing and discoloration to wrappers; hinge split before title-page, old bookseller's entry tipped to limitation-page; very good.

Item#:

214816

Headline:

Sonnets from Portuguese 1/60 Elston Press
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