The Divine Comedy in Three Volumes With The New Life. LARGE PAPER EDITION, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES ONLY AND HANDSOMELY BOUND IN LEATHER.
by DANTE ALIGHIERI. Translated by Charles Eliot NORTON
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Riverside Press. Cambridge, MA. 1892. The Riverside Press. 1892. First edition thus. In four volumes. A prose translation. Each volume limited to 250 numbered copies only. Handsomely bound in half tan morocco gilt, joints rubbed, a few nicks to spines. Marbled boards and endpapers. Top edge of pages gilt. Engraved bookplate of Mabel Slade to each volume. A near fine set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 99255
- Title
- The Divine Comedy in Three Volumes With The New Life. LARGE PAPER EDITION, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES ONLY AND HANDSOMELY BOUND IN LEATHER.
- Author
- DANTE ALIGHIERI. Translated by Charles Eliot NORTON
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- The Riverside Press. Cambridge,
- Keywords
- PRIVATE PRESS dante binding
- Bookseller catalogs
- PRIVATE PRESS;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Addyman Books
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About the Seller
Addyman Books
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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