L'Allegro -and- Il Penseroso
by MILTON, John (author); BLAKE, William (illustrations)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good+. 1954. Hardcover. Two famous poems by the eminent English poet, John Milton (1608-1674). Both are presented here in a one-volume deluxe Heritage Press reprint edition in slipcase. With 12 illustrations by the English poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827). With a note upon the poems by W. P. Trent and a note upon the paintings by Chauncey Brewster Tinker. Sandglass leaflet laid in (New York, no. IV:19). --- Presented in a deluxe binding designed by Bruce Rogers in the dos-à-dos style, with each of the two poems represented on either cover, and when flipped over, the other poem becomes right-side-up. With alternating tan and blue marbled endpapers, at mid-book and matching the covers. Volume in blue paper-covered slipcase. --- A clean, firm copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Rather fragile slipcase with tears along two corners but largely intact.; Small Quarto (9 to 11 in. tall); 43, 44 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85463
- Title
- L'Allegro -and- Il Penseroso
- Author
- MILTON, John (author); BLAKE, William (illustrations)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Poetry;
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Littleton, Colorado
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Good+
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.