POEMS: The Siddal Edition
by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Ellis and Elvey, 1900. Hardcover. Sumptuously bound collection of verse by the leading light in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. An inspired but provocative nonconformist, it would be difficult to imagine later 19th century Victorian poetry and art without Rossetti's influence. His writings can perhaps best be viewed as an unusually acute expression of Victorian social uncertainty and loss of faith. Rossetti's poetry on the absence of love is as bleakly despairing as any of the century, and no poet of his period conveyed more profoundly certain central Victorian anxieties: metaphysical uncertainty, sexual anxiety, and fear of time. 12mo, four volumes with a frontispiece portrait in each. Full red morocco bindings (G.P. Putnam's Sons and The Knickerbocker Press), with decorative gilt stamping, five raised bands, ornamental dentelles, and a ribbon marker. Just a hint of foxing to the contents; else a lovely set. Housed in a custom felt lined slipcase.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76640
- Title
- POEMS: The Siddal Edition
- Author
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ellis and Elvey
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Poetry, Victorian Literature, Fine Binding, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...