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The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner: None
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Honomu, Hawaii, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Gustave Dore. In black in: Laurie B. Lunch. None Rare publisher and design. Oversize 11"" x 14.25"" gift book design. Ornately decorated cover and spine embossed in gold on dark beveled boards; dramatically portrays scene of albatross above stormy waters, gilt is vibrant, contrasting titles, design. Buckram (cloth) boards, richly detailed embossed cover design, spine titles, moderate cover, corner wear. Profusely illustrated throughout with richly detailed, gigantic plates by famed illustrator Gustave Dore and additionally Sir Joseph Noel Paton's designs. Pages very good, no darkening of page edges or foxing. Covers and spine professionally strengthened with matching leather underlay. Light brown marbled endpapers. Front endpaper has a fold mark, and creasing in the gutter, same with the back endpaper. Coleridge's masterpiece concerns a sailor who offends nature by killing a seabird and proceeds to transport the reader on a macabre odyssey that includes brushes with monsters, a ship manned by zombies, and a game of dice with Death. The work of an imagination some say was distorted by opium and alcohol, the poem has retained its power and beauty for over two centuries.——Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR
Synopsis
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834), one of the most imaginative poets of the English Romantic Movement, was also its most influential thinker and philosopher. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was written early in his life, during a period of intense and impassioned creativity, and, like all his best work, has a visionary quality with strong religious and metaphysical overtones. MERVYN PEAKE (1911-1968) was born in China but moved to England at the age of eleven and studied at Eltham College, Kent, and at the Royal Academy Schools. His striking originality as an artist brought him renown as an illustrator of books such as Alice in Wonderland, The Hunting of the Snark and Treasure Island . He also wrote poetry and plays, but is best remembered as a writer for his Gormenghast trilogy of novels , Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone , an extravagant gothic fantasy that has become a modern classic.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kama’aina Collection
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LM221049
- Title
- The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
- Author
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Illustrator
- Gustave Dore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1877
- Keywords
- Gustave Dore, illustration, engraving, 1800’s
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About the Seller
Kama’aina Collection
Biblio member since 2021
Honomu, Hawaii
About Kama’aina Collection
Kama'aina Collection has been helping customers clear estates for 20+ years. We are located in Hawaii on the Big Island.
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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