Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Boulder, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Full green linen with gold lettering on spine, marbled slipcase, (viii), 37 pages. One of an edition limited to 200 copies, 20 being for presentation. Ten engravings on copper and with a forward by David Jones. Printed under the supervision of Douglas Cleverdon. A masterpiece of the Twentieth Century. A new printing of the Jones masterpiece, with the images printed from the original plates. Very good to near fine condition, head and tail of spine are slightly bumped and boards are slightly rubbed. Slipcase in near fine condition with corners slightly rubbed.
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
- Four Rivers Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5026
- Title
- Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Author
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Illustrator
- David Jones
- Format/Binding
- Full cloth binding in a hand marbled paper covered slip case.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chilmark Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Pages
- ix,38 pages
- Size
- 10 ⅛ x 12 ½ inches
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fine press, wood engravings
Terms of Sale
Four Rivers Books, LLC
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