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Sonnets
by Douglas, Lord Alfred
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Original paper-covered boards. Light wear to extremities. In half brown morocco clamshell box
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: The Academy Publishing Company, 1909. First edition. 30 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original paper-covered boards. Light wear to extremities. In half brown morocco clamshell box. First edition. 30 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed with ALS. Inscribed on the verso of the half-title: "Alexander Tucker from Alfred Douglas July 1909." With an ALS to Tucker from Douglas on The Academy stationery, dated July 26, 1909, sending him this copy of Sonnets, and noting, "I think, in the words of Homer, that 'The wine had gone round a bout our minds' the other evening". NCBEL III:623
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 261210
- Title
- Sonnets
- Author
- Douglas, Lord Alfred
- Format/Binding
- 30 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original paper-covered boards. Light wear to extremities. In half brown morocco clamshell box
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Academy Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- British
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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