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The Garden
by Marvell, Andrew
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- White linen, printed label on upper board. Minor exterior soiling to lower booard, very good plus copy, internally fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: David R. Godine, 1970. First edition, one of 100 copies, of which this copy is signed by the artist and numbered 25. With four etchings by Lance Hidy. [10] leaves, the first of which is blank. Printed on Amatruda Amalfi paper set in Jan van Krimpen's chancery italic, Cancelleresca Bastarda. 1 vols. 8vo. White linen, printed label on upper board. Minor exterior soiling to lower booard, very good plus copy, internally fine. Hidy, Lance. First edition, one of 100 copies, of which this copy is signed by the artist and numbered 25. With four etchings by Lance Hidy. [10] leaves, the first of which is blank. Printed on Amatruda Amalfi paper set in Jan van Krimpen's chancery italic, Cancelleresca Bastarda. 1 vols. 8vo. Beautiful Early Godine Printing. "The source of the text is the Harvard University Press reprint of the unique 1681 copy in the British Museum of Andrew Marvell's Miscellaneous Poems" (from the Colophon).
Rare and beautiful. Kelly/Hutner, A Century for a Century; Godine at Fifty, p. 4
Rare and beautiful. Kelly/Hutner, A Century for a Century; Godine at Fifty, p. 4
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 327025
- Title
- The Garden
- Author
- Marvell, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- With four etchings by Lance Hidy. [10] leaves, the first of which is blank. Printed on Amatruda Amalfi paper set in Jan van Krim
- Book Condition
- Used - White linen, printed label on upper board. Minor exterior soiling to lower booard, very good plus copy, internally fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, one of 100 copies, of which this copy is signed b
- Publisher
- David R. Godine
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Poetry | Private Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Private Press;
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