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Sonnets from the Portuguese
by Millay, Edna St. Vincent
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper and Bros.. Very Good. 1932. Hardcover. A lovely edition of Millay's classic Sonnets beautifully printed and bound in full brown leather with gilt lettering and compartments at spine; some rubbing at spine and wear at spine ends and corners, still quite nice. Set up by hand in Goudy Mediaevil type by Arthur and Edna Rushmore at the Golden Hind Press in Madison, New Jersey. Mcmxxxii. The Golden Hind Press was founded by Arthur W. Rushmore and his wife Edna in 1927 in Madison, NJ and operated until Arthur's death in 1955. Rushmore was a book designer and head of manufacturing for Harper & Brothers; The Golden Hind Press was his and Edna's private endeavor. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45146
- Title
- Sonnets from the Portuguese
- Author
- Millay, Edna St. Vincent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Harper and Bros.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Golden Hind Press, Small Press Editions, Fine Press Editions, Hand Printed Editions, Leather Bound Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press;
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Antiquarian Book Shop
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About the Seller
Antiquarian Book Shop
Biblio member since 2017
Washington, District of Columbia
About Antiquarian Book Shop
At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...