Sonnets from the Portuguese (5th Mosher Edition with Rare Glassine Wrapper)

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Author); Edmund Gosse (Preface)

$40 · Offered by Biblio

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher; Printed by Smith and Sale, 1910. Fifth Edition. Softcover with Dust Jacket Glassine Wrapper. Near Fine. 5.75 x 3 x 0.5. FIFTH MOSHER EDITION, 1910. WITH RARE GLASSINE WRAPPER. Softcover. Very small, the binding is a light textured blue with red lettering and a Celtic-type design on the cover in red and black. Spine bears black lettering. Rare, glassine wrapper is present, protecting the cover. All edges deckled, but most prominently at the foredge. Printed on laid paper. Red and black title page with small black and white illustrative engraving. Very small decorative engraving embellishment occasionally throughout, also in black and white. xvii, 46 pp. br br CONDITION: Shows minimal wear with light toning of the glassine wrapper. Leaves are beautiful and quite bright for their age. Unmarked. A lovely copy. Full refund if not satisfied. br br EXCERPT FROM THE FORWARD: [...] Many of the thoughts that enrich mankind and many of the purest flowers of the imagination had their roots, if the secrets of experience were made known, in actions, in desires, which could not bear the light of day, in hot-beds smelling quite otherwise than of violet or sweetbriar. But this cycle of admirable sonnets, one of the acknowledged glories of our literature, is built patently and unquestionably on the union in stainless harmony of two of the most distinguished spirits which our century has produced. br br ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 to 186

• Publisher: Thomas B. Mosher; Printed by Smith and Sale
• Year: 1910
• Edition: Fifth Edition
• Binding: paperback

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