L'Allegro and Il Penseroso
by Milton, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible. Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Limited Editions Club NY 1954., 1954. Hardcover. Collectible. Fine/Very Good. Quatro, hardcover, fine in near fine slipcase. Collector's discerning gem. Illustrations from the paintings by William Blake, book designed by Bruce Rogers. No 484 of 1780 copies. The two poems printed dos a dos. Small quarto, fine in near fine slipcase. translated by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson. Dark blue boards, silver lettering on spine. Light blue slipcase. The illustrations were produced by The Photogravure & Color Company. The Limited Editions Club was started and operated by George Macy from 1929to 1971 and produced one book a month, usually limited to 1500 numbered copies. The books were printed by the finest printing companies in various countries, in unusually fine bindings and papers, with beautifully decorated slipcases, illustrated by a well-known illustrator, sometimes hand-colored, sometimes with original etchings, and usually signed by the illustrator. These books are highly collectible and good investments.
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19938
- Title
- L'Allegro and Il Penseroso
- Author
- Milton, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible. Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club NY 1954.
- Date Published
- 1954
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About the Seller
bookwitch
Biblio member since 2006
Concord, California
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....