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Eighteen Sonnets of Francis Petrarch Done Into English By Various Translators
by Petrarca, Francesco
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Yellow Springs, Ohio: Kahoe & Company, 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of 25 numbered copies. Thin 12mo. (5 by 8 inches.) Cream-colored cloth spine, printed lettering label, brown paper with flecks of dark and gold over boards. Title page in red and black. Unpaginated (32pp.) A fine copy with only a trace of rubbing.
With the bookplate of the President of Antioch College. Likely printed at the Press at Antioch College for Kahoe, as were other imprints of this publisher. Not listed in Healy ('Italian Literature Before 1900 in English'), who notes only the other edition of this work in 1929, which had a limitation of 125 copies. THat work was issued in June, 1929; it is unknown when in 1929 the present title was issued nor have we been able to determine priority; only that it is a scarce title of this private press.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19130
- Title
- Eighteen Sonnets of Francis Petrarch Done Into English By Various Translators
- Author
- Petrarca, Francesco
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Kahoe & Company
- Place of Publication
- Yellow Springs, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
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Tucson, Arizona
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 12mo
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- Bookplate
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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