Sonnets from the Portuguese
by Browning, Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
H.M. Caldwell, 1900 Ribbed maroon boards with rubbed gilt decoration and gilt top. Boards have chipping with loss to spine tips and bumping to corners. Interior is clean and binding is tight. Tissue guard to title page.
Synopsis
Sonnets from the Portuguese is the collection of love poems written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the time leading up to her marriage to Robert Browning. Elizabeth hesitated in publishing the poems, as they were so personally revealing, but her husband persuaded her of their high worth. She decided to pass them off as translations, in order to obscure her authorship, and so the title of the collection came about. They were, and remain, immensely popular.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindas Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001312
- Title
- Sonnets from the Portuguese
- Author
- Browning, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- H.M. Caldwell
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lindas Rare Books
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New York, New York
About Lindas Rare Books
I specialize in rare children's books, plays, poetry books, modern first editions, out of print and unusual books and signed books. If you cannot find what you are looking for, I will try and find it for you.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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....