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Quarles, Francis. Sions Sonets Sung By Solomon the King. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1905.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small volume, red paper covered boards with title lettered in gold on spine. Lacks slipcase. 125pp. Pages untrimmed, printed on laid paper. Number 254 of 430 copies printed at the Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin & Company. Reprinted from the 1680 edition of Quarles "Divine Poems", which offeres a more consistent and a slightly more modern text than the original edition of the Sonets published in quarto in 1625. Some light finger soiling to covers and verso of page opposite title. No name, no book-plate, etc. A very good copy.
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Francis Quarles. Sions Sonets Sung by Solomon the King. The Riverside Press, 1905.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This small, approximately 4 1/4 by 6 1/2 inch, book has red covers with gilt lettering on the spine. Of the 430 copies printed this is number 344. There is a previous owner's book plate affixed to the front paste down and a gift inscription in ink dated Dec. 1927 below the book plate. There are 125 pages to this volume which is printed on watermarked paper. The title page is in red and black ink, but the remainder of the book was printed in black only. The boards show some soiling, and wear-epecially at the spine and edges. There is the beginning of some light spotting to the interior of the book. Please look at the photos carefully.
Seller: Before Your Quiet Eyes, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Francis Quarles. Sion's Sonets: Sung by Solomon the King. The Riverside Press, 1905.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small format (W4 1/2 x H6 1/4 inches)hardback book in slipcase published in a limited edition of 450 copies (#299). Slipcase shows moderate rubbing/scuffing at edge - boards show small nicks/wear at edge. Bookseller since 1995 (ULTV-TS-Down-R-Flat) rareviewbooks
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
Quarles, Francis. SIONS SONETS SUNG BY SOLOMON THE KING. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1905.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Description: small 8vo. red paper covered boards, gilt on spine, slipcase. 125, (2) pages. First edition limited to 430 numbered copies and printed by Bruce Rogers at The Riverside Press (Warde 55). Uneven fading to covers, else a fine copy in fine slipcase. The title page is in red and black ink, but the remainder of the book was printed in black only. Published by the Houghton Mifflin and Company. Printed in Brimmer type. A reprint of the version from the 1680 edition of Quarle's 'Divine Poems', this book offers a more consistent and a slightly more modern text than the original edition. red paper covered boards, gilt on spine, slipcase
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
QUARLES, Francis. Sions Sonets Sung by Solomon the King and Periphras'd. , 1905.
Price: US$49.50 + shipping
Description: QUARLES, Francis. Sions Sonets Sung by Solomon the King and Periphras'd by Francis Quarles. Original boards. Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1905. One of 430 numbered copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Grolier 133. Warde 55. Spine lightly sunned, small bookplate, else fine.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Quarles, Francis. SIONS SONETS SUNG BY SOLOMON THE KING. Riverside Press, Canbridge, 1905.
Price: US$53.00 + shipping
Description: Partially uncut and un-opened; Designed by Bruce Rogers; Warde #57. Near very good condition, slight wear; Number 367 of 430 numbered copies.
Seller: By The Way Books, Richmond, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Number 12 of 430 copies. This is a fine press edition of the Song of Songs as published in 1680 by Quarles in his Divine Poems. The Song of Songs is an erotic poem that celebrates sexual intimacy and love. In Christianity it is read as an allegory of Christ and the Church (his bride). Below is the first part of Bride: Sonnet I: "O that the bounty of those lips Divine Would seal their favours on these lips of mine, That by those welcome *kisses, I might see The mutual love betwixt my Love and me! For truer bliss no worldly joy allows, Than sacred Kisses from so sweet a Spouse, With which no earthly pleasure may compare, Rich Wines are not so delicate as they 're" Very good in original red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Fading to spine and a few markings to front cover. Printed on laid paper with untrimmed edges. Pages remain unopened. A small book, about the size of a postcard. 125 pages. PRI/032013.
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$113.30 + shipping
Description: 12mo. 125pp., Limited to 430 numbered copies printed for Houghton Mifflin and Co. The present copy is number 178. Title page in red and black, the whole printed in a mix of roman and black letter types. Quarles's version of "The Song of Songs was first published in 1625 and included in his "Divine Poems" of 1680. This edition retains the feel of the original seventeenth century typography, having been designed by Bruce Rogers and printed in Brimmer type. Bound in red paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt. A fine bright copy housed within a black paper covered slipcase with paper spine label. A fine copy in fine slipcase. [Ward 55].
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$288.00 + shipping
Description: Book has modest cover wear thus nearly very good. Limited edition of 430 copies. What makes this copy special is that it is signed by the book's designer Bruce Rogers on the half title page. Beneath the signature in pencil is written, " The autograph of the designer was written at my request April 22, 1915."
Seller: Uncommon Books, Glastonbury, CT, U.S.A.