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Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Folio 11' x 14.5'. Unpaginated, complete. Red buckram cloth, ornate gilt embossed title to front cover and spine, all edges gilt; 40 B/W Dore engravings and 20 brown monochrome illustrations by Paton on full-page plates. Text in black with red titles, drop-caps and marginal glosses. Some handsoil and dampstain to cover, FFEP cracking just over cords, binding very tight and square otherwise. Entirely fresh and clean contents.
Seller: Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
COLERIDGE, Samuel T. The rime of the ancient mariner. Pollard & Moss, 1887.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1887 FOLIO Rime of Ancient Mariner Coleridge Gustave Dore & Paton Illustrated Known as one of the English Lake Poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the most notable 19th-century English romance poets. Coleridges longest poem was The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. This poem was one of the most important poems written at the end of the 18th-century, as it was known to begin the shift from the Romantic period into the Modern period of English poetry. It describes the sea voyages of a sailor who experienced dangers, adventures, and even supernatural encounters! This huge 1887 edition is notable for including the illustrations of Gustave Dore and Joseph Noel Paton. In addition to the highly desirable art, this edition features commentary and critical notes by Alfred Trumble. Item number: #24902 Price: $750 COLERIDGE, Samuel T The rime of the ancient mariner New York: Pollard & Moss, 1887. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o [6], 39, [9] o 40 Dore engraved plates o 20 Paton engraved plates Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Decorative cloth Size: ~14.25in X 10.75in (36cm x 27cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 24902 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rare publisher and design. Oversize 11" x 14.25" gift book design. Ornately decorated cover and spine embossed in gold and red on dk. sea-green beveled boards; dramatically portrays scene of albatross above stormy waters with red setting sun in b.g. and vibrant, contrasting titles, design. Buckram (cloth) boards, richly detailed embossed cover design, spine titles, moderate cover, corner wear. Profusely illustrated throughout with richly detailed, gigantic plates by famed illustrator Gustave Doré and additionally Sir Joseph Noel Paton's designs. Pages very good. Antiquarian bookplate inside cover. Light brown patterned endpapers. Bind good; hinges intact. Near very good, attractively stunning edition. This edition has an additional six pages of text, and twenty illustrations by Sir Joseph Noel Paton also illustrating the Ancient Mariner. Superior detailed plates in this folio and many additional rarities of Gustave Doré unseen in lesser editions. "It is an ancient Mariner, and he stoppeth one of thee." Coleridge's masterpiece concerns a sailor who offends nature by killing a seabird and proceeds to transport the reader on a macabre odyssey that includes brushes with monsters, a ship manned by zombies, and a game of dice with Death. The work of an imagination some say was distorted by opium and alcohol, the poem has retained its power and beauty for over two centuries. Insured post. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.