Paul franklin baum editor notes (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. Here is "The House of Life, A Sonnet-Sequence", by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, famous Pre-Raphaelite Poet. The book was edited by Paull Franklin Baum, who also wrote the lengthy introduction, and comprehensive notes. The book was owned by Professor Albert S. Kerr, with his signature on the font free end-paper, and, as well, there are some marginal notes by Professor Kerr, which is an added bonus from this esteemed scholar of nineteenth English literature. Kerr was an alumnus of Franklin and Marshall College, and a Professor at Rutgers University. We've shown some of the pages upon which he commented. TITLE : The House of Life, A Sonnet-Sequence AUTHOR : Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882) EDITOR / INTRODUCTION / NOTES : Paull Franklin Baum IMPRINT : Harvard University Press PLACE : Cambridge MA DATE : 1928 EDITION : First Thus. STATUS : Out of Print - OP PROVENANCE : From the personal collection of Professor Albert S. Kerr, with his inked and dated signature on the front free end-paper. DETAILS : Quarter-bound hardcover, 5.25" x 7.5",red cloth-covered spine and blue, paper-covered boards; gilt lettering & embellishment on spine; fore- and bottom text-block edges are rough cut; contains a reproduction of a photograph of Rossetti as frontispiece (with tissue guard); contains a brief Preface, a Bibliographical list, an extensive Introduction, and numerous notes (through the text), Appendix I: Dating of the Sonnets, Appendix II Prosodic Details, a List of Sonnets; xiv + 242 pages; printed dust-jacket (black lettering with a floral border printed in red (on front jacket panel), rear panel presents promotional list of books issued by Harvard (Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature) CONDITION -- BOOK : VERY GOOD -- JACKET : FAIR ONLY -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and serviceable, with the following particulars noted: EXTERIOR - Fading and compression to spine extremities; spine gilt is bright; boards display a touch of rub, but are basically clean with strong color and crisp fore-edge corner tips. Text-block is modestly toned, else clean. BINDING - Solid INTERIOR - Professor Kerr's dated signature on front free end-paper; scattered marginal notes by Professor Kerr (those in the Introduction seem mainly to be penciled - those through the text are mainly neatly inked.). The paper throughout is slightly toned, else clean. There are a few leaves with a bit of raggedness to the top edges. For the most part interior is clean and presentable, Professor Kerr's marginal notes considered DUAT-JACKET - The jacket has considerable wear (smudging, small stains, etc) and the panels hade been separate. We have placed the jacket within a clear mylar sleeve to protect against further wear. The jacket has done its job well, and with the mylar sleeve, should continue to do so. (there is a single lightly penciled note on the rear flap).…