A new and original edition of Coleridge's famous poem, with an introduction by Adrian Blamires, is brought to life with Peter Hay's printing and Pip Hall's hand-lettering - this 'miracle of rare device', these 'sinuous rills'. In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure-dome decree:Where Alph, the sacred river, ranThrough caverns measureless to manDown to a sunless sea.
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A new and original edition of Coleridge's famous poem, with an introduction by Adrian Blamires, is brought to life with Peter Hay's printing and Pip Hall's hand-lettering - this 'miracle of rare device', these 'sinuous rills'. In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure-dome decree:Where Alph, the sacred river, ranThrough caverns measureless to manDown to a sunless sea.
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Seller's Description:
First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 8. Original publishers gold covers with gate window opening, spine tied with red silk and lettered black. A limited edition of 75 copies have been printed, this being no. 14. Signed by the publisher, Edward Burrett on the limitation page. Drawings are by Clarke Hutton. ISBN: 0905542193 Very good indeed.
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Seller's Description:
Vassos, John. Very good. No dust jacket. See General Notes for complete description. Includes illustrations. Tan and brown paper covered boards with the title stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine. 1/8 inch tears on either side of spine at top. Tan halves of cover shows age toning and corners are slightly bumped. Light smudging on front and back. Pages are uniformly toned and clean. Text is crisp with sepia toned illustrations. Spine is square and fairly tight.
