Verlag: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1877
Anbieter: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Gustave Dore (illustrator). Elephant folio [47 cm] Green moire cloth with gilt front cover and spine. All edges gilt. Complete, with 39 full-page plates with tissue guards, engraved title page vignette and engraved vignette headpiece at beginning of text. There are splits in the cloth along the base of the joints. The longer split measures 5". The text block is pulling away from the spine. May require postage due to size and weight. This is a wonderful visual realization of Coleridge's poem, by the preeminent French Victorian engraver, Gustave Doré. One of Doré's most compelling and dramatic works. Second American edition, with illustrations by Doré.
Verlag: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1878
Anbieter: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good +. Gustave Dore (illustrator). Third edition. Elephant folio [47 cm] Sea green cloth with gilt front cover and spine. 12 pages text, 39 full-page plates with tissue guards, engraved title page vignette and engraved vignette headpiece at beginning of text. Moderate wear to extremities, with small chips and some loss of cloth. Internally very clean, with light foxing mostly to preliminary and terminal leaves. There is a brief 1878 Christmas gift inscription on the front blank leaf, along with two additional later owner names. Overall, very presentable and complete. May require extra postage due to size and weight. This is a wonderful visual realization of Coleridge's poem, by the preeminent French Victorian engraver, Gustave Dore. One of Dore's most compelling and dramatic works.