[First Edition] Poems of John Milton John MIlton [Used - Near fine] [Hardcover]

DESCRIPTION: Octavo (8vo) 8-1/2 H x 5-7/8 W inches (21.6 H x 15 W cm), 618 pp. First edition, first printing. A complete selection of Milton's poems including Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Comus, Lycidas, etc. With a biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole and an extensive scholarly introduction to Paradise Lost by David Masson, M.A., L.L.D., Professor of Rhetoric and Literature at University of Edinburgh. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Milton with bound-in tissue guard. Full red morocco binding with gilt onlay floral designs in corners of both covers, spine compartments and inner dentelles. Pastel colored marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Spine with five raised bands, gilt titling in 2nd compartment. All edges gilt. Book protected with an archival clear Grafix Dura Lar dust wrapper._____CONDITION: NF. No markings, text block square and firm. Patchy areas of slight fading to both covers, text pages clean and sharp with minimal (appropriate) toning around page edges consistent with age. No foxing. A handsome edition. _____NOTE: Domestic shipping cost with USPS Media Mail is $15.00. International shipping cost using USPS International Priority Mail to Canada and the United Kingdom is $55. Shipping cost to more distant locations may incur additional cost.

Estimate:$400

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