Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, Baum, Paull Franklin, editor

The House of Life: A Sonnet Sequence

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1928. Hard Cover. Scarce in dustjacket. The laid in prospectus states that this edition of The House of Life presents the sonnets in a most attractive form, with lucid commentary on each sonnet which will be valuable both to the scholar and general reader. The sonnets are preceded by a sypathetic, reasoned criticism of Rossetti's art. Tan dust jacket with red borders on front surrounding title and author. Jacket has one small closed tear and one small open tear at head of spine and darkening to rear, which lists other offerings from the Harvard Press. Bound in blue paper over boards with red linen backing. Interior is quite clean except for very light aging on outer margins. A very good+ copy in very good dust jacket. 242 pages. PRE/102207. Very Good+ in Very Good Dust Jacket.