SONNETS FROM THE TROPHIES OF JOSE-MARIA DE HEREDIA (SIGNED)
San Francisco: Edward Robeson Taylor, 1913. Fifth Edition. Boards. 193 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Edward Robeson Taylor in ink on a front free endpaper: "This copy for Eleanor Vinton Murray with the compliments of Edward Robeson Taylor / June 12, 1921". Printed for Mr.Taylor by Taylor, Nash & Taylor, San Francisco. Notes. Brown boards with paper spine label titling. 4 1/4" x 8". Several pages unopened. Heredia's poems as translated by Mr. Taylor. From a prefatory note: "Since the first publication of these versions I have made many changes in them, in the interest of a truer rendering and a better art, while some of the sonnets have been almost entirely recast." Edward Robeson Taylor (1838-1923) was an important San Franciscan. He was a physician, lawyer, poet and one-time Mayor of San Francisco. In retirement, he was named Dean of Hastings College of Law. A Very Good Plus or better copy (Rubbed; ear at spine-ends), now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. Very Good Plus / Custom Clear Mylar. Item #2831
Price: $125.00