KUPRIN, Alexandre, GUERNEY, B. G. (Trans.), FORBES-FELIX (ill.), Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity, New York, Privately Printed for Subscribers, MCMXXVIII (1928).
LIMITED EDITION. (240 x 160 mm). Number 492 of 1500 printed. With frontispiece and 7 full color illustrations embellishing the text. Ex libris book plate of Fra Rhodes with a 15th-century style woodblock of a seated scholar, reading. Occasional foxing and staining along margins. Dark blue cloth with gold motif and title. Spine extremities bumped, and cloth ragged at top of spine. Overall GOOD to VERY GOOD condition.
This is a translation of a text based on the Song of Solomon, translated out of Russian into English.
What makes this particular book exceptionally interesting is the inclusion of a ship-to-shore telegraph addressed to “Mrs. Scotland, 135 Beverley Rd., Ruislip Manor” from “Rhodes,” informing her “Home Saturday. Start Express Get Garage Key from Porter Start Frig.” Ruislip Manor, in London, was originally owned by King’s College, Cambridge. Unfortunately the telegraph has not date so it’s difficult to determine its context. A fascinating mystery.
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