Donne, John; With a Bibliographical Note by J. William Hebel (Cornell Univ.) — BIATHANATOS (Reproduced from the First Edition)
NY, The Facsimile Text Society, 1930. [ ] Hardback, 12mo, 6 x 7 13/16 inches (15.4 x 19.8 cm), gray-blue paper-covered boards over tan cloth backstrip w/ spine titling in black, pp vii, two-color frontis, [xviii], 218, [ii (blanks)], VG or better/no dj (stiff clear acetate dustwrapper provided to preserve condition). Tight binding, no names no writing etc. & overall remains in collectible condition but some corner wear incl 3 are bumped, upper board fore-edge bump a little worse than minor, both boards some tanning around perimeters, some peckiness along spine edges. Originally published mid- to late 1640s. RWR5 Literature Very Good