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The unsought shrine ; and, Titian, the boy.
LIBRA Vilain-Wieck Collection Blue Sky 7
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stevens, Thomas Wood, 1880-1942, author.
- Series:
- [Brochure series] ; [1-1]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--19th century.
- American poetry.
- Genre:
- Private press books (Printing)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Deckled edges (Paper)
- Handmade papers (Paper)
- Unopened edges (Paper)
- Untrimmed edges (Binding)
- Illustrated works.
- Poems.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Rae, Frank B., Jr., -1937 (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [18] pages : 1 mounted illustration ; 17 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Ridgewood, New Jersey] : Printed at Alwil Shop, Ridgewood, New Jersey, in January, 1901
- Notes:
- "The unsought shrine was first printed in The Blue Sky magazine of June, 1900, and later in a booklet issued by The Blue Sky Press. Of this edition on hand-made paper there were fifty copies printed, this being no. [blank]"--Limitation statement.
- "Here ends The unsought shrine and Titian, the boy, as set down in verse by Thomas Wood Stevens. Printed at Alwil Shop, Ridgewood, New Jersey, in January, 1901."--Colophon.
- "Frontispiece by Walter J. Enright."--Ransom.
- Series statement from Ransom.
- Hand-colored title leaf and initial.
- Deckled edges, untrimmed.
- Local Notes:
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 8 (the copy number supplied in manuscript), initialed by printer Frank B. Rae, Jr., of a limited edition of 50 copies. See colophon.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: a few leaves unopened at head edge.
- Cited in:
- Ransom, W. Private presses and their books, page 198, number 3
- Contains:
- Titian, the boy.
- OCLC:
- 64427979
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