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New York: The Heritage Press, 1935. Tall, slender octavo. Red blind-stamped leatherette, gilt spine. Illustrated endpapers. Liberally illustrated throughout, "The book is designed and decorated, and the initials illuminated with pure gold by hand entirely, for the Heritage Press by Valenti Angelo" -- from the colophon. Toe of spine frayed, the red board slipcase chipped and rubbed with the lower edge missing one inch closest to the spine of the book. Internally near fine, externally as listed above. A beautiful book.

New York: Heritage Press. 1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good+ slipcase. Large open tear on slipcase spine crown. Closed tearing on slipcase side edge. Small open tears on slipcase corners. .

New York: Heritage Press. 1935. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ slipcase. Illustrations by Valenti Angelo. .

New York: The Heritage Press, c. 1935. A handsome and fine example of this work. . Binding: Original publisher’s illustrated tooled black cloth. Gilt text on spine. Pasted and free illustrated yellow endpapers. , Notes: A beautifully illustrated edition of “The Song of Songs” from the early 20th century. The Song of Songs is one of the "scrolls" of the Writings, the last section of the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible. It is also the fifth book of Wisdom in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Scripturally, the Song of Songs is unique in its celebration of sexual love. It gives "the voices of two lovers, praising each other, yearning for each other, proffering invitations to enjoy". The two each desire the other and rejoice in their sexual intimacy. The "daughters of Jerusalem" form a chorus to the lovers, functioning as an audience whose participation in the lovers' erotic encounters facilitates the participation of the reader. In modern Judaism, the Song of Songs is read on the Sabbath during the… Read More