<I>The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser. With Memoir, Notes and Glossary.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1881-1886
name: label: Written by
content: Edmund Spenser, English, died 1599
label: Published by
content: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, American, 1876 - 1978
label: Printed by
content: W. F. Brown and Company, American, 1867 - 1887
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover book titled, The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser. With Memoir, Notes, and Glossary, by Edmund Spenser and published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company. It is a cloth bound hardcover book with a sewn binding. The book is green with black text and design elements. The shortened title, [SPENSER’S / POEMS], is embossed with black ink at the top third of the front cover, inside a black rectangular frame. The word [POEMS] is bookended with small rosettes. Above the title, and at the bottom of the front cover, are illustrated bands of black embossed and green relief heart-shaped knots with alternating elongated relief spades. In the bottom left quadrant of the front cover, is a black embossed illustration of a spiraled vine with terminates in a stylized lute. At the top and bottom of the spine, the shortened title, [SPENSER’S / POEMS], and the publisher’s information, [T.Y. CROWELL], are printed in green relief inside gilded bands. The title words are divided by a Greek meander and framed top and bottom by a band of black and gold leaf half-rosettes. There are also three black bands of encircled, black embossed and green relief fleur-de-lis at the top of the spine, below the title, and at the bottom. At the center of the spine is a black embossed stylized lute growing from a stem with elongated leaves, a rosette, and two half-rosettes. In the top right corner of the front flyleaf is a handwritten pencil inscription that reads [.45]. The back cover of the book is plain. The interior of the book has black type on white pages with no illustrations. Contents include a [MEMOIR OF SPENSER], [A LETTER OF THE AUTHOR TO SIR WALTER RALIEGH], [VERSES TO THE AUTHOR OF THE FAERY QUEEN], [SONNENTS ADDRESSED BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS FRIENDS AND PATRONS], Books I-VII of [THE FAERY QUEEN], [THE SHEPHARD’S CALENDAR], [COMPLAINTS], and [MISCELLANEOUS POEMS]. The book has 715 pages.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.7
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with book cloth (textile material) , cardboard and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 3/8 × 5 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (18.8 × 13.5 × 3.3 cm)