Pippa Passes and Other Dramatic Poems. 1908

Copy with significant Reno and University of Nevada provenance. Browning, Robert Pippa Passes and Other Dramatic Poems. 1908 Publisher: London: J. M. Dent and Co., Aldine House, 1903 12mo [6 x 3.75 inches] 285pp. [English] Very Good A compact early twentieth-century edition of Robert Browning’s dramatic poems, centered on Pippa Passes, a work concerned with moral influence and the quiet ways individual actions shape the lives of others. Issued in Dent’s Aldine series, the book is valued here primarily for its documented provenance rather than its scarcity. This copy stands out for its local and institutional provenance to Reno. It contains the bookplate of Effie Mona Mack, a pioneering educator, author, and civic figure closely associated with the University of Nevada, Reno. A major campus building at UNR is named in her honor. The volume is signed and inscribed by her brother, Leon, to Effie Mona Mack for Christmas 1908, firmly establishing early family ownership. Bound in green leather with gilt titles to the spine and a gilt owl device on the front board. It is in Very Good condition with shelf wear to the covers, a gouge to the front board, a slight tear to the middle of the spine, and bumped corners. The interior pages show light toning to the first few leaves; otherwise, the pages remain clean throughout. 12mo [6 x 3.75 inches] 285pp. [English] Very Good.Bound in green leather Aldine house. With important Reno Provenance.…