ADVENTURES IN THE MIDDLE AGES: A Memorial Collection of Essays and Studies
by Loomis, Laura Hibbard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Burt Franklin, 1962.. 1962.. Good. - (Selected Papers in Literature and Criticism Number 1). Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in gilt on spine. The covers are bumped, rubbed and lightly spotted. xvii & 308 pp. There is an owner's ink name & address on the front endpaper. B&W portrait frontispiece & 1 B&W plate. The contents are very good. <p>First edition.<p>Essays on medieval romances, Malory, Chaucer, Charlemagne, King Athelstan, etc.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24237
- Title
- ADVENTURES IN THE MIDDLE AGES: A Memorial Collection of Essays and Studies
- Author
- Loomis, Laura Hibbard
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Burt Franklin, 1962.
- Date Published
- 1962.
- Keywords
- ARTHURIAN; LITERARY CRITICISM; LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGES; ROMANCES; MEDIEVAL; CHANSONS DE GESTE; MALORY; CHAUCER; CHARLEMAGNE; ATHELSTAN; BRETON LAYS; ESSAYS; LAURA HIBBARD LOOMIS.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arthurian Legends;
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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