The Geste of Duke Jocelyn
by Farnol, Jeffery
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lake Huntington, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 1920. 252 pp. A bit of rubbing to the edges. Spine darkened. All six plates by Eric Pape are present. Also an elaborate jousting scene by Pape on endpapers. Green cloth with gilt-decorated type and ornaments. 'Long, long ago when castles grim did frown, When massy wall and gate did 'fend each town; When mighty lords in armour bright were seen, And stelthy outlaws lurked amid the green And oft were hanged for poaching of the deer, Or, gasping, died upon a hunting spear;' The Gest proceeds in 'Fyttes.' . First American Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Eric Pape. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Veery Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000295
- Title
- The Geste of Duke Jocelyn
- Author
- Farnol, Jeffery
- Illustrator
- Eric Pape
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Fiction Medieval, Eric Pape
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Medieval;
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- Rubbing
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