THE LAY OF THE CID
by Rose, R. Selden and Leonard Bacon
- Used
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1918. Semicentennial Publications of the University of California 1868-1918. Translated into English Verse. The Lay of the Cid is a translation of the Cantar del mio Cid, a poem written in the mid-twelfth century about the Castilian Hero, Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, and relating events from his exile from Castile in 1081 until shortly before his death in 1099. One of Leonard Bacon's early translation. He taught at University of California until 1923, and devoted the rest of his life to writing poetry. Bacon won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 for Sunderland Capture. Gray paper covers. Rubbed along edges. Spine faded and slight tear at bottom spine joint-very minor. Overall covers are Good + or better. Previous owner's name on free endpaper. Title page gives 1919 as date of publication, whereas front cover gives 1918. 130 pp. page edges untrimmed. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. . Paper Cover. Good+. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 10". Poems.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003960
- Title
- THE LAY OF THE CID
- Author
- Rose, R. Selden and Leonard Bacon
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- Leonard Bacon, Spain, Pulitzer Prize Author,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Nobel Peace/Pulitzer Prize Authors;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 10"
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
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