Caxton: Mirrour of Fifteenth-Century Letters. A Study of the Literature of the First English Press.
by Aurner, Nellie Slayton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. xvi, 304 pp, b&w tissue protected frontis, preface, I. Caxton at Bruges; II. At the Sign of the Red Pale in Westminster; III. Antiquity in Action, As Viewed by the Fifteenth Century; IV. The Contemplative Life of Antiquity: A Fifteeenth-Century Interpretation; V. Morals and Manners; VI. Allegory and Symbolism; VII.Spiritual Edification and Doctrine; VIII. Lives of Saints; IX. Science and Learning; X. English History, Politics, and Law; XI. Beast Tales; XII. English Poets; XIII. French Romances; XIV. Chivalry and the Matter of Britain; XV. Caxton's Influence on English Literature; appendices: books about Caxton; Caxton's books in chronological sequence; editions and reprints; Caxton's prologues, epilogues, and interpolations; index with b&w illustrations throughout. First Edition, 1926. Lightly age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no unddrlining, highlighting or marginalia. Orange cloth with paper title page and black lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000677
- Title
- Caxton: Mirrour of Fifteenth-Century Letters. A Study of the Literature of the First English Press.
- Author
- Aurner, Nellie Slayton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING BRITISH HISTORY CAXTON WILLIAM (1422-1491) THE FIFTEENTH-CENTURY PRESS
- Bookseller catalogs
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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