The Chief Middle English Poets by Weston, Jessie L - 1914

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1914. hardcover. Book: Good. 8vo.. 396 pp. 5 7/8 x 8 1/2. Green cloth covered boards, blind embossed on front, stamped in gold on spine. No dj. Prev owner's name on ffep, minor edgewear at head/foot of spine.

Boston, MA Houghton Mifflin: Riverside , 1914. Hardcover First Edition [1914], unstated. Very Good: shows moderate wear to the extremities; some rubbing overall; the titles at the backstrip have been dulled considerably, due to rubbing, but remain legible; very slight spine lean; faint soiling. Binding secure; text clean. Despite a number of minor flaws, remains structurally sound and tightly bound, with a clean text. A sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 396pp. Notes and and Bibliographical References by Jessie L. Weston. First Edition [1914], unstated. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. Jessie Laidlay Weston (1850–1928) was an independent scholar and folklorist, working mainly on mediaeval Arthurian texts. Her best-known work is From Ritual to Romance (1920). In it she brought to bear an analysis harking back to James George Frazer on the Grail legend, arguing for origins earlier than the Christian or Celtic sources. It was cited by T. S. Eliot in… Read More

Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. Hardcover. Good. Newly rendered and edited, with notes and bibliographical references. Octavo. ix, 396pp. Green cloth, blind-stamped on front board, gilt-stamped on spine. Owner's name and date on front fly, pen and pencil underlining and marginalia on pages, extremities worn, a good only copy.

Houghtom Mifflin, 1914. Cloth. Very Good. Slightly smaller book, dark blue cloth with thin embossed border, embossed title and editor with design at top front, gilt lettering near fine on spine, 396 lightly browned pages. Tiny blue checkmarks next to works in Table of Contents, occasional checkmark in text. Light wear to tips, very tiny white spot at spine right, light crease at spine top, light stain at certain angles on back. Near Very Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

BOSTON, MA: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1914. HARDCOVER. NEWLY RENDERED AND EDITED, WITH NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES / NO DATE ON TITLE PAGE WITH 1914 ON COPYRIGHT PAGE . ORIGINAL FOREST GREEN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH TITLES IN GILT TO THE SPINE AND TITLES IN BLIND TO THE UPPER COVER. BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN A TRACE OF RUB TO THE CORNERS AND JUST A TRACE OF MARKING TO THE COVERS. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLES. .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.