Early English proverbs Chiefly of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries with Illustrative Quotations
by Skeat, Walter W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford: Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. Xxiv + 147 pps. Index at rear. Frontis plate of John Wyclif. In English with Early English. Dark green cloth with triple blind ruling, gilt to spine, minor shelf wear at extremities. Inside front cover has bookplate of noted WWII spy and proverbs collector Victor de Guinzbourg. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 147 pages .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6149
- Title
- Early English proverbs Chiefly of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries with Illustrative Quotations
- Author
- Skeat, Walter W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- England, Literature, English Language, Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare, Piers Plowman, De-guinzbourg
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medieval Studies; Poetry; Proverbs, Maxims, Aphorisms;
Terms of Sale
Leaf and Stone Books
Books not as described may be returned for a refund. Please contact us by e-mail before making a return.
About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....