The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918.
by QUILLER-COUCH, Sir Arthur (editor)
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About This Item
Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1948. . 8vo (19 x 12.5 cm); bookplate to front free endpaper verso, India paper; tan calf gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt spine in 6 compartments, all edges gilt, spine slightly faded, one or two faint marks, otherwise near fine; xxxii,1165, [1]pp.
Provenance: John P. Love (bookplate). A handsome copy of this important anthology of English poetry spanning 650 years, attractively bound in tan calf gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
Provenance: John P. Love (bookplate). A handsome copy of this important anthology of English poetry spanning 650 years, attractively bound in tan calf gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
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- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
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- Title
- The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918.
- Author
- QUILLER-COUCH, Sir Arthur (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1948.
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