London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. PRIVATELY OWNED. Previous owner's name, in ink, to front free endpaper. Occasional underlining and notations to rear free endpaper. Mild shelf and edgewear. Dustjacket good plus. Moderate shelfwear to jacket. Edges are creased and chipped. A couple of small ink notations to flaps. Gilt lettering debossed to spine of navy-blue boards. Bright, solid binding. 298 pp with appendices and index. "In this biographical and critical study, Wyatt is approached via his background. Both his social and his literary environments are scrutinized, not only because they are of interest in themselves, but also because they enable us to distinguish between his conventional and his individual qualities," (front flap).

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Bookseller: The Sensible Magpie (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1039
Title: SIR THOMAS WYATT AND HIS BACKGROUND
Author: Thomson, Patricia
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good Plus
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Routledge and Kegan Paul
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1964
Keywords: Literary criticism, Tudor, Italianate lyrics, Plutarch essay

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Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Flap(s): The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
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...