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Autograph Poetry in the English Language. Facsimiles of original manuscripts from the Fourteenth to the Twentieth Century. (In Two Volumes)
by CROFT, P.J. (Compiled and Edited with an Introduction, Commentary and Transcripts by)
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- Hardcover
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York. McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1973, 1973. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Folio. 33cm, xxiii,197,(1)pp., in 2 volumes, with 197 facsimile manuscript plates, limited edition of 1500 copies, indexes, in quarter fine grain green linen backed paper over boards with matched endpapers and jackets, gilt spine titles, A fine set in fine jacket in similar fine linen slip-case. (Lgc). - A unique work covering the period from William Herbert in the 14th Century to Dylan Thomas in the 20th and representing 146 poets on 197 chronologically-arranged plates reproducing complete pages of manuscripts. Each facsimile shows the poet engaged in composing, revising, or establishing a final text of his work.
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23271
- Title
- Autograph Poetry in the English Language. Facsimiles of original manuscripts from the Fourteenth to the Twentieth Century. (In Two Volumes)
- Author
- CROFT, P.J. (Compiled and Edited with an Introduction, Commentary and Transcripts by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York. McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1973
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- POETRY POETS AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS SHAKESPEARE DONNE JONSON MILTON BUTLER DRYDEN SWIFT POPE JOHNSON GOLDSMITH BLAKE COLERIDGE BYRON SHELLEY BROWNING LONGFELLOW BRONTE STEVENSON WILDE YEATS FROST SANDBURG SASSOON BLUNDEN THOMAS
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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