Ballades (French and English)
by Villon, Franois (sel. Andr Deutsch and Mervyn Savill)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good, 1st limited edition (unnumbered), with d/j (only fair, in protective sleeve), red clothbound boards good (faded at he
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About This Item
London: Allan Wingate, 1946. limited. hardback. Very good, 1st limited edition (unnumbered), with d/j (only fair, in protective sleeve), red clothbound boards good (faded at head and tail), gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages a little aged (wartime handmade papers) but unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Franois Villon (c. 1431 Ð c. 1463) is the best known French poet of the Late Middle Ages. He was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities. Villon wrote about some of these experiences in his poems. A limited edition (5000 on ordinary paper) of parallel French and English translations (chosen by Andr Deutsch and Mervyn Savill) made by a variety of writers (incl. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Heron Lepper, William Stirling, Lewis Wharton, Algernon Charles Swinburne, DeVere Stacpoole, Richard Aldington, and John Payne).
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC90071
- Title
- Ballades (French and English)
- Author
- Villon, Franois (sel. Andr Deutsch and Mervyn Savill)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st limited edition (unnumbered), with d/j (only fair, in protective sleeve), red clothbound boards good (faded at he
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- limited
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Allan Wingate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Pages
- 96
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st thus, poetry, anthology, translation, French, Villon
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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