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European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages
by CURTIUS, Ernst Robert [with] Willard R. Trask (trans.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Near Fine
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
(New York): Pantheon Books, 1953. First Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good+/Near Fine. E. McKnight Kauffer (dust jacket illustrator). Large 8vo. Pp. xv, [3], [2], 3-662. Translated from the German by Willard R. Trask. Index. Bound in black cloth over blue cloth boards, gilt Bollingen device on front board, gilt lettering on spine. Tape shadows on front and rear boards, and front- and rear-free endpapers (where dust jacket protector had been taped). Front board top corner just a trifle bumped. Else, a bright copy in the illustrated dust jacket that's in really bright shape, price of $5.50 intact on the front flap. Bollingen Series XXXVI. The E. McKnight Kauffer dust jacket design is the perfect complement to the high standard of scholarship presented by Curtius. Dust jacket is now housed in a fresh, removable, clear archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6566
- Title
- European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages
- Author
- CURTIUS, Ernst Robert [with] Willard R. Trask (trans.)
- Illustrator
- E. McKnight Kauffer (dust jacket illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- (New York)
- Date Published
- 1953
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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