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Major Poets of the Earlier Seventeenth Century
by Barbara K. Lewalski, Andrew J. Sabol (eds.)
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
The Odyssey Press (Bobbs-Merrill), 1973. Soft cover. Good. 1330 pages plus 35 Roman-numeralled pages of front matter, with overall introduction, bibliography of general studies of English poetry in this period, intro and selected bibliography for each poet, index to titles and first lines. Included are works by Donne, Herbert, Vaughan, Crashaw, Jonson, Herrick, Marvell. Twelve illustrations include portraits and first edition facsimiles. Sixty-page section of musical settings. Trade paperback, 2-1/2" thick, shelf wear and scratches to wraps, spine sunned and creased (not split), tear to fore-edge of one page in the Notes section. Name of former owner written on half-title, interior pages unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- Berthoff Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AEB-550
- Title
- Major Poets of the Earlier Seventeenth Century
- Author
- Barbara K. Lewalski, Andrew J. Sabol (eds.)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Odyssey Press (Bobbs-Merrill)
- Date Published
- 1973
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- POETRY, DONNE, HERBERT, VAUGHAN, CRASHAW, JONSON, HERRICK, MARVELL
- Bookseller catalogs
- English literature; Poetry; Music;
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