Poem of the Cid (El Poema del Mio Cid): A Verse Translation
by Merwin, W. S. (tr.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1959. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. xiii, 240 pp. Slight lean to spine, spine lightly pulled at crown and bumped at heel, just a touch of dustsoiling to covers, top edge of front board and corners of boards lightly bumped, page edges and endpapers tanned, neat gift inscription on front pastedown, small tear to bottom edge of rear pastedown. Lacks dust jacket. Size: 12mo
Synopsis
W.S. Merwin has published many highly regarded books of poems, for which he has received a number of distinguished awards—the Pulitzer Prize, Bollingen Award, Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets and the Governor's Award for Literature of the state of Hawaii among them. He has translated widely from many languages, and his versions of classics such as The Poem of the Cid and The Song of Roland are standards.
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- Bookseller
- Crane's Bill Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10809
- Title
- Poem of the Cid (El Poema del Mio Cid): A Verse Translation
- Author
- Merwin, W. S. (tr.)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- SPANISH LITERATURE, MEDIEVAL LITERATURE NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Crane's Bill Books
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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