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R. C. Johnston and J. A. Noonan, eds.
Passages for Translation from Old French, Selected from Twelfth-Century Writers; second edition. 
Published Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1959 reprint (previously issued 1950; original edn. was 1939).
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Compton Printing Works, London & Kemp Hall Bindery, Oxford.
Size: 139x214x5mm.
Page count: x,61pp.
Main languages: French texts (no translations supplied); apparatus in English.
Overall condition fair: this copy looks somewhat battered overall; covers rather worn, especially at the edges and corners, and in particular a rip to the front cover where it joins to the top of the spine; spine creased; previous owner’s name in ink on the title page, and at least 7 text pages have some pencilled marks or annotations.

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Weight without packaging: 112g.

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Contents: presents 40 extracts under 5 headings: Preliminary extracts; Romances of antiquity; Other romances; Epics; Lyrics.

Introduction: 2pp
Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: list of editions used
Index: no

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