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Julian N. Wasserman & Lois Roney, eds.
Sign, Sentence, Discourse: Language in Medieval Thought and Literature.
Published New York: Syracuse U.P., 1989.
ISBN 0815624514.
ISBN-13: 9780815624516.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 151×228×22mm.
Page count: xxi,319pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some scuffs on its covers, a little wear on the edges and corners, nothing too severe; page edges somewhat foxed; in other respects doesn’t look heavily used, the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £10.00
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[Publisher’s price $19.95]

Weight without packaging: 498g.

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