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Donald B. Sands, ed.
Middle English Verse Romances.
Published New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, reprint (previously issued 1966).
ISBN 0030462150.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 149x227x20mm.
Page count: xi,398pp.
Main language: Middle English texts (no translations provided); introductions & apparatus in modern English.
Overall condition fair to good: the covers on this copy are rather scuffed and creased, yellowed with age, and with some wear on the edges and corners; the spine is not creased from reading; looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £10.00
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[Liverpool U.P. edn. in print at £20.00]
Weight without packaging: 492g.

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Contents:
King Horn;
Havelok the Dane;
Athelston;
Gamelyn;
Sir Orfeo;
Sir Launfal;
Lai le Fresne;
Squirre of Low Degree;
Floris & Blancheflour;
Tournament of Tottenham;
Wedding of Sir Gawain & Dame Ragnell;
Sir Gawain & the Carl of Carlyle.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Introduction: 11pp general, plus brief individual intros.
Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: comprehensive, at foot & margin of text, and at end of book
Bibliography: half-page, plus a few references with each text
Index: no

See also | Romance | Anthologies |
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