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European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages
by Curtius, Ernst Robert; Trans. Willard R. Trask [Larry McMurtry]
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Pantheon / Bollingen, 1953 First Printing in original $5.50-priced dust jacket, bookseller/author Larry McMurtry's copy with his famous single spur bookplate to pastedown, no markings, NOT ex-lib, gilt-stamped blue & black two-tone cloth boards sharp-cornered & showing only scant shelf wear, binding tight pages bright, mild foxing to page block edges, jacket lightly rubbed with a little chipped loss to spine ends, else Fine (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; (xv) 662pp indexed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Nighttown Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33143
- Title
- European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages
- Author
- Curtius, Ernst Robert; Trans. Willard R. Trask [Larry McMurtry]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pantheon / Bollingen
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Curtius, Ernst Robert; Trans. Willard R. Trask [Larry McMurtry] European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Nighttown Books
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South Pasadena, California
About Nighttown Books
Nighttown Books specializes in academic and scholarly books in most subject areas but most particularly in literature and the arts and sciences.
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