Of Aucassin & Nicolette: A Translation in Prose and Verse From the Old French Together with Amabel and Amoris
by LAURENCE HOUSMAN
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Honomu, Hawaii, United States
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About This Item
London : Chatto & Windus , 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Paul woodroffe and Clemenceau Houseman. None. None Signed by the Author and by the illustrator. Numbered 59 of a limited edition of 160. Book sleeve included, in fair condition with some cracking at the edges due to wear. Insect tunneling on first few pages. Pencil price in back for April 1942, $1.50. 8vo, quarter tan linen, paper sides on flexible boards, title label on spine (with a spare label tipped in at the rear), tissue guard to frontispiece, uncut. With four drawings by Paul Woodroffe, shown as full-page wood engravings by Clemence Housman. Printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott handmade paper at the Shakespeare Head Press. Limited edition of 160 copies, this being no. 59 and SIGNED by Laurence Housman and Paul Woodroffe on the limitation page. Very good copy overall; contents and covers clean and bright, a couple of tiny nicks on the deckled edges. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 2HR
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kama’aina Collection (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LM221195
- Title
- Of Aucassin & Nicolette
- Author
- LAURENCE HOUSMAN
- Illustrator
- Paul woodroffe and Clemenceau Houseman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Pages
- 106
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About the Seller
Kama’aina Collection
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Honomu, Hawaii
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