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Froissart's Chronicles (First Modern Library edition, ML #387.1)
by FROISSART, John; JOLLIFFE, John (translator & editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London / New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first Modern Library edition, February 1968. A presentation of the famous writings of John Froissart, a Frenchman who spent much time in England in the Court of Edward III. Eyewitnessing many historic events from 1326 to 1400, he was able to chronicle the battles and court intrigues of the first part of the Hundred Years War, including the notable battles of Crécy and Poitiers, as well as the exploits of England's Black Prince, events in Scotland, and, per the jacket flap, "King Edward's love for Lady Salisbury." Translated and edited by John Jolliffe, with several maps and genealogical tables. --- In Toledano spine 13 / green cloth / silver spine titling / ml device blindstamped to front cover / olive & yellow Fujita endpapers / jacket style n, verso is blank. ML #387.1. --- With infrequent discreet pencilings to interior, bookseller pencilings to front endpapers & light soiling to textblock top edge, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, sound copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with slight soiling, else bright, intact, and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxiii, [9], 448 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88330
- Title
- Froissart's Chronicles (First Modern Library edition, ML #387.1)
- Author
- FROISSART, John; JOLLIFFE, John (translator & editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- London / New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>European History;
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