The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables Tapa dura - 2009

Hardback. Very Good.

208 p. Audience: General/trade.poetry

Faber & Faber, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Faber & Faber, 2009. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Faber and Faber. Used - Good. 2009. Hardcover. Good.

Faber and Faber. Used - Very Good. 2009. Hardcover. Very Good.

About this Item: Faber & Faber, London, 2009. Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Book is a NEW first edition/first printing with a full number line beginning with 1. Priced dust jacket (L12.99) is new. The greatest of the late medieval Scots makars, Robert Henryson shared their vision of the frailty and pathos of human life, as well as the inherited poetic example of Geoffrey Chaucer. His finest poem, and one of the rhetorical masterpieces of Scots literture, is the narrative Testament of Cresseid. Set in the aftermath of the Trojan War the Testament completes the story of Chaucer's Troilus and Crisyde, offering a tragic account of its faithless heroine's rejection by her lover Diomedes, and of her subsequent decline into prostitution and leprosy. A master of high narrative, Henryson was also a comic master of the verse fable, and his burlesques of human weakness in the guise of animal wisdom and delicately pointed with irony. Seven of the fables are here… Leer más

Faber & Faber, Limited. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Faber and Faber, 2009. 9780571249282. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xix + 183 (no inscriptions).

faber and faber. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (£12.99 price intact). Published by faber and faber, 2009. Octavo. Blue boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear and a light sticker residue on the front cover. 183 pages. ISBN: 9780571249282. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!