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London: Oxford University Press, 1944. 79 pages. Square solid copy with a small stain on front cover and covers show light wear and interior is unmarked.. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford at Clarendon, 1944. 2nd Ed. . Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Frontispiece drawing of Bone by Muirhead Bone. Works include The Battle of Maldon, Gnomic Verses and Riddles, The Dream of The Rood and several short elegaic poems. DJ heavy paper beneath mylar, light brown with ornate blue border. DJ has very thin, very tiny tear and creases along top front edge, two wide nicks at spine top left and right edge, spotting around all front edges and bottom back, very thin 1" tear at bottom front edge, two 1/4" tears at top back edge with crease between.. Fair/Very Fine.

London: The Clarendon Press, 1946. First edition. Hardback. Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". None. A lovely first edition copy inscribed by Gertrude Bone, the author's mother. A thorough essay on Anglo-Saxon poetry by Gavin Bone. The first edition of this work, inscribed by Getrude Bone to half title page "To Oswald B Powell with best wishes for 1944 from Muirhead and Gertrude Bone."Gavin Bone, son to Gertrude and Muirhead Bone, wrote this short essay to accompany his translations of Anglo-Saxon poems. Unfortunately, he died before he could finish his work, and this volume includes only the first paragraph as its introduction, to what would have been a longer work planned as part of the main fabric of English literature. Nonetheless it remains a thorough and interesting insight. Containing 'The Battle of Maldon,' 'Judith,' 'The Fates and Gifts of Men,' 'Gnomic Verses,' and many more. In the original publisher's white paper covered boards. Externally excellent with only minor shelfwear. Minor faint… Leer más