Epic and Romance: Essays on Mediaeval Literature de Ker W. P - 1931

Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1931. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. preface by author, postscript by author, four appendices and index. Bright blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Plain text dustwrapper with dark blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. First published in 1896. "These essays are intended as a general description of some of the principal forms of narrative literature in the Middle Ages, and as a review of some of the more interesting works in each period." -- from the preface page V. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Faint fading to the back strip. Browning and foxing to the text block edges with age toning of the pages. Offset tanning and faint foxing to the endpapers. Foxing spots throughout the book. Previous owner's name to the top edge of the free front endpaper and original bookseller's sticker to the lower edge of the same page. The dustwrapper is showing its age. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges with some pieces missing from the back strip edges. Sunning to the dustwrapper, particularly to the back strip and to the top edge of the rear panel. A few foxing spots and marks to the book panels with browning of the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - XXIV, [2], 3 - 398, [2] pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Essays & Literary Criticism. Inventory No: 0122682. .