William Caxton: A Quincentenary Biography of England's First Printer de George D. Painter - 1976-10-07

Chatto and Windus, 1976. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:070112198X

Chatto & Windus, 1976. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:070112198X

Chatto & Windus, London, first edition, 1976. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. xi, 227 pp, [4] leaves of plates. From the foreword: "Caxton is one of the most famous yet least known of great Englishmen. The sources for his eventful life are unexpectedly rich and varied, but have not as yet been adequately studied and interpreted. They range from the abundant contemporary documents in which his name and affairs are mentioned, to the hundred surviving editions of books from his press, with their texts, types, and woodcut illustrations, and the revealing and entertaining prologues and epilogues which he wrote for them. An attractive and original but distinctively English character emerges, a man of gusto, piety and humour, of business acumen and enduring political loyalties, a gifted compulsive writer with a special delight in printing his own works, an editor-publisher of Chaucer, Gower, Lydgate and Malory who enriched English literature by translating the bestsellers of France and Burgundy, and the… Leer más

London: Chatto & Windus, 1976. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Frontis., xi, 227 pp., illus. Fine copy in a price-clipped jacket.

New York: Chatto & Windus. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 070112198X . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket scuffed with a crease in the laminate at the bottom front panel. ; 9.5 X 6.5 X 1.3 inches; 227 pages .

Chatto & Windus, London, Chatto & Windus, London. 1976, xi,227pp. Cloth. Dust jacket price clipped and with signs of use, book in good condition. ISBN: 9780701121983

LONDON, CHATTO AND WINDUS, 1976. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xi, 227 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. Subjects: Caxton, William approximately 1422-1491 or 1492. Incunabula England London; Bibliography. Printers Great Britain; Biography.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.