Author: (MEDIEVAL) Title: The Portable Medieval Reader
Description: New York, The Viking Press, 1949. Hardcover. Edited and with introduction by James Bruce Ross and Mary Martin McLaughlin. 16mo. Burgundy cloth with yellow lettering. xiv, 690pp. Very good. Spine ever-so-lightly sunned; lacks dust jacket. Quite tight and lovely first edition of this "Viking Portable" series title, a less-often-seen subject (as opposed to individual author) survey -- a delightfully broad spread of writings from the period. Front pastedown bears inked 1949 ownership signature of Frank S. Hanlin (1924-82, bibliographer and University of Iowa special collections director). .
Keywords: Ancient World
Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 48818
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