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    By D. B Wyndham Lewis ; G. C. Heseltine; William Dunbar; Geoffrey Chaucer; William Shakespeare; et al.
    London   J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
    7.5” by 4.5” Xix, 320pp.
    The first edition of this Christmas anthology of poetry, ballads, songs, recipes and stories from the likes of William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer and many other renowned authors, in the original scarce dust wrapper.
    By D. B Wyndham Lewis ; G. C. Heseltine; William Dunbar; Geoffrey Chaucer; William Shakespeare; et al.

    1928 A Christmas Book: An Anthology for Moderns

    London   J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
    7.5” by 4.5” Xix, 320pp.
    The first edition of this Christmas anthology of poetry, ballads, songs, recipes and stories from the likes of William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer and many other renowned authors, in the original scarce dust wrapper.
    £195.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 950Z29
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    Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

    The first edition, first impression. 

    Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and many monochrome vignettes and musical scores by A. C. Harradine. 

    This volume features an anthology of ballads, songs, stories, carols, recipes and more, selected and edited by Wyndham Lewis and G. C. Heseltine. The volume features work from celebrated authors such as William Shakespeare, Dr Samuel Johnson, John Milton, and Geoffrey Chaucer. 

    In the publisher’s original cloth, scarce to see in the original illustrated dust wrapper. .

    Condition

    In the publisher’s original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with very minimal wear. The wrap has sunning to the spine with slight loss to the head, small closed tears to the extremities, and light handling marks. Spotting to fly leaves. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages. Letter to previous owner loosely placed to the front.

    Near Fine

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