By C. L. Wrenn [ed]
London   George G. Harrap & Co
8.5" by 5.5" [9], 10-320pp
A revised edition of the Old English epic poem, Beowulf.
By C. L. Wrenn [ed]

1961 Beowulf With the Finnesburg Fragment

London   George G. Harrap & Co
8.5" by 5.5" [9], 10-320pp
A revised edition of the Old English epic poem, Beowulf.
£95.00
: 0.5kgs / : 866B93

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Description

Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

A reprint of the revised and enlarged edition.

Beowulf is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend. It is one of the most important translated works of Old English literature. This edition is edited by C. L. Wrenn and includes the Finnesburg Fragment. 

The poem is in the original Old English with notes and explanations in English.

In the original unclipped dust wrapper. 

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is smart with a tear to the head of the rear joint and some fading and marks to the wraps and spine.

Near Fine

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