Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Piers Plowman: An Alliterative Verse Translation by William Langland. First Edition stated, 1990 Norton. First Printing with full number line. Translated by E. Talbot Donaldson.
The book is in Near Fine condition with spotless boards, strong title ink, clean text blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or any other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, that looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap. The jacket is a first state with $25,00 price intact on the front flap.
A translation of the 14th century poem, which offers a picture of society in the late Middle Ages on the threshold of the early modern world. The translator of this work was a founding editor of The Norton Anthology of English Literature.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
