Uncommon Signed Copy
The Alliterative Morte Arthure: The Owl and the Nightingale and Five Other Middle English Poems in a Modernized Version with Comments on the Poems and Notes
Notes: One of Gardner's scholarly works on early English literature, which was always a deep well for his storytelling talent.
One of just 1547 copies printed, according to John Howell's John Gardner: A Bibliographical Profile.
Edition + Condition: First edition (with no statement of additional printings). A near fine copy in a jacket with light surface wear. Inscribed by Gardner to one of his collectors, "To Dennis Tyrell, Best John Gardner."
Publication: Carbondale and London: Southern Illinois University Press and Feffer & Simons, 1971.
ISBN: 0809304864
Item No: #307365
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