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The Kings Treasuries of Literature

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Title: The Kings Treasuries of Literature

Description: FIRST EDITIONS THUS. THREE TITLES. Publishers hardback covers with blind-stamped vignettes. Gilt titles and gilt vignettes to spines. Name on insides. Frontispiece and title vignettes. BOOK I. 'The Canterbury Pilgrims' 1929. Being Chaucers Canterbury Tales retold for children. In-text illustrations. BOOK II. 'Ballads and Ballad Poems' 1931. In-text illustrations. BOOK III. Alfred Lord Tennyson. 'Idylls of The King' 1931. A very lovely selection.

Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London

Editor: Sir A. T. Quiller Couch

Date Published: 1929/1931

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Very Good

Weight: 522g

Reserve: $10.00

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