Item #26040 The Gests of King Alexander of Macedon. Ed Francis Peabody Magoun Jr.

The Gests of King Alexander of Macedon

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1929. Cloth. A very presentable, well-preserved copy of this 1929 "modern edition of two Middle-English poems on the legendary history of Alexander the Great, written by unknown early contemporaries of Chaucer". Tight and Near Fine in its crimson-red cloth, with a tiny former owner name and date at the front free endpaper. And in a bright, VG+ example of the fragile dustjacket, with light chipping (the size of a dime) along the spine crown. Octavo, part of Harvard's formidable "Mediaeval Studies" series. Near Fine / Very Good +. Item #26040

Price: $150.00