Item #011780 Pearl. E. V. Gordon.

Pearl

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Near Fine / No Jacket. Item #011780

Full navy cloth. lx, 167 pp. Spine tilted and slightly faded, light rubbing to extremities. Light damp staining to top edge of text block. Neat ink and pencil underlining and marginalia. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Inner hinge cracked at verso of ffep. Light age toning to interior. Pearl is one of four poems preserved in a small manuscript in the Cotton collection in the British Museum--MS Cotton Nero A.x. Pear stands first in the manuscript, and is followed by Purity (or Cleanness, as it is also called), Patience, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Price: $40.00

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