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LITERARY HISTORY OF ENGLAND by Baugh, Albert C.; ed
- Bookseller: Buday Books / Vintage Reading (TM)
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 1539
- Book condition: Hardcover; spine gilt rubbed; ink gift inscription in a small hand on front endpaper.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts,
- Place: NY:
- Date published: 1948.
- Pages: 1605pp.
Description
NY:: Appleton-Century-Crofts,, 1948.. Hardcover; spine gilt rubbed; ink gift inscription in a small hand on front endpaper.. + index. England's literary history surveyed--Old English to 1100; Middle English, 1100-1500; Renaissance (1500-1660); Restoration & 18th Century (1660-1789); 19th Century & After (1789-1939).
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