From Ritual to Romance, Jessie L. Weston — 1st Edition

£540.00

From Ritual to Romance, Jessie L. Weston — 1st Edition

Name: From Ritual to Romance, Jessie L. Weston — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 3319 sd
Price: 540.00 GBP
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Condition

Very Good: Original quarter‑bound leather over paper‑covered boards shows minor wear, with bumping to edges and corners. Leather spine remains bright, with light rubbing to head and foot. Spots of foxing across paper boards. Binding remains firm and square. Pastedowns and endpapers show light foxing, with creases and small dog‑ears to page corners. Former owner’s sticker present. Otherwise clean, bright and tidy. A sound copy overall.

Description

First edition, Cambridge University Press, 1920. Original quarter‑bound leather over paper‑covered boards, rare to find in original binding. Jessie L. Weston’s From Ritual to Romance is a landmark academic study of Arthurian legend and Grail mythology that has influenced generations of literary scholarship, including T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. Its survival in firm, attractive condition with boards and binding intact makes this an appealing copy for collectors of mythological studies, comparative religion, and early 20th‑century literary criticism.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Jessie L. Weston

Book Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: History

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 206

Book Publication Year: 1920

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Book Binding: Leather and Paper

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Country/region of manufacture: Cambridge, United Kingdom

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