English Literature in the Sixteenth Century Excluding Drama

Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Preface by C.S. Lewis. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped (30s. net), generally rubbed and soiled, tears and chips at the edges. Blue cloth, pushed at the head and foot of the spine, with gilt lettering and designs on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, a few instances of pencil marginalia. Lewis's substantial work of literary criticism dealing with the writings of Tyndale, More, Sidney, Spenser, Hooker, and others from the era. (Inventory #: 12527)