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Bibliography of Early English Literature, William Carew Hazlitt, 8 Volume Reprint, Burt Franklin

LAN9364
Original price £350.00 - Original price £350.00
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£350.00
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Bibliography of Early English Literature, in eight volumes, complete. By William Carew Hazlitt. 1961 reprint of books originally published between 1867 and 1903. Published by Burt Franklin, New York. First edition thus.

Burt Franklin Bibliography and Reference Series #26; Comprising: 

  1. Handbook of Early English Literature; Hand-Book to the Popular, Poetical, and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain, from the Invention of Printing to the Restoration (1867), xii + 701pp +(2pp); 
  2. Collections and Notes 1867-1876 (1876), xi + 498pp; 
  3. Second Series of Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature 1474-1700 (1882), x + 717pp.
  4. Third and Final Series of Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature 1474-1700 (1887), xii + 315pp;
  5. Supplements to the Third and Final Series of Bibliographical Collections and Notes 1474-1700 (1889), viii + 181pp;
  6. Bibliographical Collections and Notes (1474-1700); Third and Final Series; Second Supplement (1892), iv + 106pp;
  7. Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature Made During the Years 1893-1903 (1903), iv + 446pp;
  8. A General Index to Hazlitt's Handbook and His bibliographical Collections (1867-1889). By G.J. Gray. Edited by W. Carew Hazlitt (1893), ii + 866pp.

A handsome set in original Publisher's printed cloth binding. A near fine set in navy blue cloth. Text is clean and bright and soundly bound. Some minor usage marks to text block edges and a few mild age spots. A scarce set, more commonly found in Institutional reference libraries, than in private hands.

Text in English. 

Weight approximately 7.62kg (the set - unpacked). 

Approximate dimensions: Each volume 236mm high x 159mm wide x 16-64mm deep.