Morris (William) and A.J. Wyatt, translators. The Tale of Beowulf
£95
Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats
London, Longmans, Green, 1904.
8vo. Original cloth with printed spine label.
Kelmscott Press founder William Morris’s rendering of the famous Old English epic, Beowulf.
Out of stock
Label slightly browned and worn.
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