The Tenth Muse: Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz
Language: English
Published by St Anthony Guild Press, 1952
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Muse Books, Caernarfon, United KingdomMuse Books
AbeBooks seller since August 26, 2026
Condition: Used - Good
£ 25.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Octavo; p. xii, 179, beige cloth cover with navy blue lettering. Clean, tight copy but with tearing in flyleaf by the spine (see image). Interior pages are clean with no tears or creases. Foxing evident on flyleaf. Dust jacket is worn with significant tear (see image). This is the first biography written in English of the 17th-century Mexican nun, poet, and scholar Sor Juana de la Cruz. It includes a selection of her poetry and 13 illustrations.
Seller Inventory # ABE-1788171327724
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Tenth Muse: Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz
- Author
- Royer, Fanchon
- Publisher
- St Anthony Guild Press
- Publication year
- 1952
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- History, Literature
Muse Books
Caernarfon, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since August 26, 2026
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A bookseller's son and lifelong collector, I am now selling of my collection to make room for new acquisitions. All images are of my own books (no stock images used). I was taught to pack my items securely and to post promptly. I have a broad range of interests, but specialize in books on the book trade, including memoirs, histories, critical studies, and fiction.
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Muse Books
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Eben J. Muse
Boderwyddon, Caernarfon
Gwynedd, Wales UK LL54 7AN
ebenj@muse.cymru
07789513878
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