A first Folio edition, first printing of The Exeter Riddle Book, published by The Folio Society, London in 1978, translated and introduced by Kevin Crossley-Holland, drawings by Virgil Burnett. A very fine copy free from inscriptions, with a fine faux-leather paper bound brown slip case. The Exeter Riddle Book presents Kevin Crossley-Holland's translations of riddles preserved in the tenth-century Exeter Book, with drawings by Virgil Burnett. Speaking through animals, objects and natural phenomena, these Old English poems invite readers to solve playful, sometimes ambiguous puzzles. Their voices reveal the imagination, humour and daily concerns of Anglo-Saxon England. Crossley-Holland's rendering makes this remarkable medieval collection accessible while retaining its enduring mystery and poetic vitality.

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Title: The Exeter Riddle Book
Publisher: London The Folio Society 1978
Publication Date: 1978
Edition: 1st Edition

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