Epics of the Middle Ages by Richard Barber - 2005

The Folio Society, 2005. Hardcover. Good. 2005. No Edition Remarks. 665 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Quarter bound in brown leather with cloth covered boards, gilt decoration and lettering. Brown slipcase included. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Plates are bright and clear. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Slipcase has light edge-wear with minor marking to panels.

London: Folio Society, 2005. Second Folio Society Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. xxx 665pp. Bound in 1/4 brown leather and illustrated boards, housed in slipcase. 16 color plates by John Vernon Lord. Includes The Song of Roland, The Song of William, Raoul of Cambrai, The Cid, The Deeds of the Norman People, The Bruce, and Godfrey of Boulogne. Small crease bump/crease to top of spine.

London; Folio Society, 2005., 2005. Hard Cover. FIRST THUS. Large Octavo, pp. xxx, 665, [5]. Illustrated with 16 full page colour plates, including frontispiece. Bound in quarter leather and brown cloth, blocked with a gilt Celtic knotwork design by the artist with gilt titles to spine, top edge brown with brown endpapers. Housed in a matching brown paper covered slipcase. Fine in a Fine slipcase. First folio edition of this attractive collection of seven medieval epics, including The Song of Roland, The Song of William, and Cid. With sixteen vibrantly coloured surreal illustrations by John Vernon Lord. As this is much heavier than the average book additional postage fees will be requested for overseas customers.

London: The Folio Society, 2005. Hardcover. Fine. London, The Folio Society, 2005 (second impression)/ 2005. Quarto, xxx, 667 pages plus 16 colour plates by John Vernon Lord. Quarter leather and pictorial cloth; a fine copy in the very slightly marked slipcase. Comprises 'The Song of Roland', 'The Song of William', 'Raoul of Cambrai', 'The Cid', 'The Deeds of the Norman People', 'The Bruce', and 'Godfrey of Boulogne'.

London: Folio Society, 2005. x-xxx, 665pp; frontispiece, beautiful illustrations in colour; decorated boards with brown leather spine, gilt title, in brown slipcase, top edge stained brown.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Lord, John Vernon. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: The Folio Society, 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine. Lord, Vernon John. Second printing of this edition. One volume in a slip case. A small nick on the slip case, at the front. Otherwise a near fine copy.

Folio Society, 2005T. leather_bound. New. 2.4016 in x 10.9055 in x 7.9134 in.

London:: Folio Society,. Very Good. 2005. Hardcover. B001MVL6V8 . Second printing. Very good in a very good (light damp stain and abrasion at the crown of the spine) slipcase. ; 665 pages .

London: The Folio Society, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. large Octavo. John Vernon Lord. pp XXX, 665. 1st printing. An unread book. Quarter bound in brown Morocco with lovely gilt and printed decoration to both boards. In original slipcase in fine condition. Shows slight shelf use.

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.

Signed 1st Ed. w/DJ) WRACK AND RUNE: A PETER SHANDY MYSTERY BY FAMED CANADIAN AUTHOR CHARLOTTE MACLEOD. Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1982. Used First printing SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author on title page. Good Condition/ Good condition unclipped Dust Jacket, $10.95 original price. Will ship from United States.

Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."… Read More

O'Neill, Eugene: Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy (1931 First Edition, Horace Liveright, Inc. w/Dj) DRAMA. Three Plays, or parts: Homecoming, The Hunted, The Haunted. RARE. Used. Very Good Condition/ Good- Original unclipped dust jacket. Original Cover Price is $2.50. Jacket has some loss at the spine. Now protected by mylar wrap. Please see our photos. Plot Summary: "Mourning Becomes Electra is a story styled after the Greek legend and the title refers to how the lead character is condemned to a life of mourning the disasters that befall her family. In the Greek legends, Electra is the sister to Orestes, and they are the children of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon."

The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding at the back of the book has never been opened. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.

Thomas Merton. What Are These Wounds: The Life of a Cistercian Mystic, Saint Lutgarde of Aywières. FIRST EDITION. RARE. Copyright 1950, February 17, 1948 First Printing Thus, The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee. Written by respected Trappist author THOMAS MERTON. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/GOOD- CONDITION $2.50 UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Top portion of dust jacket spine is missing. 190 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ½.

London: Macmillan, 1915. Second Edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Macmillan, 1915. 8vo., xxiii+591pp., illustrated with numerous b/w photo plates and reproductions, maps. Blue cloth with gilt spine decoration and titles, top edge gilting. Some moisture indications along front edge of covers, else very good, clean, bright. . Hard. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.

Collectible Fine First Edition 1979 Hardcover Clean 151 pp. Brown Leatherette Hardcover. Study of Lope Garcia De Salazar's Libro De Las Bienandanzas E Fortunas Textual commentary in Spanish and English. Fascinating journey to find Arthur's exploration of Hy Brazil and Avalon where the material Spanish mystery of Arthur in Avalon and Brazil touches the literary and Spiritual and Geoffrey of Monmouth Merlin and post Vulgate. NOT a library copy. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans The shadow on gold script is the glittering from camera! Fine condition

Leiden: E. J. Brill. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, usual library stamps and . de-accession markings.. 1971. Hardcover. 9004014764 . Olive green library reinforced cloth binding. xi, 173pp + xxxi black and white photo plates. Foreword, bibliography, index of ancient authors and sources, index of inscriptions, index of names, general index. Scholarly study of classical inscriptions of the citizenship oath sworn by Athenians in the 4th century BCE. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

First printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new.
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The first proper fortifications in Japan began to develop with the appearance of the first emperors around 250. Although initially fortifications were simply wooden constructions, as internal strife became a way of life in Japan, more and increasingly elaborate fortifications were built. By the mid-16th century elaborate and beautiful traditional stone castles were wide spread. At the same time, rivalries between different monastic orders led to the development of fortified Buddhist temples and monasteries until the suppression of the warrior monks under Tokugawa Ieyasu. The 19th century saw the development of European-style forts, and the strengthening of costial defences against incursions by the West.… Read More