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Berkeley: Univ. Of California Press, 2004. 426pp. Photos on request.. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2004 ISBN 0-520-23943-1 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); 426pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; bumped dust jacket corners; bumped book corners; crisp; clean; bright..

University of California Press, 2018-02-23. Paperback. Used: Good.

University of California Press, 2004. hardcover. Like New. 6x1x9. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

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University of California Press, 2004-09-10. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

University of California Press, 2004-08-03. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.8071 in x 22.8426 in x 14.7208 in.

Paperback / softback. New. The most important study of Charlemagne in a generation, this biography by distinguished medievalist Alessandro Barbero illuminates both the man and the world in which he lived. Charles the Great-Charlemagne-reigned from a.d. 768 to a.d. 814. At the time if his death, his empire stretched across Europe to include Bavaria, Saxony, parts of Spain, and Italy. With a remarkable grasp of detail and a sweeping knowledge of Carolingian institutions and economy, Barbero not only brings Charlemagne to life with accounts of his physical appearance, tastes and habits, family life, and ideas and actions but also conveys what it meant to be king of the Franks and, later, emperor. He recounts how Charlemagne ruled his empire, kept justice, and waged wars. He vividly describes the nature of everyday life at that time, how the economy functioned, and how Christians perceived their religion. Barbero's absorbing analysis of how concepts of slavery and freedom were subtly altered as… Read More

Hardcover w/ Dust jacket. New.

University California Press. Very Good. 0520239431. 2004, bright clean copy, no dustjacket, a couple of notes on the rear inner board, no other markings, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 2004. Hardcover.

London, Folio Society, , 2006.. 8vo. xx+428pp. Original pictorial cloth in slipcase.. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations; a fine copy. . First edition thus.

Folio Society, 2009. 4th printing. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated cream cloth, with endpaper maps (Fine), slipcase (near Fine). Pp. xx + 428, illus with coloured plates incl. frontispiece (no inscriptions).

London: The Folio Society, 2006. Hardcover. London, The Folio Society, 2006 (first thus). Octavo, xx, 428 pages plus endpaper maps and numerous pages of colour plates. Pictorial cloth; foot of the spine very slightly bumped; a near-fine copy in the very slightly scuffed slipcase. The preface by the author is new to this edition; translated by Allen Cameron.

London: The Folio Society, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. London, The Folio Society, 2007 (second impression)/ 2006. Octavo, xx, 428 pages plus endpaper maps and numerous pages of colour plates. Pictorial cloth; a fine copy in the slightly rubbed slipcase. The preface by the author is new to this edition; translated by Allen Cameron.

University of California Press, 2004-09-10. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

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Univ of California Pr, 2018. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 426 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

Folio Society, 2006. Hardcover. As new, clean, tight & bright condition in an as new slipcase. This is the third 2008 printing of the 2006 edition. 428pp., illus.