Search Results: Medieval Studies from Respectful Exits

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford: Oxford University, 2000. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding. This lively and far-reaching account of the politics, religion, and culture of England in the century and a half after the Norman Conquest provides a vivid picture of everyday existence, and increases our understanding of all aspects of medieval society. Fine in fine dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1947. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second edition, revised. 8vo. Cloth binding, 247 pp. Previous owner name in pencil. Wear top of spine. Very good..

Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1947. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1947. Second edition, revised. 8vo. Cloth binding, 247 pp. Small rub to spine, rubbing top of boards. Very good..

Garden City: Anchor/Doubleday, 1963. Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition in Paperback. 12mo.. Garden City: Anchor/Doubleday, 1963. First edition in paperback. Trade paperback, 199 pp. Unread. Spine tanned, entirely legible. No writing inside. Near fine..

Oxford: Oxford, 1932. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo.. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1932. 8vo. First edition. Blue cloth binding, gilt titles, 312 pp. Laid paper. Name on front endpaper, small paper fragment, rubs (bookplate removed?). bumping to board edges. Very good condition..

London: Kegan Paul, 1927. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London: Kegan Paul, 1927. First edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 291 pp. 8 plates. Ex-library. Covers Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, The Bible, Milton, Dryden, the eighteenth century, "sons of the morning". Enthusiastic discard marks. Good, solid, clean copy..

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1883. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1883. Reprint with extensive additions. 9th edition stated. 8vo. Cloth binding, 618 pp. including index, gilt lettering. Head and tail of spine bumped and worn. Text clean and unmarked. History of ancient, mediaeval and 19th century history. Fine..

Reprint. Very Good. Stapled Wrappers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stapled wrappers. 24 pp. Reprint of scholarly paper. Covers soiled, very good condition..

New York: Duffield and Company, 1907. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Original wraps. 43 p. Very striking woodcut illustrations and chapter embellishments. Everyman is a 16th-century English morality play, with origins in the late 15th-century Dutch morality play titled Elckerlijc. An important example of Christian allegory and Medieval literature. Rare in this edition. Cloth spine with paper covered boards. Woodcut of the figure of Death on front. Moderate shelfwear, rubbing, and minor staining to paper on boards. Very good..

New York: Columbia University, 1936. New York: Columbia, 1936. Reprint. 8vo. Cloth binding, 382 pp. This is identical to the 1933 first edition, with some expansion of the bibliography. Out of print. New.. Reprint. Hard Cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Columbia University, 1936. Book. New. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. 8vo. Cloth binding, 382 pp. This is identical to the 1933 first edition, with some expansion of the bibliography. Out of print. New..

New York: Columbia Univ Pr, 1989. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. New York: Columbia University Press, 1989. First edition, second printing. 8vo. Cloth binding, 382 pp. Previous owner name to front endpaper and light stain to front board. Otherwise a clean, solid copy of this now out-of-print book. Very good..

New York: Walker and Company, 2003. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 400 pp. Just before the year 1000, a young Viking named Thorvald turned his back on the pagan gods of his fathers to preach the Christian gospel. But his Icelandic countrymen mocked and outlawed him. Abandoning his homeland, Thorvald embarked on an epic journey to the heart of all medieval world maps -- Jerusalem. A thousand years later, Victoria Clark embarked on the same journey to discover to what extent the dramatic changes and conflicts sweeping Western Europe a millennium ago still resonate today. The Far-Farers is both the story of this twenty-first-century journey and a history of eleventh-century western Christendom. In this remarkable book Clark illuminates a group of influential eleventh-century characters -- Thorvald, emperors of eastern and western Christendom, abbots, saints, princesses, Crusaders -- who form… Read More

New York: Walker and Company, 2003. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 400 pp. Just before the year 1000, a young Viking named Thorvald turned his back on the pagan gods of his fathers to preach the Christian gospel. But his Icelandic countrymen mocked and outlawed him. Abandoning his homeland, Thorvald embarked on an epic journey to the heart of all medieval world maps -- Jerusalem. A thousand years later, Victoria Clark embarked on the same journey to discover to what extent the dramatic changes and conflicts sweeping Western Europe a millennium ago still resonate today. The Far-Farers is both the story of this twenty-first-century journey and a history of eleventh-century western Christendom. In this remarkable book Clark illuminates a group of influential eleventh-century characters -- Thorvald, emperors of eastern and western Christendom, abbots, saints, princesses, Crusaders -- who form… Read More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1929. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition, 1929. A very rare scholarly book. 261 pp including index. Red cloth hardcover. G/no jacket. Ex-library. Usual stamps and stickers. Corners bumped. Hinge exposed at title page. In overall great shape and scarce. Good..

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1979. Book. New. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. New York: Norton, 1979. First edition, second printing. 4to. Trade paperback, 119 pp. Glorious full-page color illustrations. The victory of Charles V (1364-1380) against the English, and against his own feudal nobility, marked the beginning of a golden age in the history of book illumination. Around the turn of the 15th century, magnificent examples emerged from scriptoria all over Europe, especially in France, setting new standards for fine illumination, in particular those produced through the patronage of Charles' brother. Jean, Duke of Berry, whose interest in fine books earned him a reputation as the "prince of medieval bibliophiles." This volume, with 40 exquisite color plates, reproduces pages from Jean's treasured volumes, including The Belles Heures, The Grandes Heures, and the jewel of his collection, The Très Riches… Read More

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1978. First edition in paperback. SIGNED BY PAUL MAGRIEL, World Backgammon Champion, inside front cover. 8vo. Trade paperback, 223 pp. Soiling to covers, inadvertent bend to corner of front cover. Underlining to one page. Very good.. Signed - Association Copy. First Edition in Paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo.

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1916. Book. Illus. by Glaisyer, E.. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London: Oxford, 1916. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 112 p. Illustrated. The author writes in the preface "in this little handbook for teachers I have endeavored to picture certain scenes from early and Medieval history and to show how these may be reproduced by children." She stresses the importance of allowing children time away from writing and deskwork for creating scenes of history and thus expanding their learning. Minor shelfwear. Near fine. RARE..

Ann Arbor, MI: George Wahr, 1925. Book. Very Good. Silk. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ann Arbor: Wahr, 1925. First edition. Tall 8vo. Maroon silk binding, 153 pp. Some wear to extremities. Previous owner name, very good..

London: Bell & Daldy, 1867. Book. Fair. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Cloth binding, xv, 675 pp. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. Part of spine cloth gone, rear board loose. Text block in very good condition. Fair..