Eric brockman (14 Ergebnisse)

HARDCOVER. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint. 184pp, small octavo. tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2002 reprint very minor shelf wear only.

Hardcover. 1st edition. [8], 184 p.: 15 illus., 3 line maps; 22 cm. Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the Knights Hospitallers of St. John. VG orig. orange cloth in vg illus. orange on black dj. Jacket by Korin Keefe (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. Faded orange colour cloth cover, with gilt title on spine. Jacket largely complete with wear at edges and torn lower spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Hardcover. English. Pub Year 1969, See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Two Sieges of Rhodes, 1480-1522 Book by Eric BrockmanEric Brockman recounts the two Ottoman sieges of Rhodes, where the Knights Hospitaller defended the island and its surrounding island fortresses. After Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, Rhodes stood exposed to Ottoman power, with the Knights receiving little assistance from the rest of Christendom. In 1480, the Knights repulsed Mehmet the Conqueror?s Greek-led armada after a three-month siege. A dispute over the Ottoman succession, divisions within Islam and the Knights? growing reputation for invincibility helped them hold Rhodes for a further forty-two years. In 1522, the young Suleiman the Magnificent led the final siege, and Rhodes fell after a defence described as ranking among history?s great sieges. Brockman sets these battles within the context of crusade and counter-crusade and examines the Knights? religious identity. (SP).…

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Minor library marks remain internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 253 p. illus. Subjects: Knights of Malta. Malta Description and travel. 1 Kg.…

orig. boards. Zustand: Minor wear. Good. 22x14cm, 253,(16) pp. Contents: First impressions; leisure; The Knights; The Sovereign Order as a naval power; Things that go bump; Race and language; Festa - 1926; Songs;Appendix: A note om Maltese spelling. 16pp photoplates. (illustrator).

orig. cloth. Zustand: Minor wear. VG., dustwrapper. 22x14cm, (8),184,(12)pp. 12pp photoplates. (illustrator).

One of 240 copies signed and numbered by Garrick Palmer, this copy number 17. Wood engravings by Garrick Palmer printed in black. Oblong 8vo., [38pp.], 23x27cm. Later fine binding by Stuart Brockman, covers with grid of straight gilt rules with four goatskin onlay circles in green, yellow, blue and red at points where the grid intersects, around a central band of gilt lightly applied allowing the grain of the skin to show through beneath and with tree forms outlined in silhouette, spine lettered likewise, paste paper end leaves, binders ticket to front free endpaper, with original green cloth drop back box, spine lettered in black on gold coloured label. Monmouthshire, The Old Stile Press. Fine.…