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Softcover. Zustand: Fine. 224 pages, index. Outlines Chaucer's English world in the 2nd half of the 14th century, including trade & innovation, language & the arts, religious dissent, and intellectual ferment. Much of what we know of the time has come to us through Chaucer's writings, and he was the father of English poetry and the first English literary personality. He is widely considered to be the most important writer of Middle English and is universally known for his Canterbury Tales.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

FIRST. NEW. Blue cloth boards [B27].

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Good condition hard cover, with very good condition jacket, previous owner stamp marking to inside page, otherwise internally clean and tidy, in a good readable condition.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Previous owner's bookplate. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiv, 170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents: 1. Our Written Information: From Recording the Exceptional to Recording the Usual. Is our knowledge of the middle ages representative? Is our knowledge of medieval monasticism representative? Can proportions be measured? -- 2. The Global Vision of the Created World. The fulfilment of God's will. The ineluctable decay of the Creation. Fundamental pessimism and presumed monastic creativity -- 3. The Sources of Material Wealth. The rural setting. Craft and commerce: the abbey, the market and the town -- 4. The Monks' Attitude towards People. Monks, nobility and common people. Rural people. Urban people. The works of mercy. The impact on the demographic situation -- 5. Value Systems, Christian and Monastic. Christian values and ethics. Reciprocity, a social function -- 6. The Intellectual Contribution. The legacy of antiquity. An everlasting renaissance. Writing, reading, teaching and thinking: monks as the keepers of collective memory. Allegory and rationalism. As times changed, education changed. Tolerance and incomprehension -- 7. Religion, Religious Life and the Church. Mission, conversion and the crusades. Charisma, rule and institution -- 8. Artistic Expression. Art for them or art for us? Space and image. 'Art for art's sake' or functional art? A deeper sense -- 9. Monastic Life. Heaven and hell on earth: individuals living together. A pyramid of self-negation: the individual and the community. Spirit and flesh: the battle of the individual. The easy way or the difficult way: comparison with the world outside. Subjects: Christian Brothers History Middle Ages, 600-1500. Trinity College (University of Cambridge). Library. Manuscript. R.17.1. Monasticism and religious orders History Middle Ages, 600-1500. 3 Kg.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. xxxii, 230pp. Laminated printed light card covers. Text block edges sun faded. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. Offers a unique collection of materials focused on one of the most significant battles in European history.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 228pp. Burgundy cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Text block edge starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Paper dust jacket sun-fading, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, not price clipped. A compilation of entries drawn from 13th & early 14th century manuscripts, covering the reigns of Edward I & Edward II, and translated from the Latin and Anglo-French of the exchequer clerks.

Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, green cloth with silver spine lettering and a paper label on the front board, xii, 209 pp., a few b/w plates Preface by the editor. Articles are "Probing Passions of a Norman on Crusade: the 'Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolymitanorum,'" Emily Albu, "Gilbert Foliot et l'Ecriture, un exegete en politique," Julie Barrau, "Writing Warfare, Lordship and History: the 'Gesta Consulum Andegavorum's' Account of the Battle of Alencon," Richard Barton, "Anglo-French Peace Conferences in the Twelfth Century," J.E.M. Benham, "Peter of Blois and the Problem of the 'Court' in the Late Twefth Century," John D. Cotts, "Normandy and Norman Identity in Southern Italian Chronicles," Ewan Johnson, "Monastic Chronicles in the Twelfth-Century Abruzzi," G.A. Loud, "The Impact of Rebellion on Little Domesday," Lucy Marten, "Setting Things Straight: LAw, Justics and Ethics in the 'Orationes' of Lawrence of Durham," Mia Münster-Swendsen, "Angevin Kings and Canon Law: Episcopal Elections and the Loss of Normandy," Jörg Peltzer, "Zooarchaeology of the Norman Conquest," Naomi Sykes, "Was Thomas Becket Chaste? Understanding Episodes in the Becket Lives," Hanna Vollrath.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 298 pages. Contents; Charles Mackerras: A Chronology -- Prologue: A Eulogy for Charles / Janet Baker -- An Immense Stylist Evolves: 1947-87 / Nigel Simeone -- A Personal Portrait of Charles Mackerras / David Lloyd-Jones -- Mackerras and Janá ek / John Tyrrell -- Goat's Milk in Vienna: Three Memorable Meetings / Heinz Stolba -- The Lion: Charles Mackerras / Patrick Summers -- 'The Musical Values of Opera': WNO, 1987-92 / Nigel Simeone -- Remembering Charles in Wales / John Stein -- Triumphs and Tribulations: Opera, 1993-2001 / Nigel Simeone -- 'Impeccable musicianship and enthusiasm for whatever he did' / Anne Evans -- Rethinking Old Favourites: Opera, 2002-10 / Nigel Simeone -- Viva Charlie! / Antonio Pappano -- A Master of Mozart / Simon Keenlyside -- Three Memorable Collaborations / Nicholas Hytner -- The last great 'Czech' conductor / Ji í Zahrádka -- Reminiscences of a friend and colleague / Ji í Zahrádka -- Reconstructing a Better Version of The Greek Passion / Ale B ezina -- Reconstructing Sullivan's Cello Concerto / David Mackie -- Three Orchestras / Nigel Simeone -- 'And there was Light!' Sir Charles and the OAE / Chi-chi Nwanoku -- An Electric Entrance / Rosenna East -- On Sir Charles Mackerras / Alfred Brendel -- Sir Charles at the Philharmonia / David Whelton -- Coda / Nigel Simeone -- Appendix 1: Mackerras in Performance -- Appendix 2: Desert Island Lists / Nigel Simeone -- Discography / Malcolm Walker -- Bibliography -- Editions and Arrangements by Charles Mackerras. Subjects; Mackerras, Charles (1925-2010). Conductors (Music) Great Britain Biography. Conducting 20th century. Opera conducting. 1 Kg.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. xii, 194pp. Pictorial laminated light card covers. 8vo. Volume is neat. clean, bright and tight throughout.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 182pp. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some very light shelf wear and chipping to edges, price clipped. 8vo. Examines the decisive and far-reaching impact the Normans had on the medieval world.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Hardcover. Slight bumping on hardcover spine ends. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. Binding is sound. AF. Used.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. Very good condition. Unused shop stock. Dust jacket. RB. Used.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. ; (illustrator). Hardcover with jacket in very good condition. Jacket and hardcover spine heads are bumped. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. HCW. Used.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Reprint. [iv] 256pp, four plate illustrations including frontispiece. In brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Boards a little rounded at corners and spine ends. Text block edges a little dust darkened. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, worn, rubbed and a little soiled at edges, mis-folded, price clipped. A study of the medieval background of English renaissance pastoral literature - the first comprehensive survey to describe in detail the historical development of the English renaissance pastoral.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Firmly bound blue cloth board. Some dust spotting on the top closed page edge. Some handling wear and marks to jacket, not price clipped.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxii, 344 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-330) and index. Contents; Map of Counties -- The Gazetteer -- Bedfordshire -- Berkshire -- Buckinghamshire -- Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire -- Cheshire -- Cornwall -- County Durham -- Cumberland -- Derbyshire -- Devon -- Dorset -- Essex -- Gloucestershire -- Hampshire -- Herefordshire -- Hertfordshire -- Isle of Wight -- Kent -- Lancashire -- Leicestershire and Rutland -- Lincolnshire -- Middlesex -- Norfolk -- Northamptonshire -- Northumberland -- Nottinghamshire -- Oxfordshire -- Scilly Isles -- Shropshire -- Somerset -- Staffordshire -- Suffolk -- Surrey -- Sussex -- Warwickshire -- Westmorland and Furness -- Wiltshire -- Worcestershire -- Yorkshire: East Riding and York -- Yorkshire: North Riding -- Yorkshire: West Riding. Subjects; Castles England ; Guidebooks. History. Architecture. Medieval Period. Castles Guidebooks. 3 Kg.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Aldeburgh studies in music, v. 1. Physical description: xi, 193 pages : music ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-181) and index. Contents: "Happy were he": Benjamin Britten and the Gloriana story / Robert Hewison -- The creative evolution of Gloriana / Philip Reed -- Britten's major set-back? Aspects of the first critical response to Gloriana / Antonia Malloy -- The paradox of Gloriana: simple and difficult / Donald Mitchell -- The number principle and dramatic momentum in Gloriana / Peter Evans -- Gloriana: a list of sources / Paul Banks and Rosamund Strode -- Gloriana: a bibliography / Antonia Malloy. Subjects: Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976. Gloriana; peras. Gloriana, op53; Criticism and interpretation; Sources; Opera England 20th century; Congresses; Music. 3 Kg.

Softcover. Zustand: As New. 196pp. Pictorial printed light card covers. In as new condition throughout. 8vo. Illustrated with black and white engravings.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Fair condition soft cover, some wear to the cover and spine, ex library copy with all the usual marking, otherwise in a good readable condition.

Softcover. Zustand: As New. 402pp. Laminated printed light card covers. In as new condition throughout. 8vo. Radical study which traces the transformation of ideas in western Europe over a period of more than a thousand years - looking at the changing attitudes towards time, space, the human body, human and social relationships, productivity, distribution, travel, etc.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. An edited edition of Aubrey's original where he sought to present the bright flames of those of his contemporaries who died young taken from the jumbled notes that he left upon his death in 1697. 332pp.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Series; Publications of the Lincoln Record Society ; v. 98. Physical description; 151 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 34 cm. Notes; Includes (as Appendix C): Bourne to Saxby / John Rhodes. Originally published: Boston: KMS Books, 1989. Includes bibliographical references (pages 142143) and index. Subjects; Wilson, Charles Stansfield (18441893). Midland Railway Company History 19th century. Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway. Railroads England Lincolnshire History. Railroads England Lincolnshire Pictorial works. Railroads Design and construction. Lincolnshire (England) History 19th century. 3 Kg.

Reprint. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: xxxii, 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Subjects: Harold II, King of England 1022?-1066 Death and burial; Harold II, King of England 1022?-1066; Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066 Sources; Eleventh century ; Sources; Military history, Medieval ; Sources; Great Britain History William I, 1066-1087 Sources. 3 Kg.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. xii, 222pp. Pictorial laminated light card covers. 8vo. Cloth crease to bottom front corner, chipping to front edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. xxii, 394pp, well illustrated in colour. In red cloth-covered boards with gilt portcullis on front panel and gilt lettering on spine. Tall 8vo. Title page shows some signs of compression else neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, slightly brushed at spine tips. Condemned as useless and dangerous, the House of Lords was abolished in the revolution of 1649, shortly after the execution of Charles I. Reinstated along with the monarchy at the Restoration of 1660, the House of Lords vigourously renewed its involvement in the political life of the nation. This volume presents the first results of research undertaken by the History of Parliament Trust on the peers and bishops between the Restoration and the accession of George I.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Numbers neatly inked to top corner of half-title page. 344 pages. Comprehensive and concise guide to medieval English castles with over 500 main entries. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. x, 206pp, various in-text black and white photographs. Pictorial laminated light card covers. 8vo. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. xviii, 362pp, [4]pp blank. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. . Very lightly rubbed spine head, top corners bumped. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear.