D s brewer ltd (11 Ergebnisse)

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.…

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0859910075. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover in very good condition. No dust jacket. The boards are unmarked with only minor shelf-wear. Plastic wrap covering. The pages in the main body are clean and clear. GE. Used.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover in very good condition. No dust jacket. The boards are unmarked with only minor shelf-wear. Plastic wrap covering. The pages in the main body are clean and clear. GE. Used.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First edition. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Spine of dj faded. Signed and inscribed by by "Frank" (presumably the author) with a date of 4 May 1979 on flyleaf. viii, 181 p. w/endnotes, index. section B. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket, as Issued. Later Edition. Third printing of the first UK paperback edition, published in 2000 [originally published in 1998]. Preceded by a hardback edition first published in 1978 and reprinted in 1996. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions of medieval sculptures. Ninety-five monochrome plates. ***Near fine in illustrated card wraps. Cover edges just very slightly rubbed, with a small light crease to the top corner of the front cover. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean and unmarked. ***275mm x 215mm. 128 pages including a List of Plates with details of each image, and a List of Places indicating the locations of the art works. Printed on glossy art paper. ***'The rarest, most recondite and fascinating art book, which is a folklore and magic book as well --- it is an incredibly thorough study, with every example illustrated, of the weird foliate heads or masks found in the medieval churches and cathedrals of Western Europe.' [The Times] *** 'The immediacy with which the reality of the supernatural is conveyed is sometimes disturbing, sometimes presented with an almost twentieth-century surrealism and always compels a respect for the vitality of the medieval imagination.' [Lore and Language] ***'This book has opened up new avenues of research, not only into medieval man's understanding of nature, and into conceptions of death, rebirth and resurrection in the middle ages, but also into our concern today with ecology and our relationship with the green world. It is therefore a work of living scholarship and its reissue will be greatly and justly welcomed.' [William Anderson, author of "Green Man: The Archetype of our Oneness with the Earth"] [Quotes taken from the back cover] ***A later printing of the first UK paperback edition, published in 2000, with excellent plates throughout. A fascinating study of the Medieval 'Green Man'. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original maroon cloth effect covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, cream paper label to the front board. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xii), 277 pp with 2 plates, 5 figures, 1 map. Small ink name to the top front paste down 'Christine Grange 2000' and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Smart set of two 14th-century poems with resourceful translations and detailed notes by Sir Israel Gollancz. In two volumes.Bound in the publisher's original cloth. With unclipped dust wrappers.Edited with extensive notes and glossary by significant scholar of early English Literature, Sir Israel Gollancz. Both works also include a modern-English translation. The translation of "Wynnere and Wastoure" by Gollancz follows the original text. "Cleanness" is translated by fellow scholar and publisher of the works, D. S. Brewer, and runs alongside the main poem.Penned anonymously in middle English, these texts are dated around the mid to late 14th century. Little is known about the authorship of "Wynnere and Wastoure", a political debate poem thought to have inspired William Langland's "Pier's Plowman". "Cleanness" is attributed to the "Pearl" or "Gawain" poet, author of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, very smart with slight bumping and rubbing, particularly to the bottom edge and spine tips. Subtle marking concentrated towards the top edge and more noticeable to "Cleanness". Dust wrappers suffer from slight shelf wear and discolouration. Chip to the back of "Cleanness" and moderate tearing and loss of wrap to "Winner and Waster". Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with faint spotting only to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardback. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. These uncommon, fascinating works of twentieth-century Medieval literary criticism, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition, first impression ofMedieval Literature and Antiquities : Studies in Honour of Basil Cottle published in 1987, and, the first thus new edition ofPiers Plowman : The C-Text and Its Poet, first published in 1949.With the original unclipped dust wrappers.Medieval Literature with 13 monochrome photograph plates, including of illustrations from the important medieval manuscripts MS Cotton Claudius, MS Harley, and MS Junius. Collated complete.Piers Plowman : The C-Text with previous owner's neat inscription, "Tom Mason 1971" to the recto of the front first free endpaper.Uncommon.E. Talbot Donaldson was a scholar of medieval English literature who is most famous for his 1966 translation ofBeowulf. His workPiers Plowman : The C-Text examines the significance of the C-Text of Piers Plowman by William Langland, which is now recognised as a vitally important version of one of the most significant works of literature from the Medieval period.Medieval Literature is an exciting collection of essays by various Medieval scholars on topics such as 'Ladders and Lines of Connection in Anglo-Saxon Religious Art and Literature', 'Will'sPilgrimage in Piers Plowman B', and 'Chaucer in the Suburbs'. Both in the original publisher's binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, both very attractive: a touch of bumping to the head and tail of the spines and extremities and one or two minor marks to the fore edge. Wrappers are generally smart with some light marks and minor chips and closed tears, slightly heavier to 'Piers Plowman'. Wrapper for 'Piers Plowman : The C-Text' has some age toning, heaviest to the spine, and 'Medieval Literature' is slightly sunned, and a trifle creased at the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages, barring light age toning. Previous owner's inscription to recto of front first free endpaper of 'Piers Plowman : The C-Text'. Near Fine. Multiple plate photographs, including of Bewcastle Cross, MS Cotton Claudius B, and MS Junius 11. (illustrator). book.…

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. With a colour frontispiece. A near fine copy, the cloth bright and fresh, with light rubbing to the spine tips. The contents are clean throughout, and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper, which has just a touch of toning to the rear panel and rear flap edges, and is otherwise without loss or tears. An illuminating study examining the York Mystery Cycle's connection with worship in York and its wider cultural and historical impact on the city. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. x. 133 pp. Price-clipped jacket has light marks to front. Book is about Fine but for slight fading to extremes of green cloth boards.