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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Robert Venables (illustratore). Fine, unblemished, seemingly unused condition book in a very near fine slipcase (very lightly marked, but not bumped or damaged).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Venables, Robert (illustratore). 1st Edition. Folio Society edition, first printing, 2013. First thus. No jacket as issued. With original slipcase. Foreword by Christopher Dyer. Illustrated by Robert Venables. Index. Subtitled : A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century. Dark blue slipcase is near fine with the odd small mark and the odd minor scratch/minor bump. Boards are fine with no faults. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. No internal faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover (in Slipcase). Condizione: Near Fine. Robert Venables (illustratore). First Thus. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xxii + 361pp. Internally clean. Binding firm. Very good, slightly marked slipcase. Illustrator: Robert Venables. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; England; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Travel & Places. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 59269.

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Robert Venables (illustratore). First Printing. 2013 First Printing. Fine Hardback. No inscriptions or bookplates. Near Fine slipcase. Slight marks to panels of slipcase. Introduced by Christopher Dyer. Illustrated by Robert Venables. Funny, learned and frank, this book explores what life was really like in the Middle Ages. With specially commissioned illustrations by Robert Venables. New preface by the author. Bound in buckram. Blocked with a design by Robert Venables. Set in Adobe Caslon with Blackmoor display. 384 pages. Frontispiece and 9 colour illustrations. Book size: 9.5" x 6.25". Funny, learned and frank, this is the book to read if you want to know what it was really like to live in the Middle Ages. For here you can explore the medieval era as you would a foreign country its customs and dress codes, sights to see and who to consult if you are ill. Ian Mortimer blends in-depth scholarship with literary flair as he leads the reader on a fascinating journey through the streets and lanes of 14th-century England, detailing the landscapes and towns, the people and their homes, their pastimes and their laws. In 'What to Eat and Drink', he describes dinner in a noble household: 'on a fish day you might be served a first course of lampreys baked in vinegar, pepper, ginger and cinnamon;' and he reveals the ingredients of 'pottage', the staple food of peasants. In 'What to Do' he notes the people's love of music and the 'disguising games' beloved by Edward III, who once took part himself by dressing as a giant bird. Jousting is essential viewing, though not for the faint-hearted: 'In case you have any doubt about the level of danger, let it be stated unequivocally. Jousting is dangerous.' 'Health and Hygiene' describes treatments that anticipate modern methods, such as trusses to repair hernias, and others which, mercifully, have been abandoned, such as the cure for quinsy (an abscess in the throat) that involves flaying and roasting a cat with the grease of a hedgehog and the fat of a bear, before anointing the sufferer. Robert Venables's absorbing illustrations depict these diverse aspects of day-to-day life, from cooks at work to a scene at the gallows. This edition also includes a newly commissioned map of Medieval England. UK Postage £3.40; Airmail to most of the Rest of the World £30.00. If ordering from overseas, please check any additional tax and import duties payable in your country, which will be additional to the costs given here.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Minor shelf wear to green pictorial hardcover and slipcase. Otherwise a tight, unmarked volume. Illustrated. Index. xii, 471 pp.

Hard. Condizione: Very good in good slipcase. Illustrated by Robert Venables. (illustratore). First printing. Very good in good slipcase.

2018. (Hardcover in slipcase) Fine, no dust jacket. 471pp. Olive green cloth with gilt and black lettering and decorations to the cover and spine in a fine green slipcase. Patterned endpapers, color illustrated frontispiece, tables, color illustrations, notes, abbreviations, index. "It is a normal morning in London, on Friday 16 July 1591. In the wide street known as Cheapside the people are about their business, going between the timber-covered market stalls. Traders are calling out, hoping to attract the attention of merchants' wives. Travellers and gentlemen are walking along the recently repaired pavements of the street" - from the Introduction. Time Period 16th Century & Elizabethan. Illustrations by Robert Venables. Locale: London--England. (History--England, Folio Society, History--England, Social History).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Illustrated by Robert Venables (illustratore). First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase.