D s brewer woodbridge (62 risultati)

Softcover. Condizione: 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.…

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: N/A. xiv, 178pp. Pictorial laminated light card covers. 8vo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers, bottom front corner curling. Top text block edge foxing. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. Piers Plowman Studies I. First edition. Previous owner's (a distinguished Renaissance scholar) name on front free endpaper, else fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Pp: x + 218. Gilt titles: sp. Red cloth bds. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Solving the mystery of Sir Thomas Malory. The scholarly biography of the author of the Le Morte D' Arthur, first published by William Caxton in 1485. Includes notes, appendices & index.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2nd Edition. xxiv 190pp hardback, blue boards gilt, good.

1st edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Physical description: xxi, 259 p. ; 30 cm. Notes: Catalogue. Subjects: Pepys, Samuel 1633-1703 Library; Catalogs; Library Catalogs; Pepys Library Catalogues; Magdalene College (University of Cambridge); Early printed books; Manuscripts England Cambridge; Broadsides England Cambridge; Bibliography; Ballads, English; Facsimiles; Portrait prints England Cambridge; Portrait prints Public collections Great Britain; Engraving Public collections Great Britain; Portraits Public collections Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

1st edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Physical description: xxi, 259 p. ; 30 cm. Notes: Catalogue. Subjects: Pepys, Samuel 1633-1703 Library; Catalogs; Library Catalogs; Pepys Library Catalogues; Magdalene College (University of Cambridge); Early printed books; Manuscripts England Cambridge; Broadsides England Cambridge; Bibliography; Ballads, English; Facsimiles; Portrait prints England Cambridge; Portrait prints Public collections Great Britain; Engraving Public collections Great Britain; Portraits Public collections Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good condition. 234 pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good condition. 218 pp.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st. First edition hardback, 1987, with price-clipped jacket. In overall fine, as-new condition in a very good dust jacket with small nick to spine head and faint label mark to upper front cover. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unread; no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.…

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 215 x 135 mm. xii, 180 pp. Essays and Studies 2009. Volume 62 in the new series of essays and studies collected on behalf of The English Association. Book.

Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: N/A. xx, 434pp. Pictorial laminated light card covers. 8vo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers, corners just starting to curl, creases to top corners. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight.

Boards, paper cover-label, 8vo, [4], 165, [3] pp. From the blurb: "This book sets Malory's Morte Darthur in the context of the political concerns that he shared with his fifteenth-century gentry readers; the author draws widely on their correspondence and reading material, but looks particularly at the political content of contemporary miscellanies owned, commissioned and read by the gentry. She shows how the themes of political governance and royal succession, which are of primary importance in contemporary historical chronicles and genealogies, informed the political thinking of Malory's readers; and demonstrates how debates over ideas of worship, fellowship, lordship, and counselling indicate a process of change in the gentry's political attitudes and values, their sense of identity, and also their response to the Arthurian story." Contents: Introduction (The Crisis of Kingship in Malory's Time; Fifteenth-century English Gentry: Social Status and Political Advancement); I. The Shaping of Political Attitudes: Gentry Letters (Worship; Friendship and Lordship; Fellowship); II The Political Interests of the Gentry and Their 'Grete Bokes' (Gentry Circles; Political Miscellanies; Fifteenth-century Chronicles; Hardyng's Chronicle and Genealogies; Political Themes: Governance and Counsellors); III. Gentry Values in Malory's Morte Darthur (Worship and Service; Lordship and Establishment); IV. Counsel and Governance in the Morte (Legitimation and Strategy; Baronial Counsel; The End of Counsel; The Breakdown of Governance). Afterword; Bibliography; Index. As New.…

Second Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; 224 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey d. 1400. Poets, English - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Biography. Geoffrey Chaucer died on 25 October 1400. To mark the six-hundredth anniversary of his death, Derek Brewer's classic book is once again available in a fully illustrated version: over one hundred contemporary colour and black and white illustrations, from the homely to the refined - from children's games and cooking to falconry and music-making - bring the late middle ages to life. Chaucer's English world - that of the second half of the fourteenth century - is rich in interest of every kind, and Chaucer was a uniquely perceptive recorder of it. 1 Kg.…

Second Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; 224 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey d. 1400. Poets, English - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Biography. Geoffrey Chaucer died on 25 October 1400. To mark the six-hundredth anniversary of his death, Derek Brewer's classic book is once again available in a fully illustrated version: over one hundred contemporary colour and black and white illustrations, from the homely to the refined - from children's games and cooking to falconry and music-making - bring the late middle ages to life. Chaucer's English world - that of the second half of the fourteenth century - is rich in interest of every kind, and Chaucer was a uniquely perceptive recorder of it. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Volume II in the Piers Plowman Studies series. First edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else fine in a fine dust jacket. ; 128 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. Volume III in the Piers Plowman Studies series. First edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. ; 125 pages.

Soft cover. Condizione: 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.…

octavo, brown cloth boards, black lettering, xiii + 193pp, VG (minor marking to covers).

Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm, xv, 172 pp. From the introduction : "From the insular romance of the twelfth century (vital to an understanding of the literary and historical context of medieval English literature) to the era of the printed book, romance challenges generic definition, audience expectation and established scholarly approaches. This third volume of papers from the regular conference on Romance in Medieval England uses a broad range of material and methodologies to illuminate the subject. Topics include the strategies and audiences of crusading romances, the deployment by Chaucer and Gower of romance theme and style, a re-evaluation of the text of Gamelyn, and the shifting generic boundaries between romance, exemplum and legal narrative. Other papers explore the transformation of traditional material on the revenant dead and the divided family from ancient literary texts to the prose romances of the sixteenth century." As New.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: x, 426 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Subjects: Culture & society ; Congresses; Literature, Medieval History and criticism ; Congresses; Courtly love in literature ; Congresses; Culture ; Congresses; Chivalry in literature; Literature, Medieval History and criticism. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. An exceptional copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages; Physical desc. : 432 p. : ill. ; 24cm. Conference proceedings. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subject: Literature, Medieval - History and criticism. Courtly love in literature - Kings and rulers in literature - Congresses 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 258 pages; Description: vi, 258 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-248) and index. Subjects: Ancren riwle. Monasticism and religious orders for women --England --History --Middle Ages, 600-1500. Christian literature, English (Middle) --History and criticism. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Anglo-Saxon Studies, vol. 17. xi, 191 pp. Hardback with laminated pictorial boards. Unread, as new. New list price: $90.00.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: x, 426 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Subjects: Culture & society ; Congresses; Literature, Medieval History and criticism ; Congresses; Courtly love in literature ; Congresses; Culture ; Congresses; Chivalry in literature; Literature, Medieval History and criticism. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. An exceptional copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages; Physical desc. : 432 p. : ill. ; 24cm. Conference proceedings. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subject: Literature, Medieval - History and criticism. Courtly love in literature - Kings and rulers in literature - Congresses 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 258 pages; Description: vi, 258 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-248) and index. Subjects: Ancren riwle. Monasticism and religious orders for women --England --History --Middle Ages, 600-1500. Christian literature, English (Middle) --History and criticism. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures. xvii, 241 pp., 6 figs. Hardback with laminated pictorial boards. Unread, as new. New list price: $99.00.

Condizione: Fine. 8vo. pp 193. Issued without dust jacket. Brown cloth covers. Excellent condition. Fine. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. vii + [2] + 225pp, with index and bibliography, bound in blue cloth /gilt lettering and white title label on front cover. NEW BOOK; Octavo.