Medieval History

Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Company, 1891. . First edition. . Very good condition: some wear to the ends of the spines and the corners. . A rather appealing set, both in the contents, which is a look at the first half of the 16th century, and in the binding of brown cloth with gold lettering on the spines and a gilt illustrated device at the center of the front panels. Head and tail decorations for each chapter. Volume 1 has 365 pages, volume 2 has 342 pages plus 10 pages of advertisements. more information

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New York: Harper & Row, 1964. . 1st trade paperback printing. . Very good. (underlining) . A revised and retitled edition of a book originally published in 1953 as 'From Roman Empire to Renaissance Europe.' more information

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New York: Broadway Books, (2004.) . First printing. . Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) . SIGNED by the author on the title page, and dated in the year of publication. Set in the late 14th century (the duel was held a few days after Christmas in 1386T), this is "the gripping, atmospheric true story of the 'duel to end all duels' in medieval France: a trial by combat pitting a knight against a squire accused of violating the knight's beautiful young wife. A fascinating story, and a well-researched book. Illustrated. Extensive notes, index. 242 pp. more information

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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1972.) . 1st trade paperback printing. . Good condition (underlining on a few pages.) . Drawing on original sources and scholarly works, this is a book written for both the scholar and the general reader - discusses the views of writers like Abelard and Bernard of Clairvaux, William of Poitiers and Andreas Cappellanus. Illustrated. Map, notes, bibliographical note, index. 190 pp. more information

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New York: Walker, (1999.) . Trade paperback. . Near fine in illustrated wrappers. . A look at Galileo's life, his discoveries, and his clash with Catholic doctrine, based on the letters of Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun and the daughter and confidant of Galileo, which the author translated them from the original Italian. Illustrated. Chronology, bibliography, notes and index. 420 pp. more information

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New York: Walker, (1999.) . First printing. . Very good in a near fine dust jacket. (some spine slant.) . A look at Galileo's life, his discoveries, and his clash with Catholic doctrine, based on the letters of Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun and the daughter and confidant of Galileo, which the author translated them from the original Italian. Illustrated. Chronology, bibliography, notes and index. 420 pp. more information

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London: Constable, 1949. . Later printing. . Very good in blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine, lacking the dj. . A study of the 'vagantes' of the Middle Ages, which was originally begun as an introduction to a book of translations from the medieval Latin lyrics, and which soon grew into a more general study of the flowering of the ryhyming Latin lyric in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Appendices, bibliography, index. 330 pages. more information

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