THE DARK AGES & THE AGE OF GOLD. by Fraser, Russell

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. xi, 396pp+ index. Very good hardback in a price clipped jacket.

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1973. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/price clipped; ownr's plate/stamp; 425 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8 vo.

NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in very good dustwrapper. Spine ends lightly bumped and rubbed, some light fading on end page and pastedown edges, dustwrapper shows chipping of top spine end and small part of top edge of covers, 1/2in and 1/4 inch tears on bottom edge of back cover, edges of spine rubbed, spine lightly faded, front flap price clipped. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

U.S.A.: Princeton University Press, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. clean, unmarked copy.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973. Hardcover. Good +/good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 425pp. Wear to price-clipped dust jacket with toning to covers and creasing and shallow chipping to corners and edges. Yellow cloth over boards with spine lettered in green and gilt. A small spot of toning to front cover. Dust-spotting to top edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In this original and provocative book Russell Fraser has set himself no less a task than the description and interpretation of one of the signal "facts" of Western history—the breaking away of the present from the medieval past. He locates this break in England in the sixteenth century, and on the continent two hundred years earlier. Unafraid to synthesize, he weaves a rich fabric of quotations, allusions, and examples from art, music, philosophy, theology, and physical science to explain the cultural transition to the modern world. Although the author ranges from Plato to the… Read More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. xi+425pp, indexed. First edition. Inscribed by the author to a former owner on the half-title; also signed by the author on the title page. Mustard cloth boards with gilt spine titles. Light fading to green endpapers, one spot of soiling to textblock fore-edge, else fine. Near fine, price-clipped jacket shows light wear along top edge, with a couple of very short closed tears at head of spine.