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The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
by Cantor, Norman F. - General Editor
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670100110
- ISBN 13
- 9780670100118
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A: Viking Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Quarto Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket in Mylar Jacket Cover. Faint, near colorless spotting on top edge of page block is only defect. Gold quarter- cloth with bright and sharp gilt lettering on spine, over blue paper-wrapped boards; spotless, no edgewear, sharp corners, tight and square. Interior is also spotless, on glossy paper. Beautifully illustrated with full color and b/w illustrations on every page. First letter of each entry decorated in blue and gold. Half-title page with illus of the Seal of Henry Plantagenet; Title Page with Coronation of Charlemagne. A fully illustrated A to Z reference book presented by Norman Cantor, one of the world's most distinguished medieval scholars. Find out about the Visigoths, The Vikings, the Crusades, Knighthood, Glassmaking, Kublai Khan, Chaucer, Courtly Love, Alchemy, and so much, much more in this splendid volume. 464 pages. 10 x 8.25 inches. USA, New York, Viking Press, 1999. Extra postage may be required for priority and international shipping.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019114
- Title
- The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
- Author
- Cantor, Norman F. - General Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670100110
- ISBN 13
- 9780670100118
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 4to - over 9?" - 12" t
- Keywords
- HISTORY, MIDDLE AGES; MEDIEVAL; VISIGOTHS; CRUSADES;KNIGHTS; MONGOLS; BARBARIANS; VIKINGS;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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