Misericords: Medieval Life in English Woodcarving [King Penguin Books 72] by M. D. Anderson - 1954

Penguin, 1954. hardcover. very good(+)/very good. 48 black & white plates. 30pp., thin 12mov, cloth, d.w. Penguin, (1954). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

King Penguin, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. First Edition. 31 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue illustrated paper covered boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

King Penguin, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. First Edition. 30 pages. Blue jacket over matching boards. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

King Penguin, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. Reprinted. Unpaginated. Illustrated jacket over cloth. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Penguin Books, 1954-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A nice hardcover in a protective Mylar sleeve with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text.Former owners name on a bookplate.From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours a tracking number and delivery confirmation

Penguin Books, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. 30 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Penguin Books, Middlesex, England, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: Various. The text is illustrated with 48 pages of black-and-white photography at the rear of the book. Illustrated boards, showing a carver at work, with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as the underlying board, with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. "Services were long and frequent in the Middle Ages, and monks and canons had to stand upright longer than they liked. So, commiserating with them, the carpenters made small seats on the under-side of the tip-up seats in chancel stores on which one could sit, or against which at least one could lean, while apparently standing. The function and position being what it was, no strict control seems to have been kept over what the carver wished to represent to decorate these miserere or misericord seats." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. The author… Read More

Penguin Books, Middlesex, England, 1956. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Various. The text is illustrated with 48 pages of black-and-white photography at the rear of the book. Illustrated boards, showing a carver at work, with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as the underlying board, with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. "Services were long and frequent in the Middle Ages, and monks and canons had to stand upright longer than they liked. So, commiserating with them, the carpenters made small seats on the under-side of the tip-up seats in chancel stores on which one could sit, or against which at least one could lean, while apparently standing. The function and position being what it was, no strict and droll seems to have been kept over what the carver wished to represent to decorate these miserere or misericord seats." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. The author… Read More

Penguin Books, 1954. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN:

Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Slight tears and mild age tone on dust jacket, though internal pages are clear and bright.