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The sword in Anglo-Saxon England. by Davidson, H. R. Ellis - 1962: Its Archaeology and Literature

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The sword in Anglo-Saxon England. by Davidson, H. R. Ellis - 1962

The sword in Anglo-Saxon England.: Its Archaeology and Literature

by Davidson, H. R. Ellis

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First edition. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1962. xxvii, 237pp. 16 plates. Original blue cloth, gilt to spine. Edges lightly spotted. A nice copy.
Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson (1914-2006) English antiquarian and academic, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquities.

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  • Publisher Clarendon Press
  • Place of Publication Oxford
  • Date Published 1962
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The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England: Its Archaeology and Literature

by Davidson, H.R. Ellis

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Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1994. 2nd ed.. hardcover. 8vo, 239 pp.+plates .
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The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England: Its Archaeology and Literature

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Woodbridge, England: The Boydell Press, 1994. Corrected Reprint . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oakeshott, Ewart. 237pp.incl.index+plates; HB quarter-bound blk.&blk.w/gilt; new; fine conditon w/clean,tight pgs. DJ red w/white; new; fine condition. History of the sword. illus.
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Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [5], vi-xxvii, [2], 2-237, [3] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of 55d. net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a few in-text figures and with sixteen plates of black and white drawings. A study of the sword and its significance in Anglo-Saxon and Viking societies. Based largely on material from the British Isles. With a discussion of how and where the finest swords were made, from what was then recent archaeological evidence. Also with a study of the sword and its metaphor in medieval Latin, Old Norse, and Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry. A small separation between the backstrip and the textblock; jacket shows a few small traces of edge wear.
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