The English Castle: 1066-1650 (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies) (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art) by Goodall, John

Paul Mellon Centre, April 2011. Oversized Hardback . Very Good - Cash/Very Good. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. The book has a curve. Still great condition. Secure pages, solid binding. Dust jacket has minor surface and edgewear with a few small edge tears. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2011. Hardcover. VG (Boards are lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/bumped; textblock edges are lightly scuffed/smudged; interior is clean; binding is solid.)/VG (DJ is lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged.). Black boards with gilt lettering on the spine; brown and photo-illustrated DJ, with brown and white lettering; xix, 548 pp.; richly illustrated. In this volume, which includes over 350 illustrations, John Goodall brings to life the history of the English castle over six centuries. In it he explores the varied architecture of these buildings and describes their changing role in warfare, politics, domestic living, and governance. -- from publisher description.

New Haven: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. 1st printing (2011). 548pp. VG/VG copy, very slight forward lean, some minor marks to top page edge, now preserved in archival jacket protector . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2011.

Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. 2011. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Slight shelf wear. Small tear to dj at spine end. Else a bright, clean copy Very Good. (Subject: Decorative Arts).

Yale University Press, 2011. 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,3150grams, ISBN:9780300110586

Yale University Press, 2011,. /Dust Jacket Included. 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0300110588 1st edition, hardback, large 4to, 3.2Kg., xx,548pp, numerous illustrations, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0300110588 .

Yale Univ Pr, 2011. Hardcover. New. second printing edition. 480 pages. 11.75x10.00x2.00 inches.

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xix, 548 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 516-525) and index.Hortlisted for the Art Book Prize (formerly Banister Fletcher Prize), 2012.Description based on the second printing, 2011.Contents: Introduction -- The English castle -- The castles of the Conquest, 1066-1071 -- Castles of settlement, circa 1071-1087 -- The age of magnificence, 1087-1154 -- The early Angevin castle, 1154-1199 -- The Gothic castle -- The king's works and Wales, 1274-1327 -- The king's servants and the architecture of war, 1274-1327 -- The reign of Edward III (1327-77) -- The genesis of the Perpendicular style -- The triumph of the Perpendicular -- The… Read More

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; From coast to coast, the English landscape is still richly studded with castles both great and small. This is a riveting architectural study that sets this legion of buildings in historical context, tracing their development from the No

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Large quarto in boards with dust jacket. Gentle bumping to corners; near fine copy. 548 pp, illus. in color and b/w. We can't imagine there's a better book on the subject.