Literature / Medieval and Renaissance





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                The Camelot Chronicles: Heroic Adventures from the Time of King Arthur
                Ashley, Mike (edit.)

 Wings First Thus 1995                                      
Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 Arthurian Tales by P.G.Wodehouse, Hilaire Belloc and many others.
KING ARTHUR,ARTHURIAN LEGEND,MYTH,FANTASY,BRITAIN,CAMELOT                                                                                                                                                                   Book# 2652 		US$20.00


                     Droll Stories
                Balzac, Honore de
Heritage Press                                       
Near Fine Hardcover in Near Fine Slipcase. Top edge stained maroon. Small, closed, marginal tear of one leaf. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Slipcase with slight wear.
A special press edition of Balzac's thirty stories set in Sixteenth Century France. Translated into modern English by Jacques Le Clercq. Illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff.
SIXTEENTH CENTURY,FRANCE,TOURAINE                                                       Book# 3583 		US$24.50



           Chaucer and His England
                 Coulton, George G.
 Senate 1998   ISBN: 1859585302
 New Unread Trade Paperback. Unmarked.
 A reprint of the 1908 classic historical survey of Chaucer’s life, times, and works.                     
 CANTERBURY TALES,ENGLISH LITERATURE,MIDDLE AGES,MEDIEVAL ENGLAND       Book #7715		  
US$10.00
    
         

           Shakespeare’s Life and World
                 Duncan-Jones, Katherine
 The Folio Society 2004   ISBN:
 New Unread Hardcover in Good Slipcase. Quarter Buckram and Decorative Bookpaper Binding.
 Gilt spine lettering. Unmarked. Slipcase has bottom seam separated and reglued and a small bump
 of a top corner; it is intact.
 Katherine Duncan-Jones explores William Shakespeare’s life and his world using illustrative writings of
 contemporaries. Very attractively illustrated.                      
 ENGLISH LITERATURE,ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND,JACOBEAN ENGLAND,GLOBE THEATRE,
 DRAMA,POETRY,LONDON,STRATFORD,LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MEN,KING’S MEN,
 BLACKFRIARS        Book #7298		  
US$30.00
     


           Arthur The King In The West
                 Dunning, R.W.
 St. Martin’s 1995   ISBN: 0312127308
 Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
 By seeking to explain the Arthurian legend in its true context this intriguing volume will interest not only the general reader
 but also the student of medieval history, archaeology or literature. Very well illustrated.                      
 ARTHURIAN LEGEND,KING ARTHUR,BRITISH HISTORY,ARCHAEOLOGY,LEGEND,MIDDLE AGES       Book #7654		  
US$14.00
    


           Tales of Firenzuola
                 Firenzuola, Agnolo
 Italica Press 1987   ISBN: 0934977046
 Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
 The Tales of Firenzuola were written in 1523-24 on the Boccaccian premise of a 'lieta brigata'
 of young ladies and gentlemen gathered in a Tuscan villa to tell each other, in turn, stories dealing
 with love, fortune, fate, virtu...The stories themselves, in their variety and immediacy, offer an insight
 into sixteenth-century Italian society and its concerns. ___Italian Quarterly                     
 CULTURAL HISTORY,MIDDLE AGES,RENAISSANCE,ITALY       Book #6669		  
US$12.00 
   


           The Creation of the First Arthurian Romance: A Quest
                 Luttrell, Claude
 Edward Arnold First Edition 1974   ISBN:
 Very Good Hardcover in Near Fine Dustjacket. Cloth binding with top edge stained green.
 Small scufs to bottom of spine; slight tanning of pages. Two tiny spots of fore-edge. A small,
 closed tear of back endpaper. Book is tight. DJ has small tear of bottom edge of back flap -
 else Fine; in a clear protective cover.
 An inquiry into the beginnings of Arthurian romance.                     
 LITERARY HISTORY,MYTH,LEGEND        Book #1557		  
US$15.00 
   


           The Little Book of Arthurian Wisdom
                 Matthews, John (edit.)
 Element 1994   ISBN: 1852305657
 New Unread Small (32mo) Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Book is unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 A collection of wisdom from the Arthurian Legends. "Keep this little book in your pocket and carry it with you.
 Wherever you find yourself, in the midst of the city, in the peace of the countryside, or in the silence of your room,
 the wisdom it contains will inspire and comfort you." Nicely illustrated.                      
 KING ARTHUR,CAMELOT,MYTH,LEGENDS,FANTASY,SPIRITUALITY       Book #4637		  
US$10.00
     
         

           Satan in Goray
                Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1996                           ISBN  0374524793
Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
The 1978 Nobel Laureate’s earliest novel set in medieval Poland
MIDDLE AGES,POLAND,JUDAICA,JEWISH MYSTICISM,SABBATAI SEVI, SABBATIANISM                                                                                                         Book# 6929 		US$10.00