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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
by KELLY, AMY
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
USA: Harvard University Press, 1950. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Harvard University Press, 1959. Sixth Printing. Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No Jacket. During12th Century England, Eleanor's story runs through the last three quarters of the century during which time she was at the center of a 'plot' , a feud between the Capets and the Plantagenets that caused tumult and ended in the collapse of the Angevin empire. Binding in blue-grey cloth with gilt titles on spine, clean with three pale slightly darker smudges, sunned on edges, with edge wear, scuffing of some corners and shine heel. Tight, solid, sewn binding. Rear inner hinge partly cracked. Endpapers with a Map of the Continental Angevin Empire and the French Domain. Page 33/34 are spotted, pp 74 and 75 have pencil marked text, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. xii+427 pages, w/Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1950.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013463
- Title
- Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
- Author
- KELLY, AMY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- GREAT BRITAIN, HISTORY, 12TH CENTURY CAPETS PLANTAGENETS ANGEVIN EMPIRE THOMAS A BECKETT KINGS AND QUEENS OF BRITAIN
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Great Britain;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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