C Neil Sayers (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Fine. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Soft Cover. Condition: F-. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & marked); pp. 64 (last blank), with illustrations. A near fine copy. Signed and dated by the artist, 'Jan Neil 9 Nov 73'. Signed by Artist.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Glossy Card Cover. A firm, straight book with b/w illustrations. Slight signs of ageing. 64 Pages. CVover sunned.

Soft Cover. Condition: F-. Reprint. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed); pp. 64, with illustrations. A near fine copy.

Condition: Fine. First Edition. Glossy card cover. Neat owner's name top of title page, otherwise appears unused. Jan Neil (illustrator).

64 pp, map on end-papers, b&w illustrations, wrapper spine faded, else very good copy in illustrated, limp wrappers.

Soft Cover. Condition: F-. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed); pp. 64, with illustrations. A near fine copy.

Large Limp Cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Large Limp Cover. Very Good. Reprint. 9 X 6". 64 pages. Illustrated. A tight clean copy. Jan Neil. (illustrator).

First Edition. Illustrations by Jan Neil, text by M. C. Sayers. Pp. 64, illustrated, endpaper map; med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, lightly rubbed; leaves browned; Mullaya, Melbourne, 1973. First edition.

Large Paper Back. Condition: As New. First Edition. 64 pages. B/W sketches. Appears to be an unused copy. Scan available. Jan Neil (illustrator).

1st ed., 64pgs, illust. with line drawings, maps on e/p's, 230x155mm size stapled booklet, printed card covers, V.good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. First Edition. First edition. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2017 Hard Cover. xviii, 406 pp. The practice and the representation of flaying in the middle ages and after are considered in this provocative collection. Skin is the parchment upon which identity is written; class, race, ethnicity, and gender are all legible upon the human surface. Removing skin tears away identity, and leaves a blank slate upon which law, punishment, sanctity, ormonstrosity can be inscribed; whether as an act of penal brutality, as a comic device, or as a sign of spiritual sacrifice, it leaves a lasting impression about the qualities and nature of humanity. Flaying often functioned as animaginative resource for medieval and early modern artists and writers, even though it seems to have been rarely practiced in reality. From images of Saint Bartholomew holding his skin in his arms, to scenes of execution in Havelok the Dane, to laws that prescribed it as a punishment for treason, this volume explores the idea and the reality of skin removal - flaying - in the Middle Ages. It interrogates the connection between reality and imagination in depictions of literal skin removal, rather than figurative or theoretical interpretations of flaying, and offers a multilayered view of medieval and early modern perceptions of flaying and its representations in Europeanculture. Its two parts consider practice and representation, capturing the evolution of flaying as both an idea and a practice in the premodern world.…