Downs Norton Editor (8 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. BU6 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with overall minor shelf wear plus overall foxing to the cover and ouside paper edges. This a collection of readings, translations of primary sources, that together provice a revelation of the scope of activity and creativeness of Medieval Europe. There are 126 selections taken from letters, annals, chronicles and biographies that reveal the crescendo of education, organization, art and culture that was the Middle Ages. The primary emphasis is on social and cultural events and developments. Indexed, 230p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st. 304 pages. Nine original studies dealing largely with English history, written by former students of Professor Read. DJ is soiled and worn. Blue cloth exterior w/title on spine in gold is in very good condition. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (britain, history, biography) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved dust wrapper that is lightly shelf-soiled and is foxed to the rear panel, the text is clean and is free of markings, portrait frontis, 304pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Small quarto. Pp. 52, (4). Quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. Frontispiece portrait of Read. Fine. Lacks paper spine label, dust jacket. One of 245 copies designed, printed and bound by Mallette and Vivien Dean. Collection of essays by friends and colleagues in tribute to Read, a professor of history who also served in the Office of Strategic Services in World War II. Although not marked, this copy is from the collection of noted artist, illustrator, and printer Mallette Dean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. Includes a bibliography of the writings of Read and an index.

Nine original studies dealing largely with English History, written by former students of Professor Read. First edition. xxii, 304 pp. b/w frontispiece. Essays include: John Wesley and the American Revolution, The Irish Republic, Notes on Scottish Witchcraft Cases 1590-91, Los Angeles Diary, The Role of the House of Commons in British Foreign Policy During the 1937-38 Session, Some aspects of London Mercantile Activity during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Overall condition VG+. In Good dust wrapper - damp stain on back.

Edited by Norton Downs. Preface by William L. Langer. Pp. xxii+304, frontispiece portrait, bibliography of Conyers Read, notes, index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and spilt, the backstrip slightly faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and earlier label of J. F. Fuggles on upper pastedown, upper hinge starting, outer leaves an edges lightly foxed; University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1953. First edition. *'Nine original studies dealing largely with English history, written by former students of Professor Read' [wrapper blurb]. Conyers Read (1881-1959) was an American historian who specialized in fifteen and sixteenth century English history.