Florence a Gragg (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slip-cased. 1st Edition. First Folio Society Edition. Book has light shelf wear and appears un-read. Tiny amount of foxing. The slip case has very minor shelf wear. 373pp.

Condition: Good. 1960. First Edition. 381 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Light tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. An abridgement of the Commentaries of Pius II published for the first time in English translation, based on the original Vatican manuscript. The volume is designed for the general reader interested in the Renaissance and the text includes illustrations and plates. . First Edition. Overall Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Cloth colour: red. Remarks: Cloth in excellent condition. Red coloured edges along top edge. Slight discolouration to page edges. Spine and pages in excellent condition. Handwritten name, date and Ex Libris sticker on front flyleaf. Number of Pages: 381. book.…

Tall 8vo. Original cream paper-laid boards with gilt lettered leather spine label (Fine), slipcase (Fine). Pp. 373, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

cloth, 8vo 381 pp., 30 ills. life and work of Pope Pius II; very good condition (a few annotations in pencil).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. The Folio Society, 1988. Hardback, slip-case, 8vo, 373pp. Spine label slightly snagged, edges of slip-case scuffed. A good copy. /1.0uk.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Near fine condition red linen boards with gold spine lettering contained in a good condition color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Foreword by Leona C. Gabel, Smith College, June 1958; Notes on the Illustrations; Introduction; Preface to the COmmentaries and Index. Translation by Dr. Florence A. Gragg, Professor Emeritus of Latin of Smith College, following the Vatican manuscript. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates, black-and-white maps and map illustrated front and rear endpapers. Some small internal dust jacket closed tear repairs. "About the Book: In 1464, a German cleric in ROme was commissioned to make a copy of a manuscript. The copy made, he signed his name, John Gobellinus, and thereby unwittingly furnished the basis for a long-lived misunderstanding concerning the authoriship of the work. The error was perpetuated by Francesco Bandinin de Piccolomini, Archbishop of Siena, who had a printed edition of the manuscript. The Commentiries of Pius II, printed in 1584, and asserted Bobellinus was the author and that his own manuscript ws uniquely authentic. Thus the Commentaries appeared in printed for in a vesion incomplete and differing from the original. A second printing in Rome in 1589 and in Frankfurt in 1614 gave that version a practically difinitive character. But as early as 1630 the assumed authorship of the COmmentaries was questioned and belief was expressed that the author was indeed Pope Pius II. In the late 19th century, Pastory, the eminent historian, discovered the Vatican Codex Reginensis 1995, which he recognized as the true original Commentaries written partly in the hand of Pius himself, the rest dictated by him to his secretary." - excerpt from the rear outer jacket. "The only autobiography ever left by a pope, The Commentaries of Pius II constitute one of the revealing documents of the Renaissance. Its author was statesman, poet, humanist, incorrigible traveler and nature-lover, and, like its author, the work fits into no category, combining autobiography, memoir, diary and history. This abridgment preserves unimpaired the qualities which make the Commentiaries a vital human document setting forth the history of an era and portrait of one of its most eloquent spokesmen. FOur major themes wind their way through the Commentaries. There is first of all the kaleidoscopic Italian scene dominated by two conflicts, the Pope's protracted struggle with the vicious Sigismondo Malatesta of Rimini to recover lands wrested from the Church, and the exhausting war, astoundingly mercenary in character, waged with the aid of Francesco Sforza to support Ferrante of Naples against a French rival. The second major theme moves into the wider European arena and the diplomatic contest with that wiliest of fifteenth-century monarchs, Louis XI, over the crown of Naples and the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges. A third theme concerns the amorphous Holy Roman Empire whose disintegration poses problems serous to Eperor and Pope alike. The fourth theme is the one which Pius regars as pivotal for his whole pontificate - a crusade against the Turk in defense of Christendom. Struggling against European indifference to Pope and Turk alike, in the end only one course remained - to lead a crusade singlehanded, which, sick and disillusioned, he prepared to do. The volume is a vital human document, setting forth the history of an era and the portrait of one of its most eloquent spokesmen." - from the inner front jacket flap. Rubinstein, Ruth Olitzky (illustrator).…

Condition: As New. 1988. Hardback. Folio Society (3rd printing 1991). In publisher's slipcase, showing minor shelf wear. In original publisher's card covers, with gilt title on leather lozenge to spine, showing v. light shelf wear. Internally crisp and clear and remains a very fine copy. . . . .

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Folio Reprint. This folio Edition of ' Commentaries of Pope Pius II ' has cream textured boards with an impressed papal coat of arms on the front and back boards. which are lightly marked. The text is accompanied with a few sepia type plates in the centre of the book. This book is in an unread condition. The cardboard slipcase is covered in a dark red paper and is very good. Book price includes postage - UK only.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover Octavo in slipcase. white papered boards, red label on the spine, gilt lettering, blindstamped design on the front cover, slipcase, 373 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

8°, OPp, gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Sehr gut. 373 S. Ungelesenes Exemplar im original Schuber. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1500.

Condition: UsatoComeNuovo. Ril. in cart. con cust. rigida., cm 22.5 x 16, pp 373. Bellissima copia.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Text clean and tight; no dust jacket; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 434 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. reprint. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 373 p. In a slipcase.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Light soiling at spine heel and top of rear panel.

Condition: As New. 1988. Hardback. Folio Society (3rd printing 1991). In publisher's slipcase, showing minor shelf wear. In original publisher's card covers, with gilt title on leather lozenge to spine, showing v. light shelf wear. Internally crisp and clear and remains a very fine copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

PAPERBACK GREEN. Condition: VG++. Faded cover and spine, rubbed edges, soiled inpapers, foxed inpapers, colour frontispiece figure, contains charts and figures, contains 6 appendices, DATE PUBLISHED: 1927 EDITION: 83.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1919 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 14 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…

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