Gurney Taylor (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Soft Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. Soft Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Author. PBO, Decorative Blue & Gold Gilt Wraps, 1st edition, Some Small Stains & Soil, VG/VG+, AS-IS. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 27. Two volumes. Vol 1 has an inscription to the half title page signed by 'Francis, Maisie and Charley' . Slight wear to covers, otherwise generally VG both vols. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 27. Two volumess. 337pp plus plates. very good clean copies with no creases and no previous ownership markings.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 74pp plus 8 plates large format PB. Extract - n 1915 Professor Baldwin Brown drew attention to a class of metalwork, found in Anglo-Saxon graves in the south of England, and decorated with examples of a distinctive animal style, more naturalistic than Anglo-Saxon style I. This style he considered to be a direct descendant of late Roman art forms, although produced, not in the years immediately following the Anglo-Saxon settlement, but after a considerable time lapse, towards the middle of the sixth century. A similar view was expressed in 1923 by Reginald Smith. Nils Åberg, writing in 1926, was noncommittal about dates, but saw the inspiration for the style in a blend of late Roman and Eastern Mediterranean tradition. It was not until 1936, however, that a more detailed critical estimate of the objects was published, this time by E. T. Leeds in his Early Anglo-Saxon Art and Archaeology. Leeds compared their decoration with that of examples of Gallo-Roman art in the late fourth and early fifth centuries and concluded that they came from the same style milieu. He wrote: All the pieces here noticed clearly belong to a cultural phase, presenting indeed many affinities to the Germanic style of the settlement period; but, in reality, they represent a continental style antecedent to that development in southern England. There is every reason to believe that they are objects ante-dating the invasion, and, if it is desired to know what native women were wearing before or at the time of Hengist's landing, this group supplies the information. …

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1903 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. 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. Pages: 102 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. 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. Pages: 102 Language: English.…