Published by New York : American Heritage Pub. Co. ; Boston : Book trade distribution by Houghton Mifflin, 1968, 1968
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 416 p. : illustrated (many in color) ; 32 cm. ; LC: CB351; Q914.031 H; Dewey: 914/.03/1 ; LCCN: 68-27730 ; OCLC: 272326 ; decorative brown cloth, in color pictorial dustjacket ; name on front endpaper ; wear to dustjacket ; price-clipped ; all illustrations fully referenced to their original sources ; Contents : The long dark.--The High Middle Ages.--Knights in battle.--The noble's life.--An age of faith.--Towns and trade.--The life of labor.--The life of thought.--The artist's legacy.--End of an era. ; Bishop was a Cornell University graduate who remained as Kappa Alpha Professor of Romance Literature. He was the author of several biographies, wrote a popular survey of French literature, and was known for his limericks and didactic verse, one of which, "How to Treat Elves", has the final quatrain: "It gives me sharp and shooting pains / To listen to such drool / I lifted up my foot and squashed / The God damn little fool." Here, Bishop brings a lucid and knowledgeable commentary on the Middle Ages ; large, heavy volume ; VG/G. Book.
Published by Culture Publications, Inc., 1938
Seller: Gene Zombolas, Milpitas, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Pulp Magazine. Condition: VG/VG+. No Jacket. First Edition. Small edge tears and creases; small chip front cover fore edge; light warp to pulp with light stress creases along front fold; nice, supple, off-white pages. A nice copy.
Published by N.p., N.p., 1942
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Revised Final Script for the 1942 film. Two blue revision pages dated 8/8/42 paper clipped to the rear wrapper of the script. One the greatest Technicolor musicals produced by Fox in the 1940s, employing Harry James and his orchestra at their peak, and pulling out all the stops on the musical numbers. Featuring Carmen Miranda's version of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" and the debut of the classic song "I Had the Craziest Dream." Red titled wrappers, noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 47 and production No. 763, dated June 11, 1942. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated June 11, 1942, noted as Revised Final. 131 leaves, with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 6/13/42 and 7/20/42. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, bound internally with two gold brads.