Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press / Cambridge University Press, 1985
ISBN 10: 0874802431 ISBN 13: 9780874802436
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Octavo. 208pp. Writers include Nadine Gordimer, Leonard B. Meyer, Stephen Jay Gould, Donald D. Brown, Georg Henrik von Wright, Helmut Schmidt. The recurring theme in this volume is responsibility toward ideas and ideals as well as towards society and the very future of humanity. Nice copy in dust jacket. in a brodart protective wrapper.
Language: English
Published by North Atlantic Books, 2002
ISBN 10: 1556433964 ISBN 13: 9781556433962
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Language: English
Published by North Atlantic Books, 2002
ISBN 10: 1556433964 ISBN 13: 9781556433962
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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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.