A Fool and His Money. Life in a Partitioned Medieval Town

Wroe, Ann

ISBN 10: 0224040677 / ISBN 13: 9780224040679

Published by Jonathan Cape / Random House, London, 1995

About this Item

First edition, first impression with full number line. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top corners slightly bruised, not price clipped (no published price), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 243pp. Rodez, a town in south central France was divided for centuries by a border and a feud between the local count and the bishop, and the strange case of Peyre Marques, a merchant who forgot where he had buried his gold. Then, in 1370, two workmen discovered a hoard of coins while unblocking a drain.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Fool and His Money. Life in a Partitioned Medieval Town
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape / Random House, London
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224040677
• ISBN 13: 9780224040679
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jacket after Marinus van Reymerswaele
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block. The dust jacket's spine is mildly faded.