Publicado por Quercus Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2022
ISBN 10: 1529408008 ISBN 13: 9781529408003
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022 A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR A BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Expressive, bold and quite beautiful' The Lady '[a] delight of a book' Antonia Senior, The Times 'ravishingly lovely' The Times Ireland '[a] lively retelling of British myths' Apollo Magazine Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wildest landscapes. It begins between the Creation and Noah's Flood, follows the footsteps of the earliest generation of giants from an age when the children of Cain and the progeny of fallen angels walked the earth, to the founding of Britain, England, Wales and Scotland, the birth of Christ, the wars between Britons, Saxons and Vikings, and closes with the arrival of the Normans. These are retellings of medieval tales of legend, landscape and the yearning to belong, inhabited with characters now half-remembered: Brutus, Albina, Scota, Arthur and Bladud among them. Told with narrative flair, embellished in stunning artworks and glossed with a rich and erudite commentary. We visit beautiful, sacred places that include prehistoric monuments like Stonehenge and Wayland's Smithy, spanning the length of Britain from the archipelago of Orkney to as far south as Cornwall; mountains and lakes such as Snowdon and Loch Etive and rivers including the Ness, the Soar and the story-silted Thames in a vivid, beautiful tale of our land steeped in myth. It Illuminates a collective memory that still informs the identity and political ambition of these places. In Storyland, Jeffs reimagines these myths of homeland, exile and migration, kinship, loyalty, betrayal, love and loss in a landscape brimming with wonder. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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ISBN 10: 1526366177 ISBN 13: 9781526366177
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Publicado por riverrun, 2021
ISBN 10: 1529407974 ISBN 13: 9781529407976
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Fine.
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Publicado por riverrun, 2023
ISBN 10: 1529424267 ISBN 13: 9781529424263
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Publicado por Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2023
ISBN 10: 152488233X ISBN 13: 9781524882334
Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 2.12.
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Publicado por Andrews McMeel Publishing February 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 152488636X ISBN 13: 9781524886363
Librería: Eagle Eye Books, Decatur, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Used.
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Publicado por Quercus Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2022
ISBN 10: 1529424232 ISBN 13: 9781529424232
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Fine. By the bestselling author of Storyland. Sheer cliffs, salt spray, explosive sea spume, thunderous clouds, icy waves, whales with mountains on their backs, sleet, bitter winds, bleak, impenetrable marshes, howling wolves, forests, the unceasing cries of birds and the death grip of subterranean vaults that have never seen the sun: these are wild landscapes of a world almost familiar. In Wild, Amy Jeffs journeys - on foot and through medieval texts - from landscapes of desolation to hope, offering the reader an insight into a world at once distant and profoundly close to home. The seven chapters, entitled Earth, Ocean, Forest, Beast, Fen, Catastrophe, Paradise, open with fiction and close with reflection. They blend reflections of travels through fen, forest and cave, with retelling of medieval texts that offer rich depictions of the natural world. From the Old English elegies to the englynion and immrama of the Celtic world - stories that largely represent figures whose voices are not generally heard in the corpus of medieval literature: women, outcasts, animals. Illustrated with original wood engravings, evoking an atmospheric world of whales, wolves, caves, cuckoos and reeds, Wild: Tales From Early Medieval Britain will leave readers feeling 'westendream': delight in the wilderness.
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Publicado por riverrun, 2024
ISBN 10: 1529416612 ISBN 13: 9781529416619
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Publicado por Riverunn an Imprint of Quercus Books, London, 2022
Librería: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, Reino Unido
Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Separate. First separate paperback edition. Printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. In overall very good to near fine condition.
Publicado por Riverrun, London, 2021
Librería: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Second Edition. As new. Unopened and unread. With the numeral "2" being the lowest number on the row. All illustrations - the endpapers, the dust jacket, and the in-text illustrations are beautiful wood-cuts executed by the author. Fine / Fine.
Publicado por riverrun, 2022
Librería: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.
Publicado por riverrun, London, 2022
Librería: Fialta Books, St Albans, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed to the title page. Brand new copy. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por -riverrun -, 2021
ISBN 10: 9781529407 ISBN 13: 9789781529405
Librería: Paul Brown, Ramsgate, Reino Unido
Third impression since 2021. Cloth. Near fine in dustjacket. Ask to see our other Myths, Legends, Folklore & Fairytales titles. A TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022; A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR; SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR; A BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEAR; A DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR.
Publicado por riverrun, 2024
ISBN 10: 1529416612 ISBN 13: 9781529416619
Librería: BookMail, Cardiff, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. Signed by Amy Jeffs. First Edition 1st Print. Brand new. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Quercus Publishing, London, GB, 2024
ISBN 10: 1529416612 ISBN 13: 9781529416619
Librería: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Reino Unido
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hard. Condición: fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Storyland and Wild, comes a sweeping new legendary of miracles, magic, human frailty and heroic strength. Illustrated with over thirty original paper cutouts by the author.'Jeffs writes beautifully, erring just on the right side of florid, and her linocut prints make for attractive illustrations . . . This gorgeous book should live on the bookshelves in every house that cares about the idea of Britain, what is was and where it came from' The Times on Storyland'I have fallen so completely in love with this book; Storyland, by Amy Jeffs, just one of the finest, most covetable things around' Katherine RundellSaints' legends suffused medieval European culture. Their heroes' suffering and wonder-working shaped landscapes, rituals and folk beliefs. Their tales spoke of men raised by wolves, women communing with flocks of birds and severed heads calling from between bristling paws.In Saints, Amy Jeffs retells legends born of the medieval cult of saints. She draws on 'official' lives, vernacular romances, artworks and obscene poetry, all spanning from the fourth to the sixteenth centuries. The legends' heroes originate from as far east as Turkey and North Africa and as far west as Britain and Ireland. Saints includes such enduring super saints as Brigid, George, Patrick and Michael, as well as some whose legends are less well known (Scoithín, Euphrosyne and Ia) or else couched in prejudice (William of Norwich).The commentaries following the stories offer a history of each saint and, together, trace the rise and fall of the medieval cult of saints from the first martyrs to the Protestant Reformation. And all this maps onto the passing year: from St Mungo in January to St Thomas Becket in December.Jeffs guides her readers from images high on the walls of medieval churches, through surviving treasures of the elite and into the shifting silt of the Thames, where lie the lowly image-bearing badges once treasured by pilgrims. She opens manuscripts that hold wondrous stories of the lives and deaths of wayfaring monks, oak-felling missionaries and mighty martyrs. With tales of demons and dragons, with the stubborn skull of a giant, with stories of sleepers in a concealed Greek cave, Saints will enchant and transport readers to other worlds.
Publicado por Wren & Rook, London, 2023
Librería: Fialta Books, St Albans, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed to signature page. Unread fine copy. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por riverrun, London, 2024
Librería: Fialta Books, St Albans, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed to signature page. Unread new copy. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Riverrun, UK, 2022
ISBN 10: 1529424232 ISBN 13: 9781529424232
Librería: Zeitgeist Books, Middlesex, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. A Superb UK first edition, first printing hardback - in a fine unclipped dustjacket fitted with a removable clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Andre J Moorhouse, Rochdale, 2021
Librería: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Amy Jeffs Ilustrador. First Edition. A finely printed and bound edition with wood engravings by Amy Jeffs Size: Octavo . Illustrator: Amy Jeffs. Category: Poetry; For further information on this title or for further photographs, please click on the "Ask Seller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We aim to reply within three working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.
Publicado por Riverrun, 2021
ISBN 10: 1529407974 ISBN 13: 9781529407976
Librería: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Signed by author on bookplate. First edition. Fine copy in fine DJ. ; 158 X 38 X 230 millimeters; Signed by Author.
Publicado por Quercus Publishing, 2022
Librería: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgica
Paperback. Condición: Fine. Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain Special Collection by Amy Jeffs. Published by Quercus Publishing in 2022. Paperback. A vivid and beautifully illustrated mythology of the British Isles - reframing ancient stories that deal with human themes of extinction, connection to landscape, parenthood, defiance, love and loss. Collectible item in very fine condition.
Publicado por Quercus Publishing, 2022
Librería: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgica
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Wild Tales from Early Medieval Britain Special Collection by Amy Jeffs. Published by Quercus Publishing in 2022. Hardcover. From the bestselling author of Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain comes a book that will reconnect, engross and indulge readers in wild landscapes and pause to reflect on our current position and relationship with nature. Collectible item in very fine condition.
Publicado por Andrew J. Moorhouse, 2021
Librería: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irlanda
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Condición: As New. 2021. Hardback. The poems were originally included in Hackett's colleciton 'Tongues of Fire'. A limited edition of 75 numbered copies, this is copy 43. Signed by Se?n Hackett and by Amy Jeffs. Quarter leather over fine linen covers. A very fine item. . . . .
Publicado por Andrew J. Moorhouse
Librería: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: As New. 2021. Hardback. The poems were originally included in Hackett's colleciton 'Tongues of Fire'. A limited edition of 75 numbered copies, this is copy 43. Signed by Seán Hackett and by Amy Jeffs. Quarter leather over fine linen covers. A very fine item. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.