R e eric russell chamberlin (25 resultados)

Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 296 pages. Hardcover. Decorative stain to top edge. Silver gilt titles on spine and cover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 469243.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 192 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Church architecture England. Church buildings England. Parishes England. Local History. Social History. Anglican churches. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-dulled and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; x, 229 pages, 16 plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Subjects; Guildford (England) History. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-235) and index. Subjects; Travel History. Travelers England History. Civilization. Historiography. Travel. Travelers. England Description and travel. England Civilization. England Historiography. England Social life and customs. England Description and travel. England Civilization. 1 Kg.…

1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Bibliotheca Domestica. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 205 pp., 24 pp. of plates : ill ; 23 cm. Subjects; Antiquities Collection and preservation. Historic buildings. Preservation of monuments. 1 Kg.…

Reprint. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 152 pages: illustrations (some color); 28 cm. Subjects:Market towns England; Guidebooks. Market towns.Architecture Great Britain Juvenile literature. Market towns Great Britain Juvenile literature. Market towns Great Britain; Pictorial works. England; Guidebooks. 1 Kg. …

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 208 pages: illustrations (some colour), map; 26 cm. Subjects: Cities and towns England History. Cities and towns. Great Britain Description and travel. 1 Kg.…

Fair maroon boards, waterstained, in printed mylar wrapper. [9], 310 p.; color frontispiece (Donation of Constantine, 13th century fresco) and 29 illus ; 24 cm. (A Brahmin book). 1st U.S. edition. Binding is Hardcover.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 192 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Church architecture England. Church buildings England. Parishes England. Local History. Social History. Anglican churches. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-dulled and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; x, 229 pages, 16 plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Subjects; Guildford (England) History. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-235) and index. Subjects; Travel History. Travelers England History. Civilization. Historiography. Travel. Travelers. England Description and travel. England Civilization. England Historiography. England Social life and customs. England Description and travel. England Civilization. 1 Kg.…

1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Bibliotheca Domestica. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 205 pp., 24 pp. of plates : ill ; 23 cm. Subjects; Antiquities Collection and preservation. Historic buildings. Preservation of monuments. 1 Kg.…

Reprint. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 152 pages: illustrations (some color); 28 cm. Subjects:Market towns England; Guidebooks. Market towns.Architecture Great Britain Juvenile literature. Market towns Great Britain Juvenile literature. Market towns Great Britain; Pictorial works. England; Guidebooks. 1 Kg. …

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 208 pages: illustrations (some colour), map; 26 cm. Subjects: Cities and towns England History. Cities and towns. Great Britain Description and travel. 1 Kg.…

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 192 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color); 27 cm. Summary: No English landscape is complete without its parish church. From Norman tower to Gothic spire, from Cotswold stone to the half-timbered churches of Essex, this guide follows their development from the first churches built on pagan sites to their present decline. Each chapter looks at a different aspect; the people who used them, the communities that worshipped in them, the village parsons who preached in them and the tithe wars that were fought over them. Specially commissioned colour photographs illustrate the text and a comprehensive gazetteer provides details of hundreds of parish churches. Subjects: Church architecture England. Church buildings England. Parishes England. Church buildings England; Guidebooks. England; Guidebooks. Parish churches Architecture. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 192 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color); 27 cm. Summary: No English landscape is complete without its parish church. From Norman tower to Gothic spire, from Cotswold stone to the half-timbered churches of Essex, this guide follows their development from the first churches built on pagan sites to their present decline. Each chapter looks at a different aspect; the people who used them, the communities that worshipped in them, the village parsons who preached in them and the tithe wars that were fought over them. Specially commissioned colour photographs illustrate the text and a comprehensive gazetteer provides details of hundreds of parish churches. Subjects: Church architecture England. Church buildings England. Parishes England. Church buildings England; Guidebooks. England; Guidebooks. Parish churches Architecture. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Good cloth library copy in a very good if somewhat dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Front free endpaper torn out (as if library materials removed); some library marks remain internally. A well-preserved copy overall. Series; European life series. Physical description; xiii, 178 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, maps, plans, facsimiles ; 21 cm. Contents; Introduction : the shaping of France -- Rural society -- Urban society -- The contemporary world -- Art and architecture -- Education and learning -- The fighters. Subjects; France -- History -- Medieval period, 987-1515. France -- Civilization. 1 Kg. …

Book Club Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, with bumped spine band and panel at the top. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 152 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Subject; Architecture, Domestic England. Castles. Towers. Manors. Country houses and homes. 1 Kg. …

Reprint. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 208p : ill.(some col.), maps ; 26 cm. Subjects; English photography. English pictorial works; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Good cloth library copy in a very good if somewhat dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Front free endpaper torn out (as if library materials removed); some library marks remain internally. A well-preserved copy overall. Series; European life series. Physical description; xiii, 178 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, maps, plans, facsimiles ; 21 cm. Contents; Introduction : the shaping of France -- Rural society -- Urban society -- The contemporary world -- Art and architecture -- Education and learning -- The fighters. Subjects; France -- History -- Medieval period, 987-1515. France -- Civilization. 1 Kg. …

Book Club Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, with bumped spine band and panel at the top. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 152 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Subject; Architecture, Domestic England. Castles. Towers. Manors. Country houses and homes. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. 1st edition. xii, 244 p.; 21.5 cm. VG quarter white cloth in plastic wrapper, as issued.

Reprint. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 208p : ill.(some col.), maps ; 26 cm. Subjects; English photography. English pictorial works; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1986 Dorset ed. ; 310 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; ISBN 1028656574 ; OCLC 889900173 ; yellow-gold and black cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: The golden city : Rome AD 900, The Lord of Rome, Donation of Constantine -- The house of theophylact Marzola, Senatrix of Rome (926-932), The rise of the theophylact, Pope Joan -- Pope John XII (955-93) : The Pope-King, The coming of the emperor -- Theophylact, Pope Benedict IX (1032-1046): The rule of the magician, Sale of thepapacy -- The Lord of Europe: Benedict Gaetani Pope Boniface VIII (1294-1303): The great refusal, Consolidation, The High-Souled Sinner, Challenge and response -- The lord of Empire -- Wandering pope, Bartolomeo Prignano Pope Urban (1378-1389): Avignon September 1376, Schism Rome 1378, The long march -- The Spanish bull, Rodrigo Borgia Pope Alexander VI (1493-1503): Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, The Borgia family, Invasion 1494, Murder of the Duke of Gandia, Cesare Borgia -- The Golden Age Giovanni de' Medici ope Leo X (1513-1521): The High Renaissance, Triumph of t he Medici, Conspiracy of cardinals, Luther -- The Last Day of Italy Giulio de' Medici Pope Clement VII (1521-1534): Giulio de' Medici, The gathering storm, The sack of Rome -- Appendix -- The Sources ; names on front endpapers ; A dramatic account of some of the most notorious figures of medieval and Renaissance history who ruled from the Eternal City. It is sure to grip readers of John Julius Norwich, Tom Holland and Peter Ackroyd. ; The papal tiara has been worn by a number of infamous men through the course of its history. ; Some have been accused of murder, many have had mistresses, while others sold positions in the church to their followers or gave land and wealth to their illegitimate children. ; E. R. Chamberlin examines the lives of eight of the most controversial popes to have ruled over the Holy See, from the reign of Pope Stephen VI, who had his predecessor exhumed, put on trial and thrown in the Tiber, in the ninth century, through to Pope Clement VII, the second Medici pope, whose failed international policy led to the Sack of Rome in 1527. ; The Bad Popes explains how during these six centuries the papal monarchy rose to its greatest heights, as popes attempted to assert not only their spiritual authority but also their temporal power, only for it to come crashing down. ; "A magnificent piece of historic research and description" Los Angeles Times ; "A vital and important book" Washington Post ; "[Chamberlin] writes well, even elegantly. One fancies echoes now and then of Tacitus and Gibbon . an interesting historical essay" Daily Telegraph ; "One is sincerely grateful to Mr Chamberlin for a vivid book" Catholic Herald ; "Mr Chamberlin's book strikes me as being as near to the ideal as is reasonably possible: scrupulously fair, meticulously documented and written with style, liveliness and wit" The Bulletin ; FINE/FINE. Book. …

Condición: very good, fair to good. First Printing. 24 cm, 347, illus., notes, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, DJ spine faded. Examination of the Borgia family in Italy during the 15th/16th centuries and its influence.