A History of the Crusades
RUNCIMAN, Steven
[First Edition.]
BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
Published: University Press Cambridge, 1951-52-54
Stock code: 51406
Price: £280.00
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, titles in red and black, 31 plates, 15 maps (a number full-page; some in red and black) in the text, folding map and 2 large folding pedigrees on japon, small neat contemporary signatues of front endpapers of first voume (only); red cloth, gilt backs, backstrips mildly dulled (but all gilt wholly legible), a bright, clean set.
Bright, crisp set of the standard reference. The set comprises: Vol. I: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1951); Vol. II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East 1100-1187 (1952); Vol. III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades (1954). COMPLETE SETS OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Please note that additional postage will be required for shipping outside the UK.