A History of the Crusades
RUNCIMAN, Steven
[First Editions, save first volume.]
BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF EARLY PRINTINGS
Published: University Press Cambridge, 1953-52-54
Stock code: 51067
Price: £240.00
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition (save first volume), 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; 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; third impression, 1953); Vol. II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East 1100-1187 (first edition, 1952); Vol. III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades (first edition, 1954). COMPLETE SETS OF EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Please note that additional postage will be required for shipping outside the UK.