A M Duncan Kemp (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1981 Oxford University Press hardcover edition. Ex library copy with stamps and labels else good condition. From the dustjacket: Sir Richard Southern was a fellow and tutor of Balliol College, Oxford, from 1937 to 1961, Chichele Professor of Modern History from 1961 to 1969, and since 1969 has been President of St. John's College, Oxford. In this book will be found seventeen essays by his old pupils on various aspects of a subject which he made particularly his own, The Writing of History in the Middle Ages. Ranging from the eighth century to the fifteenth, and from Scotland to Byzantium, the essays illustrate both the unity and the breadth of Sir Richard's teaching. Norman and Anglo-Norman historians (from Worcester to Bec-Hellouin, and Bec-Hellouin to Salerno) receive special attention, but there are also studies of confession and sermons as historical sources; of legal history and chivalrous history; of German town chroniclers; and of the biographer of King Henry VI. All these essays are original contributions to their subject, containing new material, and in several cases preparing the ground for new editions. In some measure they illustrate the combination of profound scholarship, sympathetic understanding, and literary form which are the hallmarks of Sir Richard's own work. Contents: List of plates List of abbreviations Bede, Iona, and the Picts by Archibald A. M. Duncan History in the mind of Archbishop Hincmar by J. M. Wallace-Hadrill William of Poitiers and his History of William the Conqueror by R. H. C. Davis John of Worcester and his contemporaries by Martin Brett The historical content of William of Malmesbury's Miracles of the Virgin Mary by Peter Carter History at Bec in the twelfth century by Margaret Gibson St. Anselm and sacred history by Gillian Evans World history in the early twelfth century: the Imago Mundi of Honorius Augustodunensis by Valerie Flint The Chronicle of Romuald of Salerno by D. J. A. Matthew Confession as a historical source in the thirteenth century by A. Murray English chroniclers and the affairs of Scotland, 1286-1296 by Lionel Stones History and action in the sermons of a medieval archbishop by The Bishop of Chichester (E. W. Kemp) Andrew Horn: law and history in fourteenth-century England by Jeremy Catto Chivalry, heralds, and history by Maurice Keen John Blacman: biographer of Henry VI by Roger Lovatt The German town chroniclers by F. R. H. Du Boulay Greek historians on the Turks: the case of the first Byzantine-Ottoman marriage by Anthony Bryer List of the published writings of Richard William Southern.…

2nd edition hardback with dust jacket Very nice copy large octavo xxxi + 299pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, Very nice copy in brown decorated boards with a like dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Very Good In A Poor Jacket With Frayed Ends Tape Repairs, And Worn Edges Pp 240, Frontis, Endpaper Maps, Illustrations . An Account Of Cattle-Station Life At Mooraberrie Station, 138 Miles. West Of Windorah, 1908-1918.

xvi+240pp. 8vo. Original cloth in slightly chipped dustwrapper, b&w and colour illustrations, endpapers maps, a very good copy. First edition. Now scarce.

8vo; xxxiv+300pp. Original boards in dustwrapper. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations; a near fine copy. . The much-revised second edition which includes much of the text of "Our Sandhill Country" and a large number of new illustrations.

Second Revised Edition. Roy.8vo.pp.xxxii + 299. llustrations by James Wieneke with 208 plates in black & white and colour, photographs, sketches and map endpapers.Tan cloth hardcover with illustrations to upper board.and spine.In pictorial dust wrapper with a little rubbing to the top of dust wrapper spine else very good copy. Alice Duncan Kemp born in 1901 grew up on Mooraberrie in the far Southwest Queensland. She grew up with fine tribal aborigines who taught her to cherish The Channel Country and its way of life and the dreamtime spirit.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Brisbane, W.R. Smith & Paterson Pty. Ltd., 1964 (second edition)/ [1952]. Large octavo, xxxiv, 299 pages with numerous illustrations (by James Wieneke, some in monochrome) plus 208 plates (mainly from photographs, 19 in colour) and a double-page map. Pictorial brown cloth, top edge dyed to match; covers slightly bumped at the extremities; some offsetting to a few early leaves; unobtrusive light tidemark to the bottom margin of most of the leaves of text; overall, a very good copy with the very good dustwrapper (a little rubbed and lightly worn at the extremities). This revised edition also includes the greater part of 'Our Sandhill Country' (first published in 1933). A 'wide and general account of life on the cattle runs of the Channel Country', its natural history and the Aboriginal inhabitants. Provenance: Dick Kimber (Richard Glyn Kimber AM, 1939-2024, Centralian author and historian), with his occasional annotations. The most significant of them is a 116-word 'review' of the book written in ballpoint pen on the dedication page. He compares the content of this expanded edition with the 1952 edition, and comes to the following conclusion: 'Are the additional Addendums and chapters reliable? Much is obviously rather "romantic", some appears to be plagiarised (additional notes for additional photographs plus, perhaps, more). Very difficult book to assess'.…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Second Edition. VG+/VG. 8vo. original pictorial brown cloth (a little rubbed & marked, some toning/offsetting, Women's Royal Australian Army Corps Officer Cadet School prize bookplate to verso FFE) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed & frayed); pp. xxxiv (last blank), 300 (last blank), with numerous illustrations + pictorial endpapers. Heavy item (1.2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. …

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The dust jacket is great although it is clipped on the inner corners.There is some foxing within, but generally inside the text is excellent! There is a small pen inscription on the title page and a minor rip that has been repaired with tape. This is very good condition for it's age.…

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. The dust jacket is great although it is clipped on the inner corners.There is some foxing within, but generally inside the text is excellent! This is very good condition for it's age.

Hardcover (Embossed Boards). Condition: Good. Description of life in south-west Queensland in the early 20th century. The author was adopted by local Aborigines living on her parents cattle station and….