Armfield Eugene (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Private Press. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Printed and Published by The Holdens At The Cassowary Press in New York". One of a limited edition of 200 copies printed by hand, by Jaynet and Alan Holden.Interior slightly browning,corners a little rubbed, spine a bit age-discolored, extremities of spine a bit rubbed, head of spine reglued at top of front hinge.(37) pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 72 pages, plus 6 beautiful full page, coloured illustrations. Decorative spine and front board. The latter has a gilt title and geometrical designs both within gilt borders. There is an ownership signature on the front end paper and ownership stamp on the half title page, both discrete; the back cover has two small stains, head and tail and the back paste down has lost the thin vertical strip running along the outer edge and leaving the edge cloth slightly ragged. FDor me none of this detracts from is a lovely copy. "Aucassin et Nicolette (12th or 13th century) is an anonymous medieval French fictional story. It is the unique example of a chantefable, literally, a "sung story", a combination of prose and verse (similar to a prosimetrum). he work probably dates from the late 12th or early 13th century, and is known from only one surviving manuscript, discovered in 1752 by medievalist Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (BnF, Fonds Français 2168). Stylistically, the chantefable combines elements of many Old French genres, such as the chanson de geste (e.g., The Song of Roland), lyric poems, and courtly novels - iterary forms already well-establishe - by the 12th century. Aucassin et Nicolette is the only known chantefable, the term itself having been derived from the story's concluding lines: "No cantefable prent fin" ("Our chantefable is drawing to a close"). (Wikipedia). Armfield, Maxwell (coloured illustrations) (illustrator).…

Translated from the old French by Eugene Mason; vi, 72 pages with coloured illustrations by Maxwell Armfield with frontis illustration and facing tissue. Cloth bound in near very good condition; Spine toned, darkened.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1910. J M Dent, London, 1910. Hard cover, Decorated, gilt and Green. Book Condition : Very good. Very clean unmarked text. Coloured illustration opposite title page protected by tissue paper. Rear cover slightly browned. Some Tales of Old Romance series. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #BY014951. Maxwell Armfield (illustrator). N/A.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 408. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1936 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 408.…

Fine Binding. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A beautifully illustrated English translation of this medieval French story, handsomely bound in half calf by Hatchards. 1910 Edition, part of the 'Some Tales of Old Romance' series.This is a wonderful medieval French story, which was circulated anonymously in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. This work is an example of 'chantefable', which is a 'sung story' in which prose and verse are combined into one form. 'Aucassin and Nicolette' is known only from one surviving manuscript which was discovered by a medievalist in 1752. This story recounts the tale of Aucassin, the son of Count Garin of Beaucaire, who is in love with a Saracen maiden who was sold to his father and undergoes an adventure of torment and passion with her.Translated from the French by Eugene Mason.Illustrations include a frontispiece, five colour plates, and a range of in-text hand coloured illustrations, all by Maxwell Armfield. Collated and complete.Handsomely bound in half calf with cloth boards by Hatchards, with their binder's stamp to the verso of the front free-endpaper.Containing an ink inscription from a previous owner to one of the front free-endpapers, dated 1924. Handsomely bound in half calf with cloth boards by Hatchards, with their binder's stamp to the verso of the front free-endpaper.Externally, very smart, with just some very light shelf wear and a small amount of rubbing to the extremities. Containing an ink inscription from a previous owner to one of the front free-endpapers. Internally, front hinge is very lightly strained, though remaining binding is firm. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Maxwell Armfield (illustrator). book.…