Crusader Castles by Lawrence T E (62 results)

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780198229643.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. NO SLIP CASE. [xiii] 226 pp. with introduction by Mark Bostridge. Binding firm. Pages are clean with no inscriptions or annotations. Overall the volume remains in excellent condition with little sign of wear. Size: 8" - 9" tall. Weight: 750g.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 224 pages : illustrations, facsimile, maps, plans, portraits ; 25 cm. Contents: Apology for the work, and objection to secondary criticism A preliminary: to set forth Oman's view, and to suggest the lines on which I will work Military architecture in Europe before the First Crusade Byzantine military architecture Military architecture of the Latins in Syria Military architecture in Europe in the second half of the twelfth century The letters.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First thus/Second UK Edition. A fine copy of this a near facsimile reprint of the two Golden Cockerel Press volumes with a new Introduction by Michael Haag. It is an elusive edition and was in fact a pirate edition originally published before copyright had expired. This though a useful edition for those unable to obtain the GCP edition of 1936. This comprises the thesis on military architecture of the crusading kingdoms, submitted in 1910 the original title was "The influence of the Crusades on European military architecture -- to the end of the XIIth Century". by T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), together with a volume of his letters regarding his visits to castles as a young man. 224pp.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Thus. pp XIII, 226. 1st printing. An unread book in a fine condition slipcase - lower face marked.

Hardcover. Condition: New. B/w photographs and plans (illustrator). New with no inscriptions. Introduced by Mark Bostridge. Decrated front board, new to front and back. Held in a black slipcase with thin inch long bit of white to bottom of spine. Broadleaf Books is a second hand independent bookshop in Abergavenny, South Wales. Enquiries and visits are welcome. fol.

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Fine. 2nd Printing. Blue pictorial cloth. Comes in V.G. slipcase with 1 or 2 minor marks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This copy came from the LIbrary of the late Dr John kenyon, archaeologist and castles scholar, and has his signature neatly inside the cover. Navy cloth in d/j. Pp.xl + 154 with 108 vintage b/w photographs, drawings and plans.

BOXED. Condition: Acceptable. May have underlining, highlighting, margin notes, remainder marks, inscriptions, book plates, tears, significant wear, and/or a missing dust jacket, box, or discs. Damaged item.

Hardcover. Ex-library (college closed), with the usual ownership markings; covers slightly scuffed and partially sun-faded; otherwise very good condition. ]. 224p. Illus.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2012. Slightly better than very good condition with no wrapper. Blue decorated cloth. Introduced by Bostridge. B/w maps, diagrams and photos. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is very lightly scuffed. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A good clean copy of this book with a likewise slip case.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.94.

Reprint. Slim 8vo. xl + 154pp. Frontis., 108 b/w. ills. from photos., 2 maps. Very good in white lettered green pictorial laminated boards. US$52.

Third Printing. Publisher's decorated blue buckram with silver lettering to spine, black endpapers. Blue board slipcase. Octavo. pp. xiv, 226, fully illustrated. With an Introduction by Mark Bostridge. A book in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. Crusader Castles was first published, posthumously, in 1936 by the Golden Cockerel Press in London as a limited edition consisting of two volumes, The Thesis and The Letters. This Folio edition follows the text of the 1936 edition, with minor emendations.

hardcover. Condition: New. New, sealed. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.

Condition: Very Good. 2010. First Edition Thus. 226 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Blue cloth with decorations and slipcase. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Boards have light edgewear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor markings to panels.

Hb. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Joe McLaren (illustrator). Second Printing. Dark turquoise buckram on boards, printed silver & black castle design & title by Gavin Morris. Frontis: b/w photograph of T.E. Lawrence. Nice clean glossy contents. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 226p Box slipcase: NF: dark green.Light dusting of a little rubbings. Solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Dust jacket wrapped in protective sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.74.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Limited Edition. A very good bright set of the thesis on military architecture of the crusading kingdoms, submitted in 1910 the original title was "The influence of the Crusades on European military architecture - to the end of the XIIth Century" by T.E. Lawrence, together with a volume of his letters regarding his visits to castles as a young man. Includes folder with two maps again in bright clean condition. This was published shortly, in fact a year plus one day, after Lawrence's death in 1935 by arrangement with his brother A.W. Lawrence. Printed and published in Great Britain by Christopher Sandford, Francis J. Newbery, and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, 10 Staple Inn, London, and completed on the 20th May 1936. The edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies, printed in Perpetua type on British mould-made paper. Two volumes. Bound in 3/4 chestnut morocco binding (Sangorski & Sutcliffe), top edges brightly gilt. A very good tight set with clean binding. Includes the two fold out maps in folder. Maps have no chips, no tears. Altogether a nice bright set of this elusive Lawrence item. See, A History of the Golden Cockerel Press, Cave & Manson for further details regarding the publication. O'Brien A188. Whilst a set, Volume II was actually published two months after Volume 1.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. 1936. Number 228 of 1000 copies, 2 volumes, 4to., titles printed in red, collotype frontispiece in volume 2, collotype and line facsimiles, illustrations, maps and plans after Lawrence in the text, many full-page, some colour-printed. 2 fine folding maps after H. Pirie-Gordon contained in envelope. Original red crushed half morocco over cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Handsome set. The classic text on Crusader castles and their relation to the military architecture of the West, written by T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) while still an undergraduate at Oxford in 1910. His thesis was to guarantee him a first-class degree in Modern History. The original title was "The influence of the Crusades on European military architecture - to the end of the XIIth Century" by T.E. Lawrence, together with a volume of his letters regarding his visits to castles as a young man. This was published shortly, in fact a year plus one day, after Lawrence's death in 1935 by arrangement with his brother A.W. Lawrence. Lovely tight and clean copies. Bright gilt titles and bright leather. Boards relatively clean (they are often a little grubby). Very good plus, of this scarce and coveted and seminal Lawrence work. Direct orders welcome.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Limited Edition. Original white wrappers printed in black. Wrappers and contents very lightly toned. A good copy in original cream cover, a little dusty, mark to back of cover, spine splitting with minimal archive repair, and has a pencil note, " withdrawn by Mrs Lawrence". The first US edition, first impression, containing the letters Lawrence wrote to his mother while travelling in England, Wales, France, Syria and Palestine researching Crusader architecture. Originally published in the UK in the previous year by the Golden Cockerel Press, this copy is one of a limited edition of 56 copies printed to protect copyright in the US. O'Brien A191.

3RD PRINTING. FINE COPY IN FINE SLIPCASE. INTRODUCED BY MARK BOSTRIDGE.SCARCE.

Reprint. Slim 8vo. xl + 154pp. Frontis., 108 b/w. ills. from photos., 2 maps. Good in very lightly browned and sl. rubbed d/w. US$52.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition.

Hardcover. pp. xiii, 226. 8vo. Illustraetd teal buckram with black and silver lettering and decoration to spine, and front board. Beautifully illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, illustrations throughout. Fine, and housed in original, near fine, black slipcase.

Small quarto, pictorial cloth, xiv, 226 pp., three maps, profusely illustrated with sketches and photographs by T. E. Lawrence. A fine copy in its slipcase. Foreword by Mark Bostridge. This edition of Crusader Castles follows the 1936 Golden Cockerel Press edition with minor emendations and combines 'The Thesis' and 'The Letters' in one volume.

New edition. xl, 154pp. With a black and white photographic frontispiece and numerous black and white photographs and illustrations in the text. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Some marking to top-edge, else clean and crisp, a very good copy. A new edition, with an historical essay and notes by Denys Pringle, of Lawrence's thesis, submitted whilst studying at Oxford, on the military significance of the architecture of the crusading kingdoms. The work was first published by the Golden Cockerell Press in 1936 following the author's death the year prior. Size: 8vo.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A 1986 republishing of the original, 1936 limited edition by T.E. Lawrence with a long preface by Michael Haag, having great admiration for T.E. Lawrence, his love of The Middle Ages, and the energy and enthusiasm for all he set himself to do. Black hard-stock covers w/photo of Lawrence superimposed over a photo of Krak des Chevaliers castle. Minimally worn covers, Strong binding, clean text, well illustrated with photos, maps, and drawings. Inquiries welcome, photos available. Professional book seller with storefront since 1975. All orders carefully packaged and promptly shipped.