Glastonbury Abbey: The Holy House at the Head of the Moors Adventurous
by Carley, James P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Nice copy
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Guild Publishing, 1988. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket xxv + 189pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, sources, index, A complete history of the area around Glastonbury. It deals with the mythical Glastonbury and its connection to Arthur in a way that is respectable but rooted in what can be known. Talks about Gildas, Gerard of Wales, Walter Map, John of Glastonbury, Alfred the Great, Joseph of Arimathea, Wearyall Hill, the Tor, the Abbey of Glastonbury, Gwynn ab Nudd, Arthur, the Chalice Well, dissolution of the monasteries, Leland, in short anything to do with Glastonbury. Closed tear to dust jacket o/w a nice copy
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- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 159097
- Title
- Glastonbury Abbey: The Holy House at the Head of the Moors Adventurous
- Author
- Carley, James P
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice copy
- Edition
- 1st ed. thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Guild Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- octavo
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