Search Results: the unconquered knight a chronicle of by de gamez gutierre

Paperback. Very Good.

Kessinger Publishing, 2010. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NEW YORK: THE BOYDELL PRESS, 2004 Fine P/b as new, no insc. Printed on Acid- free Paper. The First Boydell Press printing of 2004. Eye Witness account by the author, whoe entered the service of Count Buelina in 1402 [ 15th C. History / Social History ] includes giving a bitter picture of the hardships of a military campaign. The life of a knight both in war and peace. Please See Our Images of the actual book offered for sale[cover colours actually brighter- No fade]

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. Hardcover. xv, 232p., illustrated from period artwork nicely reproduced in b&w photogravure, hardbound in 9x6 inch ribbed red cloth boards with printed paper spine label in red & black, textblock left untrimmed to nice effect.. Label is rumpled with a splash stain, top and tail rims of the casing are a bit crimped, the foredge of one unopened leaf is slightly torn, an else excellent copy. Broadway Medieval Libraryù.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1928. Hardcover. Ink signature and date, some shelf wear, faded spine, lightly bumped corners else very good condition with text clean and binding sound without dust jacket. 232pp., illus.

UK: The Boydell Press, 2004. Soft cover. As New. 14 x 1.3 x 21.6 cm. P/B 232 pages, condition is As New. Gutierre Diaz de Gamez entered the service of Pero Niño, count of Buelna, in 1402, when they were both about 23, and served as head of his military household for nearly fifty years. He began a chronicle of his master's deeds in about 1431, and it is this eyewitness account of the life of a knight, both in war and peace, which is translated here. It is written in praise of his master, but beneath the veneer of hero-worship a good deal of the reality of a knight's existence shows through: even in the prologue, Diaz de Gamez gives a bitter picture of the hardships of a military campaign: 'Knights who are at the wars eat their bread in sorrow; their ease in weariness and sweat... Mouldy bread or biscuit, meat cooked or uncooked, water from a pond or a butt, poor sleep with their armour still on their backs, the enemy an arrow-shot off...' On the other hand, he can evoke the… Read More

George Routledge and Sons. Used - Good. 1928. Cloth, no dj, xv and 232 pp. Boards bowed slightly, with some stains and bumping and light fraying to edges. Some foxing to endpapers. Pages are toned but generally clean. Sound binding. A sound Good copy. (Subject: Medieval & Renaissance.)

George Routledge and Sons. Used - Very Good. 1928. Broadway Medieval Library. Cloth, dj, 232 pp. 8 pl. 1 fold-out map. Dj has some chipping along edges. Otherwise, very sound with fine internals. (Subject: Medieval, Literature General.)

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black lettered blue cloth boards. Neat white out to front paste down near upper edge corner. Clean and bright throughout. Illustrated with 8 black and white plates and 1 folding map. Dust jacket with some edge wear and six neat pieces of tape at corners, remains a very good dust jacket and copy overall.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. fair. 232, illus., map, notes, index, weakness to rear board, tear at frontis, discolor ins bds, ink name inside fr bd, spine scuffed. Edges of boards and spine worn.

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London: George Routledge & Sons. Used - Very Good. 1928. Broadway Medieval Library. Cloth, dj, 232 pp. 8 pl. 1 fold-out map. Dj has some chipping along edges. Otherwise, very sound with fine internals.. (Subject: Medieval, Literature General.)

New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1928. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Book has slightly bumped corners, uncut pages. Dj has edgewear soiling..