The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England; Its Archaeology and Literature
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xxvii, [2], 2-237, [3] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of 55d. net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a few in-text figures and with sixteen plates of black and white drawings. A study of the sword and its significance in Anglo-Saxon and Viking societies. Based largely on material from the British Isles. With a discussion of how and where the finest swords were made, from what was then recent archaeological evidence. Also with a study of the sword and its metaphor in medieval Latin, Old Norse, and Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry. Near Fine / Very Good+. Item #000010551
A small separation between the backstrip and the textblock; jacket shows a few small traces of edge wear.
Price: $85.00