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James P. Carley.
Glastonbury Abbey: The Holy House at the Head of the Moors Adventurous.
Published London: Guild Publishing, 1988 (book club reissue, reprints the Boydell edn.)
[ISBN 0851154603].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Camelot Press, Southampton.
Size: 177×248×19mm.
Page count: text xxviii,189pp; plates 8pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is rather ruffled, some wrinkling on its front panel, a bit of wear at the edges and corners; some mild bumps & dinks on the boards and spine; looks ok internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £6.00
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[Gothic Image paperback in print at $19.95]
Weight without packaging: 723g.

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Contents: Pre-Conquest abbots — the beginnings; After 1066 — growth & consolidation; Beere & whiting — Indian summer & fall; Saints; Relics; The library; The cemetery; Arthur, Avalon & the Bridge Perilous; Antiquaries & archaeologists.

Illustrations: throughout, monochrome, plus 8 pages of colour plates
Floorplans: 4

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: yes
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes 

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