WEIGALL ArthurLivre Rare Book
A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea - Complete in Two Volumes; Number XXXV of the Records Of Civilization Sources And Studies
1943733j0479New York: Columbia University Press. 1943. First English Edition. Hardcover. Good. "Generally regarded as the first comprehensive history of the crusades. Author was archbishop of Tyre from 1175 to 1184 or 1185 and he remained chancellor of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem of which he was a native from 1174 until 1186." - Introduction. Translated from the Latin. pp. xii 3-556; 6 553. Includes bibliography and index. Foldout map in Volume 1. Contents clean unmarked and tanned primarily at periphery. Light wear to publisher's forest green cloth lettered in gilt upon spines. Several fly specks to fore-edges. Bindings intact. No dust jackets presumably as issued. A well-preserved example of this highly-treasured work.; Sm 4to . Columbia University Press hardcover
