By Dom David Knowles
Cambridge   Cambridge University Press
10" by 6.5" xix [1], 764; xiii, 348; xii, 407; xiv, 522pp
A pleasing collection of works on monastic and religious orders in England by Dom David Knowles, complete in four volumes, three in the original clipped dust wrappers.
By Dom David Knowles

1950-1959 The Monastic Order in England: A History of Its Development from the Times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council 943-1216, 1950 (reprint). The Religious Orders in England, 1950 (reprint). The Religious Orders in England. Vol II (of III): The End of the Middle Ages, 1955 first edition. The Religious Orders in England. Vol III (of III): The Tudor Age, 1959 first edition.

Cambridge   Cambridge University Press
10" by 6.5" xix [1], 764; xiii, 348; xii, 407; xiv, 522pp
A pleasing collection of works on monastic and religious orders in England by Dom David Knowles, complete in four volumes, three in the original clipped dust wrappers.
£395.00
: 5kgs / : 984R18

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Early Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

A collection of works on monastic and religious orders in England by Dom David Knowles, complete in four volumes, three in the original clipped dust wrappers (Monastic Order without).

This set contains: 

The Monastic Order in England: A History of Its Development from the Times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council 943-1216, 1950 (reprint). Without the dust wrapper, in the publisher's original cloth.

The Religious Orders in England, 1950 (reprint). With the original clipped dust wrapper, in the publisher's original cloth.

The Religious Orders in England. Vol II (of III): The End of the Middle Ages, 1955 first edition. With the original clipped dust wrapper, in the publisher's original cloth.

The Religious Orders in England. Vol III (of III): The Tudor Age, 1959 first edition. With the original unclipped dust wrapper, in the publisher's original cloth.

Every volume published by Cambridge University Press, with a different black and white photographic frontispiece. 

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth, three with the original clipped and unclipped dust wrappers (Religious Orders vols I and II clipped; vol III unclipped). Externally, excellent with light shelf wear at most and the odd mark to the boards. Dust wrappers generally smart. Marks and age toning to all. Chipping and creasing (to spine heads and tails especially), and age toning and spotting to extremities of reverse wrap, to all. Spotting to front wrap of vol II. Loss to wrap of vol III resulting in loss of text to front cover. Ink mark to reverse wrap of vol III. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with marginal age toning and the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages. Spotting to fore edges.

Near Fine

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