St Marys Books

First Edition Hardback. The deep brown cloth boards with bright gilt titles to the spine are in excellent condition with minimal wear and no fading The pictorial dustjacket is a little faded especially to the spine with light discolouration to the rear. there is a closed tear to the top left-hand corner of the front cover which has been repaired by tape to the underside. Internally there is a bookplate to the front free endpaper although the pages appear unread with no marks or foxing, profusely illustrated. pp. xv + 268. The largest unified series of ivory carvings preserved from the pre-Gothic Middle Ages, In relief they portray, scenes from the Old and New Testament.