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PLATT, COLIN: : KING DEATH: The Black Death and its aftermath in late-medieval England

LONDON.UCL Press Limited/University College London,1996.

ISBN 1857283139.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price. Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around matt black background with bright,crisp, glossy silver gilt illustration of a pair of hand-holding dancing skeletons ["Imago Mortis" (Image of Death) taken from Haartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicanum (1493) - courtesy of Wellcome Institute Library, London] to front of dw/dj,with glossy silver gilt-lettered title at top edge and above the central illustration,and author's similarly coloured+lettered name at front's lower edge and underneath the central illustration.Spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered [glossy silver gilt] part- title and author name as the front's,and publisher's capitalised, white-lettered +illustrated colophon to foot of same; rear panel with 4 critics' white-lettered reviews on author's previous title 'The Great Rebuildings of Tudor and Stuart England.' Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with light dust-flecking but no ageing/toning,fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without ageing/toning or foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver-gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,vii-viiipp+1-262pp [paginated] includes a Preface,10 chapters; profuse b/w aerial and architectural photographs,b/w historical illustration reproductions,b/w diagrams and maps etc.,Notes,an extensive 11pp Bibliography and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title page,and a  Contents list/table. Visually the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 25+ year-old age.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for it's brightness, cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of a comparable age. The Black Death came to England is 1348 and for over three centuries bubonic plague remained a continual and threatening presence in the everyday life of the country.The Black Death and subsequent population losses are central, therefore,to any understanding of the period. From rural labourer to nobleman,from village priest to abbot,contemptuous of rank and wealth, Death was the guest of every late-medieval household in "pestilence time".                  Colin Platt examines what it was like to live with plague at all levels of society.Drawing on evidence from architecture and the arts,he examines the visible legacies of the investment that Christian men and women made in the provision of after-death soul-care.In addition he examines the social and economic consequences of a steep and unprecedented population decline. It is argued that the severe labour shortage that persisted for over a century after the Black Death utimately broke the ties of feudal bondage.                                         Written with verve and rich in detail,'King Death' offers an important analysis of one of the most potent instruments of change in late-medieval England,and a fascinating insight into the industry of death that pestilence brought with it.It will be required reading for all students of late-medieval England.               Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers for correct shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples.  N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,] especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,2nd imp.
Not SIGNED.

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