1994, ISBN: 9780094724501

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.Owner inscrptn (their signature+ date) within and to,a black ink pictorial Ex-libris stamp at top,right-hand corner of front free endpaper and no price-c… More...

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.Owner inscrptn (their signature+ date) within and to,a black ink pictorial Ex-libris stamp at top,right-hand corner of front free endpaper and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - usually indicates an export edition,and generally believed to precede UK trade issue/ distribution.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,scenic colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj - Stonehenge with Druid ceremony in progress with red+black lettering, similar lettering to spine/backstrip,rear cover with author's portrait colour photograph (inaugurated as a bard at the 1987 Cornish Gorsedd); with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges lightly toned and with miniscule, sporadic foxing/ spotting (less than 10 flecks/spots),fore-edges bright and clean without any foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white eps owner stamp excepted.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11-304pp [paginated] includes an introduction,9 chapters,12pp b/w illustration reproductions and b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp128/9,an 11pp select biblo (books+ articles),an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication, and separate content+illustrations lists/tables. Who were the Druids? The Romans viewed them as occult priests indulging in human sacrifice and forecasting the future from human entrails.Some say they were amiable sorcerers.Others portray them as the intelligensia of ancient Celtic society.In this book,Peter Beresford Ellis sifts through the evidence,and,with reference to the latest archaeological findings and the use of etymology,he provides the reader with the first authentic account of who and what they were. The Druids emerge as the intellectual caste of ancient Celtic society. They were the doctors,the lawyers,the ambassadors,the advisers to kings.Ellis describes the special Druidic training,their philosophy,their belief in auguries,and their intriguing origins.The Roman description of the Druids,he shows,was the bellicose propaganda of an empire anxious to rob them of their power in the Celtic territories.He shows that the current 'New Age' image of them as benevolent wizards comes from a woefully inadequate interpretation of the facts. This highly readable book will be the standard work on the Druids for years to come.Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.CONSTABLE,1994., 5<

1994, ISBN: 9780094724501

London: Constable, 1994. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or to… More...

London: Constable, 1994. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor traces of storage. 304pp. A complete re-assessment of who the Druids were. The author concludes they were the intellectual caste of ancient Celtic society - doctors, lawyers, ambassadors, advisors to kings pand they had a religious function.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5 x 6.5 inches., Constable, 1994, 4<

1994, ISBN: 0094724504

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1994, ISBN: 0094724504

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