Don't shoot the messenger! blame it on Ian at David Brown Book Company! ;) Arlys
> A quick note to let you know that two long-awaited books have now > arrived here for sale, as well as to tell you about a few other new > arrivals from unusual sources... > > Firstly, the reprint of the visually stunning "Moda a Firenze > 1540-1580" has arrived from Italy. We managed to secure a reasonably > good number of copies, but there's no guarantee that we will get > more once these are sold. Act soon if you want one! > > Secondly, Penny Rogers' "Cloth and Clothing in Early Anglo-Saxon > England" arrived yesterday to cheers and whoops of delight in the > office. Many of you have already ordered this and we are shipping > these orders over the next few days, but if you haven't yet done so, > now's the time! > > Thirdly, hot off the packet steamer from Norway is the mammoth book > on the textile finds from the Oseberg ship excavation. We had to > fork out many Norwegian Kronas for this one just so that you > wouldn't have to. A pricey, but significant book for the diehards. > > Finally, we received a fascinating-looking two-volume work from > Denmark. "Kriegskunst und Kanonen" presents Joannes Bengedans' > handbook (from around 1450) for the manufacture of explosives, > techniques for the use of cannons and siege tactics. The volumes > include a beautiful facsimile of the manuscript (which is in a > Copenhagen University collection) and gives a translation into > modern German and Danish of the text. It's a really stunning set and > remarkably reasonably priced. > > Links to all four books are given below. I hope you will find them > interesting. > > With regards, > > Ian Stevens > The David Brown Book Company > Tel: 1-800-791-9354 > > Links to these three books are given below. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 'Moda a Firenze 1540-1580: Lo Stile di Eleonora di Toledo e la sua > influenza' - by Roberta Orsi Landini and Bruna Niccoli > List Price: US$ 99.50 * Our Price: US$ 90.00 * > Link: http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm?ID=48785&MID=12830 > > 'Cloth and Clothing in Early Anglo Saxon England, AD 450-700' - by > Penelope Rogers > List Price: US$ 39.95 * Our Price: US$ 32.00 * > Link: http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm?ID=60262&MID=12830 > > 'Oseberg Textiles - Osebergfundet: Bind IVb' - edited by Arne Emil > Christensen and Margarita Nockert > List Price: US$ 225.00 * Our Price: US$ 200.00 * > Link: http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm?ID=47636&MID=12830 > > 'Kriegskunst und Kanonen (Artillery and the Art of War): Das > Büchsenmeister- und Kriegsbuch des Johannes Bengedans' - edited by > Hans Blosen and Rikke Agnete Olsen, with contributions by Aage > Anderson, Bendt Falkesgaard Pedersen and Frede Storborg > List Price: US$ 83.95 * Our Price: US$ 70.00 * > Link: http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm?ID=62166&MID=12830 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
