AVALONIAN QUEST. Tapa dura - 1982

Hardback. Very Good.

Fontana, London, 1984. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. blue titles spine; illustrated by b/w. photo's. & line drawings; "what evidence is there that Glastonbury was a great pagan sanctuary before Christianity? Over the past few decades, this town in Somerset - England's 'ancient Avalon' - has attracted ever increasing interest. Tourists pour in to visit its ruined Abbey, rich in Christian and Arthurian legend, and to climb the Tor, the strange hill above the town. Thousands assemble annually for church-sponsored pilgrimages, but many others come for mystical or occult reasons, seeing Glastonbury as a focus of spiritual power. Geoffrey Ashe looks at the real and surprising importance of Glastonbury in the religion, politics, culture and literature of England. He re-examines its best-known legends - those concerning Joseph of Arimathea and the Grail, and King Arthur's burial - and gives the case for a remarkable possibility underlying all the… Leer más

London England: Book Club Associates, 1983. Mark to inside cover and flap of D/J from old sellotape. In this, his second book on the theme, the author surveys what has happened since he wrote King Arthur's Avalon, and considers how Glastonbury ought now to be rgarded. He starts by showing its real and surprising importance in the religion, politics, culture and literature of England. However wide-raning, the discussion never loses touch with present realities - the town, its people, its visitors and visionaries. Glastonbury emerges as a place that is subtly, powerfully alive, with a distinctive future as well as an astonishing past. Illustrated. 287 pp.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . 1st BCA Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

London England: Book Club Associates, 1983. In this, his second book on the theme, the author surveys what has happened since he wrote King Arthur's Avalon, and considers how Glastonbury ought now to be rgarded. He starts by showing its real and surprising importance in the religion, politics, culture and literature of England. However wide-raning, the discussion never loses touch with present realities - the town, its people, its visitors and visionaries. Glastonbury emerges as a place that is subtly, powerfully alive, with a distinctive future as well as an astonishing past. Illustrated. 287 pp.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). 1st BCA Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

Methuen. Op221 1982, hardcover met stofomslag, goed exemplaar

Methuen, 1982. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1982. 22x14x3cm. 1982. Cartonnage éditeur - jaquette. 288 pages.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.