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The Yellow Cross: The Story of the Last Cathars
by Weis, Rene
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375404902
- ISBN 13
- 9780375404900
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's gold, non price-clipped dust-jacket. 399 pages. With a Bibliography, Chronology and Index. Illustrated with color photographs and sketch maps. Stated first American edition, first printing, published one year after the British. The story of the persecution of the religious minority known as the Cathars in southern France during the years 1290 to 1320 by the Catholic Church. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. Gold dust-jacket clean, with no tears or chips. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. .
Synopsis
René Weis is Professor of English Literature at University College London. He is the author of numerous scholarly publications and of Criminal Justice: The True Story of Edith Thompson , published to critical acclaim in Britain in 1988. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021396
- Title
- The Yellow Cross: The Story of the Last Cathars
- Author
- Weis, Rene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375404902
- ISBN 13
- 9780375404900
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Inquisition, French Heretics, Medieval Religious Persecution
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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