Hardback. Very Good. ISBN 0709942087 9780709942085 [GB]

Beckenham: Croom Helm, Date: 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7ð - 9ð" tall. First edition first printing octavo Hardback 186 pp Numerous maps Very good + condition in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions 1987. Croom Helm ISBN 0709942087 9780709942085 [GB]

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: Date: 1987* Publisher: Groom Helm.* Binding and cover condition: Chestnut cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, slight dent to front board otherwise no visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: Black and white illustrated to cream dust wrapper, spine lightly faded. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Minimal shelf wear with some distortion to front cover caused by label removal. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: A few b/w sketch maps at rear.* Pages: 164 pp. text. xxii pp. notes, bibliography & index at rear.* Description: Saladin is only one of many fascinating characters brought to life in this crisp survey of one of the major campaigns of the Crusades, covering the period 1174-1187. This saw the rise of Saladin and his successful struggle against the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem. It reveals that as well as the extreme threat posed by the Saracens the kingdom was also rent by complex internal divisions.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with slight faults reducing it to VG* 1987. Routledge ISBN 0709942087 9780709942085 [GB]