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Brian Bates.
The Real Middle Earth: Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages.

Published London: Pan Books, 9th impression (previously issued 2003; hardback was 2002).
ISBN 9780330491709.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: CPI Mackays, Catham.
Size: 130x196x20mm.
Page count: text xi,292pp; plates 12pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy looks a bit battered, some scuffs and creases on the covers, some wear on the edges and corners, spine creased; looks ok internally, text appears to be free of marking.


This item £5.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price £7.99]
Weight without packaging: 247g.

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Contents: Rediscovering the real Middle-Earth; The doom of dragons; Enchanted earth; Magical beasts; Wizards of wyrd; Dwarves, giants & monsters; Voyage to the otherworld.

Illustrations: 12 pages of plates, mostly colour
Maps & plans: 2

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes


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