Brand/Publisher: Barnes & Noble, Inc., New York; first published in the United States in 1967 and printed in Great Britain.

Title: The English Medieval Feast.

Author: William Edward Mead.

Format: Vintage 1967 hardcover history book with blue cloth boards and a cream dust jacket printed in turquoise and brown, featuring a full-color medieval banquet scene that wraps around the front, spine, and rear panels; dust jacket present as issued.

Content: Detailed social history of eating and drinking in medieval England, examining the great households and royal courts, the foods and drinks served at different meals, the organization of the kitchen and buttery, table manners and etiquette, feast days, and the ceremonial and symbolic roles of large public banquets.

Structure: Organized into narrative chapters that treat some features of English medieval life, the sequence of meals and courses, the preparation of food, serving the feast, entertainments surrounding dining, and issues of food and health, supported by close readings of contemporary chronicles, household books, and medical treatises.

Illustrations: Includes a color frontispiece reproducing a richly detailed medieval court feast and several black-and-white plate sections showing manuscript-style images and scenes of dining, such as the illustration captioned "Carver at Table" and "Merlin led by a spaniel into the banqueting hall."

Subjects and audience: Topics include medieval history, food and drink, social history of England, daily life in the Middle Ages, and courtly and ecclesiastical ceremony; genre classification nonfiction; intended for adult readers, students, and researchers interested in medieval culture, food history, and historical reenactment or culinary reconstruction.

Publication details: First published in the United States in 1967 by Barnes & Noble, Inc., New York, New York 10003; printed in Great Britain, aligning with a United Kingdom country of origin.

Language and markings: Language English, original language English; this copy is not signed and shows no bookplates, stamps, or remainder marks, with interior text pages clean and legible without writing, highlighting, or underlining.