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THE FOOL: His Social and Literary History.

WELSFORD, Enid. · 1935

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London: Faber and Faber, 1935. First edition, 8vo., pp.xv,374, uncut, marbled cloth boards, pictorial spine stamped in gilt and black, b/w frontispiece and plates; sunning and light rubbing to spine, else clean and very good.

COLONISATION AND CONQUEST IN MEDIEVAL IRELAND: The English in Louth, 1170-1330.

SMITH, Brendan. · 1999

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1999. 8vo., pp.xvi,189, hardcover, gilt, b/w maps; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, otherwise near-fine, in a near-fine unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

ENGLISH MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECTS: A biographical dictionary down to 1550. Including Master Masons, Carpenters, Carvers, Building Contractors and others responsible for Design.

HARVEY, John. With contributions by, OSWALD, Arthur. · 1987

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Gloucester, Alan Sutton, 1987. Revised edition, 8vo., pp.lxii,479, paperback, b/w frontispiece; ownership autograph to half title page, toning to margins, lightly sunned and creased to spine, light rubbing and creasing to corners, otherwise a very good copy.

THE TOMB AND THE TIARA: Curial Tomb Sculpture in Rome and Avignon in the Later Middle Ages. Clarendon Studies in the History of Art.

GARDNER, Julian. · 1992

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992. 4to.,pp. xxiv,183, (232 illustrations); hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations to rear; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, otherwise a near-fine copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

RESTORATION AND REFORM 1153-1165: Recovery from Civil War in England.

WHITE, Graeme J. · 2000

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000. 8vo.,pp. xvii,248, hardcover, gilt; light foxing to upper edge, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

ABBOT SUGER OF ST-DENIS: Church and State in Early Twelfth-Century France.

GRANT, Lindy. · 1998

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Longman, 1998. 8vo.,pp. xix,338, hardcover, silver lettering, b/w maps and plans to rear; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH OF ST ANDREWS.

Edited by, McROBERTS, David. · 1976

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Glasgow, John S. Burns, 1976. 8vo.,pp. xii,178, hardcover, gilt, b/w plates, b/w fold-out plan to rear, colour fold-out frontispiece; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which has a few small closed tears to mar...

HANDEL: Chronological Thematic Catalogue.

BELL, A. Craig. · 1972

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Darley, The Grian-Aig Press, 1972. 8vo.,pp. xii,452, pictorial wrappers, plain brown wrappers with tapped spine, with pictorial dust-jacket, musical score within the text; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, creasing to spine with creased tear to head, adhesive marks...

ARMENIA: Travels and Studies. Two volumes. Volume One: THE RUSSIAN PROVINCES. Volume Two: THE TURKISH PROVINCES.

LYNCH, H.F.B. · 1990

£84.00 (€100.69 | $110.98 | ¥17,721)

New York, Armenian Prelacy, 1990. Two volumes, the set, 8vo.,pp. xv,470; xi,512, black hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispieces, loose fold-out map to rear of volume one; very good, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which are very lightly sunned to spines.

COLLECTED PAPERS ON JOHN OF SALISBURY AND HIS CORRESPONDENTS.

HIRATA, Yoko. · 1996

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Japan, Yoko Hirata, 1996. 8vo.,pp. x,263, hardcover, gilt, text in Japanese with English translations ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine.

THE MODULOR: A Harmonious Measure to the Human Scale Universally applicable to Architecture and Mechanics.

LE CORBUSIER. · 1954

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Faber and Faber, 1954. 8vo.,pp. 243, grey cloth, lettering in black and red, b/w figures; ownership autograph to front paste down endpaper, toned to endpapers and lightly to margins, webbing visible to p.96-7 all contents firm, rubbed to extremities, with rubbing to ...

SHAKESPEARE AND THE HUNT. A Cultural and Social Study.

BERRY, Edward. · 2001

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Cambridge University Press, 2001. 8vo., pp.xii,253, black hardcover lettered in silver, 10 b/w illustrations; owner’s handwritten catalogue no. to upper margin of front free endpaper, slight crease to headband, an otherwise fine copy, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket.

DESIGNS ON LIFE.

BAWDEN, Edward. · 1997

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Museums in Essex Committee, (1997). Exhibition guide, square 12mo., pp.(22), folding sheet with pictorial cardboard covers, with wrap-around title slip; very slight bruising to corners, a fresh and almost fine copy.

THE TOWN-WALL FORTIFICATIONS OF IRELAND.

FLEMING, J.S. Illustrated by the author. · 1914

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1914. Small 4to., pp.90, cloth-backed paper-covered boards, gilt, b/w frontispiece and pictorial title, b/w plates and in-text illustrations; light toning and foxing to endpapers, rubbing and light wear to extremities, surface soil to boards, inte...

PLACE-NAME EVIDENCE FOR THE ANGLO-SAXON INVASION AND SCANDINAVIAN SETTLEMENTS.

Eight studies collected by, CAMERON, Kenneth. Introduction by, GELLING, Margaret. · 1987

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Nottingham, English Place-Name Society, University of Nottingham, 1987. Reprint, 4to.,pp. v,171, paperback, pink wrappers stapled with black cloth backed tape overlay, b/w maps and figures; ownership autograph to margin of publication page, light foxing to margins of wrapper...

GRAPHIC DESIGN MANUAL.

HOFMANN, Armin. · 1965

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Alec Tiranti, 1965. First edition, scarce, Large 8vo.,pp. 172, cream hardcover, black lettering, b/w illustrations; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, light toning to margins, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is toned t...

THE HERTFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY: An Illustrated History 1794-1920.

SAINSBURY, Lieutenant- Colonel J.D. · 1994

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Welwyn, Hart Books, 1994. First edition, 4to.,pp. ix,240, paperback, b/w and colour illustrations, b/w frontispiece; signed by the author, rubbing to extremities, small knock to front hinge of spine, light creasing to front lower corner, otherwise very good.

‘HOW THOW SCHALT THY PARESCHE PRECHE’: John Myrc’s Instructions for Parish Priests. Two Volumes. Part One: Introduction and Text. Part Two: Discussion.

BRYANT, Geoffrey F; PLUMB, Gordon A; HUNTER, Vivien M. · 1999

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Barton-on-Humber, Workers’ Educational Association, 1999. Two volumes, 4to.,pp. i,107; 205; paperbacks, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece to volume I; ownership autograph to title page of both volumes, otherwise very good and clean.

THE CANALS OF THE SOUTH OF IRELAND.

V.T.H.; DELANY, D.R. · 1966

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1966. First edition, 8vo., pp.260, blue hardcover, gilt; fine, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

THE SECRET MUSEUM: Pornography in Modern Culture.

KENDRICK, Walter. · 1996

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

University of California Press, 1996. 8vo., pp.xiv,318, paperback; creasing/shelfwear to wrappers, else very good.