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THE WIFE OF ROSSETTI. Her Life and Death.

HUNT, Violet. · 1932

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1932. Sixth impression, from the same year as the first edition, 8vo., pp.xxx,338, uncut, grey cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece and 30 further b/w illustrations; some splitting to paper at front inner hinge (6cms apx.) - joint firm, lettering to spine dul...

ON TOLERATION.

Edited by, MENDUS, Susan; EDWARDS, David. · 1987

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Oxford, Oxford Universtiy Press, 1987. 8vo., pp. 144, navy hardcover, gilt; a near-fine copy, in a vg+ unclipped dust-jacket, couple of very light spots of rubbing.

PETER PAN AND OTHER PLAYS

BARRIE, J.M. edited by HOLLINDALE, Peter. · 1995

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. 8vo., pp. xxxvi,338, navy hardcover, gilt; editors presentation inscription to front free endpaper, a near-fine copy in a vg+ unclipped dust-jacket,

JANET KENNEDY: Royal Mistress. Marriage and Divorce at the Courts of James IV and V.

BARNES, Ishbel C.M. · 2007

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Edinburgh, John Donald, 2007. 8vo.,pp. xi,116, hardcover, gilt; a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

WOMEN OF THE ENGLISH NOBILITY AND GENTRY 1066-1500. Manchester Medieval Sources series.

Translated and Edited by, WARD, Jennifer. · 1995

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1995. 8vo.,pp. x,252, paperback; light toning to edges of text block, otherwise clean and a very good copy.

CARLISLE: A Frontier and Border City.

McCARTHY, Mike. · 2019

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Routlege, 2019. 8vo.,pp. xvii,235, paperback, b/w figures and frontispiece; a near-fine copy.

THE DEFEAT OF ROME. Crassus, Carrhae & The Invasion of the East.

SAMPSON, Gareth C. · 2008

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Barnsley, Pen & Sword Books, 2008. 8vo.,pp. xvi,224, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations and maps; a near-fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

THE PARGITERS.

WOOLF, Virginia. [Edited by: LEASKA, Mitchell A.] · 1978

£74.00 (€88.71 | $97.78 | ¥15,616)

London: The Hogarth Press, 1978. First edition, 8vo., pp.,xliv,167,red hardcover, gilt, dust-jacket designed by GARNETT, Angelica; foxing to head, occasional spotting to text block and tail, spine sunned, o/w a very good copy in an unclipped dust-jacket with occasional spott...

A HISTORY OF SHERBURN (In Hertfordlythe) Church of England Primary School.

COLLIER, Anne. · 2008

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Yeadon: privately published 2008. 8vo., pp. 165, paperback; a very good copy.

NOTTINGHAM MEDIEVAL STUDIES. 67 (2023). Special Issue: Centres and Peripheries in Medieval Britain and France. Essays in Honour of Michael Jones.

Edited by, GREEN, David. · 2023

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Turnhout, Brepols, 2023. 8vo.,pp. 292, green hardcover, cream lettering; a near-fine copy. No dust-jacket.

DENDROLOGIA BRITANNICA, Or Trees and Shrubs That Will Live in the Open Air of Britain Throughout the Year. A Work Useful to Proprietors and Possessors of Estates, in Selecting Subjects for Planting Woods, Parks and Shrubberies; And also to All Persons Who Cultivate Trees and Shrubs. Volume II: PLATE 81-172.

WATSON, P.W. · 1825

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London: printed for the author by Isaac Wilson, Hull, and sold by John and Arthur Arch, Cornhill 1825. First edition, Volume II only (of two), 8vo., pp.unpaginated plates with numbered text-leaves corresponding to plates(81-172),(x)Indices,30(Appendix),(i)Errata, half green ...

WESSEX FROM THE AIR.

CRAWFORD, O.G.S; KEILLER, Alexander. With contributions by, CLAY, R.C.C; GARDNER, Eric. · 1928

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1928. First edition, 4to., pp. xii,263, dark green cloth, gilt, b/w plates, maps and figures; lightly toned with occasional light foxing and thumb marks to margins, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

LETTERS FROM THE BATTLE-FIELDS OF PARAGUAY.

BURTON, Captain Richard F. · 2003

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Honolulu: University Press of the Pacific, 2003. Reprinted from the 1870 edition, 8vo.,pp.xix,491, pictorial wrappers, b/w frontispiece; crease to front upper corner of wrappers, otherwise near-fine.

Studies in Church History, Volume 61. MARGINS AND PERIPHERIES IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY.

Edited by: JONES, David Ceri; MARSHALL, Peter; METHUEN, Charlotte. · 2025

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Cambridge; for the Ecclesiastical History Society, by Cambridge University Press, 2025. 8vo., pp.xx,637,(i), blue hardcover, gilt; a fine copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.

SANDWICH The ‘completest medieval town in England’ A study of the town and port from its origins to 1600

CLARKE, Helen, PEARSON, Sarah, MATE, Mavis and PARFITT, Keith. · 2010

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2010. 4to., pp.xviii,326, pictorial hardover, pictorial endpapers, colour frontispiece, many colour illustrations; partial split to upper joint, else a very good, clean copy.

POEMS OF WISDOM AND LEARNING IN OLD ENGLISH.

SHIPPEY, T.A. · 1977

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1977. 8vo., pp.152, blue hardcover, gilt; very good indeed, in a very good price-clipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine.

EARLY WELSH GENEALOGICAL TRACTS.

Edited by: BARTRUM, P. C. · 1966

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1966. 8vo., pp. x,165,167-228 (Indices), red cloth, gilt; small bruise to upper edge of rear board, otherwise a very good copy indeed, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which has light sunning to spine, and a little light chipping to u...

TEXTILES, CORDAGE AND RAW FIBRE FROM 16-22 COPPERGATE. The Archaeology of York The Small Finds. 17/5

WALTON, Penelope. [Author’s own copy] · 1989

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London: Council for British Archaeology, 1989 8vo., pp.283-454, paperback, b/w maps, tables, illustrations, full page photographs and microfiche in back pocket; author’s own copy with her pencil notes, creasing and wear to wrappers, surface soil to wrappers, a good wor...

BETWEEN PULPIT AND PEW. Folk Religion In A North Yorkshire Fishing Village.

CLARK, David. · 1982

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. 8vo., pp.xii,186, hardcover, gilt, illustrated with photographs and maps; a very good copy in lightly shelfworn unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed and chipped to headband.

THE SIEGE OF RHODES (1482). With: AESOP: THE BOOK OF SUBTYL HISTORIES AND FABLES OF ESOPE (1484).

CAOURSIN, Guillaume, translated by KAYE, John. With: AESOPUS [AESOP]. Introduction by: GRAY, Douglas. · 1975

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Delmar, New York: Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints, 1975. Facsimile reprint, 8vo., pp.6,unpaginated,Aesop:(192)versos,192(rectos), green cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations; a fine copy, without dust-jacket, as issued.