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TELLING LIVES IN SCIENCE. Essays on Scientific Biography.

Edited by: SHORTLAND, Michael; YEO, Richard. · 1996

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Cambridge University Press, 1996. 8vo., pp.xiv,295, hardcover with stamped title label in blue, gilt; slight tone to edges, a couple of small bumps to edges of boards, else clean and very good indeed, in unclipped dust-jacket, which has cm closed tear to front upper edge, sm...

ENGLAND AND THE LOW COUNTRIES IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES.

BARRON, Caroline; SAUL, Nigel. · 1995

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1995. 8vo., pp.(vi),186, black hardcover, gilt; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, slight tone to edges, a very good, clean copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.

COMMON WOMEN: Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England.

KARRAS, Ruth Mazo. · 1996

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Oxford University Press, 1996. 8vo., pp.ix,221, grey cloth lettered in green; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a fresh and near-fine copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

THE ETABLISSEMENTS DE SAINT LOUIS. Thirteenth-Century Law Texts from Tours, Orleans, and Paris.

Translated and with Introduction by: AKEHURST, F.R.P. · 1996

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996. 8vo., pp.xliv,177, burgundy cloth lettered in silver; fine, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.

THE JEWS OF ANGEVIN ENGLAND. Documents and Records from Latin and Hebrew Sources Printed and Manuscript for the First Time Collected and Translated.

JACOBS, Joseph. · 1969

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers, 1969. Facsimile reprint, 12mo., pp.xxix,425, cream cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece and 8 further b/w plates; a very good, clean copy. No dust-jacket.

HANDLING SIN: Confession in the Middle Ages. York Studies in Medieval Theology II.

Edited by: BILLER, Peter; MINNIS, A.J. [Editors’ presentation copy]. · 1998

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Woodbridge: York Medieval Press, in association with The Boydell Press, 1998. 8vo., pp.x,219, navy hardcover, gilt, with printed paper title label to front board; editors’ presentation inscription to front free endpaper, a fresh and near-fine copy.

MEDIEVAL THEOLOGY AND THE NATURAL BODY. York Studies in Medieval Theology I.

Edited by: BILLER, Peter; MINNIS, A.J. [Editors’ presentation copy]. · 1997

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

York: York Medieval Press, in association with The Boydell Press, 1997. 8vo., pp.x,244, blue hardcover, gilt, with printed paper label to front board, 3 b/w plates; with editors’ gift inscription to front free endpaper, a fine copy.

THE BLACK DEATH. A Biological Reappraisal.

TWIGG, Graham. · 1984

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London: Batsford Academic and Educational, 1984. 8vo., pp.254, black hardcover, gilt, b/w figures; a very good, clean copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

LORD BURLINGTON: ARCHITECTURE, ART AND LIFE.

Edited by: BARNARD, Toby; CLARK, Jane. · 1995

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London/Rio Grande: The Hambledon Press, 1995. 8vo., pp.xxix,328, blue hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; fine, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine.

A GARDEN DIARY, September 1899-September 1900.

LAWLESS, Emily. · 1901

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London: Methuen and Co., 1901. 8vo., pp.(iv),245, uncut, quarter dark green buckram, gilt, with gilt-lettered green paper-covered boards, t.e.g., title in red and black; toning to free endpapers, foxing to fore-edges and to prelims, some foxing within, light paper-splitting ...

THE UNIVERSE OF SUNS, And Other Science Gleanings. A New Edition.

PROCTOR, Richard A. · 1905

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Chatto and Windus, 1905. 8vo., pp.vi,401, blue cloth, gilt, 11 b/w illustrations including folding plate; foxing and toning to free endpapers, rubbing to extremities, light marking to cloth, overall very good. No dust-jacket.

BREITLING. The History of a Great Brand of Watches. 1884 to the Present. With Price Guide. A Schiffer Book for Collectors.

RICHTER, Benno. · 1995

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Atglen, PA.: Schiffer, 1995. 4to., pp.176, red cloth lettered in black, colour and b/w plates; a fresh and near-fine copy, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket.

The Distinguished Service Order 1886-1923. Part I. 1886 to the 31st December 1915; Part II. From the 1st January 1916 to the 12th June 1923. (Originally published in 1924 as Volumes Two and Three of the V.C. and D.S.O.)

CREAGH, Sir O'Moore; HUMPHRIS, E.M. Foreword by Earl Beatty and Sir H.M. Trenchard. · 1978

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London: J.B. Hayward & Son, The Medal Specialists, 1978. 4to., pp.vi,444,373, blue cloth, gilt, 1026 portrait illustrations; a fresh and near-fine copy.

OPERATIONS IN PERSIA, 1914-1919. Facsimile edition.

Imperial War Museum. Compiled, by arrangement with the Government of India, under the direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence by MOBERLY, Brig.-Gen. F.J. Introduction by BAYLISS, Dr G.M. · 1987

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London: H.M.S.O., 1987. 8vo., pp.xxii,490, red cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations and folding maps, including 6 maps to pocket at rear of volume; a very good copy, in good+ unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed and lightly chipped to extremities.

THE FATHER OF THE RED TRIANGLE. The Life of Sir George Williams, Founder of the Y.M.C.A.

WILLIAMS, J.E. Hodder. · 1918

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1918. 8vo., pp.xvi,292, brown cloth lettered in black, b/w frontispiece and plates; light rubbing to extremities, a very good, clean copy.

THE TELL AMARNA TABLETS.

Translated by: CONDER, C.R. · 1893

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London: Published for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund by Alexander P. Watt, 1893. First edition, 8vo., pp.xi,212,(iii)adverts, blue cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece map, 3 further b/w maps plus one b/w illustration; front free endpaper with gift inscription addr...

A TOPOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PRIVATE TOMBS OF THEBES.

GARDINER, Alan H.; WEIGALL, Arthur E.P. · 1913

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1913. First edition, folio, pp.45 + 15 full page plates, printed grey paper-covered boards backed in navy cloth, gilt; light wear to extremities of boards, slight marking/surface soil to boards, internally fresh, a very good copy.

FOUR QUARTETS.

ELIOT, T.S. · 1944

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London: Faber and Faber 1944. First edition, 8vo., pp.44, cloth, gilt; foxing to free endpapers, light undulation to lower margins, bowing to front board (with slight spotting to fore-margin of front board), else very good, in very good complete and unclipped dust-jacket.

THE BOOKSHOP.

FITZGERALD, Penelope. · 1978

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London: Gerald Duckworth, 1978. First edition, 8vo., pp.118, green hardcover, gilt; ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, slight mustiness, else clean and very good, in unclipped dust-jacket, which has slight sunning to spine, and adhesive plastic covering.

BRASS AND GLASS. Scientific Instrument Making Workshops in Scotland as Illustrated by Instruments from the Arthur Frank Collection at the Royal Museum of Scotland.

CLARKE, T.N.; MORRISON-LOW, A.D.; SIMPSON, A.D.C. · 1989

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

National Museums of Scotland, 1989. 4to., pp.xiii,320, paperback, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations; light crease to lower margin of front wrapper and early leaves, else very good.