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HISTORICAL WRITING IN ENGLAND c.550- c.1307.

GRANSDEN, Antonia. · 1974

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. 8vo., pp. xxiv,610, blue cloth, gilt, b/w plates; light toning to edges, a very good, clean copy, in a very good price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine with light toning to rear.

THE VOICES OF MECHTHILD OF MAGDEBURG.

ANDERSEN, Elizabeth A. · 2000

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Bern: Peter Lang, 2000. 8vo., pp.256, paperback; light sunning to the spine and small crease at the bottom of the front cover, a very good, clean copy.

THE COWSLIP, OR, MORE CAUTIONARY STORIES IN VERSE.

‘By the author of that much-admired little work, entitled The Daisy’. [TURNER, Elizabeth]. · 1890

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London: (Leadenhall Press), n.d. (c.1890) Later facsimile by the Leadenhall Press of the 1811 J. Harris/B. Crosby edition, 12mo., pp.68,(iv)adverts, decorative paper-covered card wrappers with printed paper label to front and pictorial vignette pasted down to rear, 29 engrav...

THE BRITANNIA AND CONWAY TUBULAR BRIDGES. [Set of Three Volumes, including Plates Volume]. With General Inquiries on Beams and on the Properties of Materials Used in Construction.

CLARK, Edwin, Resident Engineer. Published with the sanction, and under the supervision, of: STEPHENSON, Robert. · 1850

£1,950.00 (€2,337.38 | $2,576.22 | ¥411,389)

London: Published for the author by Day and Son (Volumes I and II) and by John Weale (Plates), 1850. Three volumes, text volumes royal 8vo., plates volume large folio, pp.xii,466;(vi),467-821,iv;unpaginated plates, text volumes in pictorially blindstamped textured cloth, gil...

THE EASTERN ANTHOLOGY. [Complete set of Twelve Volumes in Four Volumes:] VOLUME I. 1. Kuttanimatatam of Damodaragupta; 2. Samayamatrika of Kshemendra; 3. Zenan-Nameb of Fazil-Bey and Ta’dib ul-Nisvan. VOLUME II. 4. The Young Wives’ Tale (Kissat Al-’Ara’is Al-Sabiya) and Tales of Fez; 5. The Loves of Raadha and Krishna and Amores; 6. Love Stories and Gallant Tales from the Chinese. VOLUME III. 7. Comrade Loves of the Samurai and Songs of the Geishas; 8. Ninety Short Tales of Love and Women from the Arabic; 9. The Loves of Dasin and Musa-ag-Amastan from the Tamashek and Camel-Boy Rhythms from the Arabic. VOLUME IV. 10. Love Tales of Cambodia and Song of the Love Nights of Lao; 11. Anthology of Eastern Love; 12. Anthology of Eastern Love.

MATHERS, E. Powys. · 1927

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London: John Rodker, 1927-1930. Limited edition, one of 1000 copies, publisher’s deluxe issue in full vellum, bevelled boards, twelve volumes in four volumes, 8vo., pp.(v),vi,92,(v),100,xiv,152;xiii,128,xii,183,(v),172;viii,136,x,140,ix,130;(vii),106,viii,170,viii,155,...

ORLANDO AND THE THREE GRACES.

HALE, Kathleen. · 1965

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London: John Murray, 1965. First edition, oblong 8vo., pp.30, pictorial paper-covered boards, alternating colour and b/w illustrations throughout; light foxing to fore-edges, rubbing to extremities, very slight bowing to front board, overall a very good copy indeed.

SUPPLEMENTARY APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS, ON THE MEDICAL CHARITIES, IRELAND, IN PURSUANCE OF THE 46TH SECTION OF THE ACT 1 & 2 VICTORIA, c 56. (1841 and 1842). With Indexes.

PHELAN, Denis; CORR, Maurice, et al. · 1841

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Dublin: printed by Alexander Thom, for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1841. 8vo., pp.(ii),169-330, textured green cloth, gilt lettering to front board, unlettered spine; binder’s sticker to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to endpapers and - lightly - to title...

THE FIERY DIVE AND OTHER STORIES.

ARMSTRONG, Martin. [Signed by the author]. · 1929

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1929. Limited edition, one of 150 copies signed by the author, 8vo., pp.283, quarter vellum, gilt, black cloth; small spots of wear to cloth at corners, slight marking to cloth, a very good copy.

THE BIRDS OF BERKSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. A Contribution to the Natural History of the Two Counties.

KENNEDY, Alexander W.M. Clark. · 1868

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Eton/London: Ingalton and Drake/Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1868. 8vo., pp.xv,232, uncut, recased with new endpapers, pictorial green cloth, gilt, pictorial spine, 4 hand-coloured mounted photographs, including frontispiece; pasted-in nameplate to front paste-down endpap...

LUCIE ATWELL’S ANNUAL.

ATWELL, Lucie. · 1952

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London: Dean and Son Ltd., n.d. [1952]. Small 4to., pp.92, pictorial boards, colour-illustrated throughout; rear free endpaper price-clipped, light sellotape-marking to free endpapers, light wear to extremities, slight creasing to boards, otherwise a very good copy.

THYME AND BERGAMOT.

SANDEMAN, Christopher. Illustrated by: O’CONNOR, John. · 1947

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London: The Dropmore Press, 1947. Limited edition, no.390 of 550 copies, 4to., pp.59, blue cloth, lettered in gilt and with pictorial emblem in gilt to front board, decorative gilt inner dentelles, handmade paper, with wood engravings by John O’Connor, including dedica...

OASIS.

BONE, Gertrude. Illustrated by: BONE, Stephen. · 1924

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. First edition, 8vo., pp.69, uncut, quarter green cloth with printed paper label to spine, cream paper-covered boards, woodcut illustrations; partial toning to free endpapers, foxing to edges, slight wrinkle to paper label, else very good indeed, ...

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY YORK: CULTURE, SPACE AND SOCIETY. Borthwick Text and Calendar 30.

Edited by: HALLETT, Mark; RENDALL, Jane. · 2003

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

York: Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, University of York, 2003. Oblong 4to., pp.x,93, pictorial hardcover, b/w illustrations; very good indeed.

THE MANOR, THE PLOWMAN, AND THE SHEPHERD. Agrarian Themes and Imagery in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance English Literature.

HILL, Ordelle G. · 1993

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Selinsgrove/London and Toronto: Susquehanna University Press and Associated University Presses, 1993. 8vo., pp.257, black cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations; a fine copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which has small closed tear to rear upper edge, and small closed tear to front inn...

ABSALOM; CHRISTUS TRIUMPHANS. Renaissance Latin Drama in England, Second Series, 5.

WATSON, Thomas; FOXE, John. Prepared with an Introduction by: SMITH, John Hazel. · 1988

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Hildesheim/Zurich/New York: Georg Olms Verlag, 1988. 8vo., pp.iv,38(Introduction),(58),(xiv),121,(vii), paperback; slight creasing at corners of wrappers, a very good copy.

PEDANTIUS. Renaissance Latin Drama in England, Second Series, 9.

FORSETT, Edward. Prepared with an Introduction by: TUCKER, E.F.J. · 1989

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,154)

Hildesheim/Zurich/New York: Georg Olms Verlag, 1989. 8vo., pp.22,(iv),167,(iii), paperback; slight marking to front cover, else clean and very good.

MERCURIUS SIVE LITERARUM LUCTA (acted 1629-1638?); EUMORPHUS SIVE CUPIDO ADULTUS (acted 1634/5). Renaissance Latin Drama in England, First Series, 3.

BLENCOWE, John; WILDE, George. Prepared with an Introduction by: VIENKEN, Heinz J. · 1981

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Hildesheim/New York: Georg Olms Verlag, 1981. 8vo., pp.17(Introduction),unpaginated facsimile, paperback; ownership inscription to half title (from the library of series editor J.W. Binns), sunning to spine, else very good indeed.

PHYSIPONOMAMACHIA (acted 1609-1611); ATALANTA (acted 1612); HOMO (acted 1615-1621). Renaissance Latin Drama in England, First Series, 4.

WREN, Christopher; PARSONS, Philip; ATKINSON, Thomas. Prepared with an Introduction by: WECKERMANN, Hans-Jurgen. · 1981

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Hildesheim/New York: Georg Olms Verlag, 1981. 8vo., pp.23(Introduction),unpaginated facsimile, paperback; ownership inscription to half title (from the library of series editor J.W. Binns), sunning to spine, slight creasing to corners of wrappers, else a very good, clean copy.

IEPHTE; HERODES. Renaissance Latin Drama in England, Second Series, 7.

CHRISTOPHERSON, John; GOLDINGHAM, William. Prepared with an Introduction by: UPTON, Christopher. · 1988

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Hildesheim/New York: Georg Olms Verlag, 1988. 8vo., pp.iv,18(Introduction),only partially paginated facsimiles, paperback; creasing to upper corner of rear wrapper, otherwise a very good+, fresh copy.

OEDIPUS (acted 1577-1592); DIDO (acted 1583). Renaissance Latin Drama in England, First Series, 1.

GAGER, William. Prepared with an Introduction by: BINNS, J.W. · 1981

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Hildesheim/New York, Georg Olms Verlag, 1981. 8vo., pp.12(Introduction),unpaginated facsimile, paperback; sunning to spine/inner margins, slight crease to lower corner of front wrapper, else a very good, clean copy.