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THE CHRISTMAS PRINCE (acted 1607/8). Renaissance Latin Drama in England, First Series, 11.

Prepared with an Introduction by: RICHARDS, Earl Jeffrey. · 1982

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Hildesheim/New York: Georg Olms Verlag, 1982. 8vo., pp.36(Introduction),260(facsimile reprint), paperback; sunning and light crease to spine, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

MELEAGER (printed 1592); ULYSSES REDUX (printed 1591); PANNICULUS HIPPOLYTO ASSUTUS (printed 1591). Renaissance Latin Drama in England, First Series, 2.

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

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Hildesheim/New York, Georg Olms Verlag, 1981. 8vo., pp.13(Introduction),unpaginated facsimiles, paperback; signed by J.W. Binns to half title, crease to lower corner of front wrapper, light sunning and crease to spine, a clean and good+ copy.

OLDER SCOTS LITERATURE.

Edited by: MAPSTONE, Sally. · 2005

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

Edinburgh: John Donald, 2005. 8vo., pp.xiv,641, paperback; small ownership autograph to half title, else near-fine.

A MEDIEVAL SOCIETY. The West Midlands at the End of the Thirteenth Century.

HILTON, R.H. · 1983

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Reissued, 8vo., pp.ix,305, brown hardcover, gilt; small ownership autograph to front free endpaper, else very good indeed, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

DUNBAR THE MAKAR.

BAWCUTT, Priscilla. · 1992

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. 8vo., pp.xiii,396, navy cloth, gilt; a near-fine copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

WOMAN IS A WORTHY WIGHT. Women in English Society c.1200-1500.

Edited by: GOLDBERG, P.J.P. · 1992

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1992. 8vo., pp.xvii,229, navy hardcover, gilt; a very good, clean copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

A NATURE DIARY.

ADAMS, Richard. Illustrated by John Lawrence. [Signed by author and illustrator] · 1985

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

New York: Viking, 1985 First edition, signed by author and illustrator, 8vo., pp.160, black hardcover, gilt, double-page pictorial title in colour, colour and b/w illustrations within; slight soiling to top-edge, front free endpaper bears a neat gift inscription to the previ...

THE SCOTTISH BOOK TRADE 1500-1720. Print Commerce and Print Control in Early Modern Scotland.

MANN, Alastair J. · 2000

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

East Linton Tuckwell Press, 2000 8vo.,pp. 308, hardcover, gilt, b/w figures, graphs and tables; a near-fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

ROMANCING THE PAST. The Rise of Vernacular Prose Historiography in Thirteenth-Century France.

SPIEGEL, Gabrielle M. · 1995

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,588)

Berkeley/London: University of California Press, 1995. 8vo., pp.xiii,422,paperback, b/w frontispiece; a very good copy.

TALES FROM ETERNITY. The World of Faerie and the Spiritual Search.

HAUGHTON, Rosemary. · 1973

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1973. First edition, 8vo., pp.191, hardcover lettered in silver; a very good, clean copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

BANTAMS AS A HOBBY.

PROUD, P. · 1902

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London: ‘The Feathered World’, n.d. (c.1902). Large 8vo., pp.58,(7)adverts, blue cloth lettered in white to front board, unlettered spine, b/w frontispiece portrait, 2 folding colour plates, 26 b/w illustrations; neat inked inscription, dated 1902, to front free ...

FROM THE AUSTRALIAN FRONT, XMAS 1917.

1917

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, et al: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1917. 4to., pp.128, pictorial wrappers (paperback), b/w illustrations throughout, b/w frontispiece; rubbing and light wear to extremities of wrappers, with two small closed tears to edges of front wrapper, overall a very good copy.

THE VIGIL OF VENUS.

Translation by: GIELGUD, Lewis. Illustrated by: BUDAY, George. [Signed copy].

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London: Frederick Muller Ltd., n.d. Signed, limited edition, no.39 of 250 copies signed by author and illustrator, small 4to., pp.50, quarter cream cloth, gilt, marbled paper-covered boards, wood-engraved plates and in-text illustrations; slight evidence of tape-marks to pas...

MARGERY KEMPE’S DISSENTING FICTIONS.

STALEY, Lynn. · 1994

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994. 4to., pp.224, paperback; a very good copy.

PROBLEMS OF GREATER BRITAIN.

DILKE, Charles Wentworth. · 1890

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London: Macmillan and Co. 1890 8vo.,two volumes, pp.xi,596;pp.618, dark green cloth, gilt, colour maps; light wear to extremities, rear inner-joint of volume one just starting to crack, otherwise a very good copy.

THE RIFT VALLEYS AND GEOLOGY OF EAST AFRICA. An Account of the Origin and History of the Rift Valleys of East Africa and Their Relation to the Contemporary Earth-Movements which Transformed the Geography of the World. With Some Account of the Prehistoric Stone Implements, Soils, Water Supply, and Mineral Resources of the Kenya Colony. With Appendices on the Edible Earths, Soils, Fossils, Rocks, and Masai Place-Names.

GREGORY, J.W. Appendices by: CATHCART, E.P.; BERRY, R.A.; NEWTON, R.B.; NEILSON, Agnes; HOLLES, A.C. · 1921

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London: Seeley, Service and Co. Limited, 1921. First edition, 8vo., pp.479, pictorial charcoal cloth stamped in green, b/w frontispiece, b/w plates and figures; (water?)staining to lower margin of front board, light foxing to edges of text-block, light toning to half title, ...

THE SNOWMAN.

BRIGGS, Raymond. · 1978

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. First edition, 4to., pp.(32)unpaginated, colour-illustrated throughout, glazed pictorial boards; a near fine copy.

ESSAYS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCRATES

BENSON, Hugh H · 1992

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Oxford: University Press. 1992 First edition, paperback; name to front end-paper otherwise very good

THE ARTHUR OF THE WELSH: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval Literature.

Edited by: BROMWICH, Rachel; JARMAN, A. O. H.; ROBERTS, Brynley F. · 1991

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1991. Large 8vo., pp.xiv,310, red faux leather, gilt, b/w frontispiece; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a very good copy, in good+ lightly chipped dust-jacket, which is now in a protective cover.

ANGLO-NORMAN STUDIES XVIII. Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1995.

Edited by: HARPER-BILL, Christopher. · 1996

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1996. 8vo., pp.x,222, green hardcover, gilt, with printed paper label to front board; very slight marking to boards, a very good, internally clean copy. (No dust-jacket).