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THE UNKNOWN CATACOMB. A Unique Discovery of Early Christian Art.

FERRUA, Antonio. Introduction by NARDINI, Bruno. Translated by INGLIS, Iain. · 1991

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset, 1991. 4to., pp.180, blue cloth, gilt, 150 illustrations, largely in colour; ownership blindstamp to front free endpaper, a very good copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.

TWO OLD ENGLISH APOCRYPHA AND THEIR MANUSCRIPT SOURCE. The Gospel of Nichodemus and The Avenging of the Saviour. (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England 19).

Edited by: CROSS, J.E. · 1996

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

Cambridge University Press, 1996. 8vo., pp.xi,307, pictorial blue hardcover, gilt; light spotting to top edges, an otherwise fine, fresh copy, in fine unclipped dust-jacket.

THE MODERN TRAVELLER TO OUR PAST. Festschrift in Honour of Ann Hamlin.

MEEK, Marion (ed.). · 2006

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

DPK, 2006. 8vo., pp.445, pictorial hardcover, b/w and colour illustrations; very slight partial sunning to spine, a clean and near-fine copy. (No dust-jacket).

THE ROMANTIC CROWD: Sympathy, Controversy and Print Culture.

FAIRCLOUGH, Mary. · 2013

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,964)

Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 8vo., pp.ix,294, black hardcover, gilt, 7 b/w illustrations; fresh and near-fine, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket.

THE PUBLIC’S OPEN TO US ALL. Essays on Women and Performance in Eighteenth-Century England.

Edited by; ENGEL, Laura. · 2009

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. 8vo., pp.343, black cloth, gilt; fresh and near-fine, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

WOMEN AND SHAKESPEARE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

RITCHIE, Fiona. · 2014

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Cambridge University Press, 2014. 8vo., pp.x,256, black hardcover lettered in silver, 6 b/w illustrations; fine, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket.

THE RHETORIC OF SENSIBILITY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CULTURE.

GORING, Paul. · 2005

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Cambridge University Press, 2005. 8vo., pp.xi,222, black hardcover, gilt; light bump to upper edge of front board, occasional pencil-marking to margins, else fresh and very good indeed, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY POPULAR CULTURE: A Selection.

MULLAN, John; REID, Christopher. · 2000

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Oxford University Press, 2000. 8vo., pp.xiv,311, paperback, 9 b/w illustrations; a little light pencilling (to two pages), light shelfwear to wrappers, else very good.

ANGLO-SAXON CRUCIFIXION ICONOGRAPHY AND THE ART OF THE MONASTIC REVIVAL. Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England 1.

RAW, Barbara C. · 1990

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

Cambridge University Press, 1990. 8vo., pp.xii,296, blue hardcover, gilt, 16 b/w plates; ownership blindstamp to front free endpaper, small illuminated letter ink stamp to front paste-down endpaper (beneath dust-jacket flap), light foxing to top edges, a very good, clean cop...

EARLY MEDIEVAL WALL PAINTING AND PAINTED SCULPTURE IN ENGLAND. Based on the Proceedings of a Symposium at the Courtauld Institute of Art, February 1985. BAR British Series 216.

Edited by: CATHER, Sharon; PARK, David; WILLIAMSON, Paul. · 1990

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

Oxford: B.A.R., 1990. 4to., pp.xxii,262, half red cloth, gilt, marbled boards, b/w plates; small pictorial bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, ownership blindstamp to front free endpaper, slight foxing to edges of text block, a near-fine copy.

EARLY MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND BAR British Series 152.

Edited by HIGGITT, John. · 1986

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Oxford: B.A.R., 1986. 4to., pp.ix,191, printed blue wrappers, b/w illustrations; light sunning to spine, superficial wear to paper wrappers at lower part of spine and adjacent inner margins, internally clean and otherwise very good.

ALABASTER.

YOUNG, John. · 1990

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Derbyshire Museum Service, 1990. 4to., pp.68, paperback, colour and b/w illustrations; ownership blindstamp to half title, slightly musty, light shelfwear to wrappers, else very good.

THE ARMENIAN KINGDOM IN CILICIA DURING THE CRUSADES. The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins, 1080-1393.

GHAZARIAN, Jacob G. · 2000

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Richmond: Curzon, 2000. 8vo., pp.256, navy hardcover, gilt, b/w plates; fine, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket, which has barcode sticker to rear panel and is now in a protective cover.

ANTIQUITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN, A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

HEARNE, T.; BYRNE, W. · 1786

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London: T. Hearne and T. Byrne, (1786-1807) Oblong 4to., backed in green cloth, with brown cloth strip to inner margins of boards, onto which is laid down a green textured paper with botanical design, with publisher’s gilt-lettered black paper label to front board, 60 ...

The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, Research Edition. CORRESPONDENCE, Volume Five: THE GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE OF JAMES BOSWELL, 1766-1769. Volume I.: 1766-1767.

Edited by: COLE, Richard C., with Peter S. Baker and Rachel McClellan, and with the assistance of James J. Caudle. · 1993

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press/New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 1993. First Edition, 8vo., pp.xlvi,282, black hardcover, gilt; inkstamped ownership bookplate to front free endpaper, upper corners of boards lightly bumped, else clean and very good, in vg unclip...

NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN. [Set of Seven Volumes: Six Volumes + Index Volume]. From the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV. New Edition, with Additions and Notes Bringing the Work Down to 1827.

JAMES, William. · 2005

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005 Facsimile reprint of the 1902 edition, seven volumes, 8vo., paperback; fine.

WILLIAM HODGES, 1744-1797: The Art of Exploration.

Edited by QUILLEY, Geoff; BONEHILL, John. Various contributors. Foreword by Sir David Attenborough. · 2004

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

New Haven/London: Yale University Press/National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, 4to., pp.xii,212, paperback, colour and b/w illustrations; creasing to lower margin of front wrapper, else a very good, clean copy.

SILVER BUBBLES. A New Book of Nursery Rhymes.

Verses by: HUNTER, Richard; SHIRLEY, Edward. Illustrated by COBB, Ruth. · 1904

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, n.d. (c.1904). 4to., pp.(20),(20), cloth-backed pictorial boards, 20 colour plates (rectos) with accompanying verse to versos, neat ink ownership gift inscription to front paste-down endpaper (dated ‘[19]04’), free endpapers toned,...

JULIA MARGARET CAMERON: A VICTORIAN FAMILY PORTRAIT.

HILL, Brian. · 1973

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London: Peter Owen, 1973. First edition, 8vo., pp.203, brown hardcover, gilt, 22 b/w illustrations; small tear and crease to lower corner of ‘Contents’ page, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which has small closed tear to front upper margin, rubbing to...

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGY VOLUME 28 - 1998-9.

BROWN, A.E., et al. · 1999

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Kings Stanley: Past Historic, for the Northamptonshire Archaeological Society, 1999. Large 8vo., pp.v,183, paperback, b/w illustrations; creasing to upper corner of rear wrapper, else very good.