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THE WONDERS OF ELORA; Or, The Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and Dwellings Excavated out of a Mountain of Granite, And Extending Upwards of Mile and a Quarter, at Elora, in the East Indies, by the Route of Poona, Ahmed-Nuggur, and Toka, Returning by Dowlutabad and Aurungabad; With Some General Observations on the People and Country.

SEELY, John B. · 1825

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. 8vo., pp.xx,597, full brown calf, four raised bands, title label in red, gilt, with gilt decorations to compartments and double border in gilt and blind to boards, marbled endpapers, folding frontispiece plate, engraved by F. Vincent, showing...

CANADA AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. The Disruption of the First British Empire.

WRONG, George M. · 1935

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. First edition, 8vo., pp.xii,497, uncut, navy cloth, gilt; dampstaining to lower corner of front board and lower/fore- margins of rear board, else fresh and very good, in price-clipped dust-jacket, now in protective cover, which has slig...

POWER AND PERSUASION. Essays on the Art of State Building in Honour of W.P. Blockmans.

Edited by: HOPPENBROUWERS, Peter; JANSE, Anthuen; STEIN, Robert. · 2010

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Turnhout: Brepols, 2010. 8vo., pp.xli,364, paperback, b/w frontispiece; spine lightly creased, else a fine copy.

THE CLASSICIST WRITINGS OF THOMAS WALSINGHAM. ‘Worldly Cares’ at St Albans Abbey in the Fourteenth Century.

FEDERICO, Sylvia. [Author’s presentation copy]. · 2016

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

York Medieval Press, in association with The Boydell Press, 2016. 8vo., pp.viii,207, pictorial hardcover, 7 b/w illustrations; from the library of Mark Ormrod, with author’s inscription to half title, and ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a fine copy. No dust...

MONEY, PRICES AND POLITICS IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY CASTILE.

MACKAY, Angus. · 1981

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Royal Historical Society, 1981. 8vo., pp.xi,184, grey cloth lettered in black; light rubbing to extremities, internally clean and fine, a very good+ copy. No dust-jacket.

THE KING’S BODY. Sacred Rituals of Power in Medieval and Early Modern Europe.

BERTELLI, Sergio. Translated by LITCHFIELD, R. Burr. · 2001

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Pennsylvania University Press, 2001. Large 8vo., pp.xviii,302, beige cloth lettered in red, b/w frontispiece, 90 further b/w illustrations; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, otherwise a fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.

TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN ASIA MINOR, MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE PROVINCE OF LYCIA.

FELLOWS, Sir Charles. · 1852

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London: John Murray, 1852. 8vo., pp.xvi,510,(i)publisher’s advert, uncut, publisher’s pictorial green textured cloth, gilt, 6 folding plates and 2 folding maps (one of which as frontispiece), in-text illustrations; light marking to cloth, light wear to extremitie...

LES ANGEVINS ET LEURS MONUMENTS 1800-1840. L’invention du partrimoine.

GIRAUD-LABALTE, Claire. · 2000

£15.99 (€19.17 | $21.13 | ¥3,373)

Societe d’Etudes Angevines, 2000. Large 8vo.,pp. 361, softcover, b/w and colour illustrations and figures; light rubbing to extremities, otherwise near-fine.

GUERRA Y FORTALECIMIENTO DEL PODER REGIO EN CASTILLA EL REINADO DE ALFONSO XI (1312-1350).

GUILLEN, Fernando Arias. [Author’s presentation copy]. · 2012

£17.99 (€21.56 | $23.77 | ¥3,795)

Madrid: Ministerio de Defensa/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, 2012. Large 8vo., pp.437, paperback; author’s presentation inscription to prelim blank, a fine copy.

Studies in Church History, Subsidia 11. THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH: UNIVERSITIES, HERESY, AND THE RELIGIOUS LIFE. Essays in Honour of Gordon Leff.

Edited by: BILLER, Peter; DOBSON, Barrie. · 1999

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, for The Ecclesiastical History Society, 1999. 8vo., pp.xvii,362, blue hardcover, gilt; a fine copy, in fine unclipped dust-jacket.

THE PARDON OF PIERS PLOWMAN: Sir Israel Gaollancz Memorial Lecture, from the Proceedings of the Royal Academy Volume XXXI.

COGHILL, Nevill. · 1945

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1945. Offprint edition, 8vo., pp.57, original printed wrappers, uncut; fore-edges of wrappers browned and creased, with a few small tears, a good copy, which is internally fresh and very good.

LA SEINE-INFERIEURE HISTORIQUE ET ARCHEOLOGIQUE. Inspecteur des Monuments Historiques et Religieux de la Seine-Inferieure. Epoques Gauloise, Romaine et Franque.

L’ABBE COCHET, M. · 1990

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

La Memoire Normande, Editions Bertout, 1990. Reprint, 4to.,pp. 614, paperback, b/w figures; small ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light toning to margins and light creasing and sunning to spine, a very good copy.

ARMY DRILL MADE EASY. A Handbook on Dismounted Drill for Everyone, with an A.B.C. of The Army.

Written and Illustrated by the Staff of “The Regiment.” · 1915

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Temple Press Ltd., (c.1915) 12mo., pp.90,(iv)adverts, pictorial paper wrappers, b/w illustrations; spine of wrappers present but largely torn along upper joint, with 3 further tears, remnant of brown paper cover and handwritten ownership bookplate to reverse of front...

CAVALRY TRAINING (HORSED) 1937.

The War Office. · 1937

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London: H.M.S.O., 1937. 12mo., pp.xii(adverts),217,(xxxviii) b/w diagrams, yellow cloth-covered softback with thick card covers, front cover lettered in black; light marking to cloth, toning to edges of text block, a very good copy.

POETS AND THEIR CRITICS: LANGLAND AND MILTON. Warton Lecture on English Poetry, from the Proceedings of the British Academy Volume XXVII.

CHAMBERS, R. W. · 1941

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Humphrey Milford, 1941. Offprint edition, 8vo., pp.48, original printed wrappers, uncut; wrappers worn at edges and spine (front wrapper working loose), a good copy.

THE AMBIGUITIES IN LANGLAND’S RAT’S PARLIAMENT. Mediaeval Studies Volume XXIII.

ORSTEN, Elisabeth M. · 1961

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1961. Offprint, author’s presentation copy, 8vo., pp.216-239, original printed wrappers; a very good copy.

THE GRAIL IN WOLFRAM’S PARZIVAL: Mediaeval Studies Volume XXXVI.

HORGAN, A. D. · 1974

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1974. Offprint edition, author’s presentation copy, 8vo., pp.354-381, original printed wrappers; a few very small ink annotations, o/w a very good copy.

THE KARIYE DJAMI. Four Volumes. Volume I: Historical Introduction and Description of the Mosaics and Frescoes. Volume II: Plates 1/334; The Mosaics. Volume III: Plates 335-553; The Frescoes. Volume IV: Studies in the Art of the Kariye Djami.

UNDERWOOD, Paul A. · 1966

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, Bollingen Foundation, 1966. Four volumes, the set, vols I-III in slip-case, 4to., purple cloth, gilt, b/w and colour plates and b/w figures to vols.II & III, and to rear of vol.IV, b/w figures to vol.I; vols.I-III fine in very good price-clipped dust-jackets, w...

PROCREANT HYMN.

MATHERS, E. Powys. Illustrated by GILL, Eric. · 1926

£1,295.00 (€1,552.26 | $1,710.88 | ¥273,205)

The Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Limited edition, no. 197 of 200 copies, 8vo., pp.20,(i)colophon, cream cloth, gilt, t.e.g., deckle-edged paper, engraved frontispiece by Eric Gill, 4 further engravings by Gill; slight toning to spine and margins of the cloth boards, a very g...

THE PREACHING OF THE CRUSADES TO THE HOLY LAND, 1095-1270.

COLE, Penny J. · 1991

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Cambridge, The Medieval Academy of America, 1991. 8vo.,pp. 281, red hardcover, silver lettering to spine; ownershp bookplate to front paste down endpaper, upper corner of front free endpaper is clipped, lightly rubbed to boards, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.