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THE SELFLESS MIND. Personality, Consciousness and Nirvana in Early Buddhism.

HARVEY, Peter · 1995

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Richmond: Curzon Press, 1995. 8vo.,pp.,293, paperback; a near fine copy.

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF REASON. The Defense of Rationality in the Early English Enlightenment.

BEISER, Frederick C. · 1996

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

Chichester: Princeton University Press, 1996. 8vo., pp.,xi,332, paperback; a fresh and near fine copy

A SPANISH APOCALYPSE. The Morgan Beatus Manuscript.

Introduction and Commentaries by WILLIAMS, John; Codicological Analysis by SHAILOR, Barbara A. · 1991

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

New York: George Braziller, in association with the Pierpoint Library 1991. Folio, pp.239 (facsimile from pp.33-163), red cloth, gilt, full colour facsimile; ex libris Gordon Plumb, with nameplate to front paste-down endpaper, a very good copy indeed, in a very good unclippe...

GIOTTO

FLORES D' ARCAIS, Francesca; translated by ROSENTHAL, Raymond. · 1995

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

New York, London, Paris: Abbeville Press, 1995. 4to., pp. 383, teal cloth, gilt, many colour and b/w illustrations; a fine copy in a near-fine unclipped dust-jacket, with one small tear to headband. Text in English.

TRANSFERWARE TREASURES.

SUTTON, Emily. [Signed by the artist] · 2014

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Upper Denby: Simon Lawrence, The Fleece Press, 2014. One of a limited edition of 250 copies, square octavo, a concertina of 25 colour plates after original watercolours by Emily Sutton, showcasing favourite transferware designs from the artist’s private collection, cas...

EXAMPLES OF ANCIENT PULPITS EXISTING IN ENGLAND, Selected and drawn from sketches and measurements taken on the spot, with descriptive letter-press

DOLLMAN, Francis · 1849

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London: George Bell, 1849. 4to., pp.32, brown cloth, gilt title and decoration to front board, colour frontispiece, 30 b/w plates; light yellowing to pages, foxing to prelims and ultimate leaves, more occasional foxing throughout the rest of the text, foxing to fore-edge, ru...

THE IDIOT. Everyman’s Library.

DOSTOIEFFSKY, Fedor; revised by MARTIN, Eva M.

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London: J.M. DENT & SONS n.d. Small 8vo., pp.viii,605, grained leather, gilt, decorative gilt to spine, t.e.g., pictorial endpapers; light yellowing to pages, a few light marks and spots of foxing to fore-edge of text block, not affecting margins, light rubbing to head a...

FROM INTUITION TO INSTITUTION: The Franciscans.

DESBONNETS, Theophile. · 1988

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Chicago, Franciscan Herald Press, 1988. 8vo., pp.v,165, orange hardcover, brown and white lettering; ownership bookplate to front paste down endpaper, sunning to spine, rubbed to head and foot of spine and corners of boards, clear adhesive tape to head of spine to protect sm...

THE CATHARS AND THE ALBIGENSIAN CRUSADE.

COSTEN, Michael. · 1997

£27.00 (€32.37 | $35.68 | ¥5,698)

Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1997. 8vo.,pp. x,229, hardcover, gilt, b/w figures; light soiling to edge of text block, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

COLLECTIVE BIOGRAPHY OF WOMEN IN BRITAIN, 1550-1900. A Select Annotated Bibliography.

OLDFIELD, Sybil. · 1999

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Mansell, 1999. 8vo., pp.xviii,168, black hardcover, silver lettering, b/w illustrations and b/w frontispiece; a near-fine copy. No dust-jacket.

ANCESTRAL VOICES; PROPHESYING PEACE; CAVES OF ICE; MIDWAY ON THE WAVES; A MINGLED MEASURE; ANCIENT AS THE HILLS; THROUGH WOOD AND DALE; DEEP ROMANTIC CHASM; HOLY DREAD; BENEATH A WANING MOON; CEASELESS TURMOIL; THE MILK OF PARADISE; [Complete set of twelves volumes]

LEES-MILNE, James. · 1975

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Chatto & Windus; John Murray, 1975; 1977; 1983; 1985; 1994; 1997; 1998; 2000; 2001; 2003; 2004; 2005 Set of twelve volumes, all first editions except for: Caves of Ice; A Mingled Measure; Ceaseless Turmoil, each of which are second impressions, 8vo., pp.x,302;vii...

THE CHINESE EMPIRE: A General & Missionary Survey.

Edited by, BROOMHALL, Marshall. With a preface by, The Right Hon. Sir Ernest Satow. · 1907

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Morgan & Scott, 1907. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xxiv,472, b/w illustrations, fold-out map to rear, b/w frontispiece; foxing to endpapers, toned to edges of text block with light foxing and toning to margins, occasional thumb marks to margins and to margins of title...

TRAWL.

JOHNSON, B.S. · 1966

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Secker and Warburg, 1966. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 183, hardcover, gilt; toning to edges of text block and lightly to margins, spine slightly rolled, with light creasing to boards at foot of spine, otherwise very good, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, w...

THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY AND THE MARTYRS OF PALESTINE. Volume I: Translation. Volume II: Introduction, Notes and Index.

EUSEBIUS. Translated with Introduction and Notes by LAWLOR, Hugh Jackson, and OULTON, John Ernest Leonard. · 1954

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London: S.P.C.K., 1954. Second printing, two volumes, 8vo., pp.xvi,402;vi,366, navy cloth, gilt; neat ownership inscription to front free endpapers, offsetting to endpapers, a very good set, in very good price-clipped dust-jackets.

BARBARIAN TIDES The Migration Age and the Later Roman Empire

GOFFART, Walter. · 2006

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. 8vo., pp.372, paperback; very good indeed.

THE ENGLISH WARRIOR from earliest times to 1060

POLLINGTON, Stephen. · 1996

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Frithgarth: Anglo-Saxon Books, 1996. 8vo., pp.267, paperback, b/w illustrations; a fine copy.

THE VALOIS. Kings of France 1328-1589.

KNECHT, Robert J. · 2004

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Hambledon and London, 2004. 8vo.,pp. xii,276, hardcover, gilt, b/w plates, genealogical table; a fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

BRITAIN AND IRELAND 900-1300: Insular Responses to Medieval European Change.

Edited by, SMITH, Brendan. · 1999

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 8vo.,pp.xv,283, hardcover, gilt; a fine copy, in a fine unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. With Portrait and Maps; Complete in Eight Volumes. [Eight Volume Set].

GIBBON, Edward. With notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot. Edited, with additional notes, by William Smith. · 1854

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London: John Murray, 1854-5. Eight volumes, 8vo., pp.xxxii,415;x,425;viii,433;viii,410;viii,415;viii,428;x,412;ix,434, full calf, rebacked, decorative gilt rolled borders, contrasting labels and gilt decorations to compartments, marbled edges, ribbon markers, engraved fronti...

ROBERT STEWART EARL OF ORKNEY LORD OF SHETLAND 1522-1593

ANDERSON, Peter D. · 1982

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Edinburgh: John Donald, 1982. 8vo., pp.viii,245, hardcover, gilt; light bump to lower right corner of boards, else a very good copy in a unclipped vg+ dust-jacket.