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THE PLANTAGENET EMPIRE 1154-1224

AURELL, Martin; translated from the French by CROUCH, David. · 2007

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

Harlow: Pearson, 2007. 8vo., pp.viii,359, paperback, colour illustrations; very good indeed.

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES 500-1250

CURTA, Florin. · 2006

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 8vo., pp. xxvi,496, paperback; very lightly rubbed to extremities, else very good indeed.

EARLY IRISH FARMING

KELLY, Fergus. · 1997

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1997. 8vo., pp.xix,751, pictorial hardcover, b/w illustrations; lightly rubbed to extremities else a very good copy.

THE ARPADS AND THEIR WIVES Queenship in Early Medieval Hungary 1000-1301

ZSOLDOS, Attila · 2019

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Rome: Viella 2019 8vo., pp.252, hardcover; a few very light surface scratches else very good indeed.

THE BATTLE OF THE GOLDEN SPURS (Courtral, 11 July 1302). A Contribution to the History of Flanders’ War of Liberation, 1297-1305.

VERBRUGGEN, J.F. Edited by: DEVRIES, Kelly. Translated by: FERGUSON, David Richard. · 2002

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2002. 8vo., pp.xxvi,267, brown hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; a fine copy in a fine unclipped dust-jacket.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF A. CONAN DOYLE,

GREEN, Richard Lancelyn; GIBSON, John Michael. With a Foreword by Graham Greene. · 1983

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. 8vo., pp.xvi,712, red cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations; a few very small marks to edges of text block, else a near-fine copy in vg unclipped dust-jacket, lightly rubbed with some very light surface soil.

ROYAL CHILDHOOD AND CHILD KINGSHIP. Boy Kings in England, Scotland, France and Germany, c. 1050-1262

WARD, Emily Joan. · 2022

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 8vo., pp.xxii, pictorial hardcover; very good indeed.

QUAINT AND HISTORIC YORK REMEMBERED. [Author’s Presentation Copy] Celebrating the Life and Works of the York Victorian Artist and Architect Edwin Ridsdale Tate.

STANHOPE, Peter J. · 2015

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Peter J. Stanhope, 2015. Signed, limited edition, no. 263 of 300 copies, oblong 4to., pp.xii,136, pictorial hardcover, b/w and colour illustrations; author’s signature to title page, with TLS loosely inserted, a fine and fresh copy, in a fine unclipped dust-jacket.

DOOR INTO THE DARK.

HEANEY, Seamus. · 1972

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London: Faber and Faber, 1972. The first Latimer printing of Heaney’s second collection, three years after its initial appearance in 1969, 8vo., pp.56, paperback wrappers; top edges foxed, lightly affecting very upper margins of leaves, else very good indeed.

THE CENTURY BIBLE ILLUSTRATED [17 Volumes] Revised Edition A Modern Commentary Old Testament Vol. I Genesis BENNETT, W.H., Vol. II Leviticus and Numbers KENNEDY, A.R., Vol. III Judges and Ruth, THATCHER, G.W., Vol. IV Kings, SKINNER, Vol V. Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther, DAVIES, Witton, Vol VI. The Book of Psalms, DAVISON, Vol. VII Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs, MARTIN, Currie, Vol. VIII Isaiah, WHITEHOUSE, Owen C., Vol. IX Jeremiah and Lamentations PEAKE, A.S., Vol. X The Minor Prophets, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah, HORTON, R.F., Vol. XI Daniel, CHARLES, R.H., New Testament Vol. I St. Matthew SLATER, W.F., Vol. II St Luke, ADENEY, W.F., Vol. III The Acts, BARTLETT, Vernon, Vol. IV Corinthians MASSIE, J., S., Vol. V Thessalonians and Galatians PRINCIPAL W.F. ADENEY, Vol. VI The General Epistles, James, Peter, John and Jude, BENNETT, W.H.

Edited by PRINCIPAL W.F. ADENEY; PEAKE, A.S.

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London: Caxton Publishing, n.d. Revised edition, set of seventeen volumes, pocket 8vo., black cloth, decorative gilt, red edges, b/w frontispiece to all volumes, b/w plates; foxing and toning to endpapers, lighter toning and occasional foxing throughout all volumes, ownershi...

THE GOLDEN BOOK OF MARCUS AURELIUS.

Edited by GOLLANCZ, Israel. Translated by CASAUBON, Meric, · 1898

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1898. 12mo., pp.xlv,227, navy cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece, decorative title; light foxing to tissue guards, toning to endpapers, edges, and lightly throughout, light soiling to top edge, rubbing to head and tail of spine, spine just lightly rolle...

THE HISTORY OF REYNARD THE FOX.

ELLIS, F.S. Devices by CRANE, Walter. · 1894

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

London: David Nutt, 1894. First edition, 8vo., pp.x,346, half blue morocco binding by Bayntun, blue cloth boards, marbled endpapers, frontispiece and decorative title with tissue guard between, pictorial chapter headpieces, all by Walter Crane; ex libris W.A. Foyle, from his...

SERMONS ON SOME OF THE MOST USEFUL AND INTERESTING SUBJECTS IN RELIGION AND LIFE.

MOIR, Rev. J. · 1789

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Printed for the author, 1789. 8vo., pp.xii,428, decorative calf, gilt, marbled endpapers; rubbed, light wear to extremities, a good copy.

MALING: THE TRADE MARK OF EXCELLENCE!

MOORE, Steven and ROSS, Catherine. · 1997

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Newcastle: Tyne and Wear Museums, 1997. Third edition, 4to., pp.(6), 96, numerous illustrations in colour, original pictorial wrappers; a very good copy.

JEAN HÉLION 1904-1987.

1998

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: Mark Glazebrook and The Major Gallery Ltd., 1998. First limited edition of 1500, 8vo., unpaginated, 16 colour illustrations, in printed card wrappers; a very good copy.

THE ELDORADO OF THE ANCIENTS.

PETERS, Dr. Carl. · 1902

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1902. First edition, 8vo., pp. x, 447, b/w illustrations throughout, 2 colour folding maps, terracotta cloth, gilt embossed decoration, gilt top edge, uncut; slight foxing and darkening to endpapers, small tear to front endpaper, soiling to ex...

THE CREEDS OF NICÆA; CONSTANTINOPLE; ATHANASIUS: With Extracts and Remarks Bearing on the “Warning Clauses” and the “Procession”.

SELWYN, William. · 1873

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Cambridge: Deighton, Bell and Co., 1873. 8vo., pp. 63, dark green half calf, gilt, textured cloth boards; neat ink annotations to pp.5-7, as well as neatly inked notes to front free and rear paste-down endpapers, ‘from the Author’ handwritten to title page, tonin...

BIBLIOTHECA ASCETICA ANTIQUO-NOVA. [Twelve volumes bound in three:] Tomi I-IV; Tomi V-VIII; Tomi IX-XII.

PEZII, Bernardi. [PEZ, Bernhard] · 1967

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Farnborough: Gregg Press Limited, 1967. First published in Ratisbon in 1726-40, twelve volumes bound as three, reprinted in facsimile with four pages of the original to a page, 4to., pp.490;669;415, red cloth, gilt, minor rubbing to extremities, slight nick to headband of Vo...

THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ROUND THE WORLD ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS AND NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD AND STEEL

[CAPTAIN COOK] · 1860

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London: John Tallis, No Date (c.1860). First edition, 2 volumes, 4to., pp. xx, 596, xi, 556, 89 b/w illustrations, 5 full page engravings (including frontispieces), 12 double page maps, 56 b/w illustrations, half-calf boards; p3-4 torn with loss, p.504-44 missing from vol i,...

WULFSTAN’S PROSE: Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture, British Academy.

MCINTOSH, Angus. · 1949

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1949 First edition, 8vo., pp. 36, paper pamplet, uncut; darkening and wear to extremities, a good copy.