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NATURES POWERS & SPELLS: Landscape Change, John Clare and Me.

AKROYD, Carry. · 2011

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Langford Press, 2011. Reprint, 4to., pp.168, purple hardcover, gilt, colour-illustrated throughout; a fresh and near-fine copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, with a couple of small closed tears to edges, and now in a protective cover.

HERALDY IN SCOTLAND Including a Recension of ‘The Law and Practice of Heraldy in Scotland’ by the late George Seton [Volume I]

STEVENSON, J.H. · 1914

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1914. 4to., pp.xxxi,200, cloth, decorative gilt impression to front board, gilt title inlay, t.e.g., uncut, colour and b/w illustrations and b/w and colour plates; ex libris bookplate to front paste-down, additional ownership bookplate to f...

MURRAY’S HANDBOOK TO THE MEDITERRANEAN: Its Cities, Coasts, and Islands. For the use of General Travellers and Yachtsmen. [two parts in one volume] [Second edition]

PLAYFAIR, R.L. · 1882

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London: John Murray, 1882. Small 8vo., pp.xliv, 544, 73 (publisher’s adverts), dark red cloth, gilt, 10 folding maps, partially coloured; contemporary ink ownership inscription and small bookplate to front endpapers, light chipping to fore-edge of front free endpaper, ...

MYSTERY TRAIN IMAGES OF AMERICA IN ROCK'N'ROLL MUSIC.

MARCUS, Greil. · 2020

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London: The Folio Society, 2020. Large 8vo., pp.xxxix, 516, pictorial hardcover, b/w and colour illustrations; a fine copy, in a red slipcase with a couple of small marks.

CELTIC COINAGE OF BRITAIN

ARSDELL, R.D. Van; foreword by Cunliffe, BARRY. · 1989

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London: Spink, 1989. Large 8vo., pp.xvi., 584, green hardcover, gilt, b/w plates to rear, b/w illustrations throughout; light rubbing to extremities, else very good indeed, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, creased to spine, a few creases across front, lightly rubbed.

SKALDIC VERSE AND THE POETICS OF SAGA NARRATIVE

O'DONOGHUE, Heather. · 2005

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2005. 8vo., pp.viii,255, hardcover, gilt; foxing to top edge, a few light marks to fore-edge of text block, else very good indeed, in a vg+ unclipped dust-jacket.

A RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON THE MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS AND TILES. Lockwood’s Trade Manuals.

DOBSON, Edward. Revised by SEARLE, Alfred B. · 1921

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London: Crosby, Lockwood and Son, 1921. Small 8vo., pp.viii,273,14, olive cloth, black lettering, b/w illustrations; small bookseller sticker to front paste-down endpaper, slight soiling to front endpapers, very slight foxing throughout, creasing to lower rear endpapers, hin...

BRITISH DEMOCRACY AND IRISH NATIONALISM 1876-1906.

BIAGINI, Eugenio F. · 2007

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 8vo., pp.xi,421, black hardcover, gilt; slight bruising to extremities, a near fine copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket which has a small price sticker to inner flap, light surface scratches and a very small closed tear to ...

THE IRISH ESTABLISHMENT 1879-1914.

CAMPBELL, Fergus. · 2009

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 8vo., pp.xviii,344, navy hardcover, gilt; very slight shelf-wear, a near fine copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket which is very slightly rubbed, overall very good indeed.

LAND AND REVOLUTION. Nationalist Politics in the West of Ireland 1891-1921.

CAMPBELL, Fergus. · 2005

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 8vo., pp.xvi,356, navy hardcover, gilt; threading visible between p.90-91, else a near fine copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket which has slight surface scratches, overall very good indeed.

CARSON'S ARMY. The Ulster Volunteer Force, 1910-22.

BROWN, Timothy. · 2007

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007. 8vo., pp.xi,239, navy hardcover, gilt, 1 map; very slight rubbing to extremities, a near fine copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket which is lightly sunned to spine, else near fine.

HONISTER SLATE. The History of a Lakeland Slate Mine.

TYLER, Ian. · 1994

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

Caldbeck: Blue Rock Publications, 1994. 8vo., pp.187, paperback, b/w plates; lightly sunned, small price sticker to rear, slightly shelf-worn, a very good copy.

AN ANNOTATED ANTHOLOGY OF HYMNS.

Edited by WATSON, J.R. · 2002

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. 8vo., pp.xvii,452, navy hardcover, gilt; a near fine copy, in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket which is slightly sunned to spine and slightly rubbed, with very minimal soiling to rear, overall very good indeed.

CARAVAGGIO. A Life Sacred and Profane.

GRAHAM-DIXON, Andrew. · 2010

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London: Allen Lane, 2010. First edition, 8vo., pp.xxviii,514, red hardcover, white lettering, colour plates, b/w illustrations, 5 maps, pictorial endpapers; lightly toned, very slight soiling to edges, very slightly rubbed, a very good copy, in an unclipped pictorial dust-ja...

THE GREAT ESCAPE.

BRICKHILL, Paul. Preface by HARSH, George. · 2016

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London: The Folio Society, 2016. First Folio Society edition, 8vo., pp.xx,223, pictorial cloth, b/w frontispiece, colour and b/w illustrations; slight roll to spine, a near fine copy, in a near-fine slip case which has slight surface scratches.

RICHARD III., As Duke of Gloucester and King of England.

HALSTED, Caroline A. · 1844

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, (1844). Two volumes, 8vo., pp.xi,457;xii,570, full ochre calf, five raised bands, double fillets, gilt-lettered, with decorative gilt compartments and edges, marbled endpapers and edges, b/w frontispieces; foxing to prelims, fresh ...

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF PRIMORDIAL MAN. Being an Explanation of the Evolution of Religious Doctrines from the Eschatology of the Ancient Egyptians.

CHURCHWARD, Dr. Albert. · 1910

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Limited, 1910. First edition, tall 8vo., pp.xxiii,449, pictorial red cloth, gilt, folding colour frontispiece, 14 further colour plates, 2 b/w plates and numerous b/w in-text illustrations; a little light pencil-scoring to margins, paper-c...

ROMAN POTTERY FROM YORK. The Archaeology of York, Volume 16: The Pottery, Fascicule 8.

MONAGHAN, Jason. · 1997

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

York: published for York Archaeological Trust by the Council for British Archaeology, 1997. 4to., pp.(xiii),825-1166,xi, paperback, b/w figures, folding map to rear pocket; light crease to rear wrapper, overall very good indeed.

SLIPWARE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE POTTERIES MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY.

BARKER, David; CROMPTON, Steve. · 2007

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London: A & C Black, 2007. 4to., pp.191, brown hardcover, gilt; a fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.

DECONSTRUCTING THE DUROTRIGES. A Definition of Iron Age Communities Within the Dorset Environs. BAR British Series 462.

PAPWORTH, Martin. · 2008

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

BAR British Series, 2008. 4to., pp.xvi,434, paperback; ownership sticker to front wrapper verso, slight marking to edges, a fresh and near-fine copy.