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OVER THE LONG HIGH WALL. Some Reflections & Speculations on Life, Death & Time

PRIESTLEY, J.B. · 1972

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London: Heinemann, 1972. First edition, 8vo., pp.142, navy hardcover, gilt; light yellowing to pages, light foxing to edges, a few spots of foxing to endpapers, and initial initial pages, otherwise internally clean, a very good copy in a vg unclipped dust-jacket, a couple of...

THE EBBS AND FLOWS OF FORTUNE The Life of Thomas Howard Third Duke of Norfolk.

HEAD, David M. · 2009

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press 2009. 8vo., pp. 387, paperback; few very light marks to top edge, very lightly rubbed, else a very good copy indeed.

QUEEN JEANNE AND THE PROMISED LAND. Dynasty, Homeland, Religion and Violence in Sixteenth-Century France.

BRYSON, David M. · 1999

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Leiden: Brill, 1999. 8vo., pp.xvi,385, maroon cloth, gilt; a fine copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.

THE NEW CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF INDIA, Volume IV. An Agrarian History of South Asia.

LUDDEN, David. · 1999

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Cambridge University Press, 1999. 8vo., pp.xiii,261, navy cloth with red title bands, gilt; a fine copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.

THREADS. The Delicate Life of John Craske.

BLACKBURN, Julia. · 2015

£27.00 (€32.36 | $35.67 | ¥5,696)

London: Jonathan Cape, 2015. 8vo., pp.(v),344, black hardcover, gilt, colour plates, pictorial endpapers; a very good, clean copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.

THE MORNING CHRONICLE SURVEY OF LABOUR AND THE POOR: THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS. [Set of Six Volumes]

MAYHEW, Henry. · 1980

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Firle, Sussex: Caliban Books, 1980. Six volumes, 8vo., paperback; spines uniformly lightly sunned, internally fresh and fine, a very good, clean set.

FREE TRADE NATION. Commerce, Consumption, and Civil Society in Modern Britain.

TRENTMANN, Frank. · 2008

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Oxford University Press, 2008. 8vo., pp.xiv,450, navy hardcover, gilt, 17 colour plates; slight creasing to head and tailband, a fresh and near-fine copy, in very good+ unclipped dust-jacket.

INDIAN CREEK CHRONICLES.

FROMM, Pete. [Signed by the author] · 1993

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Lyons and Burford, 1993. 8vo., pp.v,184, quarter turquoise cloth lettered in purple, contrasting green paper-covered boards; autographed to title, a fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.

HILL AND ADAMSON’S THE FISHERMEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRTH OF FORTH.

STEVENSON, Sara. · 1991

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Edinburgh, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1991. 4to.,pp. 120, pictorial wrappers, b/w and monochrome illustrations and b/w map; lightly creased to spine and lightly rubbed to extremities, a very good copy.

THE BATTLE OF SHREWSBURY; BATTLEFIELD CHURCH AND COLLEGE; Together with some account of the proceeding at the commemoration of the 500th anniversary, July, 1903. A series of papers and documents, reprinted from the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, with seventeen illustrations.

1903

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Shrewsbury: Adnitt and Naunton, The Square. 1903. 8vo., pp. xliv,196, 20 (programme of the celebration of 500th Anniversary of the Battle of Shrewsbury), burgundy cloth, gilt, b/w plates; ink ownership autograph to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers and edges, slightly...

TRACTATUS DE LEGIBUS ET CONSUETUDINIBUS REGNI ANGLIE QUI GLANVILLA VOCATUR The treatise on the laws and customs of the realm of England commonly called Glanvill.

HALL, G.D.G. · 1965

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1965. 8vo., pp.lxx,213, red hardcover, gilt; blue ink ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a very good indeed copy in a vg unclipped dust-jacket, lightly toned to verso, lightly rubbed, sunned to spine.

THE HISTORY OF LUDLOW AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD; Forming a Popular Sketch of the History of the Welsh Border.

WRIGHT, Thomas · 1852

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London: R. Jones, 1852 First edition, 8vo., pp.ii,541, embossed brown cloth, gilt, lithographic frontispiece showing Ludlow Castle, b/w illustrations within; ink ownership inscription, dated 1910, to front paste-down endpaper, toning to prelims, foxing to frontispiece and ti...

PICABIA. Watercolours 1917-1919.

PICABIA, Gabrielle Buffet. · 1968

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Hanover Gallery, 1968. 8vo., pp.18, concertina book in pictorial card wrappers, 12 colour plates; spine lightly rolled, light rubbing to extremities, slight surface soiling, a very good copy.

THE WHITE CANONS IN ENGLAND.

COLVIN, H.M. · 1951

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951. 8vo., pp.viii,459, navy cloth, gilt, 1 folding map; small ink inscription to front free endpaper, lightly toned throughout, slight rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in a fair unclipped dust-jacket which is toned and rubbed with areas of...

DID SPACEMEN COLONISE THE EARTH?

COLLYNS, Robin. · 1974

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

London: Pelham Books, 1974. 8vo., pp.260, blue hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece, 23 b/w plates; very slight toning to endpapers, very light rubbing to boards, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.

ROGER NORTH ON MUSIC. Being a Selection from his Essays written during the years c.1695-1728.

NORTH, Roger. Transcribed from the Manuscripts and edited by: WILSON, John. · 1959

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London: Novello and Company, 1959. 8vo., pp.xxviii,372, pink cloth with stamped title label to spine, gilt, b/w frontispiece and eight further b/w plates; ink ownership inscription to front paste-down endpaper, small note to reverse of frontispiece, some foxing to edges, lig...

THE CULTURE OF ENGLISH ANTISLAVERY 1780-1860.

TURLEY, David. · 1991

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London: Routledge, 1991. 8vo., pp.x,284, black cloth lettered in silver; pale foxing to top edges, else very good indeed, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.

SPACESHIPS IN PREHISTORY.

KOLOSIMO, Peter. Translated by Lovett F. Edwards. · 1976

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Secaucus, N.J.: University Books, Inc., 1976. 8vo., pp.379, navy cloth, silver lettered, b/w illustrations; small bruise to upper edge of front board, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed and lightly chipped to extremities.

OXFORD BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY. The Late Saxon and Norman Archaeology of the Thames Crossing, the Defences and the Town. Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph No 17.

Edited by DODD, Anne. Various contributors. · 2003

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Oxford Archaeology, 2003. 4to., pp.xviii,477, pictorial glazed hardcover, b/w illustrations and colour plans; neat nameplate to front paste-down endpaper, slight rubbing to extremities, overall very good indeed.

THE PLATONICK DISCOURSE UPON LOVE.

DELLA MIRANDOLA, Pico. Edited by, GARDNER, Edmund G. · 1914

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Boston, The Merrymount Press, 1914. 8vo.,pp. xxvii,83, beige cloth spine with green paper covered boards, and a title label to spine, decorative title page; presentation copy from the editor, with inscription to front free endpaper, toning to margins, damp staining to inner ...