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Folio Society. Fine. 1999. Hardcover. Hardback, fine copy in fine card slipcase. ; Illustrated. ; 253 pages .
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London: Typis M.F. Prostant apud Guil. Lee, & Dan. Pakeman [etc.], 1647. Modern straight-grained morocco, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, lightly rubbed, some staining and marginal tears, else a good copy The best early edition of Fleta, one of the few substantial medieval English legal treatises, written in the late 13th century, and surviving it but a single manuscript; with Selden's masterly dissertation "loaded . . . with his remarkable erudition
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Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press, 1996. First printing. Cloth. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new.. 467 pp. Illus. with 45 b/w plates. 8vo. Trans. Rodney J. Payton and Ulri.
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London [Amsterdam?]: Iuxta Exemplar Will. Stanesbeii pro Richardo Meighen [false], 1636. Modern calf, light browning, else a very good copy; two engraved maps, two full page woodcuts and other illustrations, the Taussig copy An early edition of Selden's signal contribution to international law, for which he became known as the "English Grotius"; the import of this edition was proscribed by Royal proclamation, the two appended works conflicting with Selden's thesis
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Hutchinson University Library. Good. 1971. Paperback. Paperback, school library stamp to title page, otherwise very good in card covers. ; 154 pages .
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British Library. New. 2003. Paperback. New paperback copies at a reduced price. ; The institution of the Church in the later Middle Ages. Illustrated throughout in colour from examples in the British Library. ; 64 pages .
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New York: Hastings House, Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first US edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with some wear around the spine in alike price-clipped dust-jacket; .
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1815. xx, [4], 610pp, [13]. Later full calf, raised bands, spine in six panels, morocco title label to second panel, remaining panels with a double diamond shaped quadrilobe in blind, covers with double fillet panelling, diamond shaped quadrilobe to corners with fleurons to inner corners, all in blind, boards bevelled, all edges stained red with combed and waved marbled endpapers. Externally very good with minor rubbing to corners and spine bands and a bit of minor wear to lower cover. Internally very lightly damp stained throughout, but fairly bright. Lacks the half-title. From the library of Earl Eldon, who was Lord Chancellor in Pitt's administration, with his round bookplate to reverse of front endpaper. Lowndes 2929. First Edition. Full Calf. Good+. 4to.
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Devon & Cornwall Record Society. Good. 1989. Paperback. New Series Volume 32. Paperback; very good in torn dustjacket. ; Accounts listing the income and expenditure of the city corporation each year. Exeter before, during and after the Black Death. A full translation of the first eleven accounts with an introduction and index, together with specimens of four other 14th century accounts. Tables + xxxi. ; 128 pages .
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Black Raven Press. Very Good. 1985. Paperback. Paperback; very good in scuffed and creased card covers. ; Illustrations & maps. ; 168 pages .
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Tempus. Very Good. 1999. Paperback. Paperback; very good in creased card covers. ; An archaeological, historical and cultural quest for the 'real' Arthur. Illustrated. ; 160 pages .
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Terra Nova Editions. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. Hardback, very good in very good dustjacket. Revised edition. ; The medieval experience; technological innovations, theology and philosophy, attitudes to women etc. Illustrations & maps. ; 228 pages .
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London: Printed by J. Streater, H. Twyford, and E. Flesher [etc.], 1673. Contemporary blind-panelled calf, quite worn, rebacked, light browning, a few notations, ex-Los Angeles County Law Library; a usable copy The third and last early edition of the first treatise on English law, believed to have been written between 1187 and 1189, and for which Maitland reserved the highest of praise, calling it "of great value to students of legal and social history
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Wiltshire Record Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. Wiltshire Record Society. Volume XXXIII. Hardback without dustjacket; ownership name and bookplate to endpaper otherwise very good in heavily faded cloth boards. ; 274 pages .
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New York: Harper & Row. Hardcover. 1988. 1st Edition. 8vo 228pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. Small coffee stain on red cloth at bottom of spine. DJ spine faded and faded on front and rear edges. Chilling historical account of the terror and frenzy in Europe as the year 1000 approached .
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London: Spring Books, (1970.) First published in 1963. Printed in East Germany. A study of "the excessive sexuality of the Middle Ages," an era marked by "unrestrained wildness and the practice of perversions unknown in earlier times." A frank work that argues the restrictive teachings of the Christian Church led to a proliferation of illicit sex, orgies and other forbidden pleasures, and even witchcraft and the Black Mass. 320 pages with select bibliography and index. Clothbound hardcover in dust jacket. 8.75 by 5.75 inches. Gray cloth with silver lettering. VG overall. Some edge wear and rubbing to the jacket, but no tears or other significant flaws. No price on the jacket, probably because this book was intended to be sold in various countries. "Printed in East Germany" ink stamps on the title page and the last page. Sound, tight binding. Jacket is protected by a new clear archival cover. .
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Windrush Press. Good. 1995. Paperback. Paperback; very good in creased and dented card covers. ; The campaign, battle and aftermath. Illustrated. ; 146 pages .
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Oxford At the Clarendon Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Reprint. Hardcover. 0198217072 . Sl fading/browning to spine dw. ; The Oxford History of England; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 541 pages .
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The Windrush Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. Hardback; fine in fine dustjacket. ; The links between the Danish island of Bornholm, France and Jerusalem. Illustrated. ; 194 pages .
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1575. First. unbound. very good(+). Woodcut. 14" x 17.75". Magnificent early map of the New World from first hand observations made by Thevet on his trip to South America. Full of information including notation on coastlines, mountains, rivers. This is the first maps to name r Janairo and depicts Terra Australis as a sub-tropical land connected to New Guinee. Letterpress title is missing, expert repairs to worm holes in upper margin, trimmed to neat line in upper margins. State 1, Burden 46. Andre Thevet (1502-1590) was a Franciscan monk, explorer and cosmographer who went to Brazil in 1555 which earned him the title of Royal Cosmographer from Henry III (the King of France). Hard to find.
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British Library. New. 2005. Paperback. New paperback copies at a reduced price. ; The lives and legends of some of the medieval saints and martyrs, including Francis of Assisi and St. Mary Magdalane. Illustrated throughout in colour from examples in the British Library. ; 64 pages .
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London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1914 Two volumes in hardcover, second edition. There is some rubbing to the boards, offsetting to the endpapers. A Very Good set. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. BW3-12.
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New York: David McKay. Hardcover. 1964. 1st Edition. 8vo 463pp . Fine in Very Good DJ. DJ spine faded One volume history of western Europe from 800 to 1453 .
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France: Fayard, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine/None. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titiling on cover, 8 vo. Binding tight and square. Interior clean and unmarked. As new. Appears unread. BOOK INFO: 16 pp of B&W illustrations. Index p 409. Diane de Poitiers, French noblewoman and courtier of Henry II of France, in which position she wielded political power and earned the ire of Queen Catherine de Medici. Her remains were recently exhumed and her hair found to have high levels of gold in it; it is believed the liquid gold she consumed to preserve her youth ultimately killed her. Recognized as the most powerful woman in France for 25 years in the early 16th century, her demure beauty and shrewdness still captivate today.
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Paris: Payot, 1936. First edition. Three quarter red morocco over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. Tiny chip to head of spine else a near fine beautifully bound copy.. 308 pp. Illus. with 5 b/w maps. 8vo. A. Lageix, trans. Translation of Charlemagne and the united states of Europe.
