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Studies in Celtic History 1: THE SAINTS OF GWYNEDD.
Woodbridge: Boydell/Rowman and Littlefield, 1979. 8vo., pp.xv,132, brown hardcover lettered in silver; corners lightly bruised, a near-fine copy, in a near-fine price-clipped dust-jacket.
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Studies in Celtic History, VI: SAINT GERMANUS OF AUXERRE AND THE END OF ROMAN BRITAIN.
Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1984. 8vo., pp.x,127, brown hardcover, silver gilt; upper corner of front board bruised, a near-fine copy, in near-fine price-clipped dust-jacket.
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SUPPLEMENTARY APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS, ON THE MEDICAL CHARITIES, IRELAND, IN PURSUANCE OF THE 46TH SECTION OF THE ACT 1 & 2 VICTORIA, c 56. (1841 and 1842).
With Indexes.
Dublin: printed by Alexander Thom, for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1841. 8vo., pp.(ii),169-330, textured green cloth, gilt lettering to front board, unlettered spine; binder’s sticker to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to endpapers and - lightly - to titles, corners of boards lightly curled, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy.
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SWEIN FORKBEARD’S INVASIONS AND THE DANISH CONQUEST OF ENGLAND, 991-1017.
Woodbridge: Boydell Press. 8vo., pp.xiv,188, maroon hardcover, gilt; slight tone to edges, a very good, clean copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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SWEIN FORKBEARD’S INVASIONS AND THE DANISH CONQUEST OF ENGLAND, 991-1017.
Woodbridge: Boydell Press. 8vo., pp.xiv,188, maroon hardcover, gilt; light indentation to front board, slight tone to edges, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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The 1630s
Interdisciplinary Essays on Culture and Politics in the Caroline Era.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2006. 8vo., pp.xii, 218, black hardcover, gilt, 10 b/w illustrations; slight dent to front board, else a very good copy indeed in a vg+ unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE ABSENT-MINDED IMPERIALISTS:
Empire, Society, and Culture in Britain.
Oxford University Press, 2004. 8vo., pp.xxii,475, navy hardcover, gilt, 16 b/w illustrations; near-fine, in vg unclipped dust-jacket, which is partially sunned to spine and front inner margin.
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THE ACTIS AND DEIDIS OF SCHIR WILLIAM WALLACE 1570.
New York: Facsimile reproduction printed by arrangement with Scholars’ Facsimiles and Reprints, 1940. 8vo., pp.viii,unpaginated facsimile text,8, quarter black leather, gilt, green cloth boards, t.e.g.; slight rubbing to corners, a very good copy indeed.
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THE ACTS AND ORDINANCES OF THE COMPANY OF MERCHANT TAYLORS IN THE CITY OF YORK.
York: Ben Johnson, 1949. 8vo.,pp. 171, blue hardcover, gilt, b/w plates, b/w fold-out illustrations and tables; light toning and foxing to edges, with light off setting to front free endpaper and rear free endpaper, lightly rubbed to boards, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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'THE AFFAIRS OF OTHERS': THE DIARIES OF FRANCIS PLACE, 1825-1836.
CAMDEN FIFTH SERIES: VOLUME 30
Cambridge University Press, 2007. 8vo., pp.,xi,362, burgundy hardcover, gilt; ink signature to f.e.p., o/w a very good copy in very good unclipped dust-jacket which is only slightly worn at edges.
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THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE. A Collaborative Edition. Volume 10. The Abingdon Chronicle, A.D. 956-1066 (MS. C., with Reference to BDE). A Reconstructed Edition with Introduction and Indices.
Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1996. 8vo., pp.xc,46, blue cloth lettered in silver, b/w frontispiece; a near-fine copy.
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THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE.
A Collaborative Edition. Volume 10. The Abingdon Chronicle, A.D. 956-1066 (MS. C., with Reference to BDE). A Reconstructed Edition with Introduction and Indices.
Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1996. 8vo., pp.xc,46, blue cloth lettered in silver, b/w frontispiece; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light partial sunning to cloth, else very good indeed.
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THE ANNALS OF TIGERNACH. A Facsimile Reprint. [In Two Volumes] Reprinted from Revue Celtique 1895/6.
Felinach: Llanerch, 1993. Two volumes, 8vo., paperback; a fresh and near-fine set.
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FRANCIS PLACE (1771-1854).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xl,308, terracotta cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece; toned and foxed to edges of text block, otherwise a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed and toned to extremities with light chipping to head and foot of spine.
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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.
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 affecting margins, very occasional light spots of foxing throughout, overall a very good copy.
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THE BELL ROCK LIGHT. Robert Stevenson’s Account of the Building of The Bell Rock Lighthouse. Told by His Grandson Robert Louis Stevenson.
Whitby: Caedmon of Whitby, 2004. 8vo., pp.xi,113, tan cloth, gilt, illustrated endpapers, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations, booklet of signals; slight bruising to spine, else a near fine copy in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket which is lightly rubbed to extremities, otherwise very good.
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THE BLACKWELL ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND.
Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. Tall 8vo., pp.xviii,537, navy hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; a fresh and near-fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE BRITISH ARMED NATION, 1793-1815.
Oxford University Press, 1997. 8vo., pp.x,286, navy hardcover, gilt, b/w maps; slight crease to headband, a fresh and near-fine copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE CASTLES OF SCOTLAND.
A Comprehensive Referecne and Gazetteer to more than 2700 Casltes and Fortified Sites.
Musselburgh: Goblinshead, 2001. Third edition, large 8vo., pp.(viii),436, paperback, b/w frontispiece and illustrations; owner’s handwritten catalogue no. to head of half title, light shelfwear, else clean and very good.
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THE CASTLES OF THE CLANS.
The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans.
Musselburgh: Goblinshead, 2008. Small 4to., pp.xiv,626, paperback, b/w figures; creasing to spine, internally fresh, a very good copy.
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