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THE FIRE COURT. [In Two Volumes]. Calendar to the Judgements and Decrees of the Court of Judicature Appointed to Determine Differences Between Landlords and Tenants as to Rebuilding After the Great Fire.
London: William Clownes & Sons Ltd, 1966. 8vo., pp.xx,320,viii,419, red hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece to vol.1, 2 further b/w plates; slight internal soiling to both volumes, light rubbing to extremities, very slight soiling to boards of vol.2, otherwise a very good set indeed, in price-clipped dust-jackets which are rubbed and lightly sunned else good+.
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RURAL CRIME IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
The University of Hull Press, 1994. 8vo., pp.xv,167, paperback, 2 b/w maps; very slight shelf-wear to extremities, a near fine copy.
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HERALDY IN SCOTLAND Including a Recension of ‘The Law and Practice of Heraldy in Scotland’ by the late George Seton [Volume I]
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 front free endpaper, light yellowing, rubbed, title inlay has spots of wear, else a very good copy.
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A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR Being observations or memorials, of the most remarkable occurences, as well publick as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665.
London: The Folio Society, 2021. First Folio Society edition, 8vo., pp.xi,244, half bound in black cloth and pictorial paper; a couple of spots of very light rubbing else a near-fine copy in a black slipcase, a few surface scratches, lightly rubbed.
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CARSON'S ARMY. The Ulster Volunteer Force, 1910-22.
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.
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HONISTER SLATE. The History of a Lakeland Slate Mine.
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.
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LIVING AND DYING IN ENGLAND 1100-1540: The Monastic Experience.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1540. 8vo.,pp.xvi,291, navy hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations, 2 maps; neat ownership plate to front paste-down endpaper, very slight shelf-wear and surface soiling, a very good copy, in a good + unclipped dust-jacket which is lightly sunned and repaired to spine, now in a protective cover.
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THE MIND OF GLADSTONE. Religion, Homer, and Politics.
Oxford University Press, 2004. 8vo., pp.x,331, black hardcover, gilt; a fresh and near-fine copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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A BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE TO 1500
Cambridge University Press, 1957. 8vo., pp.xl,695, green cloth, gilt, top edges green, b/w frontispiece; neat ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to endpapers/prelims, else internally fresh, a very good+ copy, in a complete and unclipped dust-jacket, with closed tear to the front upper maegin, an foxing to the pale paper.
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HERALDIC BADGES IN ENGLAND AND WALES. [Set of Four Volumes:]
Volume I. Introduction; Volume II., Part 1. Royal Badges; II. ii. Non-Royal Badges; III. Ordinaries.
Boydell, for The Society of Antiquaries of London, in association with Illuminata Publishers, 2009. Four volumes, large 8vo., pp.xix,314;vi,263;xxii,341;xiii,259, 17 colour and 47 b/w plates; a fine set, in fine unclipped dust-jackets.
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CHARTIST LIVES: The Anatomy of a Working-Class Movement.
Modern European History.
New York: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1987. 8vo.,pp. 595, grey cloth, silver lettering; some highlighting in yellow ink to pp.10-23, ownership autograph in pencil to front free endpaper, light rubbing to extrmeities, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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BRITAIN'S INFORMAL EMPIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
A Case Study of Iraq 1929=1941.
Oxford University Press, 1986. 8vo., pp.,200, brown hardcover, silver lettering; a near-fine copy in a very good unclipped dust-jacket which has a sticker price to inside flap.
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THE MARCHER LORDS
A New History of Wales
Llandybie: Christopher Davies, 1983. 8vo., pp.171, paperback, b/w illustrations; lightly rubbed, else very good indeed.
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BEDE: THE RECKONING OF TIME
Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1999. 8vo., pp.ci,479, paperback; very lightly rubbed, very good indeed.
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REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION UPON DECENTRALIZATION IN INDIA.
Volume I.
London: HMSO, 1909. 4to., pp.339, half bound in leather and moire cloth, gilt; ownership autograph to front paste-down, heavy foxing to endpapers, prelims and edges of text block, lightly toned, leather binding rubbed to spine and extremites, boards rubbed, with a few light marks, overall still a good copy.
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THE BRITISH HEROIC AGE.
The Welsh and the Men of the North.
Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1976. 8vo., pp.x,125, paperback; toning to spine and inner margins of wrappers, a very good, clean copy.
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BURKE’S GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY.
Eighteenth Edition, Volume III.
London: Burke’s Peerage Limited, 1972. 4to., pp.xxiii,1025, red hardcover with heraldic gilt to front board, gilt lettering to spine; light marking to cloth, rubbing to extremities, internally clean, a very good copy.
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HERALDS OF ENGLAND.
A History of the Office and College of Arms.
London: HMSO, 1979. Thick 4to., pp.xxvi, 609, 44 b/w and colour plates, cloth, gilt, t.e.g.; very light rubbing to extremities, else very good indeed, in a vg unclipped dust-jacket, some light surface scracthes, rubbed to edges.
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RICHARD COEUR DE LION:
Kingship, Chivalry and War in the Twelfth Century.
London/Rio Grande: The Hambledon Press. 8vo., pp.xix,266, blue hardcover, gilt, 3 b/w maps + genealogical table; a fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION.
Simon de Montfort, Henry III and the Barons’ War.
London: Bloomsbury, 2012. 8vo., pp.xxvii,239, burgundy hardcover, silver gilt; a near-fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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