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 - ASTON, T.H. (EDITOR)  Landlords, Peasants, and Politics in Medieval England"
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1987. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. A clean, bright hardback copy in as new dustjacket. 446 pages. ""The articles in this book, reprinted from the journal Past and Present, are all in different ways, concerned with the ownership of landed property in medieval England and with those who the land. Problems debated include those concerning the keeping intact of the great estates of the Anglo-Norman barons in the face both of inheritance claims and of political manipulation by the crown"". " , Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.25 US$ 36.39 | JP¥ 3130] Book number: 027443
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 - BARBER, RICHARD  A Strong Land and a Sturdy : England in the Middle Ages
London, Andre Deutsch, 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 0233967400) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Part of the Mirror of Britain Series. Looks at Britain from the time of the Norman Conquest intil the end of the English king's wars in France in 1453. Lavishly illustrated with over sixty b/w illustrations and eight pages in full colour. Previous owner's details to ffep. Good, clean copy with some light sunning to page edges. Price-clipped d/w protected by a plastic film - 128 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 | JP¥ 854] Book number: 041121
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 - BERESFORD, M. W.; ST JOSEPH, J. K. S.  Medieval England : An Aerial Survey
Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 1979, Second Edition. (ISBN: 0521219612) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A comparison of air photographs with early maps and records allows analytical studies of town and village plans. Small signature of previous owner to ffep. Clean, bright copy - 286 pages including index. Heavy volume, Near Fine/Very Good.
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 | JP¥ 2134] Book number: 018068
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 - BERESFORD, MAURICE  New Towns of the Middle Ages: Town Plantation in England, Wales and Gascony"
United Kingdom, Sutton Pub Ltd, 1988. (ISBN: 0862994306) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. ""This fine piece of scholarship.brings alive not only the causes and processes of town-founding but the whole economic political background of the period."" -Town and Country Planning. As new, unread copy in unclipped protected dustjacket. Illustrated with b&w plates, maps, and illustrations and tables in the text. " , Fine/Fine.
GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 82.5 US$ 124.05 | JP¥ 10671] Book number: 027422
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 - BIDDLE,  King Arthur's Round Table: An Archaeological Investigation
London, Boydell Press, 2000. (ISBN: 0851156266) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. The history of the table which has hung on the wall of the Great Hall of Winchester Castle for over six hundred years. 533 pages including index. Stamp on front end paper says the book was slightly damaged in transit - the only ""damage"" we can find are two small bumps to top edge of rear cover. Internally text block is immaculate. Binding is square and tight. 28 colour plates + numerous b&w illustrations. Very Good/Near Fine.
GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 | JP¥ 1779] Book number: 028196
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 - BOYLE, DAVID  Blondel's Song: The Capture, Imprisonment and Ransom of Richard the Lionheart"
London, United Kingdom", Viking, 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 067091486x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Uncovers the real story of the arrest of Europe's most powerful king, two thousand miles from home, the effects of his gigantic ransom and explains for the first time the real meanings of the legend of Blondel, the song that revealed Richard's lonely cell, and the truth about who Blondel was. Clean, crisp copy which appears unread. 369 pages including index. Illustrated in b&w. A lovely copy. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 | JP¥ 1707] Book number: 027983
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 - BRADBURY, JIM  The Medieval Siege
London, Boydell Press, 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0851153127) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. A very good clean hardback in unclipped dustwrapper. 362 pages including index. Illustrated throughout in b&w. "A guide to sieges that took place in Europe and the Near East between 450 and 1565..excellent drawings as well as contemporary illustrations..an antidote to the popular and prevalent idea of wars as Great Battles" TLS. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 | JP¥ 2134] Book number: 042297
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 - BRADBURY, JIM  Stephen and Matilda : The Civil War of 1139-1153
London, Alan Sutton, 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 075090612x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. The fascinating story of the rivalry for the English throne which throws new light on a much-neglected aspect of Stephen's reign. A clean crisp hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. Illustrated with b.w. photographs and line-drawings. 218 pages including index. Near Fine/Very Good.
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 | JP¥ 2846] Book number: 037311
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 - BRYANT, ARTHUR  Protestant Island
London, Collins, 1967. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall". Sequel to The Medieval Foundation. Clean, square hardback in a price-clipped d/w - 359 pages including index. All top edges brown. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 029505
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 - BULLOCK, DAVIES, CONSTANCE  Register of Royal and Baronial Domestic Minstrels, 1272-1327"
Suffolk, Boydell Press, 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 085115431x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. A compilation of entries drawn from 13th & early 14th century manuscripts, covering the reigns of Edward I & Edward II, and translated from the Latin and Anglo-French of the exchequer clerks. A clean,, bright copy in unclipped jacket which shows signs of light shelf wear including one small tear to front cover at top edge. 227 pages. Near Fine/Very Good.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 | JP¥ 1423] Book number: 027853
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 - CAMILLE,  The Medieval Art of Love : Objects and Subjects of Desire
East Sussex, Gardners Books, 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 185669142x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to. Clean, crisp copy in unclipped jacket which shows signs of slight shelfwear. Explores the symbolic and social settings of love, the myths and paradoxes of love as elite social code, and the erotic feelings sometimes aroused by religious objects of desire such as the Virgin Mary. 150 illustrations, including 120 in colour. 176 pages including index. Near Fine/Very Good.
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 | JP¥ 2846] Book number: 027769
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 - CAVE, C.J.P  Medieval Carvings in Exeter Cathedral
London, Penguin Books, 1953, First Penguin Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Deals with Exeter Cathedral, that treasure house of thirteenth and fourteenth century sculpture and decoration and chiefly with the roof bosses adn the corbels on which the vaulting shafts stand. Contains a note on the art of the cathedral by Nikolaus Pesvner. A very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper which has darkened a little to edges. A King Penguin book. Illustrated with 64 b.w photographic plates. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 038969
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 - CLARK, W. E. LE GROS  History of the Primates, an Introduction to the Study of Fossil Man
London, The Trustees of the British Museum, 1953, Third Edition. Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Third edition with text updated in the light of further investigations and discoveries, particulary in Africa. Previous owner's name and some light spotting inside covers. Clean, bright copy - 117 pages including index. Very Good.
GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.44 | JP¥ 640] Book number: 031854
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 - EVANS, MICHAEL; ROSENTHAL, JEFFREY  The Death of Kings, Royal Deaths in Medieval England"
London, United Kingdom, Hambledon & London Ltd, 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 1852852682) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. An account of what is known about the deaths of all medieval English kings - natural violent or accidental and provides a unique window into the heart of medieval society. Clean, bright copy in unclipped jacket. 289 pages including index. Illustrated with b&w plates. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 027660
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 - FINES, JOHN  Who's Who in the Middle Ages
London, Anthony Blond Ltd, 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0218511078) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. A very good, clean copy in unclipped dustjacket which is now protected with archival sleeve. ""This dictionary of biography chronicles the lives of those men and women who dominated the Middle Ages. Each portrait provides an historical outline of a contemporary background ..revealing new and fascinating details formerly inaccessible or buried in obscure sources."" 218 pages including index. " , Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 027444
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 - COULTON C. G.  Medieval Panorama
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1945. Hard Cover . The English Scene from Conquest to Reformation. 8 Plates, 31 text figures. 52 chapters, notes and index. 761pp. A very good clean copy" , Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 001279
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 - GILLINGHAM, JOHN  The Wars of the Roses: Peace and Conflict in Fifteenth-Century England
London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297776304) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Authoritative analysis of the fifteenth century warfare which proves that the actual battles of the wars involved far fewer men than has been assumed and that apart from the Northumbria and Scottish border, England was a society organized for peace. A very good, clean copy in very good jacket which has lengthways crease to inner front flap & slight similar crease to first few pages. 274 pages including index. Illustrated in b&w. " , Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 027684
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 - GOLDBERG, P. J. P. (EDITOR)  Women in Medieval English Society
Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom", Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1997. (ISBN: 0750916400) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall". Offers a thorough examination of the role of women in medieval English society presenting a broad, balanced approach to the subject by analysing the position and influence of women in a variety of relgious and secular contexts. Crisp, bright copy in un-clipped d/w. 229 pages including index. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.25 US$ 28.95 | JP¥ 2490] Book number: 031449
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 - HOME GORDON  Medieval London
London, Bracken Books, 1994. (ISBN: 1858911311) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall". A detailed and readable chronicle extending rom the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons to the coronation of Henry VII in 1485. Jacket has been stretched where it has been used as a book mark. 60 b/w illustrations. Near Fine/Very Good.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 007417
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 - HALLAM, ELIZABETH (EDITOR)  The Four Gothic Kings: The Turbulent History of Medieval England and the Plantagenet Kings
New York, New York, U.S.A. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. (ISBN: 1555841716) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to. Focuses on the lives of the four monarchs who reigned from 1216-1377 namely Henry III, Edward I, Edward II and Edward III. A very good clean hardback copy illustrated in both b.w. and colour. 320 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.25 US$ 36.39 | JP¥ 3130] Book number: 034873
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 - HILL, MARY C.  The King's Messengers 1199-1377: A List of All Known Messengers, Mounted and Unmounted, Who Served John, Henry III, and the First Three Edwards"
London, Alan Sutton, 1994, First British Edition. (ISBN: 0750907649) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. An important and valuable resource for all those interested in administrative, court or postal history for the period 1199-1377. It identifies all the kings messengers for the reigns of John, Henry III & the first three Edwards and presents their details in alphabetical order with a service record for each man, commentary & references. Clean, crisp copy in unclipped jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 | JP¥ 1992] Book number: 027850
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 - HOLME, TIMOTHY  Vile Florentines
London, Cassell, 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0304303232) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Absorbing accountof the men and women of medieval Florence, and in particular of the three giants - Dante, Giotto and Boccaccio. Good, clean copy in an unclipped d/w - 193 pages including index. Previous owner's name to ffep. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 | JP¥ 854] Book number: 041063
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 - JAGER, ERIC  The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial By Combat in Medieval France
London, Arrow, 2006. (ISBN: 0099457237) Soft Cover . As new, unread copy. The gripping true story of the ""duel to end all duels"" in medieval France. " , As New.
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 | JP¥ 498] Book number: 032924
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 - MANN SIR JAMES  An Outline of the Arms and Armour in England from the Early Middle Ages to the Civil War
London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964, Reprint. Soft Cover , 12mo - over 6¾"" - 7¾"" tall". 44 pages. Little nick to head of the title page. 4 colour + numerous b&w plates. Text block clean. A very good, clean copy of this booklet which gives a brief ouline of arms and armour in England and was deisgned to assist the visitor to the Armouries of the Tower of London to understand the terminology and the changes that took place over the years against the historical background of the times." , Very Good.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 016214
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 - KELLY, AMY  Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
U.S.A. Harvard University Press, 1978. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. The story of Eleanor of Aquitaiine - the richest marriage prize in the Middle Ages, who was Queen of France married to Louis VII, and on her divorce married Henry II of England. A very good clean hardback copy. 427 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 32.50 [Appr.: EURO 35.75 US$ 53.76 | JP¥ 4624] Book number: 034863
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