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Cambridge, UK / New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1998 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. x + 255 pp, acknowledgments, list of abbreviations, chapters 1-4 entitled 1. The Eynsham Letter and the study of AElfric; 2. structure and sources. 3. the manuscript, 4. Critical and Editorial History, Editorial principles, Aelfric's Letter : text and translation, commentary, appendix, bibliography, index of liturgical formae, general index. A few pages of text with Sparse underlining and marginalia in lead pencil (erasable), else fine black cloth hardcover in tan-brown DJ ( in protector).

Stroud, UK: Sutton Pub Ltd, 1997 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. viii, 256 pp, list of contributors, introduction, 11 essays with notes, index. In protective acetate jacket. Small name plate on ffep, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth..

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1979 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 192 pp, list of color plates, 12 chapters, b&w illustrations acknowledgments, index. Slightly rubbed dj, with front bottom corner lightly bumped, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Maroon cloth..

London and New York: Hambledon and London, 2004. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xxi (i), 473 (9) pp, list of 37 unpaginated b&w illustrations, list of 8 text illustrations (b&w). illus. First Edition, 2004. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Illustrated glossy laminated boards with black lettering to front board, and white and black lettering to spine..

London: Penguin Books, 1990 Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. Reprint. 8vo. xvii (i), 437 (7) pp, list of b&w plates, list of text figures, list of maps, preface, revised preface (1987), I. The Nature of the Evidence; II. Three Key Texts; III. The Arthurian Documents; IV. The Historical Background, AD 367-490; V. The Historical Background, AD 490-634; VI. The Archaeological Background: The Nature of the Evidence; VII. The Culture of Roman and Sub-Roman Britain; VIII. The Culture of the Britons, AD 450-650; IX. The Enemies of the Britons I: Picts; X. The Enemies of the Britons II: The English; XI. Economy, Society and Warfare; XII. Arthur and Britain; bibliography, supplemtary bibliography, index. Reprinted, 1990. "The author is the archaeologist who directed the famous excavation at Cadbury Castle in Somerset, oroginally identified with Camelot by Leland. Drawing evidence from both written and archaeological sources, he sifts history from myth to construct a convincing picture of life between the… Read More

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1993 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Slim Quarto. First edition @1968. vi + 144 pp, Preface (1993), list of 144 maps. Bibliography of sources. Binding tight, pages clean, bright and unmarked. Blue fabric crisp with gilt spine letters. 7.4" x 10.3" boards. Red & blue Illustrated DJ with inner fr flaps clipped. .

Cambridge, UK / New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Trade Paperback. lxv + 369 pp, Preface, Introduction, with 4 etched Portraits, the Autobiography, A continuation of the life from 1624 to 1648 by the editor. Text with footntoes throughout. 5.5" x 8.5" wraps. Tight, clean, unmarked, no wear. First published in 1886.

New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1913 Book. Illus. by T. C. F. Brotchie. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. ix, 241 (1) pp, map, preface, I. Pre-Roman Tines; II. Mons Graupius; III. Centuries of Strife, 410-1093; IV. The Field of Renfrew; V. Largs: A Neglected Battle; VI. The Golden Age; VII. Stirling Brig; VIII. Bannockburn; IX. To the Red Harlaw; X. Sauchieburn; XI. Flodden; XII. Pinkie Cleuch; XIII. Langside; XIV. The Covenanters; XV. Rullion Green; XVI. Drumclog and Bothwell Brig; XVII. Killiecrankie; XVIII. the End of an Auld Sang; XIX. Prestonpans; XX. Culloden, index with 60 b&w drawings by the author. First American Edition, August 1913. Faded spine (gilt lettering not affected) with light edge wear to cloth, lightly age-toned fly leafs and text block edges. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth illustrated gilt landscape and lettering on front board, and gilt lettering to spine..

London: Elek, 1972 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. 271 (1) pp, illus. First Edition, 1972. Price clipped. Inked name ffep. Only the slightest edge wear to dj with lightly faded spine of same, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, pages clean and white. 6.25" x 9.5". Orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. list of illustrations, acknowledgments, preface, historical introduction, glossary of Scottish words, 27 Chapters, further reading, list of sources, indexes..

Markham, Ontario, Canada: Viking / Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 1987 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. (12) 337 (3) pp, illus. First Edition (Canadian), 1987. Price clipped. Faintly rubbed bottom edge boards, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.75" x 9.5". Green and off-white cloth with green lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector..

Tuckwell Press, 1998 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition. 8vo. vi (iv), 358 pp, acknowledgments, list of b&w illustrations, maps and genealogical tables, abbreviations, Introduction: 'A Large and Attractive Book'; 1. The Black Douglas; 2. The Knight of Leddesdale and the Lord of Douglas; 3. Archibald the Grim (1358-1388); 4. The Douglas Inheritance; 5. Ruler of the South: Archibald Fourth Earl of Douglas; 6. The Bloody Heart: The Rise of the Douglases and the Kingdom of Scotland; 7. The War Wall: The Douglases at War; 8. Douglas Lordship; 9. 'Eldest Son of the Pope': The Douglases and the Church; 10. 'Known Through all Christendom': The Douglases and Europe; 11. The Rise of James the Gross; 12. A Pride of Douglases; 13. The Fall; 14. Exile and End; bibliography, index. First Paperback Edition, 1998. "The author examines aristocratic power and status and its place in Scottish polotical society throught the greatest and most notorious magnate dynasty of… Read More

Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1978 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 152 pp, list of illustration - glossy b&w plates, maps & diagrams, acknowledgments, preface, introduction, 7 chapters, epilogue, references, bibliography, glossary of Latin terms and words, index. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, cover cloth unworn and gilt spine lettering bright, DJ with light wear at the very top of spine but still near fine - preserved in removable mylar DJ protector. 6.4" x 9.5" marron cloth boards, gilt spine lettering, in copper illustrated DJ.

London: Collins, 1947 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 323 (1) pp, Introduction by nigel Tangye, British Merchant Adventurers by Maurice Collis; British Polar Explorers by Admiral Sir Edward Evans; British Mountaineers by F. S. Smythe; British Seamen by David Mathew; British Soldiers by S. H. F. Johnston; Britain in the Air by Nigel Tangye, list of 48 plates in color, list of 120 b&w illustrations, index. First Edition, 1947. Price clipped. Minor edge wear to dj, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Tan cloth with gilt lettering to spine..

Gale Research Inc, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Quarto. xii + 366 pp, ex-library with rubber stamps on bottom text edge, stickers on verso ffep, rfep, else fine interior - pages clean, unmarked, paper immaculate. Exterior cover cloth, lettering, trim, crisp and intact. 8.5" x 11.25" blue cloth boards, black background & gilt fr cover & spine letters. .

Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Inc, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Quarto. xii + 412 pp. Ex=library - rubber stamp used by library to bottom edge, fr & rear paste downs, & here andthere, else Near Fine/HC. Plan of the Series, Introduction, 45 essays by contributors with bibliographic references on important persons in the Britsh Literary Booktrade, 1475-1700. with b&w illustrations cumulative index. v.'s 1 - 170. text & paper immaculate throughout. Essays alphabetized by Last name of historical personage. 8.5" x 11.2 blue cloth board, gilt letters laid on black background fr cover and spine. .

London: John Murray Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 370 pp, author's preface, list of b&w illustrations, 16 chapters. Second Printing, September 1927. Lightly faded spine with 1/4" closed tear tail of same, a few small spots along fore-edge, and slightly age-toned endpaper, else, clean, tight and strong binding with no highlighting or marginalia. Red cloth with embossed motif on front board..

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1907 Book. Illus. by W. Biscombe Gardner. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xi (v), 122 (6) pp, 20 tissue-protected color illus. and a Pristine fold-out map after p. 122. Foxing to bottom and fore- text block, and a small number of bottom fore-edge page margins, and lightly age-toned endpapers, else, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.75" x 9.25". Blue cloth with stamped borders, gilt cathedrals bordering and lettering on front board, gilt lettering to spine, and gilt top text block. In Mylar protector..

London: Constable, 1993 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 288 pp, list of b&w illustrations, introduction, 1. The End of Empire?; 2. Mutiny of the Mercenaries; 3. The Coming of the Saxons; 4. Arthur: Fact of Fiction?; 5. The British Celtic Kingdoms; 6. The Saxon Consolidation; 7. Massacre, Migration or Assimilation? 8. Cadwallon and Penda; 9. The Celtic Church; 10. The Conversion of the Saxons; 11. Saxon Expansion; 12. the Triumph of the Picts; 13. The Vikings?; 14. Asser the Celt: Adviser to Alfredd; 15. The Prophecy of Great Britain; 16. Do "The British' Really Exist?; chronology, select bibliography, index. First Edition, 1993. "The author charts the struggle for the supremacy of Britain between the invading ancestors of the English and the British Celts." Not Price Clipped. 3/4" closed tear to top edge rear panel near with a thin crease near to edge rear panel, and 1 1/4" closed tear to bottom edge rear panel near… Read More

London, UK: John Murray, 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. xii + 367 pp + 5pp adverts. Preface, Intrdocution, XXXIII Chapters with analytic topic headings, text with footnotes, index. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, 6" x 9" gray cloth boards with gilt spine letters. , manila DJ spine chipped and sun-tanned a bit, .

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Folio. Complete Title: A Chronicle of London, from 1089 to 1483; Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum: to which are added Numerous Contemporary Illustrations, consisting of Royal Letters, Poems, and Other Articles Descriptive of Public Events, or of the Manners and Customs of the Metropolis. viii, 274 pp. Limited Edition of which this is 1/250: 1827. "Most of the pieces have escaped the notice of historians; and as they tend in an important degree to illustrate manners and customs of the metropolis, their appearance in this volume cannot fail, it is hoped, to be acceptable to those who are interested in the early history of London or of this Kingdom." from the Preface. Moderate external wear and age-toning to text block edges, else, clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Dark blue quarter-cloth… Read More