Beresford, Guy: Caldecote: The Development and Desertion of a Hertfordshire Village. The Society for Medieval Archaeology, 2009. First edition. Folio (280 x 212 mm), pp. xi, 267. Illustrations to text. Paperback. Light shelf-wear, very good. The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph 28. Ref: 53591
Bishop, C.H.: Old Folkestone Pubs. Old inns, taverns and hotels of the ancient borough of Folkestone. West Mailing: Kent County Council, 1979. First edition. 4to, pp. 107, with photographic illustrations. Slight browning, the odd spot, a very good copy. Booklet, binder's tape to spine over pictorial wrappers, a little yellowed and spotted, but still good. Ref: 53509
Blackburn, Helen: Women's Suffrage. A Record of the Women's Sufferage Movement in the British Isles with Biographical Sketches of Miss Becker. London and Oxford: Williams & Norgate, 1902. First edition. 8vo., pp.298, [ii] + 24 plates of portraits, as called for, and 3 folding charts. Page at rear regarding the Central Society for Women's Suffrage, including list of names of the Executive Committee etc. A little very faint toning to half-title, otherwise clean and bright. Green publisher's cloth, gilt title to spine. Slightly cocked, spine a little toned, head caps creased and lightly rubbed, corners bumped, very good. To ffep, ownership inscription of the journalist, editor and author Harold E. Gorst (1868-1950), dated Feb. 1909. Gorst published prolifically, including Sketches of the Future (1898), a collection of satires written from a politically and socially conservative point of view, some of which ridicule feminism. His The Curse of Education (1901) describes, amongst other things, his thoughts about the education and mental capacity of women, the tone of which makes his ownership of this book particularly interesting to ponder. He was the husband of the novelist Nina Cecilia Francesca Kennedy (1869-1926), whose work was largely preoccupied with 'the deprivations of slum and suburban life' (The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction). "Helen Blackburn's (1842-1903) greatest contribution to the women's movement was, arguably, as noted author and historian. Her 'Women's suffrage: a record of the women's suffrage movement in the British Isles, with biographical sketches of Miss Becker' (1902) is an invaluable history of the Victorian campaign, its antecedents, organizational development, and personalities. She was the author of several well-argued suffrage pamphlets, and compiled the annual Women's Suffrage Calendar (1886?99) and A Handbook for Women Engaged in Social and Political Work (1881, 1895), an encyclopaedic compendium of information. Her writings epitomised the British movement's grasp of detail and meticulous marshalling of facts, and its understanding of the need for sound rational argument to counter entrenched prejudice and opposition to the cause. Her literary talents were put to further use as editor (1880?90) and joint editor (1890?95) of the Englishwoman's Review, a feminist journal founded and financially supported by Jessie Boucherett, with whom she shared a common interest in women's employment." (Walker, ODNB.) Ref: 55011show full image..
Blomefield, Francis: [Parkin, Charles:] An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, containing a Description of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, with the Foundations of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Chantries, and other Religious Buildings [...] London: Printed for William Miller [...] by W. Bulmer [...], 1805[-10]. Second edition. 11 vols, 8vo, pp. [5], [viii-xvi], 548 [iv] + illustrated frontispiece, 4 folding tables, 5 plates (2 folding); [4] 559 [5] + 3 folding tables and 1 folding plate; [viii] 671 [1]; [viii] 580 + 7 plates, 1 folding map and 2 folding tables; [4] 527 [5]; [4] [ii-vii] [1] 521 [3] + 5 plates and 1 folding table; [4] 520 [4] + 4 plates (2 folding) and 2 folding tables; [4] 548 [iv] + 7 plates (4 folding) and 3 folding table; [2] 527 [5] + 4 plate (2 folding) and 1 folding map; [4] 479 [5] + 3 folding tables; [6] 402 [2], 83 [1] [18] + 1 plate, with engraved headpieces and woodcut text illustrations. Edges uncut, a little dusty, slight yellowing, occasional light marginal foxing, I: half-title a little torn at gutter, II: small stain affecting two words to L4, III: lower outer blank corner of 3C4 and 3G2 torn, IV: plates slightly browned, couple of small tears along folds of 2 folding plates, 1 with small repair, V: 1 plate somewhat browned, VIII: small paper flaw to lower outer blank corner of N1, crude repair to upper outer corner of 2A2 just touching text, bifolium 2N2-3 loose at lower gutter, IX: last gathering loosening, X: small marginal tears, XI: bifolium b*2-3 loosening. Contemporary publisher's blue boards, later endpapers, publisher's paper label to spine, boards sympathetically cleaned, corners a little rubbed, I: joints partly split at head and foot but firm, II: upper hinge starting at head but firm, V: lower hinge starting at foot but firm, publisher's advertisements to front pastedown of vols I, VII: upper joint minimally split at foot, X: lower hinge loosening. Inscription to half-titles: 'Lucy Jane Davey Given by her Aunt Lydia Jan 7 1827'. Second edition of this illustrated topographical survey of Norfolk and its ancient families. The Rev. Francis Blomefield (1705-1752) initially issued the book in parts from a private press at his ecclesiastical living in Fersfield. The work was continued after his death by the Reverend Charles Parkin (1689-1765), and finished by a hack writer employed by the printer. A remarkably unsophisticated copy internally, rarely found in its original publisher's blue boards, with paper labels specifying 'Price Eighteenth Shillings, Boards' on each volume. It includes the plate 'A Map of Marsh land by Sir William Dugdale' (Vol. IX, p. 166) often lacking. Vols I and III feature on the front pastedown a publisher's advertisement, the first advertising the possibility to add the author's portrait to the copy (as here) for an extra 5 shillings, as well as the publication of vols II-IV, the second apologising for not including the plan of Norwich with the city seals, as promised (here present in vol. IV), due to 'the Engraver having disappointed him [the publisher]'. The last few pages of vol. XI include a list of subscribers and 'Directions to the binder' divided by volume, separating plates and pedigrees. Upcott 950 ff. Ref: 53547show full image..
Boulton, Maureen B. M. (trans.): Piety and Persecution in the French Texts of England. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2013. 8vo., pp. 228. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 420 in the Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies and Volume 6 in The French of England Translation ACMRS series. Ref: 53718
Boyd, Douglas: Plantagenet Princes: The Sons of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2021. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 230 + plates. Map. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new. Ref: 54447
Burke, Peter; Harrison, Brian; Slack, Paul (eds.): Civil Histories: Essays presented to Sir Keith Thomas. Oxford University Press, 2000. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiv, 399. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, very slightly cocked spine to corners bumped. Dust-jacket, light shelf-wear with creasing towards top edge. Still a very good copy overall. Ref: 53750
Burrows, Daron (trans.): The Life of Saint Clement: A Translation of La Vie de Seint Clement. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2016. 8vo., pp.. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 488 in the Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies and Volume 10 in The French of England Translation ACMRS series. Ref: 53720
Burton, John: Monasticon Eboracense: and the Ecclesiastical History of Yorkshire. Containing an Account of the first Introduction and Progress of Christianity in that Diocese [...]. York: Printed for the Author, by N. Nickson, 1758. Folio, pp.xii, 448, [xxxvi] + 3 folding plates (The Enclosure and Plan of the Abbey of Fountains; The Plan of the Abbey of St Mary at Kirkstall near Leeds; A Map of the Parish of Hemmingborough). Small piece torn from head of title-page, a few leaves slightly toned, some light foxing towards rear. Contemporary reverse calf boards, modern reback with raised bands, gilt, red morocco title label, board edges recovered, edges sprinkled red, endpapers renewed. Boards a bit rubbed, a soundly repaired, very good copy. Small armourial bookplate of G.W. Wentworth to front pastedown. Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth (1773-1834) came from a noble family. He was educated at Cambridge and became a wealthy landowner, residing at Woolley Hall near Leeds and holding a variety of political positions. The first and only volume, a second having been anticipated but never published. The binder's instructions on p.xii call for guards to be included between certain pages in anticipation of seven plates although, judging by library copies, three seems to be a common number to find present. ESTC T153577; Upcott 1351-3. Ref: 54912show full image..
Camden, William: (Gibson, Edmund, trans.:) Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English: with Large Additions and Improvements. London: printed by F. Collins, for A. Swalle, at the Unicorn at the west-end of St. Paul's Churchyar 1695. Folio, [pp.xxxvi] pages, cxcvi cols., [pp.ii], 832 cols., pp.833-848, 849-876 cols., [pp.iii], 883-1056, 1055-1116 cols., [pp.xlvii] + 50 folding map plates + 8 numismatic plates. Errata at rear. Woodcut initials, illustrations in the text (inscriptions etc) at least one of which is full page, Some maps hand coloured (Yorkshire, Middlesex, Cumberland). Very few small MS notes. A little toning, the odd light damp stain near edges, some stains and dusty marks to maps, some maps reattached on stubs. Frontispiece and title-page repaired at gutter and with a few spots and smudgy marks, map of North Wales a bit crinkled, map of Kent lightly stained and with some old creases, paper flaws causing holes to 2D3 and 2M2 affecting a few words, U2 and U3 a bit short at tail margin, some smudgy printing to 1100-1112. Contemporary very dark brown boards with blind-tooled frames and borders, recently rebacked with red gilt title label, corners repaired, endbands and endpapers renewed. Surface of boards worn in a mottled pattern, a little rubbed but a very good, sound copy. First edition (a second appeared in 1722) of Gibson's translation of Camden's momentous multidisciplinary attempt "to restore Britain to Antiquity, and Antiquity to Britain" (translated preface, quoted in ODNB). A translation made by Philemon Holland in collaboration with Camden had appeared in 1610 but was often inaccurate and less than faithful to the original material, and so is now considered inferior to this 1695 Gibson edition. "The Britannia had an enormous and lasting impact on multidisciplinary historical writing, and was also of the highest importance as a cultural icon affecting the national self-image. [?] Recognizing the imperfection of the written record, particularly the scarcity of genuine British material, Camden looks to multiple kinds of evidence to push the record as far back as possible and to trace continuities through the different periods of British history. Histories of the different peoples who settled Britain supplement the chorographical description of the country. In the process of tracing Britain's cultural diversity, Camden was also a major force in discrediting the Brutus myth that had long dominated perceptions of British origins." (Herendeen, ODNB). ESTC R12882; Chubb, CXIII; Upcott I, pp.xxi-xxii. Ref: 54597show full image..
