[La Calpren?de, Gaultier de Coste seigneur de]; (Phillips, J., trans.:) Pharamond: or The History of France. A Fam'd Romance in Twelve Parts. The Whole Work Never Before Englished. London: T. Bassett, T. Dring and W. Caderman, 1677. Second edition. Folio, pp. [iv], 415, [i]; 758. Title page in red and black, woodcut initials. Very slightly foxed, faintly toned toward rear. Title a little grubby, some tiny scorch marks and a small scorched hole to 3O4 affecting a few letters, tiny marginal worm trails to gatherings 2Q-2V, 2I-2K and 3C-3E, small hole (paper flaw?) To 4Z4 affecting a few words to verso. Plain, modern dark brown calf, raised bands, green Morocco title label to spine, blind-tooled borders, endpapers renewed, edges faintly marbled. Spine and board edges a little rubbed, joints slightly creased, some bookseller's pencil notes to ffep. A very good, soundly rebound copy. La Calpren?de's (1610-1663) Merovingian historical romance, begun in 1661. It remained incomplete (in seven volumes) at his death two years later and was continued by Pierre d'Ortigue de Vaumori?re (1610-1693), with the 12th and final volume appearing in 1670. The first edition of the then-extant text in English was published in 1662 by Samuel Speed. ESTC R19768; Wing (2nd ed.) L126. Ref: 54593show full image..
Langland, William: (Skeat, Rev. Walter W., ed.:) The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman in Three Parallel Texts Together with Richard the Redeless. Vol. I: The Text; Vol. II: Introduction, Notes, and Glossary. Oxford University Press (special edition for Sandpiper Books), 2001. 2 vols., pp. 628, (3); cii, 484, (3). Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. New, still in publisher's shrink-wrap. Facsimile of the 1886 edition. Ref: 54942
Lapidge, Michael (ed.): Anglo Saxon England 33 Cambridge University Press, 2002. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 393. Cloth, gilt-lettered and decorated, corners slightly bumped, edges lightly dusted, small remainder mark to top edge. Dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, some shelf wear. Overall, very good. Ref: 30477
Lawrence, C.H.: St Edmund of Abingdon. A Study of Hagiography and History. Oxford University Press (for Sandpiper Books), 2000. First edition thus. 8vo., pp. x, 339. Cloth, gilt-lettered, edges lightly dusted, almost fine. Dust-jacket, fine. First published 1960. Ref: 54927
Lee, Jeffrey: God's Wolf: The Life of the Most Notorious of all Crusaders, Scourge of Saladin. New York: Norton, 2017. First American edition. 8vo., pp. 332 + colour plates. 5 maps. Hardback: dark blue cloth-backed light blue boards, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Fine, almost as new. A "swashbuckling yet scholarly" Life of Reynald de Chatillon. Ref: 53725
Lewis, Matthew: Rebellion in the Middle Ages: Fight against the Crown. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2021. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 269 + plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54446
Livingston, C.H.: Gliglois: A French Arthurian romance of the thirteenth century. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1932. First edition. 8vo, pp. [viii], 182. Slight browning, but still a very good copy. Blue cloth, spine gilt, head and foot of spine bumped, dust-jacket, a little browned, edges a bit chipped. Ref: 53511
Lloyd, Roger B.: The Stricken Lute: An account of the life of Peter Abelard. London: Lovat Dickson Ltd, 1932. First edition. 8vo, pp. 221. Slight toning, fore-edge uncut and a little dusty, last gathering loosening, else very good. Brown cloth, spine gilt, a little faded around spine, a couple of light stains, but still good. Autograph of M.G. Clark dated 1935 to front free endpaper. Ref: 53531
Loughlin, Susan: Insurrection: Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and the Pilgrimage of Grace. Stroud, Glos.: The History Press, 2016. First edition. 8vo., pp. 224 + colour plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-wear: a fine copy. Ref: 53862
MacCoull, Leslie S. B. (trans.): Coptic Legal Documents: Law as Vernacular Text and Experience in Late Antique Egypt. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2010. 8vo., pp. 214. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Ref: 53404
