Sponsler, Claire: The Queen's Dumbshows: John Lydgate and the Making of Early Theater. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014. First edition. 8vo., pp. vii, 308. Hardback: dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unread, a hint only of shelf-wear: almost as new. Ref: 53622
Stephens, W. B. (ed.): The Victoria History of the County of Warwick. Volume VII: The City of Birmingham. London: Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1965. First edition, second impression. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Edges uncut. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. Light shelf-wear, a little fraying along jacket edges, but still very good. First published 1964. Ref: 54099
Stevenson, William Henry (ed.): Asser's Life Of King Alfred Together With The Annals Of Saint Neots Erroneously Ascribed To Asser. Edited by William Henry Stevenson with an Introductory article by Dorothy Whitelock. Oxford University Press (Sandpiper reprint). 1998. 8vo. pp.386. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new. OUP edition first published 1959. Ref: 54932
Sweetinburgh, Sheila (ed.): Negotiating the Political in Northern European Urban Society, c.1400-c.1600. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2013. 8vo., pp. 222. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 434 in the ACMRS Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies series. Ref: 53721
Syros, Vasileios (ed.): Well Begun Is Only Half Done: Tracing Aristotle's Political Ideas in Medieval Arabic, Syriac, Byzantine, and Jewish Sources. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2011. 8vo., pp. 226. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Ref: 53402
Taylor, Jane H. M.: The Poetry of Francois Villon: Text and Context. Cambridge University Press, 2001. First edition. 8vo., pp. xii, 234. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, light shelf-wear, very good. In the series: Cambridge Studies in French. Ref: 53590
Thomas, Melita: The King's Pearl: Henry VIII and his daughter Mary. Stroud, Glos.: Amberley Publishing, 2017. First edition. 8vo., pp. 320 + colour plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-wear: a fine copy. Ref: 53859
(Thompson, Thomas:) Ocellus Promontorium; or, Short Observations on the Ancient State of Holderness. [and] Historic Facts Relative to the Sea Port and Market Town of Ravenspurne, in Holderness. Hull: printed by Thomas Topping, Lowgate, 1822; 1821. 2 vols., 8vo., pp. 117, [I] + folding map frontispiece and 1 further plate (Outhorne); [iii], 122-270 + engraved frontispiece and 2 further plates (the monument of Sir Martine de la Mare, and coins). Continuous pagination. Occasional pencil underlings and marginal marks. Sporadic toning, light foxing and mottling with some leaves more affected. Recent quarter calf (tan, sprinkled), abbreviated titles to spines, marbled boards, original paper wrappers bound in, edges uncut, very good. Original blue sugar paper wrapper with MS titles to each and to Ocellus: 'To Arthur Clifford Esq with the Author's most respectful compliments'. To front paste-down of each volume, modern bookplate of Stephen Bryant. Ravenspurne is a town lost to coastal erosion, one of over 30 along the Holderness Coast which have vanished into the north Sea since the 19th century. It sat close to the end of the peninsula known as Spurn Head, near Ravenser Odd. Ref: 54599show full image..
Varisco, Daniel Martin & Smith, G. Rex (eds.): The Manuscript of Al-Malik Al-Afdal [...]: A Medieval Arabic Anthology from the Yemen. Warminster, Wilts: Aris & Phillips for the Gibb Memorial Trust, 1998. First edition thus. 8vo., pp. 27, [iii], 542, [ii]. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, slightly shelf-creased and, to back cover, lightly damp-crinkled with publisher's ISBN sticker loosening. Still a very good, unused copy. Facsimile Text with an Introduction by the editors. Ref: 53600
Vaughan, Richard: John The Fearless. The Growth Of Burgundian Power. London: Longmans, 1966. First edition. 8vo, pp. [xiv], 320, with illustrations and maps. Blue cloth, title gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, price-clipped, a little worn. Overall still a very good copy. Gift inscription in pen to ffep. Ref: 53536
