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..
Church, Stephen: King John and the Road to Magna Carta. New York: Basic Books, 2015. First American edition. 8vo., pp. xxii, 300. Maps, genealogy and illustration. Hardback: buff cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54471
Clarendon, Edward (Hyde), Earl of: The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. Oxford: printed at the Theater 1702; 1703; 1704. First edition. 3 vols. Folio, pp.[ii], XXIII, [i], 557, [iii]; [xvi], 581, [i]; xxii, 603, [xxiii] + portrait frontispiece to each vol. Bound without half-titles. Engraved vignette to title, engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces. Lightly foxed, a few smudgy marks, occasional small pencil notes, vol.III portrait stuck a little to ffep at gutter causing separation from textblock and a short closed tear, vol.III A4 with closed tear of approx. 5.5cm to tail edge affecting lower and gutter margins. Uniform library bindings, quarter mottled grey-brown calf, spine gilt ruled with red labels, volume number and date tooled directly, orange buckram boards, endpapers renewed, cloth joints, a little rubbed, corners slightly bumped, very good. Small embossed stamp of Leicester Free Library to frontispieces, title-pages, and final few leaves. Clarendon's major work, not published until many years after his death. 'The remainder of Clarendon's manuscripts remained unpublished for more than twenty-five years, although his sons allowed certain politically sympathetic individuals - among them Archbishop Sancroft - to see them. The first volume of the History of the Rebellion, the text put together in 1671?2 out of the History and the Life, was not published until 1702, after the accession to the throne of Clarendon's granddaughter, Anne. Laurence Hyde, earl of Rochester, contributed a carefully nuanced defence of his father to the first volume; by the time the second and third volumes were published in 1704, Rochester's dismissal from government made him give a more partisan, tory edge to their dedications to the queen.' (ODNB) ESTC T53939, T147813 and T147812. Ref: 55043show full image..
Cline, Ruth Harwood: The Congregation of Tiron: Monastic Contributions to Trade and Communication in Twelfth Century France and Britain. Leeds: Arc Humanities Press, 2019. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiv, 211. Maps and Tables. Hardback: laminated pictorial boards. Unused: as new. In the series: Spirituality and Monasticism, East and West. Ref: 54466
Cockburn, J. S. & Baker, T. F. T. (eds.): The Victoria History of the County of Middlesex. Volume IV. London: Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1971. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear, still very good. Ref: 53995
Coffey, John: Politics, Religion and the British Revolutions. Cambridge University Press, 1997. 8vo., pp. xii, 304. Hardback: brown cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. endpapers discoloured along hinges (for no discernable reason), edges lightly bumped. Dust-jacket, mildly shelf-worn with creasing to edges. Still, a very good copy. Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History series. Ref: 53746
Collinson, Patrick: The Elizabethan Puritan Movement. London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. First edition. 8vo, pp. 528. Maps as endpapers. Hardback: quarter green cloth with cream buckram boards, gilt-lettered to spine, a slight bow to upper board and a hint of dust to edges, still very good. Dust-jacket, rather shelf-worn and a little grubby, with creasing to top edge and tears to corners and head of spine, good only. Ref: 53753
Condren, Conal & Cousins, A. D. (eds.): The Political Identity of Andrew Marvell. Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1990. First edition. 8vo., pp. ix, 221. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered, fine. Dust-jacket, light shelf-wear only, very good. Includes an essay by William Lamont, and from his library although with no evidence of ownership. Ref: 53736
[Coxe, William:] Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough; containing Armorial Bearings, Fac Similes, Maps and Military Plans. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. Slim 4to., contains all 22 items listed on the 'Order of Arrangement for the Plates and References' leaf, but lacks the leaf itself (a copy is loosely inserted for reference). Items include coats of arms, facsimile letters and many folding maps, some hand coloured or with paper overlays to show the positions and movements of troops. Two of the folding maps have a very short tear near the stub attachment (ie. 'Plan of the Battle of Malplaquet' and 'Plan of the Operations of the Confederate and French Forces on the Moselle and Saar'). Small loss to bottom edge of title-page not affecting text, a little sporadic foxing, some faint smudgy marks toward fore-edge. Recent half calf binding, spine gilt, marbled boards, title in gilt to leather panel in centre of front board. Spine a little sunned, very good. Discreet binder's label of Canterbury Bookbinders to front pastedown. Originally issued as an accompaniment to the octavo second edition of William Coxe's Marlborough's Memoirs (1820). The same material was also reproduced as the final volume of the quarto edition of the Memoirs (1817-1820). The selection of materials is designed to illustrate Marlborough's (1650-1722) reputation as one of the finest commanders in British military history. Ref: 54714show full image..
