Nieupoort, G.H.: (Nagel, Carel Ferdinand, ed,:) Rituum, qui olim apud Romanos obtinuerunt, succincta explicatio; ad intelligentiam veterum auctorum facile methodo conscripta [...]. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: [s.n.], 1802. 8vo., pp. viii, 614, [ii] + additional engraved title + 11 plates, 10 of which folding. With half-title, a few pages unopened at fore-edge. Occasional very faint spotting, some light toning, light damp staining at fore-edge increasing towards rear and becoming pinkish. Contemporary vellum prize binding with certificate bound in, spine gilt, gilt arms of Utrecht centrepiece to each board surrounded by border and corner tools, edges sprinkled red and blue. Spine a little darkened, a few small marks, all ties bar one lost, very good indeed. An illustrated study of Roman rituals. Scarce in the British Isles, COPAC locates copies in the British Library and the Bodleian only. Spoelder 4. Ref: 54430show full image..
Norbrook, David: Writing the English Republic: Poetry, Rhetoric and Politics, 1627-1660. Cambridge University Press, 1999. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiv, 509. Illustrations. Hardback: blue cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Press release for the book loosely inserted. Dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear, very good. Ref: 53871
Norwich, John Julius: The Kingdom in the Sun (1130-1194). London: Longmans, Green & Co.; Longman Group, 1967; 1970. First edition. 8vo., pp. xv, [i] 426 + plates. Internally clean and bright. Black cloth, orange labels, gilt, to spine. One corner slightly bumped, top edge a little dusty, very good. A little light shelf-wear to dust-jackets, edges slightly frayed, front flap creased, otherwise very good. The second and final, but stand-alone, volume of the author's history of Norman Sicily. The first volume, The Normans in the South (1016-1130), had been published three years earlier in 1967. Ref: 54577
Ogawa, Hiroshi: Language and Style in Old English Composite Homilies Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2010. 8vo., pp. 207. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Ref: 53403
Oliver, William: A Practical Essay on the Use and Abuse of Warm Bathing in Gouty Cases. Bath: Printed by T. Boddely, for James Leake, and Wm. Frederick, and sold by Hitch, and Hawes, and M 1753. Second edition. 8vo., pp. [iv], 96, [viii]. With half title. Some small repairs and short marginal tears to half title, first and last leaves a little dusty. Late 19th c. Half dark brown morocco, gilt title to spine, green marbled paper boards, blue endpapers. Joints and corners a bit rubbed, very good. Bookplate (with crest) of John Kent Spender, M.D. to front pastedown. Though by all accounts an engaging and competent physician, and very much involved in establishing Bath General Hospital in 1742, Dr William Oliver published little apart from this treatise on the therapeutic use of spa waters in the treatment of gout. However his name lives on in the form of the Bath Oliver biscuit, which he invented as a digestive aid for his patients. John Kent Spender's obituary (BMJ, 22nd April 1916) described him as 'The last of the generation of physicians who laid the foundation of modern Bath as a health resort.' He worked for the greater part of his career at the Mineral Water Hospital in Bath and published prolifically, his most notable book being Therapeutic Means for the Relief of Pain, which won the Fothergill Gold Medal in 1874. Ref: 54177show full image..
Optatus; (Du Pin, Louis Ellies, ed.:) Sancti Optati Afri Milevitani episcopi De schismate Donatistarum, libri septem [?] [...] Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]: apud Andream Pralard, 1700. First edition thus. Folio, pp.[xxii], civ, 601, [I] + large folding map. Half-title, title-page in red and black with engraved device, finely engraved head- and tail-pieces, ornate initials, errata to final leaf verso. Remarkably the map appears never to have been bound in, and is loosely inserted opposite p.1. A few fragments of blue paper stuck to half-title near gutter, a few leaves lightly toned with faint foxing eg. pp.45-51, occasional light spotting, very faint damp staining to a few leaves near gutter, a few leaves with slight paper flaws to fore-edge margins, overall very good. Slightly later half sheep with brown paper-covered boards, red morocco label to spine, all edges red, marbled endpapers. Spine very worn, hinges split but cords holding firm, boards rubbed with some loss of colour, corners worn and frayed, a few pencilled bookseller's notes to ffep verso. Still a good, sound copy. Tiny paper label to top corner of front paste-down: J. Mosley Stark, 10 King William Street, London. Tiny paper label to top corner ffep verso: sold by C.J. Stewart, 11 King William Street, London. To the title-page, round blue ink stamp of St Hugh's, Parkminster. Celebrated edition of this contemporary history of the 4th-cent. north African Donatist heresy, the editor inserts other material relevant to north African and Donatist history and geography. His recension of the text was used later by Migne in his 'Patrologia Latina'. Graesse V 30: "C'est la meilleure ?d. faite sur 5 mss." Ref: 54563show full image..
Origo, Iris: (Smith, Denis Mack, intro.:) War in Val d'Orcia. A Diary London: John Murray, 1984. Reissue, first edition thus. 8vo., pp.xvi, 239, [i]. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, near fine. Dust wrapper with a scratch travelling the width of the upper side but otherwise very good indeed. Reissue (with a new introduction by the historian Denis Mack Smith) of the wartime memoir of the writer and philanthropist Iris Origo (1902-1988), written from her home in rural Italy. The New York Times called the book "a remarkably moving document that, like the best of the elemental war stories, eventually becomes a statement about the unplanned nature and folly of war." (29th May 1984) Ref: 54653
Ostrowski, Donald: Europe, Byzantium, and the "Intellectual Silence" of Rus' Culture. Leeds: ARC Humanities Press, 2018. 8vo., pp. vii, 112. Hardback: laminated boards. Unused: as new. In the series: Beyond Medieval Europe. Ref: 54462
Ottaway, Patrick: Julia Velva: A Roman lady from York. Her Life and Times Revealed. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2021. First edition. 8vo., pp. xvi?, 382? + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54507
Owen, Mrs. Henry: (Egerton, Mary Margaret, ed.:) The Illuminated Book of Needlework: The Illuminated Book of Needlework: Comprising Knitting, Netting, Crochet and Embroidery [...] Preceded by A History of Needlework, including An Account of the Ancient Historical Tapestries. (Bound with) The Illuminated Ladies' Book of Useful and Orn London: Henry G. Bohn, 1847. 8vo., pp. ix, [i], 405, [i], 114 + gilded and coloured additional title-page, with tissue guard, and 18 further colour plates across 13 leaves plus one further plate in black and white. With separate title-page and pagination at rear, The Illuminated Ladies' Book of Useful and Ornamental Needlework, with same publisher and date. Tiny faint spots here and there but clean and bright internally. Red cloth, spine ornately gilt, cliund debossed borders to boards, a.e.g. Endcaps slightly tattered, joints worn, endpaper split at rear hinge, a little worn but very good. To ffep, an inscription: 'Mrs Sutherland, In memory of dear Mrs Mayer - at rest Dec. 28th, 1884. New Year's Day, 1885.' To rear paste-down, small label of Bone and Son, binders of Fleet Street, London. A compilation by Mrs Owen of 'The Illuminated Book of Embroidery' (1847) and 'The Art of Needlework' (1840, here retitled 'A History of Needlework'). The combined book contains chapters on knitting, netting, crochet, and embroidery patterns, and was also issued as 'The Illuminated Ladies' Book of Useful and Ornamental Needlework'. Ref: 55077show full image..
