Dugdale, William: The Baronage of England, or An Historical Account of the Lives and Most Memorable Actions of Our English Nobility [...] London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, John Martin, and Henry Herringman, 1675-6. First edition. 2 vols., folio. pp. [xii], 476, 497-790, [ii] + 5 folding plates; [viii], 312, 361-488, [iv] Text continuous despite pagination, as usual. Title pages in red and black, woodcut initials. Each plate is a pedigree (Percy, Talbot, Clifford, Berkley and D'Arcie). Vol. I: neatly-repaired closed tears to title-page, dedication, 1st leaf of Preface and final (Index) leaf; a few leaves with unobtrusively repaired corners; very few tiny scorch marks, including any hole to 3S4 not affecting text; some faint toning and light foxing. Vol. II: neatly-repaired closed tears to title-page, 2nd leaf and 3S1, ie. 1st leaf of Index. Contemporary brown calf boards neatly rebacked, spines gilt, red morocco title-labels, neat repairs to corners and some edges, endpapers renewed. Endcaps a bit worn with small tear to tail of vol.I, boards mottled and scratched, still very good, well-repaired copies. To each front paste-down bookplate of Sir Henry Bedingfeld of Oxburgh. Given the relative modernity of the bookplate this seems likely to be Sir Henry Edward Paston-Bedingfeld, 8th Baronet or possibly his father, also called Henry. "A history of the aristocracy and its deeds since Anglo-Saxon times, an immense work of genealogical scholarship derived from sound sources that retains its value to the present day [...] Editions of Dugdale's work continued to appear after his death as scholars polished and quarried his researches. His place in the annals of historical scholarship is an honourable one. His speciality was the retrieval of factual information relating to the great institutions of the middle ages: the monasteries, the legal system, and the aristocracy. The scale of his operations was greater than any previous endeavour, and its achievements were astonishing, especially in view of the disorder of the records from which he worked. " (ODNB). ESTC R16723, R225614; Wing D 2480; Brunet II 868; Lowndes 691; Moule CCLXXIV. Ref: 54651show full image..
[Dugdale, William:] A Short View of the Late Troubles in England; Briefly setting forth, Their Rise, Growth, and Tragical Conclusion. As also, some Parallel thereof with the Barons-Wars in the time of King Henry III. But chiefly with that in France, called the Holy League, in the Reign of Henry III. and Henry IV. l Oxford: Printed at the Theater for Moses Pitt 1681. Folio, pp. [vi], 136, 185-294, 361-439, [i], 449-488, 553-650, [iv], 737-959, [xiii] + portrait frontispiece. Irregular pagination as usual, includes catalogue at rear. Engraved printer's device to title-page, woodcut initials, engraved headpiece. Some pages heavily foxed but others not at all, light dampstaining to head edge from the middle on, some faint blotchy marks and scorches including one hole to 6D1 affecting a few letters, occasional pencil lines to margins. Contemporary speckled dark brown calf boards neatly rebacked in a slightly lighter shade, raised bands gilt ruled, title and date tooled directly, corners repaired. Boards scuffed with some scrapes and small repaired areas of loss, ffep foxed and repaired at top corner, without rfep, still good overall. The ESTC differs from Wing in listing a separate 1671 edition on the evidence of one imperfect copy showing a different imprint; assuming that imprint is correct, this issue would be the second edition. The "last major production", initially published anonymously, of the antiquary Sir William Dugdale (1605-1686), "it is useful for its copiousness and the precision of its dates" (ODNB). Included as an appendix with its own divisional title page is a short work on "the Treaty for a Peace, Begun at Uxbridge, January 30. 1644," which is a reprint of a pamphlet originally published in 1645. After the index is a 5-page "Catalogue of Books Printed at the Theater in Oxford" for the year 1681. ESTC R18097; Brunet II 868; Graesse II 443; Lowndes 692; Wing D 2492. Ref: 55042show full image..
Dugdale, William; Stevens, John: Monasticon Anglicanum, or the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, [...]. [with] The History of the Antient Abbeys, Monasteries, [etc.,] Being two additional volumes to Sir William Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum: [...] London: Printed by R. Harbin, for D. Browne and J. Smith; Printed for Tho. Taylor, [etc.], 1718; 1722; 1723. 3 vols., pp. [ii] xvi 120 *117-*120, 121-124, *121-*124, [i],126-244, [i], 242-375 [ix] + 103 plates, including engraved title-page; [ii], vii, [v], 76, ff. 77-84, pp. 85-264, cols. 265-272, 273-538 [ii] + 19 plates; [iv], 279, [i], 152, cols. 153-184, pp. 185-223, 242-388, [vi] + 31 plates. Second volume bound with 19 plates rather than the more usual 20, the absent plate being 'The Famous Church of St. Alban with a View of Verulam'. Title pages in red and black, woodcut initials and head- & tail-pieces, 153 plates in total of which 13 are folding, publisher's list to final leaf (verso) of vol.I. Vols. II & III with a little occasional foxing to bottom fore-edge corner, vol.II with a small paper repair to bottom margin of 6H. Generally very clean and bright. 19th-century brown calf, lightly diced, neatly rebacked, spines ornately gilt and each with dark and mid-brown labels, gilt borders and dentelles, edges coloured bright yellow, marbled endpapers. A little rubbed with a few light marks, joints worn with vol. I upper joint split from tail to approx. halfway up and vol. II just starting at tail, vol. II and III spine labels transposed, most corners worn but still good overall. The antiquary John Stevens' abridgement and translation of William Dugdale's monumental Monasticon Anglicanum, complete with his two supplementary volumes. Called by Lowndes 'an excellent epitome'. The additional volumes add hundreds of additional monastic charters, also translated into English. "For the first time it treated pre- and post-Reformation monastic history as a continuum" (ODNB). When the Monasticon was re-edited into six enormous volumes in the 19th century, Stevens' two supplements were incorporated. This was the second English translation/abridgement of the Monasticon, following a much shorter and less successful version in 1693 by James Wright. ESTC T149944, T147338; Lowndes I 686-7; Upcott p. xviii. Ref: 54528show full image..
Eldrington, C. R. (ed.): The Victoria History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. Volume V. London: Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1973. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. Light shelf-wear, still very good. Ref: 53990
Elrington, C. R. (ed.): The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester. Volume VIII: Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1968. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt, a touch of dust to edges, fine. Dust-jacket, price-clipped, a touch grubby, with creasing along top edge, fraying at one corner and two small closed tears over base of spine otherwise intact. Overall. still a good to very good copy. Ref: 54085
Elton, C.I., Mackay, H.J.H.: Robinson on Gavelkind: The common law of Kent, or the customs of gavelkind. London: Butterworth & Co., 1897. 8vo, pp. [xxxv], 266. Slight browning, edges dusty, occasional very minor spotting, but still a good copy. Black cloth, boards and spine gilt, joints and extremities a little rubbed, hinges starting, but still a good copy. Fifth edition. Ref: 53507
Farrer, William & Brownbill, J. (eds.): The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster. Volume Three. Folkestone, Kent: Dawson for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, 1990. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. A touch of dust to edges otherwise fine. Reprinted photographically from the 1907 first edition published by Archibald Constable and Company. Ref: 54022
Farrer, William & Brownbill, J. (eds.): The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster. Volume VIII. Folkestone, Kent: Dawson for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, 1993. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. Rear bottom corner bumped, a touch of dust to edges, otherwise very good. Reprinted photographically from the 1914 first edition published by Archibald Constable and Company. Ref: 54027
Foreman, Amanda: A World on Fire An Epic History of Two Nations Divided. London: Allen Lane, 2010. First edition. 8vo., pp. xliv, 988 + plates. Maps, some double-page, and illustrations. Hardback: red cloth, black-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. A little dust-marked to edges, a hint only of shelf-wear to jacket: a very good copy. Ref: 53925
Gardiner, Juliet. The Thirties. An intimate history. London: HarperPress, 2010. First edition. 8vo, pp. [xv], 957, with illustrations. Slight toning, else very good. Hardback, blue cloth, spine lettered in light blue, dust-jacket, upper edge a little creased, but still very good. Ref: 53543
