Frieda, Leonie: Francis I: The Maker of Modern France. New York: Harper, 2018. First American edition. 8vo., pp. xxx, [ii], 352 + colour plates. Maps and genealogical tables. Hardback: quarter black cloth-backed red boards, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, fine. Unobtrusive black ink remainder-mark to bottom paper-edge, otherwise as new. Ref: 53611
Fulton, Michael S.: Siege Warfare during the Crusades Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2019. First edition. 8vo., pp. xxiv, 344. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54438
Gibbon, Edward: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 12 vols. London: Printed for W. Allason; B. Whitrow and Co.; C. Chapple; W. Barton; J. Evans and Son; J. Gree 1819. 12 vols., 'A New Edition', 8vo.. First vol. with portrait frontispiece, vols. I and II each with a folding map. A little toned offsetting from the plates, very occasional light foxing but generally clean. Contemporary tan diced calf neatly rebacked, spines attractively gilt with titles, vol. numbers and dates, gilt borders, marbled edges, drab endpapers. Lightly rubbed, a little staining to boards, corners frayed but a very good, good-looking set. Armorial bookplate of William Jeffrey Lockett to front pastedown of each volume. The shield depicts the arms of Lockett and Johnson, implying this is William Jeffrey Lockett (1768-1839), whose mother Hannah was a Johnson. Lockett was a Derbyshire solicitor and Deputy Clerk of the Peace who was instrumental in organising the trial of the Luddite Pentrich Rebels in 1817. Gibbon's (1737-1794) masterpiece, originally published 1776-1788. Volume I contains a 'Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq.' on pp.[3]-16, volume XII contains a general index on pp.[429]-508. Each volume has its own contents page. Printer statement to title-page verso: Plummer and Brewis, Printers, Love-Lane, Little Eastcheap. Ref: 55140show full image..
Gittes, Tobias Foster: Boccaccio's Naked Muse: Eros, Culture, and the Mythopoeic Imagination. University of Toronto Press, 2008. First edition. 8vo., pp. xi, 369. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. A hint of use and dust, very good. In the series: 'Toronto Italian Studies'. Ref: 53338
Goodwin, George: Fatal Rivalry. Flodden 1513: Henry VIII, James IV and the Battle for Renaissance Britain. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2013. First American edition. 8vo., pp. x, 288 + 30 colour plates. Maps. Hardback: half black cloth-backed brown boards, spine silver-lettered. Dust-jacket. Unread: page-edges slightly dusted, otherwise as new. First published in the UK, also in 2013. Ref: 53387
Greatrex, Joan (ed.): Everyday Sermons from Worcester Cathedral Priory: An Early Fourteenth-Century Collection in Latin. Leeds: ARC Humanities Press, 2019. 8vo., pp. x, 171. Hardback: laminated boards. Unused: as new. In the series: Foundations. Ref: 54463
Greenslade, M. W. & Johnson, D. A. (eds.): The Victoria History of the County of Stafford. Volume VI. Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1979. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt, fine. Dust-jacket, lettering to spine faded, light shelf-wear, a little creased to edges with a couple of little nicks, otherwise very good. Bookplate of Robert Smith to half-title, with "January 2003" ink-inscribed above. Ref: 54011
Greenslade, M. W. (ed.): The Victoria History of the County of Stafford. Volume XIV: Lichfield. Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1990. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket. Light shelf-dusting, jacket price-clipped with lettering to spine faded, a little marked, otherwise a very good copy. Bookplate of Robert Smith to half-title, with "October 2000" ink-inscribed above. Ref: 54014
Greenslade, M. W. (ed.): The Victoria History of the County of Stafford. Volume XVII. Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1976. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket. Light shelf-dusting, jacket price-clipped, creased to edges with a couple of little nicks, otherwise a very good copy. Bookplate of Robert Smith to half-title, with "September 1999" ink-inscribed to the right. Ref: 54015
Greenslade, M. W. (ed.): The Victoria History of the County of Stafford. Volume XX: Seisdon Hundred (Part). Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1984. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket. Light shelf-dusting, jacket price-clipped, otherwise a very good copy. Bookplate of Robert Smith to half-title, with "January 2003" ink-inscribed above. Ref: 54016
