Brewer, H. W. (illius.): Old London Illustrated. London: The Builder Ltd, 1962. Ninth Edition. Large Format (281mm x 193mm), pp. 36 + plates. White leatherette, gilt-lettered to spine and upper board, all edges gilt. A touch of shelf-wear, very good. A Builder Book. Ref: 54810
Brewer, H.W. (illius.): Old London Illustrated London: The Builder Ltd, 1962. Ninth Edition. Large Format (281mm x 193mm), pp. 36 + plates. White leatherette, gilt-lettered to spine and upper board, all edges gilt. A touch of shelf-wear, very good. A Builder Book. Ref: 54811
Brisson, Barnabe: Hotman, Antoine and Fran?ois: De Veteri Ritu Nuptiarum & Jure Connubiorum. Leiden: Hack, 1641. 12mo. pp. 566, (xxii), including engraved titlepage, woodcut initials and ornaments. Tiny worm trail to lower blank margin of first gathering, minor offsetting on last blank, verso of last blank a bit soiled. Full calf c.1800, blind ruled, raised bands, gilt-lettered morocco label. Minor repair to extremities, joints a bit cracked, later endpapers. Label of J.L. Weir to front pastedown, his autograph dated 1945 to ffep; pencilled autograph of James Fowler Kellas Johnstone to verso of engraved titlepage. Contains chapters on wedding ceremonies and on matrimonial law. French jurist and politician Barnab? Brisson's (1531-1591; latinised as Brissonius) public career included holding various positions by appointment of Charles IX and Henry III, among them the sixth president of Parlement. When the Seize took over Paris in 1589, Brisson was sufficiently diplomatic for them to also appoint him first president of the new Parlament, but before long he lost their trust and was executed in 1591. James Fowler Kellas Johnstone (1846-1928) was a specialist in bibliographies of Aberdeen and North East Scotland, and the author, with A.W. Robertson, of 'Bibliotheca Aberdonensis' (1928). J.L. Weir was probably the Scottish historian, author of 'Excerpta Scotica' (1939). Willems, 1615. Ref: 53154show full image..
Brown, Paul: Mercenaries to Conquerors: Norman Warfare in the Eleventh & Twelfth Century Mediterranean. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2016. First edition. 8vo., pp. xi, 251 + plates. 2 maps to text. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54437
Brownlee, David B. The Law Courts: The Architecture of George Edmund Street. New York; Cambridge, Mass.; London: The Architectural History Foundation and The MIT Press. 1984. First edition. Large Format (287mm x 226mm), pp.430. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: navy cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Some discolouration to front end papers from cut-out newspaper review of the book loosely inserted (still present), otherwise contents clean. Dust-jacket fine. Book VIII of The Architectural History Foundation/MIT Press Series. Ref: 54762
Bruzelius, Caroline: Preaching, Building, and Burying: Friars in the Medieval City. Yale University Press, 2014. First edition. 4to., pp. xii, 255. Colour and b/w illustration to text. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. As new. Ref: 53365
Bryen, Ari Z.: Violence in Roman Egypt: A Study in Legal Interpretation. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013. First edition. 8vo., pp. 363. Hardback: red cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unread, a hint only of shelf-wear: almost as new. In the publisher's "Empire and After" series. Ref: 53618
Buckler, Georgina: Anna Comnena: A Study. Oxford: Clarendon Press (for Sandpiper Books), 2000. First edition thus. 8vo., pp. ix, 558. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered. Dust-jacket. Unread: other than a hint of shelf-wear to edges of dust-jacket, as new. Ref: 53382
Bueno De Mesquita, Bruce: The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings and the Birth of the West. New York: Public Affairs (Hachette), 2022. First edition. 8vo., pp. viii, 337. Illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54619
Burke, Peter; Harrison, Brian; Slack, Paul (eds.): Civil Histories: Essays presented to Sir Keith Thomas. Oxford University Press, 2000. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiv, 399. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, very slightly cocked spine to corners bumped. Dust-jacket, light shelf-wear with creasing towards top edge. Still a very good copy overall. Ref: 53750
