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
Gregson, Matthew: Portfolio of Fragments relative to the History and Antiquities, Topography and Genealogies of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster. Liverpool: [s.n.] 1824. Second edition. Folio, pp. (preliminaries), 302, cviii + portrait frontispiece, 10 further portrait plates, 1 folding map, 1 folding plan, 4 genealogies, 11 other plates. Preliminaries erratically paginated, but consisting of half-title, title to 1817 edition, title to 1824 second edition, Dedication, Preface, List of Subscribers and Contents, as called for. Occasional smudgy marks but internally very good. Contemporary dark brown morocco, raised bands, gilt borders to spine compartments and boards, blind-tooled boards, gilt title to centre of upper board, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Very light rubbing to joints, a few dusty marks, endpapers foxed but still very good indeed. To ffep verso, ownership inscription of J. Feilden, Mollington Hall. The Feildens were a family of Cheshire cotton merchants who occupied Mollington Hall, from 1796 to 1906. Twycross's Mansions of England and Wales (1850) depicts a grand country house with lakes, described as 'the seat of John Feilsen Esq.' Mollington Hall was demolished in 1938, though its lodges and ice house remain. Printed by C.A. Worrall of Slater Court, Liverpool. Lowndes IV, 942 Ref: 54141show full image..
Hanna, Ralph: Editing Medieval Texts An Introduction, using exemplary materials derived from Richard Rolle, 'Super Canticum' 4. Liverpool University Press, 2015. First edition. 8vo., pp. viii, 183. Hardback: laminated decorative boards. Unused: as new. In the series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Ref: 54611
Herbert, Edward (Lord Herbert of Cherbury): The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth. London: printed by M[ary] Clark, for Henry Herringman [?]. 1682. Folio, pp. [vi], 636, [xx] + portrait frontispiece. Title-page in red and black, woodcut initials, final leaf blank. 4G with short closed tear to lower margin not affecting text, a few light spots and smudges. Contemporary brown calf, spine label replaced, raised bands, blind-tooled borders and frames. Head- and tail-caps repaired, rubbed, joints creased and a bit worn, corners repaired, some spots and stains but still very good. Ownership inscription of Ja. Winstanley in an old hand to top of title-page. Third edition (the first published in 1649) of this apologetic Life of Henry VIII by the soldier, statesman and Deist philosopher Edward Herbert (1572-1648), elder brother of the poet George Herbert. ESTC R37413 Ref: 54896show full image..
Herbert, N. M. (ed.): The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester. Volume VII: Brightwells Barrow and Rapsgate Hundreds.. Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1981. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt, a touch of dust to edges, fine. Dust-jacket, price-clipped, a little grubby, with creasing at folds and along top edge, but entirely intact. Overall. still a very good copy. Ref: 54084
Hickman, Katie: She-Merchants, Buccaneers & Gentlewomen: British Women in India. London: Virago Press, 2019. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 390 + plates. 4 maps to text. Hardback: red cloth, black-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Slight waviness to pages towards outer edge, otherwise a fine, unread copy. Ref: 54061
Hill, Christopher: The English Bible and the Seventeenth-Century Revolution. London: Allen Lane, 1993. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiii, 466. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, small dent to top board edge, two corners slightly bumped. Dust-jacket, sun-faded to spine, shelf-worn and creased with fraying to edges, otherwise complete. Still a good reading copy. Ref: 53739
