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..
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 over 2 leaves, 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. Illustrations in the text, a few coloured. Some sporadic foxing. Contemporary brown morocco neatly rebacked with title, date and plain rules to spine, gilt borders and frames with cornerpieces, gilt dentelles, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Boards a little scuffed with a scrape at rear, a few light stains, edges a bit rubbed. To front pastedown, monogram bookplate of Samuel Rigby and small bookbinders or -sellers label of Holden, 46 Church St, Liverpool. To ffep, modern bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst. To ffep verso in pencil, Mr Hayhurst's rather withering opinions on the book. Further bookseller's notes to facing endpaper. A collection of genealogical and topographical information for Lancashire, originally published in parts and now published as a single volume. Lowndes IV, 942 Ref: 55056show full image..
Gristwood, Sarah: The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty. London: Oneworld Publications 2021. First edition. 8vo., pp. 392 + plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54891
Harris, A. Katie: From Muslim to Christian Granada: Inventing a City's Past in Early Modern Spain. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. First edition. 8vo., pp. xxi, 255. Illustrations to text. Hardback: orange cloth, black-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unread, a hint only of shelf-wear: almost as new. Ref: 53615
Haskell, Yasmin & Ruys, Juanita Feros (eds.): Latinity and Alterity in the Early Modern Period. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (with Brepols), 2010. 8vo., pp. 318. Hardback: laminated decorative boards. New, still in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 360 in the ACMRS Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies series, and Volume 30 in the Brepols Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance series. Ref: 53640
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
Herrin, Judith: Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium. Princeton University Press, 2013. First edition. 8vo., pp. xix, 328. Illustrations to text. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54440
Hislop, Malcolm: James of St George and the Castles of the Welsh Wars. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2020. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 302. Illustrations to text, many in colour. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new. Ref: 54453
Hollister, C. Warren.: Anglo-Saxon Military Institutions on the eve of the Norman conquest. Oxford University Press (Sandpiper reprint). 1998. 8vo. pp. ix, 170. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new. First published 1962. Ref: 54890
