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CARAUSIUS AND ALLECTUS: THE BRITISH USURPERS
Written by P.J. Casey.
Stock no. 1827763
Published by Yale University Press. 1st USA 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Between A.D. 286 and 296, the Gallo-Roman military commander Carausius and his successor Allectus ruled Roman Britain, forming a renegade government there that threatened the stability of the Roman Empire. Using literary, archaeological, and numismatic evidence, the author brilliantly pieces together this little-known but extraordinary episode in the history of Roman Britain. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300060629. Base of spine bumped else a lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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BEAKER POTTERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.L. Clarke.
Stock no. 1827744
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. Volume 1 outlines the basis of classification and discusses the analysis of the material. Volume 2 contains line drawings of all known surviving complete examples of British Beaker pottery drawn at one-third size, detailed inventories of all known examples giving their finding-place, description, dimension and present whereabouts. Large format. Brown cloth boards, Gilt title on black title label to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edges brown. A heavy set. ISBN: 0521072492. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are a little grubby to rear panels.

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HISTORIC LANDSCAPE OF THE WELD ESTATE DORSET
Written by Laurence Keen; Ann Carreck.
Stock no. 1827743
Published by Lulworth Heritage Ltd.. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

The Weld Estate, covers some 12,500 acres of which the focal point is Lulworth Castle. The Weld Family archive of documents and maps has enable the estate to be examined in detail with regard to its archaeology, history and natural history. Much of the estate is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Pictorial cardwraps and 10 maps contained in folding hardboard pictorial wallet. ISBN: 0951157507. A nice copy. All maps present.

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ANGLO-SAXON ORNAMENTAL METALWORK 700-1100 IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Written by David M. Wilson.
Stock no. 1827742
Published by Trustees of the British Museum. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Catalogue of Antiquities of the Later Saxon Period Volume I. The first in a series planned to cover the antiquities of the later Saxon period, including the Celtic antiquities. This catalogue lists all the objects of the British Museum of precious metal or decorated bronze, made in an Anglo-Saxon context in the period between 700 and 1100. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. Some minor mottling to board edges. Text block browned with some foxing. Contents are clean. Blue dustwrapper is foxed, a little grubby, lightly edge-worn with a little loss.

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DRAGONBY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Jeffrey May.
Stock no. 1827728
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oxbow Monograph 61. Report on Excavations at an Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement in North Lincolnshire. Two Volumes. Large format. Grey glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations, maps and plans (some folding), a few colour photos. ISBN: 1900188147. Boards lightly scuffed. Spines lightly browned. Contents clean.

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PANNONIA AND UPPER MOESIA
Written by A. Mocsy.
Stock no. 1827726
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1974. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A history of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w maps. ISBN: 0710077149. A lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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HILL-FORTS OF NORTHERN FRANCE
Written by Mortimer Wheeler; Katherine M. Richardson.
Stock no. 1827725
Published by The Society of Antiquaries. 1st 1957. Very good condition.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XIX. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some fold-out. Spine slightly faded. Text block lightly browned. A few minor foxspots and light browning to endpapers. Else contents clean.

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THE EXCAVATION OF ROMAN AND MEDIAEVAL LONDON
Written by W.F. Grimes.
Stock no. 1827720
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1st 1968. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Report on a series of excavations from 1947 to 1962, dealing in detail with major investigations like that of Cripplegate Fort, the Temple of Mithras and some of the famous mediaeval churches including St Bride's, Fleet Street. Yellow cloth boards, green title label with gilt title to spine. B/w maps and diagrams including some fold-out. ISBN: 0710028970. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, jsut a little grubby.

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THE STANWICK FORTIFICATIONS NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
Written by Mortimer Wheeler.
Stock no. 1827719
Published by The Society of Antiquaries. 1st 1954. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XVII. The Stanwick earthworks, enclosing 850 acres of lowland in northern Yorkshire, are a remarkable and indeed unique complex representing at least four structural phases. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some folding. Spine faded but gilt title still bright. Browning to endpapers. Else contents clean.

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ROMAN COLCHESTER
Written by M.R. Hull.
Stock no. 1827718
Published by The Society Of Antiquaries Of London. 1st 1958. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XX. Large format. Brown cloth boards. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some fold-out. A few minor foxspots to text block. Contents are clean.

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BROOCHES IN LATE IRON AGE AND ROMAN BRITAIN (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.F. Mackreth.
Stock no. 1827716
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Volume 1: text for the study, Volume 2: The plates, Figures etc. This is the result of forty years of study and offers an overview of the most common find, after coins, on sites in Roman Britain, the brooch. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781842174111. Boards a little scuffed, contents clean, a lovely set!

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LATE IRON AGE AND ROMAN SILCHESTER: EXCAVATIONS ON THE SITE OF THE FORUM-BASILICA 1977, 1980-86
Written by Michael Fulford; Jane Timby; et al.
Stock no. 1827715
Published by Society For The Promotion Of Roman Studies. 1st 2000. Very good condition.

Britannia Monograph Series No. 15. Large format. A heavy volume. Green glazed boards. B/w photos, illustrations, and fold-out plans. ISBN: 090776424X. A few minor marks to boards. Tiny nick to base of spine. Lower rear corner of board bumped. Text block browned and a little grubby. Page margins lightly browned else contents clean.

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