GLADSTONE HEROIC MINISTER 1865-1898
Written by Richard Shannon.
Stock no. 1331402
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Some b/w photos. 702 pages. ISBN: 0713992530. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

ERASMUS THE REFORMER
Written by A.G. Dickens; Whitney R.D. Jones.
Stock no. 1331400
Published by Methuen. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tracing the impact of Erasmus upon the movement for religious reform in early sixteenth-century Europe, as well as delineating a most unusual and arresting personality. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. 367 pages including index. B/w plates. ISBN: 0413334805. Spine slightly bumped. Page browning and textblock slightly grubby else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

THEODORE REX
Written by Edmund Morris.
Stock no. 1331399
Published by Harper Collins Publishers Ltd. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The sequel to "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt". Black boards, gilt title to spine. 772 pages including notes and index. ISBN: 0002177080. Spine slightly bumped. Textblock is slightly grubby. Corner tip of rear free-endpaper torn off and last few pages have corner creases. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed and creased and is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT 1880-1969
Written by Ralph Lewis; Keith S. Gardner. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 1831542
Published by David & Charles. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This title reproduces a wide range of work from the Victorian Scottish watercolour painter, Sir William Russell Flint. It also includes text which deals with the paradoxes of the artist's life and work. Large oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 104 pages. ISBN: 0715393065. Reprint of the 1988 edition. Boards and contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, small mark to top of spine, lightly scuffed.

WILLIAM RUFUS (ENGLISH MONARCHS SERIES)
Written by Frank Barlow.
Stock no. 1831529
Published by Methuen London Ltd. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

William Rufus was the third son of William the Conqueror and his successor of King of England. Weaving an intimate account of the life of the king into the wider history of Anglo-Norman government, Barlow shows how William confirmed royal power in England, restored the ducal rights in France, and consolidated the Norman conquest. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. A few b/w plates. xix and 484 pages including index. ISBN: 0413281701. Boards clean. Text block browned with foxing to top edge. Contents browned. Personal inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine.

TWILIGHT OF THE HABSBURGS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH
Written by Alan Palmer.
Stock no. 1831528
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Alan Palmer's authoritative biography tracks Josef's long life from cradle to grave, describing in the right level of detail the conservative administrator who kept his multi-ethnic nation together for over 70 years from 1848 until 1916. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xii and 388 pages including index. ISBN: 0297813463. Boards clean. Text block lightly browned/grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine.

ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM
Written by George Faludy.
Stock no. 1831527
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, born in Rotterdam, was a philosopher, theologian and humanist. With his books, he had a great influence on the cultural and intellectual climate. Erasmus was a world citizen: he believed it was important for people to treat other people, the world and themselves with care and attention. Purple cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 298 pages including index. ISBN: 0413269906. Slight discolouration to top and tail of boards. Foxing to top edge of text block. Personal inscription in ink to half-title page. Brown pictorial dustwrapper lightly edge-worn, lihgtly sunned/faded to spine, and a few light marks.

EDWARD V: THE PRINCE IN THE TOWER
Written by Michael Hicks.
Stock no. 1831522
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Memorable not for his life but his death, Edward V is probably better known as one of the Princes in the Tower, the supposed victim of his Uncle, Richard III. A biography of the king whose fate remains one of the greatest mysteries in English history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w iillustrations. 224 pages. ISBN: 075241996X. Boards clean. Text block a little browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

G.M. TREVELYAN: A LIFE IN HISTORY
Written by David Cannadine.
Stock no. 1831521
Published by Harpercollins Publishers. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

G.M. Trevelyan was a widely read historian. The author skillfully describes the life of this privileged man from his birth in the British intellectual aristocracy through his smooth progress in the academic and literary spheres until his death in 1962. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. xvi and 288 pages including index. ISBN: 0002158728. A few minor marks to rear board, reading crease to spine. Text block browned. Else contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and lightly marked.

JFK: RECKLESS YOUTH
Written by Nigel Hamilton.
Stock no. 1831518
Published by Century. 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first volume of Life and Death of an American President. The book follows Kennedy from his birth and childhood in suburban Boston to his education at elite boarding schools, Princeton, and eventually Harvard, from his relationships with his parents, siblings, and many lovers to his military career. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w photos. xxiv and 898 pages including index. ISBN: 0712625712. Text block is browned and grubby. Gift inscription in ink to top edge of free front endpaper. Front joint pulled but binding tight. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and slightly browned. Slight musty odour present.

THE MEMOIRS OF A MOTORSPORTING CLERGYMAN
Written by Rupert Jones.
Stock no. 1831499
Published by Richard Netherwood Limited. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The memoirs of Rupert Jones, who reached international standing in motor sport whilst following the exacting commitments of a theological student and later a Church of England clergyman. A witty and readable book evocative of a great period in motor sport. Grey cloth boarsd, black title to spine. B/w photos. 123 pages. ISBN: 1872955037. A nice, clean copy. Grey dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

BORN AN OPTIMIST
Written by Jean Lee.
Stock no. 1331340
Published by M.I.P.I. PUBLISHING. 2nd 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Story of Geoffrey Groves, Inventor. Second (revised) edition. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 095405590X. Minimal rubbing at edges and minimal fading to spine.