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A HISTORY OF ELY CATHEDRAL
Written by Peter Meadows; Nigel Ramsay.
Stock no. 1328557
Published by The Boydell Press. 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large, heavy format. Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. From the tiny community founded in the fens by St. Etheldreda in 672, and refounded as an abbey in 970, grew one of the greatest monasteries in England. ISBN: 9780851159454. Spine bumped. A couple of small spots to textblock and a couple of lower page corner tips slightly creased else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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WARWICK THE KINGMAKER
Written by Paul Murray Kendall.
Stock no. 1828716
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as The Kingmaker. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis, a few b/w plates and foldout pedigree. 135 pages including index. Top edge red. Second Impression. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, browned to spine and worn at top of spine, rear panel is a little grubby and browned.

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WORCESTERSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1828691
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. 378 pages. ISBN: 0300096607. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to top and bottom of inside flaps and is a little scuffed.

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BEDFORDSHIRE AND THE COUNTY OF HUNTINGDON AND PETERBOROUGH (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1828689
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. 416 pages. ISBN: 0300095813. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to top and bottom of inside flaps and is lightly scuffed.

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SHROPSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1828688
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0300096429. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has light browning to top and bottom of inside flaps and is lightly scuffed.

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THE ROAD: A STORY OF ROMANS AND WAYS TO THE PAST
Written by Christopher Hadley.
Stock no. 1828615
Published by William Collins. 1st 2023. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

For two thousand years, the roads the Romans built have determined the flow of ideas and folktales, where battles were fought and where pilgrims trod. Almost everyone in Britain lives close to a Roman road, if only we knew where to look. A mesmerising journey into two thousand years of history only now giving up its secrets. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 353 pages including index. ISBN: 9780008356699. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few tiny closed tears, a little scuffed.

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VICTORIAN QUAKERS
Written by Elizabeth Isichei.
Stock no. 1328449
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine. Oxford Historical Monographs Series. ISBN: 0198218338. Spine slightly bumped. Spine and corners lightly rubbed. Some foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed, faded and slightly grubby to spine with a small mark to edge of rear panel.

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ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS OF THE TENNANT COMPANIES 1797-1937
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328445
Circa 1937. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine, brown boards with green title label to front (gilt title). B/w photos of various people. Spine and corners bumped, some wear to covers. TENNANTS written in ink to centre of spine. Some neat ink writing to front free-endpaper. One plate is loose but still present.

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RUGBY FOOTBALL
Written by D.R. Gent.
Stock no. 1328421
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

The Aldin Series. Foreword by Walter T. Pearce. Illustrated with b/w photographs specially taken for this work. 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Foxing to textblock.

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A HOUSE IN TOWN: 22 ARLINGTON STREET, ITS OWNERS AND BUILDERS
Written by David Watkin; Antony Ratcliff; Nicholas Thompson; John Mills.
Stock no. 1828562
Published by B.T. Batsford; Eagle Star. 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of 22 Arlington Street, the great town house designed for Henry Pelham by William Kent in the 1740s. Large format. Green cloth boards with red title labels. Colour and b/w illustrations. 201 pages including index. ISBN: 0713445637. Reprint. Minor marks to lower edge of boards. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, slightly faded to spine, a little scuffed, a tiny closed tear (no loss) to top front edge repaired to verso with clear tape.

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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME FIVE
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1328343
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Contributions by well-known historians and experts in various fields. Red cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light damp(?) spotting to top edge of front cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, small tear to lower edge of rear panel.

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LANERCOST PRIORY, CUMBRIA (RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 10)
Written by Henry Summerson; Stuart Harrison.
Stock no. 1828526
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The history of the priory. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and sketches. xi and 219 pages including index. ISBN: 1873124309. A nice copy.

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