MEDIEVAL PEOPLE
Written by Eileen Power; Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie.
Stock no. 1830550
Published by Folio Society. 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. The text of this edition follows that of the tenth edition. Cream boards with gilt vignettes. Colour illustrations. xxvii and 253 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is very lightly scuffed.

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THE LIVING THEATRE OF MEDIEVAL ART
Written by Henry Kraus.
Stock no. 1830488
Published by Indiana University Press. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the foreword: Whether working from a single monument to its ramifications in the relevant social context, or from major social themes to their documentation in works of art, he has traced the broad picture of living circumstances and problems in the Middle Ages, to create a vivid documentary picture of the period and its art. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, blind title to front board. B/w illustrations. xxi and 248 pages. Small foxspots to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, creased and worn to top rear edge.

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THE ISLAND GARDEN: ENGLAND'S LANGUAGE OF NATION FROM GILDAS TO MARVELL
Written by Lynn Staley.
Stock no. 1830082
Published by University Of Notre Dame Press. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern series. Pictorial cardwraps. A few colour & b/w photos. x and 245 pages including index. ISBN: 9780268041403. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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TOWTON: THE BATTLE OF PALMSUNDAY FIELD 1461
Written by John Sadler.
Stock no. 1829891
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Graphic account of the bloodiest battle of the Wars of the Roses, North Yorkshire. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xix and 186 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844159659. A lovely copy, looks unread!

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JAMES I: SCOTLAND'S KING OF ENGLAND
Written by John Matusiak.
Stock no. 1829642
Published by The History Press. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Few kings have been more svagely caricatured or grossly misunderstood than England's first Stuart. Yet, as this biography demonstrates, the modern tendency to downplay his defects and minimise the long-term consequences of his reign has gone too far. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 351 pages including index. ISBN: 9780750955621. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a barcode label with old price to rear panel.

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THE EVOLUTION OF THE FISHING VILLAGE: LANDSCAPE AND SOCIETY ALONG THE SOUTH DEVON COAST, 1086-1550
Written by Harold Fox.
Stock no. 1829580
Published by Leopard's Head Press. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Leicester Explorations in Local History 1. This book is a full-length study of medieval fisheries, fishing families and fishing settlements. It deals with fishing and other activities of the shoreline with the consumption and marketing of fish and with the fishers themselves. The main focus is on the South Devon coastline but there are references to other south-western places and to other coasts. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and maps. xviii and 208 pages including index. ISBN: 0904920437. Text block slightly grubby. Initials and date in ink to half-title page. Else contents clean.

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THE EARLY RECORDS OF COLESHILL: C.1120-1549
Written by Andrew Watkins.
Stock no. 1829571
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 51. Edited by Andrew Watkins. Coleshill was one of six hundred or so small market towns to emerge during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries to form the framework for trade and commerce in late medieval England. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xii and 608 pages including index. ISBN: 9780852201046. Text block slightly grubby, corners lightly bumped else looks unread. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased to front flap.

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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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MEDIEVAL SCARBOROUGH: STUDIES IN TRADE AND CIVIC LIFE (OCCASIONAL PAPER No. 1)
Written by David Crouch; Trevor Pearson.
Stock no. 1828518
Published by Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Scarborough Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and sketches. viii and 123 pages including index. ISBN: 0902122967. Top front corner lightly creased. Uneven fading to covers and a few minor marks. One or two foxspots to margins else contents clean.

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL SCARBOROUGH: EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH 1987-2004
Written by Trevor Pearson.
Stock no. 1828517
Published by Scarborough Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Little remains of the large and important town which stood in the shadow of Scarborough's imposing castle in the Middle Ages. Nearly 20 years of excavation and research have reconstructed the main features of what was a vibrant centre of medieval urban life. This book describes that research and analyses it to build up a comprehensive picture of what the town looked like between 1150 and 1550. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w sketches and photos. viii and 152 pages including index. ISBN: 0902416081. A nice copy.

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HISTORY OF MERIONETH VOLUME II: THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by J. Beverley Smith; Llinos Beverley Smith.
Stock no. 1828483
Published by University of Wales; The Merioneth Historical And Record Society. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This second volume provides a study of the lands which were brought together to form the medieval county of Merioneth in 1284. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis depicting principal arms borne by Merioneth families. B/w photos. xxiv and 751 pages including index. ISBN: 070831709X. Includes a letter from the author to Ron Brunskill (authority on architectural history). Top & tail of spine shelf wron, a few minor marks to boards. Text block & front pastedown slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few closed tears and a little scuffed.

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'THE FAIREST ARCH IN ENGLAND' OLD OUSE BRIDGE, YORK, AND ITS BUILDINGS: THE PICTORIAL EVIDENCE
Written by Barbara Wilson; Frances Mee.
Stock no. 1828359
Published by York Archaeological Trust. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Archaeology of York Supplementary Series, dealing with the pictorial evidence for the medieval buildings of York. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations, folding maps. ISBN: 1874454264. Previous owner's initials and date in ink to title page else a lovely clean copy.

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