THE UNKNOWNS OF WORLD WAR II AND KOREA
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831580
Published by Department Of Defense United States Of America. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition.

After World War Ⅱ, some 8,526 remains were physically unidentifiable and had been buried without any knowledge of the victims' true identities. Likewise following the Korean War there were 846 “Unknowns.” Of this number two were selected for interment at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day 1958. Grey pictorial cardwraps. Stapled binding. B/w photos. vii and 71 pages. Grey covers are lightly browned and have a few marks, 1" thin area of surface paper loss to top front spine edge. Lower corner of covers and contents lightly creased. Contents are clean.

SOME ACCOUNT OF DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND (4 VOLUMES)
Written by T. Hudson Turner.
Stock no. 1831572
Published by John Henry Parker. 1st 1851. Very good condition.

Volume I: From The Conquest to the End of the Thirteenth Century; Volume II: From Edward I. to Richard II.; Volume III: From Richard II. to Henry VIII. Part II.; Volume IV: From Richard II. to Henry VIII Part I. Full leather binding, gilt title to spine. Marbled endpapers. Numerous b/w illustrations. All edges gilt. Vol I 1st 1851; Vol II 1st 1853; Vol III 1st 1859; Vol IV 1st 1859. Volume III and IV are possibly bound with incorrect number on spine ie III should be IV and IV should be III. Boards are lightly scuffed at edges, bumped at corners but otherwise in very good condition for the age of the volumes. Some foxing present but not bad. A nice set.

MEDIEVAL CERAMIC STUDIES IN ENGLAND
Written by Maureen Mellor.
Stock no. 1831568
Published by English Heritage. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

A review for English Heritage. This review assesses the health of medieval pottery studies in terms of available resources and academic strength: identifies those areas where significant progress has been made, and contributes to the discussion on those steps necessary to ensure the continuing health and development of the study of medieval pottery in academic progress, staff training, career development, and the efficient use of financial and other resources. Large format. Blue cardwraps. vii and 76 pages. ISBN: 1850744831. Covers are scuffed. Contents clean.

SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY INTERIOR DECORATION IN ENGLAND, FRANCE AND HOLLAND
Written by Peter Thornton.
Stock no. 1831566
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the first book to survey and analyze the development of European interior decoration in France, England, and Holland following the stimulus of the Italian Renaissance while relating it to the changes in the political structure and social habits of the landed classes at the end of the sixteenth century. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. xii and 427 pages including index. ISBN: 0300021933. Boards clean. Very light browning to endpapers. Text block browned and foxed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to flaps, scuffed to rear panel.

CASTLES
Written by Charles Oman.
Stock no. 1831564
Published by GWR. 1st 1926. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oman covers the castles of the Thames Valley, the West Country, the West Midlands, the Welsh Marches and Wales itself, some eighty in all, both intact and ruined. He explains the origins of castles, their purpose, use and roles in history. Black cloth spine, gilt title. Burgundy boards with gilt title to front board. 2 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. Fold-out map of Great Western Railway showing Cathedrals, Castles, & Abbeys of England and Wales in pocket to rear pastedown. xii and 229 pages plus index. Corners of boards lightly rubbed and worn. A few minor marks to boards. Text block browned, endpapers and page edges browned. Else contents clean. Map present in rear pocket. Two dustwrappers are present - one plain, one decorative, both have chips to corners and top & tail of spine. Strong cigarette odour present.

SCOTLAND IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Cosmo Innes.
Stock no. 1831563
Published by Edmonston And Douglas. 1860. Almost very good condition.

Sketches of early Scotch history and social progress. Originally read in the shape of Lectures to a University class. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front board. One colour map and two b/w maps. xliii and 368 pages including index. Spine sunned/faded and worn at top & tail. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Previous owner's contemporary bookplate to front pastedown. Hinges pulled. A few margin marks, foxspots to maps. Three maps present. A decent copy for a book of its age!

THE AGE OF RECONNAISSANCE
Written by John H. Parry.
Stock no. 1331406
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2nd 1966. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Discovery, Exploration and Settlement 1450 to 1650. History of Civilisation series. Second Edition. Dark green cloth, red title label with gilt title to spine. 365 pages including notes and index. B/w photos. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Small mark to base of spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and has a large tear to front panel and smaller tear to rear panel.

GLADSTONE VOLUME ONE 1809-1865
Written by Richard Shannon.
Stock no. 1331405
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange/brown boards with gilt title to spine. 580 pages including index. Some b/w plates. ISBN: 0241107806. Spine slightly bumped. Small mark to front cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is a little grubby. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly faded to spine.

WINTER KING: THE DAWN OF TUDOR ENGLAND
Written by Thomas Pennant.
Stock no. 1331404
Published by Allen Lane. Circa 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the tragic, magnetic figure of Henry VII - controlling, paranoid, avaricious, with a Machiavellian charm and will to power. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Red endpapers. 448 pages including index. Some colour plates. ISBN: 9781846142024. 2nd printing. Heavy foxing at inner margins and to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at edges.

VENDETTA: HIGH ART AND LOW CUNNING AT THE BIRTH OF THE RENAISSANCE
Written by Hugh Bicheno.
Stock no. 1331403
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story of unbridled lust, treachery and murder featuring an extraordinary cast of characters who fought, poisioned, betrayed and cheated their way from the late middle ages into the modern era, and in the process produced some of the most enduringly beautiful works of art ever seen. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 290 pages including index. B/w text illustrations and diagrams plus colour plates. ISBN: 9780297846345. Heavy foxing throughout. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly edge creased.

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.

THE EDWARDIANS
Written by Roy Hattersley.
Stock no. 1331401
Published by Little Brown. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. 520 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0316725374. Spine bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby and edge rubbed.