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THE LOCUST YEARS: THE STORY OF THE FOURTH FRENCH REPUBLIC 1946-1958
Written by Frank Giles.
Stock no. 1831520
Published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd.. 1st 1991. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author charts the complexities of post-war French politics, focusing on both the men and the issues which dominated the Fourth Republic. Chief among the latter were German rearmament and nationalist uprisings in France's former colonies, and among the former Jean Monet and Charles de Gaulle. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w photos. xv and 431 pages including index. ISBN: 0436200228. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Personal inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Contents browned with some heavier browning at margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, lightly rubbed at top & tail of spine.

THE GROWTH OF POLITICAL STABILITY IN ENGLAND 1675-1725
Written by J.H. Plumb.
Stock no. 1831517
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

In this series of lectures Professor J.H. Plumb examines the question of how almost abruptly England achieved political peace in the early eighteenth century. Terracotta cloth boards, gilt title on black title label to spine. xviii and 206 pages including index. Board edges lightly rubbed. Text block browned with some foxing. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned and worn at corners, grubby. Musty odour present.

STUDIES IN NORTHERN PREHISTORY
Written by P.J. Cherry.
Stock no. 1831497
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Essays in Memory of Clare Fell. Edited by P.J. Cherry. Extra Series: Vol: XXXIII. Beige cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, a few colour photos. viii and 288 pages including index. ISBN: 1873124449. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. A nice clean copy in pictorial dustwrapper which has a few marks and small 'bubble' of air between laminate and paper center front panel.

THE BRISTOL STORY PART ONE - 1908-1951
Written by Alan Townsin.
Stock no. 1831492
Published by Venture Publications. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the manufacture of buses by the famous Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd from 1908, the concern becoming known as Bristol Commercial Vehicles in 1955. Volume One takes the story from the Company's formation through to 1951. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 1898432252. Boards lightly scuffed, board corners lightly worn. Contents clean.

ESTATE ACCOUNTS OF HENRY DE LACY, EARL OF LINCOLN FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1277 TO 1278
Written by Eric Foster.
Stock no. 1831491
Published by Ranulf Higden Society. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

Transcribed and translated from the original document as held by Nottinghamshire Archives as part of the Foljambe collection. The accounts published in this volume are for a large part of the estates of Henry de Lacy (1249-1311), earl of Lincoln. He was one of the wealthiest landowners in late thirteenth century England, a soldier and diplomat and a close friend and associate of King Edward I. Edited by Eric Foster. Plum pictorial cardwraps. xv and 238 pages including index. ISBN: 9780957073739. Light creasing to top corner of front cover. Initials and date in ink to top corner of title page. Contents clean.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: THE HUNDRED OF NEWPORT
Written by Joseph Bradney; Madeleine Gray.
Stock no. 1831487
Published by South Wales Record Society. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

From the Coming of the Normans into Wales Down to the Present Time, volume 5. Edited from Bradney's MSS by Madeleine Gray. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiii and 270 pages including index. ISBN: 0950867675. Boards and contents clean. Pale green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, lightly scuffed, and is lightly sunned/faded to spine. Overall, a very nice copy.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE THE HUNDRED OF USK (PART 2)
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1831486
Published by Merton Priory Press. 1st thus 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 3 Part 2 of A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales Down to the Present Time. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Facsimile of the 1923 edition. 113-320 pages. ISBN: 0952000938. Light bump to tail of spine. Boards and contents clean. Pale blue pictorial dustwrapper is lighly scuffed and creased to tail of spine and lower edge of rear panel. Overall a very nice copy.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: THE HUNDRED OF CALDICOT (PART 1)
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1831485
Published by Merton Priory Press. 1st thus 1994. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Volume 4 Part 1 of A History of Monmouthshire. From the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the present time. Facsimile of the 1933 edition. Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 148 pages. ISBN: 0952000946. Previous bookseller's small address label to rear pastedown else contents clean. Pale blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed/grubby and lightly edge-creased. Overall a very nice copy.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF ANCIENT AND ROMAN BRITAIN
Written by Harold Priestley.
Stock no. 1331360
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer Book No. 56. 74 b/w photos, 10 pages of maps and 4 line drawings. Small format. Brown boards. ISBN: 0723215448. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Inscription in ink (and date) to front free-endpaper. A few foxspots to page margins. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly edge creased with a small brown mark to top edge of rear panel.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CASTLES
Written by Brian K. Davison. Illustrated by Jasper Dimond.
Stock no. 1331352
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers Series No. 78. With 46 line drawings, 12 b/w illustrations and 3 maps. Small format. Grey boards, white titles. ISBN: 0723215936. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine.

KING AND COUNTRY: ENGLAND AND WALES IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
Written by Ralph A. Griffiths.
Stock no. 1831479
Published by The Hambledon Press. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A selection of essays and papers from Ralph A. Griffiths, published variously in Wales, England, France and North America between 1964 and 1990. It explores themes in the history of England and Wales in the Fifteenth Centuryand the dominions of the English crown beyond. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 408 pages including index. ISBN: 1852850183. Boards and contents clean. Browning to pastedowns and page edges. Green dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE BOOK OF LLANDAF AND THE NORMAN CHURCH IN WALES
Written by John Reuben Davies.
Stock no. 1831478
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Studies in Celtic History XXI. This book explores the ecclesiastical and political transformation of south-east Wales in the later eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Blue boards, gilt title to spine and blue title to front. xii and 242 pages including index. ISBN: 1843830248. A few light scuffs to boards else a lovely copy.