EMINENT CHURCHILLIANS
Written by Andrew Roberts.
Stock no. 1831454
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A controversial account of the Churchill years by a bestselling historian, tackles six aspects of Churchilliana and uncovers a plethora of disturbing facts about wartime and post-war Britain. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w plates. xii and 354 pages including index. ISBN: 0297812475. Slight lean to spine. Text block heavily foxed. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed and slightly grubby.

ROBERT HARLEY, PURITAN POLITICIAN
Written by Angus McInnes.
Stock no. 1831450
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Robert Harley was prime minister of Great Britain in the early years of the eighteenth century. He was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as an earl in 1711. Between 1711 and 1714 he served as Lord High Treasurer, effectively Queen Anne's chief minister. He has been called a prime minister, although it is generally accepted that the de facto first minister to be a prime minister was Robert Walpole in 1721. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 0575005211. A few minor marks to rear board, browning to top edge of spine. Foxing to text block. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and browned.

GOD'S FUNERAL
Written by A.N. Wilson.
Stock no. 1831447
Published by John Murray. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A magisterial, colorful narrative illuminating the central tragedy of the nineteenth century: that God (or man's faith in him) died, but the need to worship remained as a torment to those who thought they had buried Him. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xi and 402 pages including index. ISBN: 0719557615. A few minor scuffs to boards. Foxing/browning to text block. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is a bit scuffed.

PRINCE OF THE RENAISSANCE: THE LIFE OF FRANCOIS I
Written by Desmond Seward.
Stock no. 1831444
Published by The History Book Club. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography. The life and character of Francois I, his manifold activities, his relations with the great men about him, and the turbulent events of the time are vividly described by a writer who loves the period and has made it his special study. Peach cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 264 pages including index. Top edge peach. Text block lightly browned, top edge peach colour has faded towards spine (sunned). Front joint is nicked to lower edge. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, faded to spine, foxing to verso (not visible to front). Musty odour present.

THE FALL OF THE WEST: THE SLOW DEATH OF THE ROMAN SUPERPOWER
Written by Adrian Goldsworthy.
Stock no. 1831443
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A sweeping narrative of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w plates. x and 531 pages including index. ISBN: 9780297845638. Light vertical reading crease to spine. Slight lean to spine. Text block lightly foxed. Couple of spots to front endpaper. Glossy plates have stuck together due to damp, prised apart leaving some minor imprint to facing pages. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper has damp mottling to verso (not visible to front).

THREE VICTORIES AND A DEFEAT: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE FIRST BRITISH EMPIRE 1714-1783
Written by Brendan Simms.
Stock no. 1831442
Published by Basic Books. 1st USA 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Britain's extraordinary scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had gained. Red paper boards, gilt title to blue paper spine. B/w maps and illustrations. xvii and 802 pages including index. American Edition. ISBN: 9780465013326. Light vertical reading creases to spine, minor mark to front edge of spine, light shelf-rubbing to base of spine. Faint marks to boards. Text block a little dusty. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby.

CHARLES II
Written by H. Miller.
Stock no. 1831441
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This biography delves into the multifaceted character of Charles II, the monarch who was restored to the throne in 1660 after the tumultuous period of civil war in England. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xv and 458 pages including index. ISBN: 0297812149. Boards clean and bright. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine and has a few minor grubby marks to rear panel.

EUROPE'S TRAGEDY: A HISTORY OF THE THIRTY YEARS WAR
Written by Peter H. Wilson.
Stock no. 1831440
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The horrific series of conflicts known as the Thirty Years War (1618-48) tore the heart out of Europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to whole areas of Central Europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recovered. The extraordinary narrative of the war haunted Europe's leaders into the twentieth century and modern Europe cannot be understood without reference to this dreadful conflict. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. Map of Central Europe 1618 to endpapers. Colour plates. xxii and 996 pages including index. ISBN: 9780713995923. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed to lower edge. A very decent copy.

DISRAELI
Written by Robert Blake.
Stock no. 1331313
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A lively portrait of an extraordinary man and of the age he lived in. Green cloth. Black title label to spine with gilt title. 819 pages (including index). Some b/w photos. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Small mark to front pastedown. Textblock is foxed and grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is well edge worn.

HENRY V AS WARLORD
Written by Desmond Seward.
Stock no. 1331310
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd.. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A startling reassessment of on of England's hero kings. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 251 pages (including index). B/w photos and text illustrations. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and slightly sunned to spine.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF HERALDRY
Written by Charles MacKinnon.
Stock no. 1831433
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Laminate board version. Observer Book No. 41. With 12 Plates in full colour and 118 Line Drawings. ISBN: 0723200831. Reprint with revisions.Boards lightly browned, red title to spine is very slightly sunned/faded - still red in appearance. Publisher's price-label to rear board. Light browning to endpapers. Contents clean.

ORMOLU: THE WORK OF MATTHEW BOULTON
Written by Nicholas Goodison.
Stock no. 1831427
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The book is a study of a major eighteenth-century factory between the years 1768-82, of the methods by which ornaments were designed, made and marketed and of Boulton's own keen interest in promoting the business. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. xii and 398 pages including index. ISBN: 0714815896. SIGNED by the author with a gift inscription. Top edge of boards and text block lightly foxed. Bookplate of Geoffrey & Elspeth Howe to front pastedown. Small hole in the midle of the text to page 79/80 (see photo) else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine, scuffed to rear panel, and lightly edge-creased.