EDWARD I
Written by Michael Prestwich.
Stock no. 1331244
Published by Guild Publishing. 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This study is much more than a biography, the author re-examines Edward and his reign in the light of the very considerable quantity of surviving evidence to provide a definitive analysis of a complex and highly significant period dominated by a remarkable king. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 618 pages. B/w photos. Pages are lightly browned and foxed at edges. Name, date and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and is slightly edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

KATHERINE THE QUEEN: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF KATHERINE PARR
Written by Linda Porter.
Stock no. 1331243
Published by MacMillan. 1st 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

All that most people know about Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth wife, is that she 'survived'. A vivid portrait of someone who until now has been mysteriously misunderstood, but who was one of the most intriguing and influential queen consorts in all English history. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 383 pages (including index). Colour photos. ISBN: 9780230710399. Textblock is foxed. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge creased.

THE SECOND BARON'S WAR: SIMON DE MONTFORT AND THE BATTLES OF LEWES AND EVESHAM
Written by John Sadler.
Stock no. 1331242
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Lucid story of the struggle between King and Nobility in the 13th century England. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. 160 pages. ISBN: 9781844158317. A super copy, looks unread.

RICHARD III AND THE DEATH OF CHIVALRY
Written by David Hipshon.
Stock no. 1331241
Published by The History Press. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How the power of politics of the conflict between the Stanley's and the Harrington's, and Richard's motives in supporting the latter, led to the king's death on the battlefield, the succession of the Tudors to the throne of England, and 'death of chivalry' and the end of the Middle Ages. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 224 pages. ISBN: 9780750950749. Some foxing to textblock else a fine copy. Dustwrapper has a small tear to centre.

A GAMBLING MAN: CHARLES II AND THE RESTORATION 1660-1670
Written by Jenny Uglow.
Stock no. 1331240
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A portrait of Charles II and the first decade of the restoration: a time of glamour and gossip, drama and risk, faction and crisis. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9780571217335. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Textblock is slightly grubby. Small mark to edge of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed/creased.

GORAU YMGAIS GWYBODAETH: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF EDUCATION AT ABERAERON
Written by Eifion Davies; et al.
Stock no. 1831345
Published by Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Text in ENGLISH. Blue boards, gilt title to front cover. 358 pages. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1859023630. Light vertical reading crease to spine and lightly rubbing to top & tail of spine. Boards clean. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is scuffed, very slightly sunned to spine and rubbed at corners.

CATHERINE THE GREAT
Written by Simon Dixon.
Stock no. 1831344
Published by Profile Books Ltd.. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

More than a conventional biography, this is a full history of her rule and use of power. It shows how Catherine conceived of her power and how she represented it to her subjects, as well as how she wielded this power. Catherine's life and reign are a prism through which the culture and politics of her age are viewed. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w and colour plates. xv and 432 pages including index. ISBN: 9781861977229. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block. A few pale foxspots, mainly to prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION
Written by Edward Hyde; Edward Earl Of Clarendon; Roger Lockyer.
Stock no. 1831340
Published by Folio Society; Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition.

A selection taken from Clarendon's History of the Rebellion covering the period from the raising of the king's standard at Nottingham in 1642 to the end of the second civil war and the execution of Charles I in January 1649. Edited by Roger Lockyer. Elaborately gilt decorated blue cloth. B/w illustrations. Top edge blue. 469 pages including index. Gilt decorations to front board are bright, title to spine is slightly dulled, rear board lightly scuffed. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is well worn at edges and browned.

PATRIOTS AND LIBERATORS: REVOLUTION IN THE NETHERLANDS 1780-1813
Written by Simon Schama.
Stock no. 1831331
Published by Fontana Press. 2nd 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

A tale of a once-powerful nation's desparate struggle to survive the treacheries and brutality of European war and politics. Second edition with revisions and corrections. Pictorial cardwraps. A few b/w illustrations. xviii and 745 pages including index. ISBN: 0006861563. A few scuffs to covers. Light vertical creasing to spine. Front joint is pulled but binding is tight. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean.

EDWARD VII: PRINCE & KING
Written by Giles St. Aubyn.
Stock no. 1831330
Published by Collins. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography. Through half a century of public service, King Edward had the advantage of a private secretary whose tact, judgement, loyalty and affection never failed him. Francis Knollys was one of that small intimate circle from whom the King had no secrets, personal or political. This biography has been compiled with access to the Knollys Papers. Green cloth boards, black title block with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 555 pages including index. ISBN: 0002162032. Lower edge of spine lightly rubbed. Boards clean Text block grubby. Foxing to endpapers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to edges of spine and lightly rubbed at top & tail of spine.

THE DEATH OF THE PAST
Written by J.H. Plumb.
Stock no. 1831329
Published by The History Book Club. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition.

This book is based on the Saponsnekow Lectures the author gave in the City College, New York, in 1968. J.H. Plumb investigates the way that humankind has moulded the past to give sanction to their institutions of government, their social structure and morality. The past has also been called upon to explain the nature of our destiny in order both to strengthen the objectives of society and to reconcile us to our lot. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. 153 pages including index. Spine faded and has a slight lean (through use). Light foxing to text block, endpapers and prelims. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

PEACEMAKERS: THE PARIS CONFERENCE OF 1919 AND ITS ATTEMPT TO END WAR
Written by Margaret MacMillan.
Stock no. 1831328
Published by John Murray. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

In this book, Margaret MacMillan looks in depth at how the Treaty of Versailles, which officially brought the Great War to and end, was formulated and argues that, flawed though some of its terms were, the peacemakers did as well as they could in fairly impossible circumstances. Pictorial cardwraps. x and 528 pages including index. ISBN: 0719562333. Reading creases to spine. Text block is grubby. Contents clean and firm.