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THE ORIGINS OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Written by Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1828304
Published by Hertfordshire Publications. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

The history of Hertfordshire from late prehistoric times to the thirteenth century. A look at the origins of the county and the early evolution of its landscape. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 9781905313952. Initials and date in ink to half-title page else a lovely, clean copy.

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RICHARD THE THIRD
Written by Paul Murray Kendall.
Stock no. 1828298
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Text block browned. Contents otherwise clean. Red dustwrapper is scuffed and is faded to spine, rear panel grubby.

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THE COINAGE OF ROMAN BRITAIN
Written by Gilbert Askew.
Stock no. 1828294
Published by B.A. Seaby Ltd.. 1st 1951. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A history and catalogue of Roman coins that particularly refer to the campaigns fought in Britain, and of the coins that were struck here when the country was a Roman province. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations of coins. Narrow band of fading to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Beige dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and a small chip to top of spine.

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ELIZABETHAN KESWICK
Written by W.G. Collingwood.
Stock no. 1828286
Published by Michael Moon. 1st thus 1987. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Extracts from the Original Account Books, 1564-1577, of the German Miners in the Archives of Ausburg. Transcribed and translated by Collingwood. The everyday comings and going of the German miners working in Keswick in the sixteenth century. Facsimile of the 1912 edition in a small print run of 500 un-numbered copies. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0904131327. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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ANCESTRAL TRAILS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BRITISH GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY
Written by Mark Herber.
Stock no. 1327938
Published by Sutton Publishing. 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition (fully updated and revised). Black boards, gilt title to spine. 873 pages including appendices, bibliography and index. ISBN: 0750935103. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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WARLORDS AND HOLY MEN: SCOTLAND AD 80-1000 (THE NEW HISTORY OF SCOTLAND: 1)
Written by Alfred P. Smyth.
Stock no. 1828233
Published by Edward Arnold. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

A clear and spirited account of the tangled political and cultural web that constitutes the first 1,000 years of Scottish history. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0713163054. Covers lightly browned. Text block and margins browned. Else contents clean.

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LANCASHIRE: MANCHESTER AND THE SOUTH-EAST (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Clare Hartwell; Matthew Hyde.
Stock no. 1828229
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pevsner Architectural Guides. Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0300105835. Minor knock to top & tail of spine. Name initials and date in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE ANGLO-SAXON WORLD
Written by Nicholas J. Higham; Martin J. Ryan.
Stock no. 1828216
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The definitive introduction to the Anglo-Saxon world, enhanced with a rich array of photographs, maps, genealogies and other illustrations. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780300125344. Base of spine and top corners lightly bumped. Neat initials and date to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased where spine & corners are lightly bumped.

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THE DARTMOOR REAVES: INVESTIGATING PREHISTORIC LAND DIVISIONS
Written by Andrew Fleming.
Stock no. 1828215
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.; Oxbow Books. 2nd 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition, extended with colour illustrations and two new chapters. A classic of archaeological fieldwork and discovery. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w maps, colour photos. xvi and 223 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119158. Initials & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.

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YORKSHIRE HERITAGE: A MEMOIR TO ELLA PONTEFRACT
Written by Marie Hartley. Illustrated by Marie Hartley.
Stock no. 1828214
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Marie Hartley collaborated with the late Ella Pontefract in writing and illustrating topographical books on the Yorkshire dales and the county at large. This book is a personal record of their adventures. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, also some two-tone illustrations. Small mark to rear board, corners lightly kocked and small knock to lower horizontal edge and base of text block. Prelims browned. Text block and rear endpapers foxed. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn,lightly faded/browned to spine, grubby with some small foxspots, foxing to verso.

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WATER MEADOWS: HISTORY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
Written by Hadrian Cook; Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1327878
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2007. Fine condition.

Essential reading for farms, countryside managers and conservationaists involved in perserving Britain's landscapes and biodiversity. Cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781905119127.

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LANDSCAPE AND SOCIETY IN MEDIEVAL CUMBRIA
Written by Angus Winchester.
Stock no. 1327873
Published by John Donald Publishers Ltd.. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The change in the landscape across the medieval period and examining the social and economic forces that underlay that change. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps. 178 pages. ISBN: 0859761797. Spine bumped. Initials and date in biro to title-page.

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