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THE CASSELL ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY VOLUME TWO: THE MEDIEVAL & EARLY MODERN WORLDS
Written by John Haywood; et al.
Stock no. 1828254
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

A guide to the medieval and early modern worlds that combines the functions of an atlas with those of a historical encyclopedia. Full-colour maps trace the history of all parts of the world between AD600 and 1783. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour maps. ISBN: 030435516X. A lovely copy.

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THE KNIGHTS OF ISLAM: THE WARS OF THE MAMLUKS
Written by James Waterson.
Stock no. 1828159
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book sheds light on the deadly conflict between Christendom and Islam; analyses the Mamluk-Mongol War and the reasons for the Mamluks' eventual victory; explores the distinctive military society of the Mamluks. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781853677342. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a crease to lower front edge, has teh remains of a price-label to rear panel and is scuffed.

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FAMILY AND DYNASTY IN LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLAND: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1977 HARLAXTON SYMPOSIUM
Written by Richard Eales; Shaun Tyas.
Stock no. 1828152
Published by Shaun Tyas. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Harlaxton Medieval Studies Volume IX. Edited by Eales & Tyas. Many of the families examined in this volume show a rearkable resilience to adversity. They could rise in favour as quickly as fall from it, but the shock of disinheritance which faced many families during political reversals, especially after failed bids for greater power, is balanced by their not infrequent recover of title, sometimes decades later. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates to rear. ISBN: 1900289547. Name & date in ink to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Green dustwrapper is lightly creased and lightly scuffed.

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WAR, POLITICS AND FINANCE IN LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH TOWNS
Written by Christian D. Liddy.
Stock no. 1327812
Published by The Royal Historical Society. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Bristol, York and The Crown, 1350-1400. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 264 pages including index. ISBN: 0861932749. Minimal bumping to spine. A couple of small dents to spine edges of dustwrapper.

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SANDWICH: THE 'COMPLETEST MEDIEVAL TOWN IN ENGLAND'
Written by Helen Clarke; Sarah Pearson; Mavis Mate; Keith Parfitt.
Stock no. 1828108
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

A study of the town and port from its origins to 1600. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781842174005. Light bumping & rubbing to corners. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine.

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THE MAKING OF GRANTHAM: THE MEDIEVAL TOWN
Written by David Start; David Stocker.
Stock no. 1828079
Published by Heritage Trust Of Lincolnshire. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

A collection of papers including those presented at a conference on medieval Grantham held on 21 April 2009. Edited by David Start and David Stocker. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos, diagrams and illustrations. ISBN: 9780948639593. Name & date in ink to half-title page. Contents clean.

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ENGLAND'S MEDIEVAL NAVY 1066-1509: SHIPS, MEN AND WARFARE
Written by Susan Rose.
Stock no. 1327768
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How English kings after the Norman Conquest learnt to use the Navy of England. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781848321373. Evidence of some erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper else contents fine. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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WARFARE IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
Written by Brian Todd Carey.
Stock no. 1828041
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pioneering survey of warfare from the Dark Ages to the Thirty Years' War. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps. ISBN: 1844153398. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else a lovely copy.

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MEDIEVAL DEATH: RITUAL AND REPRESENTATION
Written by Paul Binski.
Stock no. 1828016
Published by British Museum Press. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

An absorbing study of the social, theological and cultural issues involved in death and dying in Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the early sixteenth century. The author examines pagan and Christian attitudes towards the dead, the aesthetics of death and the body, burial ritual and mortuary practice, and the impact of the Black Death on late medieval art. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and colour plates. ISBN: 0714128031. Very slight fading to rear cover. Initials and date in ink to half-title page. Else, a lovely copy.

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THE ART OF RENAISSANCE WARFARE
Written by Stephen R. Turnbull.
Stock no. 1828013
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

From the Fall of Constantinople to the 30 Years War. The story of the knight in the Renaissance. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1853676764. Very slight fading to dustwrapper spine else a lovely copy.

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EXCAVATIONS IN MEDIEVAL SOUTHAMPTON 1953-1969 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Colin Platt; R. Coleman-Smith.
Stock no. 1827710
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

Volume 1: The Excavation Reports. Volume 2: The Finds. Large volume. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Contained in slipcase. ISBN: 0718511239. Lower front corner of board of volume 1 is bumped. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed at base and knocked to top rear spine edge.

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CATALOGUE OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS MUSEUM PLANTIN-MORETUS, ANTWERP
Written by Lieve Watteeuw; Catherine Reynolds.
Stock no. 1827166
Published by Peeters. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This catalogue is published in the series of the Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts (volume 20). Large format. Red cloth boards, white titles. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9789042929159. 'In memory of Melvin R. Seiden' plate taped in to front endpaper. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and very lightly scuffed.

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