THE STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES (5 VOLUMES)
Written by H. St. L.B. Moss; Geoffrey Barraclough; R.W. Southern; John H. Mundy; Johan Huizinga.
Stock no. 1327917
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

Five volumes. 3 red cloth, 2 dark green bindings, elaborately decorated in gilt. Colour illustrations. Small spots to the spines of the books else they are very good condition. Slipcase is just a tiny bit scuffed at edges.

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HUNDRED YEARS WAR CASTLES: FORTRESSES
Written by Stephane William Gondoin.
Stock no. 1828166
Published by Histoire & Collections. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Fortresses of France. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9782915239805. A lovely copy, feels unread.

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NEW TOWNS OF THE MIDDLE AGES: TOWN PLANTATION IN ENGLAND, WALES AND GASCONY
Written by Maurice Warwick Beresford.
Stock no. 1828071
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st thus 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1967 by Lutterworth Press, republished with a new preface. Historical and topographical facts for these towns, specimen plans show what medieval planners thought a town should include. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, maps and plans. ISBN: 0862994306. Top & tail of spine bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Tape marks to pastedowns. Book has possibly been dropped at some point, leading to rear pastedown tearing (no loss). Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and vertical imperfection to laminate to rear panel (not obliterating text).

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FROM HASTINGS TO THE MARY ROSE: THE GREAT WARBOW
Written by Matthew Strickland; Robert Hardy.
Stock no. 1828008
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In 1979, divers excavating the wreck of the Tudor warship the Mary Rose discovered numerous yew longbows in remarkable condition, some still in their packing chests. This led to a major new study of the medieval longbow at war... Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0750931671. Narrow band of white marking to vertical edges of covers, rear pastedown is misplaced during binding process, leaving a small chip to pastedown, lower half of page 371/372 is creased, else a lovely copy. Dustwrapper slightly faded to spine.

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THE NORSEMEN
Written by Eric Oxenstierna; Catherine Hutter.
Stock no. 1827717
Published by Studio Vista. 1st UK 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive account of Viking history and civilization. Translated and edited by Catherine Hutter. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations. Endpapers and text block browned, foxing to top edge of text block. Surface paper damage and slight loss to rear endpaper (insect damage?). Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is a little crinkled and lightly marked.

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GREAT CATHEDRALS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Bernhard Schutz.
Stock no. 1827557
Published by Abrams. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Blue leather spine with gilt title, b/w illustrated cloth boards. Fabulous colour & b/w photos throughout. 472 pages. ISBN: 9780810932975. 5th printing (no date, but after 2002). A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is unevenly faded to plain side and is a little scuffed.

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ITALIAN FRESCOES: THE AGE OF GIOTTO 1280-1400
Written by Joachim Poeschke.
Stock no. 1827154
Published by Abbeville Press. Circa 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This volume begins with an in-depth presentation of the frescoes at San Francesco in Assisi, which became the great school of Italian painting, where Giotto, Pietro Lorenzetti, and Simone Martini, among others, created a new kind of painted mural and a new style of pictorial narrative. Large, heavy format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780789208637. Second printing. Minor red biro mark to top of text block (see photos) else a lovely copy.

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THE MILITARY SURVEY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1522
Written by R.W. Hoyle.
Stock no. 1826879
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Record Series Volume 6. An indispensable guide to Gloucestershire society at the end of the middle ages and an essential source for local historians and genealogists. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 265 pages includes index. ISBN: 0900197366. Text block a little dusty. Else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is a little discoloured and is scuffed.

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ORIGINAL ACTA OF ST. PETER'S ABBEY GLOUCESTER C. 1122 TO 1263
Written by Robert B. Patterson.
Stock no. 1826873
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Records Series Volume 11. Revealing much information about the ecclesiastical. topographical, tenurial, economic and social history of Gloucester and its region. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 354 pages includes index. ISBN: 0900197471. Spine cocked. Text block a little grubby. Contents have been read but are clean. Blue dustwrapper is scuffed.

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TEWKESBURY CHURCHWARDENS ACCOUNTS 1563-1624
Written by C.J. Litzenberger.
Stock no. 1826865
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Record Series Volume 7. Furnishing fresh insights into this formative period of the development of Tewkesbury. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 163 pages includes index. ISBN: 0900197390. Spine slightly cocked. Text block a little grubby. Contents otherwise clean. Blue dustwrapper has a closed tear to lower front corner (no loss) and is lightly scuffed.

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A CATALOGUE OF THE MEDIEVAL MUNIMENTS AT BERKLEY CASTLE
Written by Bridget Wells-Furby.
Stock no. 1826863
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

First of two volumes. Gloucestershire Record Series Volume 17. The medieval muniments at Berkeley Castle form one of the largest and and most remarkable accumulations of records relating to the ownership and administration of land. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 574 pages. ISBN: 0900197609. Spine slightly cocked. Contents a little crinkled but clean. Dustwrapper is slightly scuffed.

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THE BRITISH SETTLEMENT OF BRITTANY: THE FIRST BRETONS IN ARMORICA
Written by Pierre-Roland Giot; Philippe Guigon; Bernard Merdrignac.
Stock no. 1826799
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

Written by three distinguished French scholars, this book examines the reasons for the migration of Britons from the Roman Province of Britannia to Armorica during the Dark Ages and early Middle Ages. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0752425242. Covers a little scuffed and creased. Text block ligthly browned. Contents clean.

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