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SIR WILLIAM JARDINE: A LIFE IN NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Christine E. Jackson; Peter Davis.
Stock no. 1827836
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Biography. Sir William Jardine (1800-1874) of Jardine Hall near Lockerbie, was a Scottish baronet and landowner. He was also a magistrate, Convenor of the Church of Scotland, and Deputy Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire in 1841, but, above all, he was an eminent naturalist in several fields, knowledgeable about birds, fishes, insects, plants and geology. Matt boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718501640. Boards just a little grubby. Light fading to front gutter edge and top of front board. Tiny nick to top of spine. Contents clean.

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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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PREHISTORIC POTTERY FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGIST
Written by Alex Gibson; Ann Woods.
Stock no. 1827629
Published by Leicester University Press. 2nd 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition, revised and updated. A thorough survey of the chronological development of pottery throughout prehistory and into the Roman period. Light green pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 071851954X. Minor scuffing to rear cover else a lovely copy.

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MEDIEVAL HOUSING
Written by Jane Grenville.
Stock no. 1322482
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Archaeology of Medieval Britain series. The ways of life and standards of living in the Middle Ages. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 230 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0718514785. Spine bumped. Small white address label to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and a little faded to spine.

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PACKMEN, CARRIERS AND PACKHORSE ROADS: TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS IN NORTH DERBYSHIRE AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Written by David Hey.
Stock no. 1823388
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A network of routes travelled by packmen, carriers and packhorse teams carried much of Britain's trade before the era of the turnpike road. In many parts of the country, a wealth of visual evidence survives - holloways, causeys, guide stoops and packhorse bridges. This book studies the system of routes, taking as an example the wild and difficult terrain of Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0718511921. Board corners lightly bumped. Minor mark to lower edge of text block. Contents otherwise fine. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top of spine and lightly scuffed.

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HOUSING THE WORKERS, 1850-1914: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Written by M.J. Daunton.
Stock no. 2135949
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Title to covers: A Comparative HISTORY. B/w photos. ISBN: 0718513150. Wrapper has a few fade marks.

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RECORDS OF THE BOROUGH OF LEICESTER VOL VI
Written by G.A. Chinnery.
Stock no. 1813066
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1967. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Chamberlains' Accounts 1688-1835. Edited by Chinnery. Blue cloth boards, gilt title and crest to spine. Folding map to rear. xii and 581 pages including index. ISBN: 0718510690. Light blue dustwrapper is slightly faded at spine, slightly worn at edges.

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ENGLISH LOCAL HISTORY THE PAST AND THE FUTURE
Written by W.G. Hoskins.
Stock no. 596156
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1966. Nearly fine condition.

Grey card wrap booklet. Spine browned. Contents clean.

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