BARE RUINED CHOIRS: THE DISSOLUTION OF THE ENGLISH MONASTERIES
Written by David Knowles.
Stock no. 1831254
Published by Purnell Book Services Limited. 1st thus 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The book examines the changing economic and religious climate as a prelude to the sombre story of the Suppression. The fate of the monastic buildings and lands and of the religious themselves is described in full, and numerous engravings and photographs illuminate this account of the transition from splendour to desolation. An abridged edition of The Religious Orders in England, III: The Tudor Age first published in 1959. Book Club Edition. Light brown cloth boards, gilt title in burgundy title block to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 329 pages including index. Text block lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some minor foxing present and a musty odour. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned to spine and lightly browned to rear panel.

MG V8: TWENTY-ONE YEARS ON... FROM INTRODUCTION TO RV8
Written by David Knowles.
Stock no. 1324132
Published by Windrow & Greene. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book looks back to the origins of MG in the 1920s and the development of the MGA, MGb and MGC, before charting the history of the V8-powered models in absorbing detail. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour throughout. 123 pages plus adverts to rear. ISBN: 187200489X. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine. Neat barcode label to rear panel of wrapper.