SPADES AND FEATHERS
Written by Tyler Whittle. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard; Tyler Whittle.
Stock no. 1323186
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Searching for the lost plate of a ruined Norfolk monastery is the main theme of this story. Peach boards with black title to spine and small avocet vignette to front cover. 221 pages. B/w illustrations. Endpapers are maps of Crome's Broad. Some slightly bumped. Some very slightly browning to lower cover edges. Small patch of white paper transfer to base of spine (from dustwrapper). Contents are foxed and browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed on verso with damp stains to edges and tape repairs on verso.

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ROMAN SPAIN: CONQUEST AND ASSIMILATION
Written by Leonard A. Curchin.
Stock no. 2139567
Published by BCA. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos and diagrams. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Wrapper has some edge-creasing.

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ABU GEILI AND SAQADI & DAR EL MEK
Written by O.G.S. Crawford; Frank Addison.
Stock no. 2137708
Published by Oxford University Press. 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. The Wellcome Excavations In the Sudan Volume III. Large format. Brown cloth with dark brown titles. Text and Plates. Some spotting to covers. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; a few bits of loss; some grubby marks and foxspots.

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THE NORTH DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO A.D. 1500
Written by C.R. Hart. Illustrated by S. Connock; A. Gregory; C.R. Hart; S. Hayfield.
Stock no. 1322793
Published by Sheffield City Museums. 1990. Very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. 179 pages. ISBN: 0863211208. 2nd reprint. Sunned to spine and at top front edge. Some rubbing to corners. A few light marks to rear cover. Contents clean.

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FLINT MINES IN NEOLITHIC BRITAIN
Written by Miles Russell.
Stock no. 1823516
Published by Tempus. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Bringing the Neolithic flint mines of Britain centre stage, the author addresses a number of important questions: What were the mine sites? What did they mean to the people who created them? How did they relate to other monuments being built at the same time? Where were they originally dug? What form did they take? And many more... Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations, a few colour photos. ISBN: 075241481X. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE ORIGIN OF HUMAN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Written by W.G. Runciman.
Stock no. 1322648
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

These papers bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on what is arguable the central question in the study of human social evolution. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 259 pages. B/w diagrams. Published for The British Adademy, this is Proceedings of the British Academy 110. ISBN: 0197262503.

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BLOOD RED ROSES
Written by Veronica Fiorato; Anthea Boylston; Christopher Knusel.
Stock no. 1322589
Published by Oxbow. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

The archaeology of a mass grave from the Battle of Towton AD 1461. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos and illustrations. x and 277 pages including index. ISBN: 1842170252. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine.

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INTERPRETING THE LANDSCAPE: LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY
Written by Michael Aston.
Stock no. 2136690
Published by Routledge. 2001. Very good condition.

The complex and dynamic history of the countryside, illustrated with aerial photographs, maps, plans and charts. How to understand the surviving remains as well as the author's own explanations of how our landscape has evolved. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0415151406. Some light cover creasing.

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ST PETER'S, BARTON-UPON-HUMBER, LINCOLNSHIRE: A PARISH CHURCH AND ITS COMMUNITY VOLUME 2
Written by Tony Waldron.
Stock no. 2136657
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. The Human Remains. B/w photos. Some fold-out pages. ISBN: 9781842172834.

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THE IMPACT OF THE RAILWAYS IN THE EAST END 1835-2010
Written by Emma Dwyer.
Stock no. 1823439
Published by Museum Of London Archaeology. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Historical archaeology from the London Overground East London line. Monograph 52. Large format. Matt black pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781901992984. A few scuff marks to boards. Base of spine lightly bumped. Contents fine.

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THE PREHISTORY OF METALLURGY IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by R.F. Tylecote.
Stock no. 1823436
Published by The Institute Of Metals. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A completely revised edition of the author's 'Metallurgy in Archaeology' (published 1962). Incorporating the results of work done since 1960, this revised text covers native metals, copper and copper-based alloys, tin, lead, antimony, and the fabrication of non-ferrous metals. The Iron Age is divided into various periods appropriate to Britain, ending with the introduction of the blast furnace. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations & photos. ISBN: 0904357724. Top & tail of spine & corners lightly rubbed. Previous owner's white address label to front endpaper. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded at edges and spine, closed tear to top edge of rear panel (no loss) and top of spine.

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LEICESTER ABBEY: MEDIEVAL HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND MANUSCRIPT STUDIES
Written by Joanna Story; Jill Bourne; Richard Buckley.
Stock no. 2136584
Published by The Leicestershire Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon boards, larger format. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780954238810. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper edges have some wear.

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