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TERRIER OF LLANTHONY PRIORY'S HOUSES AND LANDS IN GLOUCESTER 1443
Written by Richard Steymor; Robert Cole; John Rhodes.
Stock no. 1827813
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st thus 2016. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Record Series Volume 30. Llanthony Priory's terrier is a detailed history and description of 231 houses and gardens lying in nearly every street of medieval Gloucester. This edition expands the terrier into a history and description of 554 houses and gardens identified by postal addresses and extending from the middle ages to 1672, the date of surviving Hearth Tax returns. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780900197918. A couple of minor knocks to board edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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THE ART OF FORTRESS BUILDING IN HOSPITALLER MALTA 1530-1798: A STUDY OF BUILDING METHODS, MATERIALS, AND TECHNIQUES
Written by Stephen C. Spiteri.
Stock no. 1827811
Published by Bdl Publishing. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A study that seeks to examine the manner in which the Knights of the Order of St John and their military engineers went about designing, building, repairing, and arming their defensive works throughout the 268 years of their rule over the Maltese islands. A limited edition. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 9789995720063. Very minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed, scuffed to rear panel and damp stained to verso.

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BOATS OF THE WORLD: FROM THE STONE AGE TO MEDIEVAL TIMES
Written by Sean McGrail.
Stock no. 1827808
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

A history of water transport as it has developed over millennia, from before 40,000 BC to the mid-second millennium AD. Blue cardwraps. 480 pages including index. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0199271860. Corners lightly rubbed. Vertical crease to spine. Orange mark to top edge of text block. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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CARAUSIUS AND ALLECTUS: THE BRITISH USURPERS
Written by P.J. Casey.
Stock no. 1827763
Published by Yale University Press. 1st USA 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Between A.D. 286 and 296, the Gallo-Roman military commander Carausius and his successor Allectus ruled Roman Britain, forming a renegade government there that threatened the stability of the Roman Empire. Using literary, archaeological, and numismatic evidence, the author brilliantly pieces together this little-known but extraordinary episode in the history of Roman Britain. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300060629. Base of spine bumped else a lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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BEAKER POTTERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.L. Clarke.
Stock no. 1827744
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. Volume 1 outlines the basis of classification and discusses the analysis of the material. Volume 2 contains line drawings of all known surviving complete examples of British Beaker pottery drawn at one-third size, detailed inventories of all known examples giving their finding-place, description, dimension and present whereabouts. Large format. Brown cloth boards, Gilt title on black title label to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edges brown. A heavy set. ISBN: 0521072492. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are a little grubby to rear panels.

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HISTORIC LANDSCAPE OF THE WELD ESTATE DORSET
Written by Laurence Keen; Ann Carreck.
Stock no. 1827743
Published by Lulworth Heritage Ltd.. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

The Weld Estate, covers some 12,500 acres of which the focal point is Lulworth Castle. The Weld Family archive of documents and maps has enable the estate to be examined in detail with regard to its archaeology, history and natural history. Much of the estate is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Pictorial cardwraps and 10 maps contained in folding hardboard pictorial wallet. ISBN: 0951157507. A nice copy. All maps present.

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ANGLO-SAXON ORNAMENTAL METALWORK 700-1100 IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Written by David M. Wilson.
Stock no. 1827742
Published by Trustees of the British Museum. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Catalogue of Antiquities of the Later Saxon Period Volume I. The first in a series planned to cover the antiquities of the later Saxon period, including the Celtic antiquities. This catalogue lists all the objects of the British Museum of precious metal or decorated bronze, made in an Anglo-Saxon context in the period between 700 and 1100. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. Some minor mottling to board edges. Text block browned with some foxing. Contents are clean. Blue dustwrapper is foxed, a little grubby, lightly edge-worn with a little loss.

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DRAGONBY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Jeffrey May.
Stock no. 1827728
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oxbow Monograph 61. Report on Excavations at an Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement in North Lincolnshire. Two Volumes. Large format. Grey glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations, maps and plans (some folding), a few colour photos. ISBN: 1900188147. Boards lightly scuffed. Spines lightly browned. Contents clean.

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PANNONIA AND UPPER MOESIA
Written by A. Mocsy.
Stock no. 1827726
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1974. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A history of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w maps. ISBN: 0710077149. A lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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HILL-FORTS OF NORTHERN FRANCE
Written by Mortimer Wheeler; Katherine M. Richardson.
Stock no. 1827725
Published by The Society of Antiquaries. 1st 1957. Very good condition.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XIX. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some fold-out. Spine slightly faded. Text block lightly browned. A few minor foxspots and light browning to endpapers. Else contents clean.

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THE EXCAVATION OF ROMAN AND MEDIAEVAL LONDON
Written by W.F. Grimes.
Stock no. 1827720
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1st 1968. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Report on a series of excavations from 1947 to 1962, dealing in detail with major investigations like that of Cripplegate Fort, the Temple of Mithras and some of the famous mediaeval churches including St Bride's, Fleet Street. Yellow cloth boards, green title label with gilt title to spine. B/w maps and diagrams including some fold-out. ISBN: 0710028970. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, jsut a little grubby.

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THE STANWICK FORTIFICATIONS NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
Written by Mortimer Wheeler.
Stock no. 1827719
Published by The Society of Antiquaries. 1st 1954. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XVII. The Stanwick earthworks, enclosing 850 acres of lowland in northern Yorkshire, are a remarkable and indeed unique complex representing at least four structural phases. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some folding. Spine faded but gilt title still bright. Browning to endpapers. Else contents clean.

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