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LOST TRAWLERS OF HULL: NINE HUNDRED LOSSES BETWEEN 1835 AND 1987
Written by Alec Gill.
Stock no. 1828072
Published by The Hutton Press. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

A unique record of 900 Hull trawler losses between 1835 and 1987, illustrated with over 80 photos of trawlers, crewmen and families involved with the losses. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0907033776. Corners lightly rubbed. A few scuff marks to covers. Spine lightly faded. Contents clean.

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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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BRITAIN B.C.: LIFE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND BEFORE THE ROMANS
Written by Francis Pryor.
Stock no. 1828070
Published by Harper Collins. Circa 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An authoritative and radical re-examination of Britain and Ireland before the coming of the Romans. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0007126921. Third printing. A ncie copy.

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THE DYMOCK SCHOOL OF SCULPTURE
Written by J.E. Gethyn-Jones.
Stock no. 1327774
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. There are two types of Romanesque scuplture within the Southern half of the medieval diocese of Hereford, one of which has been named The Dymock School. ISBN: 085033313X. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.

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BYGONE STEYNING BRAMBER AND BEEDING
Written by Aylwyn Guilmant.
Stock no. 1327772
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A powerful, pictorial evocation of the changing face of the three places during the last century. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850336694. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny mark to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper (new publisher's price sticker above) has minimal edge creasing.

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FRAMPTON ON SEVERN: PORTRAIT OF A VICTORIAN VILLAGE
Written by Rose Spence. Illustrated by Mrs. H.H.E.C. Clifford.
Stock no. 1327771
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1860771513. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is just very slightly sunned to spine.

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ENGLAND'S MEDIEVAL NAVY 1066-1509: SHIPS, MEN AND WARFARE
Written by Susan Rose.
Stock no. 1327768
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How English kings after the Norman Conquest learnt to use the Navy of England. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781848321373. Evidence of some erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper else contents fine. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE
Written by Dee Brown; Hampton Sides.
Stock no. 1828058
Published by Folio Society. 2008. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine with gilt title and decorations. Sepia photo onlay to front cover. Sepia photos to contents. An Indian History of the American West. Introduced by Hampton Sides. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks and scuffs (VG).

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THE NORMANS
Written by David C. Douglas; M.T. Clanchy.
Stock no. 1828053
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

Introduced by M.T. Clanchy. Blue decorative cloth, gilt. Colour illustrations. Top edge blue. Top headband to spine is coming unglued (see photo). Else book and contents fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is marked and scuffed (VG).

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NORTHERN ENGLAND AND SOUTHERN SCOTLAND IN THE CENTRAL MIDDLE AGES
Written by Keith J. Stringer; Angus J.L. Winchester.
Stock no. 1828051
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition.

A comprehensive analysis of the development of northern England and southern Scotland in the formative era of the twelfth and thireenth centuries. Matt pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781783272662. A lovely copy.

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THE GREAT WAR OF 189-: A FORECAST
Written by P. Colomb; Archibald Forbes; Charles Lowe; Christie Murray; F. Scudamore; J.F. Maurice; F.N. Maude. Illustrated by F. Villiers.
Stock no. 1828050
Published by William Heinemann. 2nd 1895. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. This work originally appeared in the pages of Black and White, the work being the outcome of consultations between some of the most eminent authorities upon modern warfare and international politics. The story has been carefully revised and reprinted. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, black & brown title to front. Lower and vertical text block untrimmed. B/w illustrations. 308 pages. Spine browned and lightly worn at top & tail. Damp stain to rear board. Cloth worn to vertical edge of boards, possible nibbled at. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing present.

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ECGFRITH KING OF THE NORTHUMBRIANS, HIGH-KING OF BRITAIN
Written by N.J. Higham.
Stock no. 1828047
Published by Shaun Tyas. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ecgfrith was a king of the Northumbrians, the last in a line of expansionist, seventh century, northern English kings, and a major figure in Bede's famous Ecclesiastical History of the English People, ruling from 670 to 685. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w maps and family trees. ISBN: 9781907730450. Very light scuffing to covers. Neat name and date in ink to half-title page. Else a lovely copy.

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