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WALES IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES (STUDIES IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF BRITAIN)
Written by Wendy Davies.
Stock no. 1824631
Published by Leicester University Press. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

A comprehensive account of the development of Wales during the period between the termination of Roman political control of Britain in the early fifth century and the beginning of the Norman Conquest in the eleventh. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos, diagrams and maps. ISBN: 0718512359. Reprint. A nice copy.

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ENGLAND IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
Written by M.H. Keen.
Stock no. 1824446
Published by Folio Society. 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Part of 'A History of England Series'. A Political History. Dark blue cloth with gilt titles and borders. Colour & b/w illustrations. Top edge blue. Sixth printing. A very nice copy in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed with a few knocks to corners.

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FIVE CENTURIES OF SIENESE PAINTING: FROM DUCCIO TO THE BIRTH OF BAROQUE
Written by Giulietta Chelazzi Dini; Alessandro Angelini; Bernardina Sani.
Stock no. 2139076
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st thus 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown boards with gilt title to spine and publisher vignette to front cover. With 389 illustrations, 247 in colour. ISBN: 0500237565. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased, with fading to spine.

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TILMAN RIEMENSCHNEIDER MASTER SCULPTOR OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Julien Chapuis; Michael Baxandall; et al.
Stock no. 2139075
Published by The National Gallery Of Art, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press. Circa 1999. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black cloth with silver title to spine. For the exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington 3rd October 1999-9th January 2000 and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 7th February - 14th May 2000. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0300081626. Bumping to a couple of corners. A few marks to endpapers and browning to outer page edges. Pencil annotations in margins to some pages. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small tears and chips.

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SCALACRONICA: THE REIGNS OF EDWARD I, EDWARD II, AND EDWARD III
Written by Thomas Gray; Herbert Maxwell.
Stock no. 1823541
Published by James Maclehose And Sons. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

A chronicle written in Anglo-Norman French and translated here by Sir Herbert Maxwell. Documenting the history of Britain until 1363, one of the few early chronicles written by a layman. Limited edition of 95. White vellum spine with gilt title, Red cloth boards with gilt vignette to front. Handmade paper, deckle-edged. Top edge gilt. 18 colour plates of heraldic shields with tissue guards. This is copy 33 of 95. Boards & spine mottled. Bookplate to front pastedown. A few foxspots present. All plates present minus three tissue-guards.

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THE ANGLO-SAXON WAY OF DEATH: BURIAL RITES IN EARLY ENGLAND
Written by Sam Lucy.
Stock no. 1823532
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An account of death and burial in pre-conquest England. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 075092103X. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP OF MATILDA OF CANOSSA 1046-1115
Written by David J. Hay.
Stock no. 1823482
Published by Manchester University Press. 1st 2008. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Gender in History series. An account of the entire 40-year military career of one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. Challenging the boundaries between military and gender history, it explains how one famous noblewoman rose to the defence of the reforming papacy, defeated the Holy Roman Emperor and turned the tide of the first great war between Church and state. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780719073588.

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THE BATTLE OF THE GOLDEN SPURS (COURTRAI, 11 JULY 1302)
Written by J.F. Verbruggen.
Stock no. 1823478
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A contribution to the history of Flanders' War of Liberation 1297-1305. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0851158889. A fine copy. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE LAST VIKINGS: THE EPIC STORY OF THE GREAT NORSE VOYAGES
Written by Kirsten A. Seaver.
Stock no. 1823475
Published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Drawing on her deep knowledge of the culture and history of the region as well as the most up-to-date evidence from archaeology, medieval history and evocative sagas, Seaver weaves together a compelling and authoritative history of the Norse Greenlanders. Black cloth boards, sliver title to spine. ISBN: 9781845118693. A very nice copy.

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WEAPONS & FIGHTING TECHNIQUES OF THE MEDIEVAL WARRIOR 1000-1500 AD
Written by Martin J. Dougherty.
Stock no. 1823339
Published by Chartwell Books. 1st thus 2016. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Divided into four chapters covering mounted knights, foot soldiers, missile troops, and siege weapons and techniques. Step-by-step illustrations demonstrate combat skills, including how to fire a longbow, fight with a sword and buckler, attack with a lance, defend with a pole ax, long sword combat, and many, many other techniques. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations and drawings. ISBN: 9780785834250.

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MERCENARIES AND THEIR MASTERS: WARFARE IN RENAISSANCE ITALY
Written by Michael Mallett.
Stock no. 1822242
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Concentrating mainly on fifteenth century, a period when standing armies emerged in Italy and when the 'modern' trends were just as discernible here as elsewhere in Europe. Also looking back to the middle ages and the fourteenth century and then forward to the Italian Wars (1494-1530) when foreign armies disputed the European balance of power on Italian soil. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370105028. Large bookplate to front pastedown. Top edge of text block lightly faded. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is browned to spine and top edge, slightly grubby.

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INVENTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Chiara Frugoni.
Stock no. 1321051
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Black cloth spine with gilt title. Vivid pictorial boards illustrating some of the inventions. From table forks to buttons and underwear! Colour illustrations. 186 pages includes index. Minimal rubbing at corners of book. Red slipcase is very lightly marked.

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