PATTERNS OF POWER IN EARLY WALES
Written by Wendy Davies.
Stock no. 1831584
Published by Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book is an exploration of the nature of power in early medieval Wales. Wendy Davies examines the distribution of power, territorial and social, and traces the ways in which contemporaries defined this fundamental concept. O'Donnell Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford 1983. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 103 pages. ISBN: 0198201532. Hinge between half-title page and title page is pulled at top half but binding is tight. Contents clean. Green dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE TOWN OF CHEPSTOW: PART 10 INDEX
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1331417
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1975. Almost very good condition.

Number 23 in The Chepstow Society's Pamphlet Series. Red card wraps. Index only. ISBN: 0900278277. Creasing to cover edges, with some chipping and small tears. Foxing to outer page edges.

SOME ACCOUNT OF DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND (4 VOLUMES)
Written by T. Hudson Turner.
Stock no. 1831572
Published by John Henry Parker. 1st 1851. Very good condition.

Volume I: From The Conquest to the End of the Thirteenth Century; Volume II: From Edward I. to Richard II.; Volume III: From Richard II. to Henry VIII. Part II.; Volume IV: From Richard II. to Henry VIII Part I. Full leather binding, gilt title to spine. Marbled endpapers. Numerous b/w illustrations. All edges gilt. Vol I 1st 1851; Vol II 1st 1853; Vol III 1st 1859; Vol IV 1st 1859. Volume III and IV are possibly bound with incorrect number on spine ie III should be IV and IV should be III. Boards are lightly scuffed at edges, bumped at corners but otherwise in very good condition for the age of the volumes. Some foxing present but not bad. A nice set.

MEDIEVAL CERAMIC STUDIES IN ENGLAND
Written by Maureen Mellor.
Stock no. 1831568
Published by English Heritage. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

A review for English Heritage. This review assesses the health of medieval pottery studies in terms of available resources and academic strength: identifies those areas where significant progress has been made, and contributes to the discussion on those steps necessary to ensure the continuing health and development of the study of medieval pottery in academic progress, staff training, career development, and the efficient use of financial and other resources. Large format. Blue cardwraps. vii and 76 pages. ISBN: 1850744831. Covers are scuffed. Contents clean.

CASTLES
Written by Charles Oman.
Stock no. 1831564
Published by GWR. 1st 1926. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oman covers the castles of the Thames Valley, the West Country, the West Midlands, the Welsh Marches and Wales itself, some eighty in all, both intact and ruined. He explains the origins of castles, their purpose, use and roles in history. Black cloth spine, gilt title. Burgundy boards with gilt title to front board. 2 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. Fold-out map of Great Western Railway showing Cathedrals, Castles, & Abbeys of England and Wales in pocket to rear pastedown. xii and 229 pages plus index. Corners of boards lightly rubbed and worn. A few minor marks to boards. Text block browned, endpapers and page edges browned. Else contents clean. Map present in rear pocket. Two dustwrappers are present - one plain, one decorative, both have chips to corners and top & tail of spine. Strong cigarette odour present.

SCOTLAND IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Cosmo Innes.
Stock no. 1831563
Published by Edmonston And Douglas. 1860. Almost very good condition.

Sketches of early Scotch history and social progress. Originally read in the shape of Lectures to a University class. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front board. One colour map and two b/w maps. xliii and 368 pages including index. Spine sunned/faded and worn at top & tail. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Previous owner's contemporary bookplate to front pastedown. Hinges pulled. A few margin marks, foxspots to maps. Three maps present. A decent copy for a book of its age!

GLADSTONE VOLUME ONE 1809-1865
Written by Richard Shannon.
Stock no. 1331405
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange/brown boards with gilt title to spine. 580 pages including index. Some b/w plates. ISBN: 0241107806. Spine slightly bumped. Small mark to front cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is a little grubby. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly faded to spine.

WINTER KING: THE DAWN OF TUDOR ENGLAND
Written by Thomas Pennant.
Stock no. 1331404
Published by Allen Lane. Circa 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the tragic, magnetic figure of Henry VII - controlling, paranoid, avaricious, with a Machiavellian charm and will to power. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Red endpapers. 448 pages including index. Some colour plates. ISBN: 9781846142024. 2nd printing. Heavy foxing at inner margins and to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at edges.

GLADSTONE HEROIC MINISTER 1865-1898
Written by Richard Shannon.
Stock no. 1331402
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Some b/w photos. 702 pages. ISBN: 0713992530. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

THE EDWARDIANS
Written by Roy Hattersley.
Stock no. 1331401
Published by Little Brown. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. 520 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0316725374. Spine bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby and edge rubbed.

300 YEARS OF BRITISH GIBRALTAR 1704-2004
Written by Peter Bond.
Stock no. 1831536
Published by Peter-Tan Publishing Co.. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This special book, which marks the 300th anniversary of British rule over Gibraltar, is a glorious depiction of how Gibraltar has changed over the centuries. Large format. Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w photos. 128 pages. A nice copy.

WILLIAM RUFUS (ENGLISH MONARCHS SERIES)
Written by Frank Barlow.
Stock no. 1831529
Published by Methuen London Ltd. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

William Rufus was the third son of William the Conqueror and his successor of King of England. Weaving an intimate account of the life of the king into the wider history of Anglo-Norman government, Barlow shows how William confirmed royal power in England, restored the ducal rights in France, and consolidated the Norman conquest. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. A few b/w plates. xix and 484 pages including index. ISBN: 0413281701. Boards clean. Text block browned with foxing to top edge. Contents browned. Personal inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine.