THE EAGLE AND THE HART: THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD II AND HENRY IV
Written by Helen Castor.
Stock no. 1830528
Published by Allen Lane. Circa 2024. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration - and back again. One of the strangest and most fateful relationships in English history. A story about power, and masculinity in crisis, and a nation brought to the brink of catastrophe. At its heart, it is the story of two men whose lives were played out in extraordinary parallel, to devastating effect. Burgundy cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour photos. xxix and 652 pages including index. ISBN: 9780241419328. Third printing. Minor knock to lower edge of boards. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor creases.

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THE ENGLISH URBAN RENAISSANCE: CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN THE PROVINCIAL TOWN 1660-1770
Written by Peter Borsay.
Stock no. 1830523
Published by The Clarendon Press. 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

In the century after the Restoration of 1660, English provincial towns experienced a cultural renaissance. This book offers a guide to the transformation of the urban landscape and the remarkable expansion in the provision of fashionable public leisure. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. xxii and 416 pages including index. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN: 0198202555. Reprint. A lovely copy with a sweet odour present.

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GREAT HOUSES OF ENGLAND & WALES
Written by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd; Christopher Simon Sykes.
Stock no. 1830476
Published by Laurence King Publishing. 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A choronological selection of thirty-two of the most notable houses in England and Wales, a stunning visual history of the evolution of the 'great house', including Castle Howard, Chatsworth and Highclere Castle (familar to television viewers as 'Donwton Abbey'). Large format. A heavy volume. Black paper boards, gilt title to spine. Marbled endpapers. Colour photos. 424 pages including index. ISBN: 9781780674025. Reprint. A lovely copy.

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ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Written by Roy Porter.
Stock no. 1830472
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Very good condition.

A History of England series. Blue decorative cloth. B/w illustrations. 528 pages. Top edge blue. Foxing to edge of text block and also to frontis (pale). Small ink smudge to general editor's preface page to margin and over word 'provides'. Else contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed.

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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE GENTRY
Written by Joan Johnson.
Stock no. 1830467
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive survey of the landowner families of the 15th - 19th centuries drawn from county and estate records, and illuminated with revealing glimpses of everyday life - from diary entries, household accounts, marriage contracts, and personal and official correspondence. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 269 pages including index. ISBN: 0862995841. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, laminate is starting to peel away at rear edges.

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FELLING THE ANCIENT OAKS: HOW ENGLAND LOST ITS GREAT COUNTRY ESTATES
Written by John Martin Robinson.
Stock no. 1830441
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The author chronicles twenty of England's most sadly lost estates, telling the history of the aristocratic dynasty that founded them, explaining the nexus of mercantile and economic circumstances that led to their often fabulously prosperous peak, and then tracing the various and occasionally outlandish reasons for their decline and eventual dissolution. Large format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. 207 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845136703. Light rubbing to base of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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BROKEN LIVES: SEPARATION AND DIVORCE IN ENGLAND 1660-1857
Written by Lawrence Stone.
Stock no. 1830424
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The last book in a trilogy of the subject. How the break-up and dissolution of marriages was contrived before the first Divorce Act in 1857. Individuals in their own words explain their actions and feelings about one another in dramatic courtroom confrontations, while behind the scenes they were conducting secret negotiations, and offering massive bribes to witnesses either to commit perjury or to hold their tongues. These stories offer astonishing insights into many hitherto unknown aspects of martial life and marital breakdown in early modern England. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xviii and 355 pages including index. ISBN: 0198202547. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE EDWARDIAN GARDEN
Written by David Ottewill.
Stock no. 1830417
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive study of the Edwardian garden, a beautifully illustrated tour of some of the finest gardens of this period and a survey of the peoople, attitudes, and theories that influenced their design. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. x and 230 pages including index. ISBN: 0300043384. Top of spine bashed with a 0.5" tear to rear edge. Corners lightly rubbed. Text block a little grubby. A few minor foxspots present. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at spine edge, has a corresponding tear to top rear edge of spine and is crinkled to rear panel.

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OLD EBBW VALE IN PHOTOGRAPHS VOLUME 1
Written by Keith Thomas; Michael Foot.
Stock no. 1830405
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ebbw Vale owes its existence to the iron, steel and coal industries. There has been a rapid decline in the iron and steel industry in Ebbw Vale, but in 1920 the accent was on expansion and the population rose from less than 500 in 1780 to over 40,000 in 1920. These photographs are a permanent reminder of a completely different way of life in Ebbw Vale, which was bound up with hard manual; work, dirt, smoke and grime. Foreword by Michael Foot. Light red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 193 b/w photos. ISBN: 0900807377. SIGNED & dated by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Spine slightly cocked. Board edges lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Pale dampstain to lower corner of pastedowns and rear endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is dampstained at edges, faded to spine with a small closed tear repaired to verso at top of spine. Tobacco odour present.

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TWELVE HUNDRED MILES FOR THIRTY SHILLINGS
Written by L.J. Paterson.
Stock no. 1830403
Published by Mainstream Publishing Company (Edinburgh) Ltd.. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cosatal Cruising from the Clyde. This book is based largely on a collection of ninety-year-old lantern slides, dramatically saved from destruction, giving an insight into those famous Clyde-built steamships, their passengers and teh ports and cities they called into. An unforgettable glimpse of an age which vanished with the First World War. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 127 pages. ISBN: 1851581979. A few tiny spots to boards. Pale browning to cream endpapers. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.

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MINCHINHAMPTON AND AVENING
Written by Arthur Twisden Playne.
Stock no. 1830394
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Originally appearing in monthly papers to the Minchinhampton Parish Magazine during the year 1913 and part of 1914. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. viii and 188 pages including index. ISBN: 0904387259. A few minor marks to boards. Lower front corner of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Written by Miles Hadfield; John Hadfield.
Stock no. 1330192
Published by Cassell. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Christmas and all its traditions... Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. EX-LIB with labels to and ink stamp to front endpapers (label holder on front pastedown is holding the dustwrapper to the book). Inscription in ink and a few other pen marks to endpapers. Old tape marks to endpapers. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge rubbed.

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