THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCOTTISH FRONTIER 1513 - 1603
Written by Thomas I. Rae.
Stock no. 1831466
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dr Rae describes the administrative system created by the government between 1513 and 1603 to control, in times of peace, the frontier region adjacent to England. The author writes informmedly about the nature of the office of Warden of the Marches, the extent of the Wardens' duties, and their relationship with other local government officials. Brown cloth boards, black title on white title label to spine. vii and 294 pages including index. Top edge brown. Light shelf creasing to top & tail of spine. Boards clean. Text block lightly foxed and a little dusty. One or two fingermarks to contnets else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed, browned to spine, a few grubby marks to front panel, light scuffing to rear panel.

COTTAGE BUILDING IN COB, PISE, CHALK & CLAY: A RENAISSANCE
Written by Clough Williams-Ellis; J.st. Loe Strachey.
Stock no. 1831465
Published by Country Life. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition.

A practical guide focused on alternative building materials, written in the early 20th century. Introduction by J. St. Loe Strachey. Grey cloth spine with red title, cream paper boards. B/w photos. 125 pages including index plus 2 page publisher advert to rear. Boards are browned and grubby. Red title to spine is fading, top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers. A few finger marks, mainly to prelims. Hinges pulled but binding is tight.

ENGLISH MEN AND MANNERS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (A GALAXY BOOK)
Written by A.S. Turberville.
Stock no. 1831464
Published by Oxford University Press. 1961. Almost very good condition.

This vivid portrait of an exuberant era peopled by forceful and colorful personalities is a social and political history of the eighteenth century that is a happy blend of information and entertaining illustrations. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. xxiii and 539 pages. Second printing of this edition. Covers are a little grubby, creasing to rear cover. Reading wear vertically to spine. Joints pulled but binding still tight. Text block is browned and grubby. Contents clean.

THE ELIZABETHANS
Written by A.N. Wilson.
Stock no. 1831463
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A broad overview of the Elizabethan period discussing politics, religion, literature and music. The book concludes with an essay on Hamlet explaining how the play was tied into the period. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w plates. xii and 432 pages including index. ISBN: 9780091931513. A few light scuffs to boards. Text block a little grubby. One or two minor marks to contents else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is bright.

MR. SECRETARY PEEL: THE LIFE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL TO 1830
Written by Norman Gash.
Stock no. 1831461
Published by Longman, Green And Co.. 1st 1961. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Sir Robert Peel was twice Prime Minister for Great Britain. Mr Secretary Peel carries its subject's story from birth through his entry into politics in Ireland, his early positions in Tory governments, his tenure as Home Secretary from 1822 (which included his establishing of the Metropolitan Police Force) and up to the struggles over the issue of Catholic Emancipation. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 693 pages including index. A few minor scuffs to boards. Text block is browned and foxed. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing throughout (mainly to margins). Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, lightly sunned/faded to spine, creased to rear panel with a large closed tear which does not affect any text.

LADY JANE GREY: A TUDOR MYSTERY
Written by Eric Ives.
Stock no. 1831459
Published by Wiley-Blackwell. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When Edward VI died, his cousin Jane Grey was proclaimed queen, only to be ousted 13 days later by his illegitimate half sister Mary and later beheaded. In this radical reassessment, Eric Ives rejects traditional portraits of Jane both as hapless victim of political intrigue or Protestant martyr. Instead he presents her as an accomplished young woman with a fierce personal integrity. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 367 pages including index. ISBN: 9781405194136. Boards clean. Endpapers lightly marked. Text block has minor foxing/browning. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear (no loss) to top front flap edge and is a little scuffed to rear panel.

EDWARD HEATH: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1831457
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A biography. The son of a carpenter, Edward Heath broke the mould of upper-class Tory leaders and suffered years of snobbish mockery. With accomplishments outside politics, in music and international sailing, he is a veritable Renaissance Man. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xx and 876 pages including index. ISBN: 0224024825. Boards clean. Text block just a little grubby with a few foxspots. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly foxed at horizontal edges.

HAROLD WILSON
Written by Ben Pimlott.
Stock no. 1831456
Published by BCA. 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The life and career of one of Britain's most controversial post-war statesmen. Harold Wilson is one of the most enigmatic personalities of recent British history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 811 pages. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Text block a little grubby. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

FORGED IN WAR: CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Warren F.. Kimball.
Stock no. 1831455
Published by Harpercollins Publishers. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This is a detailed study of the relationship between Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and its role in shaping the course of World War II. It shows how they were both realists and idealists, consistent and inconsistent, calculating and impulsive. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 422 pages including index. ISBN: 000215482X. Boards clean. Personal inscription in ink to front pastedown and '554-8' written small to top of free front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top corner and a little scuffed.

EMINENT CHURCHILLIANS
Written by Andrew Roberts.
Stock no. 1831454
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A controversial account of the Churchill years by a bestselling historian, tackles six aspects of Churchilliana and uncovers a plethora of disturbing facts about wartime and post-war Britain. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w plates. xii and 354 pages including index. ISBN: 0297812475. Slight lean to spine. Text block heavily foxed. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed and slightly grubby.

ROBERT HARLEY, PURITAN POLITICIAN
Written by Angus McInnes.
Stock no. 1831450
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Robert Harley was prime minister of Great Britain in the early years of the eighteenth century. He was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as an earl in 1711. Between 1711 and 1714 he served as Lord High Treasurer, effectively Queen Anne's chief minister. He has been called a prime minister, although it is generally accepted that the de facto first minister to be a prime minister was Robert Walpole in 1721. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 0575005211. A few minor marks to rear board, browning to top edge of spine. Foxing to text block. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and browned.

THREE VICTORIES AND A DEFEAT: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE FIRST BRITISH EMPIRE 1714-1783
Written by Brendan Simms.
Stock no. 1831442
Published by Basic Books. 1st USA 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Britain's extraordinary scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had gained. Red paper boards, gilt title to blue paper spine. B/w maps and illustrations. xvii and 802 pages including index. American Edition. ISBN: 9780465013326. Light vertical reading creases to spine, minor mark to front edge of spine, light shelf-rubbing to base of spine. Faint marks to boards. Text block a little dusty. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby.