EDWARD I
Written by Michael Prestwich.
Stock no. 1331244
Published by Guild Publishing. 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This study is much more than a biography, the author re-examines Edward and his reign in the light of the very considerable quantity of surviving evidence to provide a definitive analysis of a complex and highly significant period dominated by a remarkable king. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 618 pages. B/w photos. Pages are lightly browned and foxed at edges. Name, date and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and is slightly edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

KATHERINE THE QUEEN: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF KATHERINE PARR
Written by Linda Porter.
Stock no. 1331243
Published by MacMillan. 1st 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

All that most people know about Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth wife, is that she 'survived'. A vivid portrait of someone who until now has been mysteriously misunderstood, but who was one of the most intriguing and influential queen consorts in all English history. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 383 pages (including index). Colour photos. ISBN: 9780230710399. Textblock is foxed. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge creased.

THE SECOND BARON'S WAR: SIMON DE MONTFORT AND THE BATTLES OF LEWES AND EVESHAM
Written by John Sadler.
Stock no. 1331242
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Lucid story of the struggle between King and Nobility in the 13th century England. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. 160 pages. ISBN: 9781844158317. A super copy, looks unread.

RICHARD III AND THE DEATH OF CHIVALRY
Written by David Hipshon.
Stock no. 1331241
Published by The History Press. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How the power of politics of the conflict between the Stanley's and the Harrington's, and Richard's motives in supporting the latter, led to the king's death on the battlefield, the succession of the Tudors to the throne of England, and 'death of chivalry' and the end of the Middle Ages. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 224 pages. ISBN: 9780750950749. Some foxing to textblock else a fine copy. Dustwrapper has a small tear to centre.

A GAMBLING MAN: CHARLES II AND THE RESTORATION 1660-1670
Written by Jenny Uglow.
Stock no. 1331240
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A portrait of Charles II and the first decade of the restoration: a time of glamour and gossip, drama and risk, faction and crisis. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9780571217335. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Textblock is slightly grubby. Small mark to edge of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed/creased.

THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION
Written by Edward Hyde; Edward Earl Of Clarendon; Roger Lockyer.
Stock no. 1831340
Published by Folio Society; Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition.

A selection taken from Clarendon's History of the Rebellion covering the period from the raising of the king's standard at Nottingham in 1642 to the end of the second civil war and the execution of Charles I in January 1649. Edited by Roger Lockyer. Elaborately gilt decorated blue cloth. B/w illustrations. Top edge blue. 469 pages including index. Gilt decorations to front board are bright, title to spine is slightly dulled, rear board lightly scuffed. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is well worn at edges and browned.

EDWARD VII: PRINCE & KING
Written by Giles St. Aubyn.
Stock no. 1831330
Published by Collins. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography. Through half a century of public service, King Edward had the advantage of a private secretary whose tact, judgement, loyalty and affection never failed him. Francis Knollys was one of that small intimate circle from whom the King had no secrets, personal or political. This biography has been compiled with access to the Knollys Papers. Green cloth boards, black title block with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 555 pages including index. ISBN: 0002162032. Lower edge of spine lightly rubbed. Boards clean Text block grubby. Foxing to endpapers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to edges of spine and lightly rubbed at top & tail of spine.

ABERFAN: THE DAYS AFTER
Written by I.C. Rapoport.
Stock no. 1331193
Published by Parthian. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

A Journey in Pictures. The Aberfan tragedy which came to symbolise everything that fashionable decade strove to forget: the negligence of authorities and the dirt of existence, poverty and the class divide. B/w photographs commemorating a past decade, a defunct industry, seeking out the women and families of a male-dominated world. White pictorial cardwraps. Dual language: text in English & Welsh. ISBN: 1902638565. Covers lightly foxed and edge creased. Contents fine.

THE HISTORY OF EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES, COMMONLY TERMED THE BLACK PRINCE, ELDEST SON OF KING EDWARD THE THIRD
Written by Alexander Bicknell.
Stock no. 1831317
Published by J. Bew. 1st 1776. Good condition.

With a Short View of the Reigns of Edward I; Edward II; and Edward II; and a Summary Account of the Institution of the Order of the Garter. Full leather binding, gilt title to spine. Marbled endpapers. B/w frontis. xvi and 352 pages. All edges red. Front board detached. Boards scuffed, corners worn, top of spine worn. Small patch of loss to leather spine. Bookplate of Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy to front pastedown - the eldest son of Mark Beaufoy the astronomer. Prelims badly bound in i.e. glued too far in. This leads to tearing and creasing of front hinge between title page and frontis (it is possible that the prelims have been glued in such a fashion to help hold the book together but it does make a bit of a mess to the prelims). 'Introduction' written in ink above the Introduction page xiii (also imprinted to facing page). Light page browning and scattered foxing throughout. A few old grubby marks to margins. Overall, a good working copy.

THE END OF NORTH'S MINISTRY 1780-1782 (ENGLAND IN THE AGE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION)
Written by Ian R. Christie.
Stock no. 1831312
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book deals with the working of the eighteenth century parliamentary system during the last crisis of the American War of Independence, from the 'false dawn' of the recovery of South Carolina until the final extinction of British hopes at Yorktown. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiii and 428 pages including index. Boards lightly mottled. Foxing to text block, endpapers and some bleeding to a few page margins. Name & address in ink to front endpaper. A few instances of pencil annotation to margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned with some foxing and grubby in appearance.

THOMAS RAINBOROWE (C. 1610-1648) CIVIL WAR SEAMAN, SIEGEMASTER AND RADICAL
Written by Whitney R.D. Jones.
Stock no. 1331177
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

An account of the life and career of Thomas Rainborowe, a significant figure in the English Civil War in both military and political terms. Red boards with gilt title to spine and cream title label to front cover. 154 pages (including index). ISBN: 184383121X. Some marks to rear cover. Some foxspots to textblock. Page wrinkling to preliminary pages.

A POLITE AND COMMERCIAL PEOPLE ENGLAND 1727-1783
Written by Paul Langford.
Stock no. 1331174
Published by Guild Publishing. Circa 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The New Oxford History of England Series. Dark blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Some b/w plates. 803 pages including index. Spine slightly bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge rubbed and has a couple of light scratch marks to rear panel.