LORDSHIP AND ARCHITECTURE IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE SCOTLAND
Written by Richard D. Oram; Geofrrey P. Stell.
Stock no. 1830881
Published by John Donald. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

A series of essays on the role of acrchitecure as an expression of lordship and status among Scottish secular and ecclesiastical elites in the period c.1124-c.1650. These studies of the acrchitectural patronage of particular families or groups explore how the nobility operated socially and economically as well as politically, in the organisation and structure of lordship throughout the medieval and renaissance periods. Edited by Richard Oram and Geoffrey Snell. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xxii and 346 pages including index. ISBN: 9780859766289. Light scuffing to covers and rubbing to edges. Contents clean.

THE CATHEDRAL BUILDERS
Written by Jean Gimpel.
Stock no. 1830878
Published by Michael Russell. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Medieval Europe was distinguished by the spectacular development of religious architecture from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries - eighty cathedrals, five hundred great churches, and more than ten thousand parish churches. In France alone, more stone was quarried in this span of three centuries than during the entire history of ancient Egypt. Translated from the French by Teresa Waugh. Large format. Dark blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos and a few colour. 127 pages including index. ISBN: 0859550931. Boards clean, lower edge of boars lightly rubbed. Some minor foxing to text block. Endpapers lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel and is lightly edge-creased.

MEDIEVAL PEOPLE
Written by Eileen Power; Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie.
Stock no. 1830755
Published by Folio Society. 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. The text of this edition follows that of the tenth edition. Cream boards with gilt vignettes. Colour illustrations. xxvii and 253 pages including index. Third printing. Light fading to spine else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.

A MANUAL OF GOTHIC MOLDINGS
Written by F.A. Paley; W.M. Fawcett.
Stock no. 1830672
Published by John Van Voorst. 4th 1877. Very good condition.

Fourth Edition. Title to spine is 'Paley's Gothic Moldings'. Directions for copying them and for determining their dates. Upwards of six hundred examples. B/w illustrations to text. 94 pages plus 21 plates to rear and 2 pages of publisher adverts. Boards lightly unevenly faded and have a few minor marks. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Text block browned. 'S.' in pen to front pastedown. Front joint publled between front endpaper and half-title page but binding tight. Half-title page browned and has a contemporary ink name & date to top ege.

TOWNLIFE IN FOURTEENTH-CENTURY SCOTLAND
Written by Elizabeth Ewan.
Stock no. 1830663
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A complete picture of Scottish medieval townlife. In particular, the conditions of life, government, property-holding, trade and industry, the sense of community and the place of the burgh within the wider realm of scotland. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ix and 201 pages including index. ISBN: 0748601287. A few marks to boards. A few minor foxspots to text block. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

THE LIVING THEATRE OF MEDIEVAL ART
Written by Henry Kraus.
Stock no. 1830488
Published by Indiana University Press. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the foreword: Whether working from a single monument to its ramifications in the relevant social context, or from major social themes to their documentation in works of art, he has traced the broad picture of living circumstances and problems in the Middle Ages, to create a vivid documentary picture of the period and its art. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, blind title to front board. B/w illustrations. xxi and 248 pages. Small foxspots to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, creased and worn to top rear edge.

THE ISLAND GARDEN: ENGLAND'S LANGUAGE OF NATION FROM GILDAS TO MARVELL
Written by Lynn Staley.
Stock no. 1830082
Published by University Of Notre Dame Press. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern series. Pictorial cardwraps. A few colour & b/w photos. x and 245 pages including index. ISBN: 9780268041403. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

TOWTON: THE BATTLE OF PALMSUNDAY FIELD 1461
Written by John Sadler.
Stock no. 1829891
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Graphic account of the bloodiest battle of the Wars of the Roses, North Yorkshire. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xix and 186 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844159659. A lovely copy, looks unread!

JAMES I: SCOTLAND'S KING OF ENGLAND
Written by John Matusiak.
Stock no. 1829642
Published by The History Press. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Few kings have been more svagely caricatured or grossly misunderstood than England's first Stuart. Yet, as this biography demonstrates, the modern tendency to downplay his defects and minimise the long-term consequences of his reign has gone too far. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 351 pages including index. ISBN: 9780750955621. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a barcode label with old price to rear panel.

MEDIEVAL SCARBOROUGH: STUDIES IN TRADE AND CIVIC LIFE (OCCASIONAL PAPER No. 1)
Written by David Crouch; Trevor Pearson.
Stock no. 1828518
Published by Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Scarborough Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and sketches. viii and 123 pages including index. ISBN: 0902122967. Top front corner lightly creased. Uneven fading to covers and a few minor marks. One or two foxspots to margins else contents clean.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL SCARBOROUGH: EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH 1987-2004
Written by Trevor Pearson.
Stock no. 1828517
Published by Scarborough Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Little remains of the large and important town which stood in the shadow of Scarborough's imposing castle in the Middle Ages. Nearly 20 years of excavation and research have reconstructed the main features of what was a vibrant centre of medieval urban life. This book describes that research and analyses it to build up a comprehensive picture of what the town looked like between 1150 and 1550. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w sketches and photos. viii and 152 pages including index. ISBN: 0902416081. A nice copy.

HISTORY OF MERIONETH VOLUME II: THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by J. Beverley Smith; Llinos Beverley Smith.
Stock no. 1828483
Published by University of Wales; The Merioneth Historical And Record Society. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This second volume provides a study of the lands which were brought together to form the medieval county of Merioneth in 1284. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis depicting principal arms borne by Merioneth families. B/w photos. xxiv and 751 pages including index. ISBN: 070831709X. Includes a letter from the author to Ron Brunskill (authority on architectural history). Top & tail of spine shelf wron, a few minor marks to boards. Text block & front pastedown slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few closed tears and a little scuffed.