MARTYRS AND MURDERERS: THE GUISE FAMILY AND THE MAKING OF EUROPE
Written by Stuart Carroll.
Stock no. 1831629
Published by Oxford University Press. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of three generations of treacherous, bloodthirsty power-brokers. One of the richest and most powerful families in sixteenth-century France, the House of Guise played a pivotal role in the history of Europe. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 345 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199229079. Third printing. Boards clean. Text block has some minor foxing. Some minor surface paper damage to plates where plates have stuck together and been prised apart. Else a nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, lightly rubbed at corners.

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 1754-1790: INTRODUCTORY SURVEY (THE HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT)
Written by John Brooke.
Stock no. 1831627
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1968. Very good condition.

This book provides an introduction to and analysis of the biographies and constituency surveys. It also discusses each of the elections held during the period, and provides a brief discussion of the House of Commons and its procedure. An Oxford Paperback No. 147. Originally published in 1964 by HMSO. viii and 312 pages including index. Covers lightly rubbed and edge-worn. Foxing to text block, inside front cover and title page. Neat inscription in ink to title page. Else contents clean.

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.

A PICTURE HISTORY OF FRANCE
Written by Clarke Hutton. Illustrated by Clarke Hutton.
Stock no. 1831513
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

A companion volume to the Picture History of Britain. Large format. Cloth spine, colour pictorial boards. Four-colour autolithography illustrations. 62 pages. Board edges rubbed & worn, corners of boards bumped and worn, a little grubby. Text block browned. A few foxspots to prelims else contents nice and bright.

NEW ATLAS OF THE BRITISH & IRISH FLORA
Written by C.D. Preston; D.A. Pearman; T.D. Dines.
Stock no. 1831493
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2002. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Distribution maps and accompanying text for 2412 flowering plants in Great Britain and Ireland. All the native species and all the commoner hybrids and ointroduced species are covered together with a wide range of subspecies. Large format. 910 pages. ISBN: 0198510675. Still in original shrinkwrap so it is assumed acetate overlay and CD are both present. This copy will make a wonderful gift!

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.

THAT MAN: AN INSIDER'S PORTRAIT OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Written by Robert H. Jackson; John Q. Barrett; William Edward Leuchtenburg.
Stock no. 1831452
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An intimate memoir which reveals Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency through key events like Court-packing and aiding Britain, while showing his personal side during poker games and breakfast meetings. Edited and introduced by John Q. Barrett with a foreword by William E. Leuchtenburg. Black cloth spine with green foil title, grey paper boards. B/w photos. xxviii and 290 pages including index. ISBN: 0195168267. Minor damp mottling to cloth spine, light browning to text block, else a lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

CALLAGHAN: A LIFE
Written by Kenneth O. Morgan.
Stock no. 1831446
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Jim Callaghan. Starting in humble circumstances and then moving into trade union office and parliament at a young age, he went on to hold all the major offices of state: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and, for three tumultuous years, from 1976 to 1979, Prime Minister. Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w plates. xvi and 800 pages including index. ISBN: 0198202164. Couple of minor marks to rear board. Light shelf-rubbing to base of spine. Text block a bit grubby. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

EARLY DAYS IN AUSTRALIA: STORIES OF DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT
Written by William Howitt; Ralph H. Major; John Pinkerton; et al. Illustrated by W.R.S. Stott.
Stock no. 1331304
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1934. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Pioneer Series. Blue cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. Front endpapers are maps (listed as being at pages 1 and 161 on contents page). 320 pages. 8 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Some light foxing to cover edges and to contents. Top corner of front free-endpaper has been removed (map not affected). Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and grubby to rear panel and spine.

CARNIVORE ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION: A HANDBOOK OF TECHNIQUES (TECHNIQUES IN ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION SERIES)
Written by Luigi Boitani; Roger A. Powell.
Stock no. 1831402
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

This book describes research methods and techniques for the study and conservation of all terrestrial carnivore species. Particular attention is paid to techniques for managing the human/carnivore interface. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustratilons/charts. xvii and 506 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199558520. A lovely copy.

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.

AQUATIC AND WETLAND PLANTS OF INDIA
Written by Christopher D.K. Cook.
Stock no. 1331195
Published by Oxford University Press. 2011. Very good condition.

A physical print on demand book. A reference book and identification manual for the vascular plants found in permanent or seasonal fresh water in the subcontinent of India south of the Himalayas. Large format. Green glazed boards with yellow titles to spine and front cover. 385 pages (including index). B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 9780198548218. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. A few tiny rubbed patches to cover edges. Contents fine.