NEWTON'S APPLE: ISAAC NEWTON AND THE ENGLISH SCIENTIFIC RENAISSANCE
Written by Peter Aughton.
Stock no. 1831611
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson; The Windrush Press. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Peter Aughton illuminates the life and genius of Isaac Newton—the man whose ideas fundamentally reshaped our understanding of the universe—against the vibrant backdrop of the English Scientific Renaissance. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 215 pages including index. ISBN: 0297843214. A few minor knocks to horizontal board edges. Minor spotting to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE AGE OF RECONNAISSANCE
Written by John H. Parry.
Stock no. 1331406
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2nd 1966. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Discovery, Exploration and Settlement 1450 to 1650. History of Civilisation series. Second Edition. Dark green cloth, red title label with gilt title to spine. 365 pages including notes and index. B/w photos. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Small mark to base of spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and has a large tear to front panel and smaller tear to rear panel.

VENDETTA: HIGH ART AND LOW CUNNING AT THE BIRTH OF THE RENAISSANCE
Written by Hugh Bicheno.
Stock no. 1331403
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story of unbridled lust, treachery and murder featuring an extraordinary cast of characters who fought, poisioned, betrayed and cheated their way from the late middle ages into the modern era, and in the process produced some of the most enduringly beautiful works of art ever seen. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 290 pages including index. B/w text illustrations and diagrams plus colour plates. ISBN: 9780297846345. Heavy foxing throughout. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly edge creased.

TWILIGHT OF THE HABSBURGS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH
Written by Alan Palmer.
Stock no. 1831528
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Alan Palmer's authoritative biography tracks Josef's long life from cradle to grave, describing in the right level of detail the conservative administrator who kept his multi-ethnic nation together for over 70 years from 1848 until 1916. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xii and 388 pages including index. ISBN: 0297813463. Boards clean. Text block lightly browned/grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine.

THE WEAKER VESSEL: WOMAN'S LOT IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND
Written by Antonia Fraser.
Stock no. 1831526
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book describes a woman's lot in 17th-century England in an age when women had no rights or independence, when effective contraception was unknown and when marriage and childbirth dominated their lives. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w plates. xvi and 544 pages including index. ISBN: 0297783815. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block lightly browned with some minor foxing. Foxing to verso of free front endpapers else contents clean. Brown pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine and narrow band of discolouration to horizontal edges.

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.

THE FALL OF THE WEST: THE SLOW DEATH OF THE ROMAN SUPERPOWER
Written by Adrian Goldsworthy.
Stock no. 1831443
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A sweeping narrative of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w plates. x and 531 pages including index. ISBN: 9780297845638. Light vertical reading crease to spine. Slight lean to spine. Text block lightly foxed. Couple of spots to front endpaper. Glossy plates have stuck together due to damp, prised apart leaving some minor imprint to facing pages. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper has damp mottling to verso (not visible to front).

CHARLES II
Written by H. Miller.
Stock no. 1831441
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This biography delves into the multifaceted character of Charles II, the monarch who was restored to the throne in 1660 after the tumultuous period of civil war in England. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xv and 458 pages including index. ISBN: 0297812149. Boards clean and bright. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine and has a few minor grubby marks to rear panel.

JONATHAN SWIFT: A SHORT CHARACTER (MASTERS OF WORLD LITERATURE)
Written by Nigel Dennis.
Stock no. 1831416
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1965. Very good condition.

In this book, attention is focused as much on the complex personality of Swift as on his works, relating him to his age and to his time. Here is the bitter moralist, the restless politician, the rigid churchman, the great satirist. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. 160 pages including index. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Rear board lightly marked. Foxing to top edge of text block, endpapers and last page of index. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

THE KINGS DEPART
Written by Richard M. Watt.
Stock no. 1831413
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Tragedy of Germany: Versailles and the German Revolution. German history, the collapse of the Kaiser's armies. Extraordinary drama in an era of violent upheaval. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Maps to endpapers. 604 pages including index. Top edge red. ISBN: 029717858X. Lower edge of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Light foxing to top of boards and spine. Text block a little grubby and foxing to vertical edge. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn. Musty odour present.

ATTLEE
Written by Kenneth Harris.
Stock no. 1331238
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A full and revealing account of Attlee's personal and political life. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 630 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0297779931. Spine bumped. Name, address and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby with light foxing. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and lightly browned to spine.

ALEX: THE LIFE OF FIELD MARSHAL EARL ALEXANDER OF TUNIS
Written by Nigel Nicolson.
Stock no. 1831342
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis was Montgomery's Commander-in-Chief at Alamein and conquered Italy from Sicily to the Alps. Cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xiii and 346 pages including index. ISBN: 0297765159. Third impression in the same year as the first. Boards very slightly mottled else clean. Foxing to text block. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to contents else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine, light rubbing to corners, rear panel lightly scuffed.