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FROM CAESAR TO ARTHUR.

By: Ashe, Geoffrey.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: London, Collins: 1960

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29052

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

320 p, 8 1/2" H. "(A) study of the life and career of the historical King Arthur in so far as it can be traced through early documents and remains. (The author) begins with the decay of Roman power and its slow disappearance from Britain, while invasion, anarchy and warring small kingdoms take its place. Then comes a reversal of fortune without parallel in the dissolving Empire, when a western Christian military chieftain stems the Saxon tide and imposes a long truce. In this unique recovery, it is suggested, lies a previously unnoticed clue to the whole development of the British monarchy...
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BRITANNIA: A JOURNAL OF ROMANO-BRITISH AND KINDRED STUDIES. VOLUME XIX - 1988. (VOLUME 19 - 1988.)

By: Brodribb, Gerald; Cleere, Henry; Darling, Margaret J.; Jones, Michael J.; Dix, Brian; Taylor, Steven; Donaldson, G.H.; Farley, Michael; Henig, Martin; Taylor, John W.; Harbottle, Barbara; Fraser, R.; Burton, F.C.; Jackson, D.A.; Tylecote, R.F.; et a

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, London, 1988.:

Seller ID: 20042

549 pp + 32 b&w plates at rear, large 8vo (9 5/8" H), soft cover. B&w maps, plans, drawings, diagrams, graphs, tables (some fold-out) + photographic plates. Contents: Editorial; Notes for Contibutors; The 'Classis Britannica' Bath-house at Beaupo rt Park, East Sussex; Early Settlement at Lincoln; Excavations at Bannaventa (Whilton Lodge, Northants.), 1970-1; Signalling Communications and the Roman Imperial Army; A Hoard of Late Roman Bronze Bowls and Mounts from the Misbourne Valley , n e a r A m ersham, Bucks.; The Westgate Road Milecastle, Newcastle upon Tyne; Two New Romano-British Iro...
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THE MAGICAL ARTS: A SHORT HISTORY

By: Burland, C. A.

Price: $32.50 USD

Publisher: London, Arthur Barker: 1966

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25897

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

196 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H). B&w illustrations. "From the earliest time man has been fascinated by visions and dreams, and by the discovery that there were men who could, by magical powers, improve a crop or foretell the weather. As civilization grew there were demands for knowledge which would give control over other men or protection from the wiles of enemies. The study of magic and counter magic became important in the policy of states. Later magic was denounced as a work of the Devil, and then the Devil himself was demoted to become a laughing stock. Yet even nowadays there exist in the...
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A IS FOR OX: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ALPHABET.

By: Davies, Lyn.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Folio Society: 2006

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 29448

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

127 pp, 7 3/4" H. Bound in full maroon cloth blocked in a pattern in orange and gilt, gilt lettering & emblem on spine, burnt orange endpapers. Illustrated throught in black, white and orange with alphabets, maps, drawings, etc. Plain orange slipcase. Contents: Introduction: What is the alphabet?; How did writing begin?; The alphabet emerges; The alphabet spreads; Majuscules to miniscules; Key eras; The alphabet now; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index. Book is Fine. Slipcase has a small soiling mark on one side panel.
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Image for THE CAMBRIDGE CULTURAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN. VOLUME 1. EARLY BRITAIN. (FIRST PUBLISHED AS THE CAMBRIDGE GUIDE TO THE ARTS IN BRITAIN: PREHISTORIC, ROMAN, AND EARLY MEDIEVAL.)

THE CAMBRIDGE CULTURAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN. VOLUME 1. EARLY BRITAIN. (FIRST PUBLISHED AS THE CAMBRIDGE GUIDE TO THE ARTS IN BRITAIN: PREHISTORIC, ROMAN, AND EARLY MEDIEVAL.)

By: Ford, Boris, ed. Jacquetta Hawkes, Peter Salway, Barry Cunliffe, Sheppard Frere, Janet Huskinson, Roger Ling, Richard Bailey, Mildred Budny, Michael Alexander, Martin Biddle, Isabel Henderson, Richard Gem, Christopher Page, R. Allen Brown, Cherry Lavell

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press for The Folio Society: 1995

Seller ID: 29877

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

289 pp, 10" H. Bound in full dark blue cloth with title and shield in gold on spine. B&w illustrations and colour plates. Contents: General Introduction / Prehistoric Britain: Stone Age to Iron Age / Roman Britain: The Cultural and Social Setting; Studies in the Individual Arts (Architecture; Verulamium: Social and Artistic Development; The Visual Arts and Crafts; Lullingstone Villa) / Early Medieval Britain: The Cultural and Social Setting; Studies in the Individual Arts (The Visual Arts and Crafts; Old English Literature; Winchester: The Rise of an Early Capital; The Arts of Late Celtic ...
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HASTINGS 1066: THE FALL OF SAXON ENGLAND. OSPREY MILITARY CAMPAIGN SERIES 13.

By: Gravett, Christopher. General editor, David G. Chandler.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: (Osprey, London, 1997), reprint.:

Seller ID: 14039

96 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos, reproductions, maps, battle plans, uniform studies. "The most famous battle in English history, Hastings was the culmination of one of the medieval world' s most daring military expeditions - and a truly decisive battle. It marked the end of Anglo-Saxon England, winning the land-hungry Normans a new kingdom, and ensuring that Britain's destiny lay in Western Europe rather than with Scandinavia." "The Osprey Campaign Series presents concise, authoritative accounts of the great conflicts of history. ...
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 1204.

By: Jerrold, Douglas.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Collins, London, 1949, first edition.:

Seller ID: 17968

614 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. 5 fold-out maps + 10 maps in the text (collated). "....full-length presentation of the history of England from prehistoric times to the loss of Normandy in 1204." Contents: Introduction; Origins and Foundations; From Neolithic Times to the Late Iron Age; The Roman Conquest of Britain; Britain and Rome: A.D. 61 - A.D. 297; The Origins and Character of Christianity; The End of Roman Rule and the Coming of the Anglo-Saxons; From the C o n v e r s i o n to the Viking Invasions; From the Viking Invasions to 978; From 978 to the Norman Conquest;...
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ARTHUR AND THE ANGLO-SAXON WARS. OSPREY MILITARY MEN-AT-ARMS SERIES 154.

By: Nicolle, David.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: London, Osprey: 1993

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 25448

ISBN: 0850455480

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

40 pp + 8 pages of colour plates, 9 3/4" H. B&w photographs, drawings, maps - colour plates. Contents: Introduction; Chronology; The Arthurian Age; Saxon and Celt; Britain and the Vikings; The Plates. Interior - Christmas notation, date and signature on title page; otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - faint small sticker removal mark on front cover, minor rubbing.
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CORONATION: A HISTORY OF KINGSHIP AND THE BRITISH MONARCHY.

By: Strong, Roy.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: London, HarperCollins: 2005

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23041

ISBN: 0007160542

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

556 pp, small 4to (10" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs, reproductions. "As a boy of sixteen, Roy Strong watched the grand procession carrying Queen Elizabeth II to her coronation. The spectacle was considered the greatest public event of the century. But now, several years later, many people have little notion of what a coronation is and are unaware of the rich resonances of the ritual, or its deep significance in terms of the committal of monarch to people. This book is the first of its kind - a comprehensive history to set each coronation into its political, social...
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THE TRUE GLORY: THE STORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY OVER A THOUSAND YEARS.

By: Tute, Warren.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1983

Edition: First American Edition

Seller ID: 23966

ISBN: 0060152125

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

288 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H). Map endpapers, b&w and colour photographs, reproductions. "A carefully planned and beautifully illustrated history of the Royal Navy and its origins from the time of King Alfred to the present day - a panoramic view of the ships, seamen, organisation and fighting records of the unique force that for a thousand years has stood between England and her foes. As the Falklands Task Force has recently demonstrated, the Royal Navy of today is capable of operating efficiently and effectively wherever it is required. In its history there have been many lengthy periods whe...
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WORDHOARD: ANGLO-SAXON STORIES. (WORD HOARD).

By: Walsh, Jill Paton and Crossley-Holland, Kevin.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 1969

Edition: First American Edition

Seller ID: 27583

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

122 pp, 8 1/8" H. "(G)athers together eight stories of Anglo-Saxon times, that little-known period of six hundred years between the time the Romans left England after their long occupation and the Norman Conquest of 1066. These were the Dark Ages, when raiders from the north overran the shifting kingdoms, when paganism and Christianity strove for the mastery of men's minds; a time of violence and chaos, a black time pierced by shafts of heroism, vision, beauty. 'Many famous people lived and died in that time,' say the authors, 'and countless thousands of ordinary ones; these stories are abo...
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Keyword: Anglo-Saxons