249pp.
Royal Historical Society, 1968, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: No Jacket. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #117

Price: £ 7.50 GBP ($ 11.85 approx. - € 9.06 approx.)

This study of disease among the native peoples of the New World before and after 1492 challenges many widely held notions about encounters between European and native peoples. Whereas many late twentieth century scholars blamed the catastrophic decline of post-conquest native populations on the introduction of previously unknown infections from the Old World, Alchon argues that the experiences of native peoples in the New World closely resembled those of other human populations. Exposure to lethal new infections resulted in rates of morbidity and mortality among native Americans comparable to those found among Old World populations. Why then did native American populations decline by 75 to 90 percent in the century following contact with Europeans? Why did these populations fail to recover, in contrast to those of Africa, Asia, and Europe? Alchon points to the practices of European colonialism. Warfare and slavery increased mortality, and forced migrations undermined social, political, and economic institutions. This timely study effectively overturns the notion of New World exceptionalism. By showing that native Americans were not uniquely affected by European diseases, Alchon also undercuts the stereotypical notion of the Americas as a new Eden, free of disease and violence until the intrusion of germ-laden, rapacious Europeans. 214pp.
University of New Mexico Press, 2003, Paperback, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0826328717

Inventory #20910

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 23.70 approx. - € 18.12 approx.)

N.B. Head and tail of spine and D/J spine rubbed. D/J slightly fadedwith some slight foxing. Previous owners inscription on front paste down. 148pp.
Oxford University Press, 1979, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Very Good/Price Clipped. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0195201663

Inventory #23634

Price: £ 10.00 GBP ($ 15.80 approx. - € 12.08 approx.)

TCHEQUE/CZECH TEXT.English summary at end.Edges of d/j a little chipped.Some pages uncut.247pp.10pp. plates.
Nakladem Filosoficke Fakulty Karlovy University, 1949, Paperback, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Good. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #20322

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 23.70 approx. - € 18.12 approx.)

This is a scholarly biography of the second wife of Henry VIII. Basing his conclusions on substantial original research on the nature of the court and its politics, E.W.Ives aims to show convincingly that Anne was a figure of considerable influence and importance in her own right. Previous owners inscription on half title page. 451pp.
Basil Blackwell, 1986, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Heavy Item Postage Quote. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0631147454

Inventory #23521

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 23.70 approx. - € 18.12 approx.)

In April 1478, a plot to murder the two heads of the powerful Medici family miscarried dramatically in the cathedral of Florence. The younger of the two brothers was killed, but Lorenzo the Magnificent, the brilliant poet and connoisseur escaped. A bloodbath followed in reprisal. All Italy was at once affected, as it emerged that the Pope, the King of Naples, and the Duke of Urbino were deeply implicated in the plot, and that binding treaties required Milan and Venice to assist Florence. A tangle of Florentine interests now came to light, revealing a dangerous archbishop, a cosseted papal nephew, and the Pazzi - an ambitious family of bankers with lofty connections abroad. The Pazzi were the foremost social and financial rivals of the Medici, but they were forced - like all other leading families in Florence - to pay political obeisance to them, in a play of attitudes that was stifling public discussion and subverting the Florentine republic. Against the high abstract shadows of power politics and the menace to political debate, the Pazzi Conspiracy was driven by bankers, priests, politicians, and mercenaries, caught up in a tangle of passion and armed violence. N.B. Top corner of front D/J rubbed. 302pp.
Jonathan Cape, 2003, Cloth, Book Condition: Fine, Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

ISBN: 0224061674

Inventory #23762

Price: £ 9.50 GBP ($ 15.01 approx. - € 11.48 approx.)

Priced for the Two Volumes:Volume 115 of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains 20 obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the British Academy and an essay on James Bryce (President of the Academy, 1913-1917). Memoirs of Fellows have previously been published in the same annual Proceedings volume as that containing the British Academy's Lectures. The Biographical Memoirs are henceforth to be published in a volume of their own, within the Proceedings sequence. 463pp. and 019726302X Volume 120 of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains 25 obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the British Academy.554pp.Published 2003.
Oxford University Press, 2002, Cloth/Gilt, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. First Edition. Heavy Item Postage Quote. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0197262783

Inventory #13261

Price: £ 30.00 GBP ($ 47.40 approx. - € 36.24 approx.)

A comprehensive and definitive dictionary of world royalty. 320pp.
Burke's Peerage, 1980, Cloth/Gilt, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 0850110238

Inventory #22871

Price: £ 38.00 GBP ($ 60.04 approx. - € 45.90 approx.)

This is a vivid portrayal of Charles II, as well as a historical investigation into the role of monarchy in pre-Revolution Europe. It looks closely at the role that the burgeoning financial powers played in shaping European politics and the effects of these powers on the English monarchy and on Europe generally. Belloc brings to his writing an intimate knowledge of the countries about which he is writing and a fervent belief in the Catholic faith and its role in the history of Europe. 223pp.
I H S Press, 2003, Paperback, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: . . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0971828644

Inventory #10514

Price: £ 7.50 GBP ($ 11.85 approx. - € 9.06 approx.)

While marriages were supposed to be celebrated publicly by priests, in churches where the parties were known, many couples had reasons - among them parental disapproval, religious nonconformity, property considerations and previous entanglements - to marry in other ways. Nor was this difficult where there was no unified marriage code, where a simple exchange of vows, might constitute a valid marriage, and where unbeneficed priests were prepared to perform the ceremony in return for a drink. Clandestine marriage had represented a problem to the church and state, and to the rights of property, since the Middle Ages, eluding a variety of attempts to control it. By the 18th century it had become a scandal, with Fleet parsons marrying thousands of couples a year. In 1753 Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act nullified such irregular marriages, only to drive them to adopt other guises until the introduction of civil marriage in 1836. This study explores the nature and scale of clandestine marriage. The author describes why it attracted so many customers and why it was so hard to suppress. It aims to provide a different perspective on a central social and religious institution.
The Hambledon Press, 1995, Cloth, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 1852851309

Inventory #17664

Price: £ 9.50 GBP ($ 15.01 approx. - € 11.48 approx.)