Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy.
Carnival in Romans: a People's Uprising at Romans, 1579-1580
(Scolar Press, rpt, 1980).
Hardback. Very good in slightly soiled, slightly worn dustwrapper. xx + 426pp. Order No. NSBK-B1358
Keywords: 0859675912, carnival, Romans, Early Modern History, history, Annales, popular ceremony, culture, entertainment
Price £8.00.
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Davis-Mesman, Ellen.
The Colourful Palette of Alfred Krenz:
(Ellen Davis-Mesman, Tien Wah Press, 1998).
Hardback. New book, fine in dustwrapper. 90pp. Order No. NSBK-A5023
Keywords: 0620226382, art, artists, paintings, South Africa, South African, history, twentieth century, Ellen Davis-Mesman, Alfred Krenz, art criticism, artwork, Krenz paintings, Cape, drawings, cubism, cubists, still life, portraits, biography, biographies, cultural, Cape Town, Krenz School of Art, modern painters, landscapes, art work
Price £50.00.
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Loades, D.M.
Politics and the Nation, 1450 - 1660: Obedience, Resistance and Public Order
(Fontana Paperbacks, 4th impression, 1982).
Paperback. Some yellowing / foxing to pages, otherwise good. 484pp. Order No. NSBK-A7642
Keywords: 000635789X, nations, nationhood, politics, political, obedience, public order, law and order, aristocracy, early modern history, Tudor, Tudors, fifteenth century, sixteenth century, seventeenth century
Price £3.00.
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Selby, Walford D., ed.
Lancashire and Cheshire Records Preserved in the Public Record Office, London:
(Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, 1882).
Number 7 in the Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society Series. Part I of a two-part set. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, minor damage to fly leaf, otherwise good+ in original green/gilt decorated cloth. xlii + 222pp. Order No. NSBK-A11221
Keywords: B000HC77CK, Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, Lancashire & Cheshire Record Society, local history, records, archives, archival, documents, North West England, England, English, Britain, British, manuscripts, documents, sources, antiquarian, parish history, parishes, parochial, Public Record Office, Walford D. Selby, Chester, Lancaster, courts, rolls, medieval, Middle Ages, early modern
Price £25.00.
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Boguet, Henri.
An Examen of Witches: Discours Execrable Des Sourciers
(Portrayer Publishers, 2002 facs. rpt of 1929 ed).
First published 1602. Edited by Montague Summers. Translated by E. Allen Ashwin. A well-presented facsimile of a hitherto scarce title. Paperback. New book, fine. 328pp. Order No. NSBK-C5096
Keywords: 0954263227, witch, witches, witchcraft, magic, Henry Boguet, Henri Boguet, history, persecution, trials, judges, courts, magistrates, priests, early modern history, Burgundy, torture, social history, Europe, European, seventeenth century, 17th century, Montague Summers, E. Allen Ashwin, occult, magick, sorcery, sourcier, sourciers, superstition, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, sorcerers, incantations
Price £22.50.
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Synge, Lanto.
Antique Needlework:
(Blandford Press, 1982).
A charming history of decorative needlework. Hardback. Light soiling to front endpapers, otherwise very good in slightly chipped dustwrapper. 202pp. Order No. NSBK-F4498
Keywords: 0713710071, needlework, sewing, needlewoman, stitching, sewers, needleworkers, crafts, costumes, decorations, embroidery, antiques, Early modern, Mediaeval, Medieval, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth century, nineteenth century, costumes, heraldry, furniture, collectors, history, decorative needlework, history of needlework, lanto synge, craft work
Price £18.00.
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Nicholson, Winifred. (Compiled by Andrew Nicholson).
Unknown Colour: Paintings, Letters, Writings by Winifred Nicholson
(Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1987).
An extremely scarce title, for the collector. Very good, clean, tight copy. "Unknown Colour" by Andrew Nicholson, brings together all Winifred Nicholson's works for the first time and reproduces in colour the wide range of her paintings, conveying in words and images the essence of her art which is light, colour and radiance. Compiled by Andrew Nicholson. Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981), wife of Ben Nicholson, is particularly remembered for her exquisite flower studies - many of which were painted before a window. She often incorporated landscape elements from Cumberland, Cornwall and the South of France into her work. Also characteristic of her style was the abstract using an ellipse shape. Hardback. Top corner slightly bumped, otherwise very good+, clean bright copy. Dustwrapper also very good, though with light creasing at corners, & minor, almost imperceptible, scratches. 271pp. Order No. NSBK-C4620
Keywords: 0571149502, winifred nicholson, nicholson, nicholsons, winifred, flower tales, unknown, colour, watercolour, watercolours, art, artist, artists, painting, paintings, painter, painter, English, England, Britain, British, great, twentieth century, 20th century, female, woman, women, females, letters, design correspondence, history, women writers, women writer, cornwall, st ives, modern, modernist, modernists, modernism, modernistic, ben nicholson, impressionist, impressionists, impressionism, impressionistic, impressions, impression, writings, color, unknown color, unknown colours, unknown colors, colors, GB, British Modern, Modern British Art
Price £395.00.
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Magic Poster Greeting Cards, .
Magic Poster Greeting Cards: Pack 2: Assorted Pack of 13 Historic Magic Posters Reproduced as Greetings Cards
(Portrayer Publishers, 2005).
The images are printed in vibrant lithographic colours by Portrayer Publishers. 13 greetings cards, individually wrapped in cellophane, and each with its own envelope. Each card measures 6 inches x 4 inches, and has a plain interior, for your own message for any occasion. The selection includes: from top left, moving left to right: Alexander: Crystal Seer; Thurston: The Great Magician; Forrest & Company: Man Of Many Mysteries; Houdini: King Of Cards; Newmann The Great: Show Of Wonders; David Devant: Bubbles; Maskelyne & Cookes: Mysteries. From bottom left, moving left to right: Thurston: World's Famous Magician; Thurston: Kellar's Successor; Kellar: Levitation; Kellar: Portrait; Kellar: Imps, Fairies Landscape Orientation; Hardeen, Brother Of Houdini: The Lyric Theatre Showbill. Highly collectable. (Please note that the sample electronic image, unlike the cards themselves, is watermarked with a Portrayer Publishers insignia and reduced in quality, to prevent image theft). Brand new, fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-F10730
Keywords: magic, poster, posters, magic posters, magician, magicians, magic poster, magic posters, greetings, greeting card, greeting cards, historic, history, historical, magics, magically, card, cards, posters, poster, old time, show, shows, Kellar, Harry Kellar, Houdini, Hardeen, Thurston, Howard Thurston, Newmann, spirit, mysteries, master magician, master, spirits, spirit, seances, leisure, entertainment, mystery, Maskelyne, Devant, David Devant, conjuring, conjurors, conjure, conjurings, history of magic, magical history, magic school, stage, drama, ephemera, collector, collecting, collectors, collected, history, hobbies, hobby, images, art, representations, representation, vintage, 19th century, nineteenth century,Victorian, 20th century, twentieth century, modern, imagery, images, pictures, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, magic cards, magiccards, art, artwork
Price £11.99.
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Bennett, H.S.
The Pastons and Their England: Studies in an Age of Transition
(CUP, 1968).
Paperback. Covers lightly soiled and worn, otherwise a good copy. xvi + 260pp. Order No. NSBK-A12136
Keywords: 0521095131, Paston letters, letters, epistles, epistolary, fifteenth century, Renaissance, Early Modern, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £4.00.
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Plowden, Alison.
Tudor Women: Queens and Commoners
(Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979).
Hardback. Light stain to top margin of pages, top of front board and interior of slightly wavy dustwrapper, otherwise a good copy. vii + 182pp. Order No. NSBK-C7052
Keywords: 0297775499, Tudor women, Tudors, women's history, woman, queens, commoners, medieval, middle ages, gender, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, England, English, Britain, British, Early Modern, royalty, monarchs
Price £7.00.
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