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London. William Clowes and Sons. 1897. First edition. Original publishers red cloth binding. Hardback. 8vo. 297 pages. Illustrated. Sound copy. Good condition

London. Printed for the Society of Stationers. 1670.

Eighth edition. Quarter calf over leather boards. Folio. [xii] / 395 double sided pages plus 67 pages of tables at end. Five raised bands to spine. Red page edges. Ex libris bookplate stuck to front paste down. possibly dated June 1478. There are a few worm holes to internal pages and edges. Hinges are cracked but boards are still attached. Covers are soiled. Some corner, surface and edge wear.

Good condition

London. John Wright at The Crown on Ludgate-Hill. 1680.

First edition. Small folio. Rebound spine with original leather covers. Copper plate frontis. 786 pages. Ex. libris bookplates of Lionell Copley and Edwin D. Burt. Slight foxing in places. (Nice copy of a Very Scarce book)

Very Good condition

London. Longmans, Green and Co. 1926.

First Edition. Hardback. No dust jacket. 8vo. (5 3/4" x 8 3/4"), 250 pages. Ex. Guildhall library London. Water staining to covers, esp. around the spine area. Clean and bright internally.

Good condition

London. Printed for Jacob Tonson and R. Knaplock. 1702.

First Edition. Full Leather. xxxiv/ 441 pages plus 2 double-page plates (old hands and seals. engraved by Moll and Savage respectively) and 11 pages of index. Title printed in red and black. Six raised bands on spine. Owners name stamp on front end page and signature on title page. Stamp on front end page CRW Plantagenet Numismatic Library. Red speckled page edges. Cover corners worn. Edges of spine cracked but still attatched by bands. Light foxing on various pages. Head and foot of spine worn with some loss. Gilt title on spine worn.

Good + condition

"This work affords the most authentic materials for illustrating the history of assurances from the earliest time down to the reign of Henry VIII..In the literature of the history of real property law and conveyancing the Formulare Anglicanum is a classic of musch value."

...Taken from the Originals, Placed under several Heads, and Deduced (in a Series according to the order of Time) from the Norman Conquest, to the End of the Reign of King Henry the VIII.

London, Jacob Tonson and R. Knaplock, 1702.

First edition. Full period speckled calf leather binding. [12]/ xxxiv/ 441 pages/ [11 pages]. Illustrated with two fold-out plates. Spine label missing. Hinges cracked and worn. Binding is just holding. Edges rubbed and worn. Embossed stamp of Plantagenet Numismatic Library and a ink stamp 'BOND'. Owners 18th century name on title page 'John Bond'. Slight browning to some pages.

Good + condition

London. William Heinemann Ltd.. 1960.

First edition. dust jacket. price not clipped. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". xxxi/ 424 pages. Map of London inside front and back boards/front and back end papers Black and white plate of Edinburgh on frontis. Fold out map of Edinburgh. Pen mark on front end paper. Slight wear to corners and top and bottom of spine. Dust jacket worn on edges with small tears on corners. back edges and top and bottom of spine.

Very Good / Good condition