For Sale First Edition

1st edition. ~ Card wrappers, F. iv+28pp, b/w frontis, a nice fine copy. Borthwick paper number 49. ~ Account of the ordinances introduced to York in 1301 to regulate trade in the town following the move from London of the Court of Common Pleas. The earliest surviving example of such an ordinance.

1st edition. ~ Card wrappers, F. iv+28pp, b/w frontis, a nice fine copy. Borthwick paper number 49. ~ Account of the ordinances introduced to York in 1301 to regulate trade in the town following the move from London of the Court of Common Pleas. The earliest surviving example of such a law.

2nd edition. ~ Cloth, dj, F/F. xxii+618pp, 12pp b/w plates, index, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. ~ Detailed biography of Edward I 'Longshanks' who conquered Wales & almost conquered Scotland. Yale English Monarchs Series.

618 pp.

The Three Edwards: War and State in England, 1272 is an excellent introduction to this eventful and fascinating period of history. It analyses the three Kings of very different qualities and reputations: the confident and masterful Edward I who conquered Wales; Edward II who was defeated by the Scots in battle and was humiliated and deposed; and Edward III whose reign saw great triumphs against the French, but also the terrible ravages of plague. The book focuses on the central importance of war and how it was financed and organised, as war was an essential determinant of political and constitutional development during this period. The need to organise and finance campaigns on a huge scale posed major problems for the government and placed great burdens on the people. Success in war brought political peace but failure was divisive. The importance of war in this period stretched far beyond the traditional bounds of military history. This book therefore tells the story of how England responded to the pressures of war, and of the part played in the process by the three Kings. The second edition of this highly acclaimed book updates the picture throughout, in the light of recent research.

1st edition. ~ Cloth, F. xvi+223pp, a fine copy. New. ~ A collection of 13 papers upon England in the 13th Century including - Symbolism & Politics Henry III, Edward I, Legal Profession in the 1290s, War & Disorder in Northumberland, Llywelyn The Great, Kirkstall Abbey, etc etc