A huge auction catalogue of almost 4000 items including – a large selection of English coins, with Iron Age and Medieval coins well represented; British, Irish and London historic medals; C17th trade tokens; and a large collection of C19th horse racing silver stand passes.

Abstracts from an International Conference held in Estonia on heritage folk music, music folklore, and ethnomusicology, from the Baltic States, Croatia, Iceland, Finland, Hungary, and several Russian territories - Mordovia, Karelia, Volga, and Siberia. Text throughout in English.

Lavish sale catalogue from one of the world's dominant rare book dealer featuring 171 examples of the very  finest medieval  texts.

To mark the exhibition 'Change and Decay: The Future of Our Churches', and to draw attention to the neglected topic of preservation of large historic sculptural monuments in English and Welsh churches and cathedrals, the V&A reprinted the 1869 'Report of the Sepulchral Monuments Committee' or

Large format four page illustrated booklet describing the scarce dated and signed English delftware bowl in the collections of the Ashmolean Museum written by the leading authority on the subject who draws parallels with other similar bowls and with contemporary engravings that mirror the bowls'

A large portfolio booklet that describes the unique Mughal painting depicting Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan on a highly detailed and ornamental background.  Eight pages.  One b&w plate and one colour frontispiece.  Minor signs of age, otherwise good clean condition.

A facsimile of a lengthy letter from Robert Laneham (aka Langham), a member of Queen Elizabeth I’s court, to Humfrey Martyn of the Mercers' Company describing the Summer 1575 entertainment of the Queen by Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, at Kenilworth Castle.

A late C14th manuscript at Lichfield Cathedral preserves an important chapter from the C12th Dicta Anselmi in three different versions - in Anglo-Norman, in Middle English, and in Latin.  These three texts are edited and reproduced in readable form for the first time in this volume.

A beautifully produced illustrated survey of the C19th stamp boxes in the museum’s collection.  The huge variety of elaborate and decorative boxes from many nations, often in precious metals, is described and illustrated in large high quality colour photographs.

This issue contains a lengthy essay on the convoluted history of copper mining in Cornwall; the history of three C19th tin mines – Wheal Augusta, Nancegollan and Tresavean; and the known location of historic lime kilns across Cornwall.  Illustrated. Paperback.  110 pages.