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Trade paperback, Bethany House Publishers, first published 2017, in very good condition. This copy was printed on demand by Amazon and is not the publisher’s original printing. The covers are clean, and the pages are clean and unmarked throughout. 430 pages. A Name Unknown is book one of the Shadows Over England series by Roseanna M. White, set mainly in Peter Holstein’s mansion in a dreamlike Cornwall in 1914, as Europe edges toward the First World War. Peter’s German name makes his neighbours doubt his loyalty to Britain. Rosemary Gresham arrives to spy on him, and what she discovers is much more.

Hardcover collector edition, Heron Books / Edito-Service S.A., Geneva, 1981, by arrangement with Arlington Books (Publishers) Ltd., London, in very good condition. There is a light rubbing mark at the centre of the front board, and one small mark to the top edge of the pages. The boards are bound in deep maroon faux leather and elaborately gilt-tooled with interlacing geometric bands and knotwork across the full front board and spine panels, with gilt lettering to the spine. The binding is firm and tight. Pages are clean and appear unread throughout. A 1980 Cold War thriller by Derek Lambert, a British journalist, in which an assassin, an undercover journalist and agents from three nations converge, set against the backdrop of the real Bilderberg conference.

UK softcover edition in fine condition. Covers are clean and unmarked, and the pages are free of marks throughout. A fine, clean copy. Part of the Scottish Histories series, which follows the events behind Scotland's history from early times to the union with England. Published by Waverley Books (Geddes & Grosset), New Lanark, Scotland. A concise biography of Mary Queen of Scots in ten chapters, covering her early reign, her marriages, her imprisonment at Loch Leven, and her final years.

A softcover edition in very good condition. Covers are clean and unmarked. Pages are clean and bright throughout. This is the American Touchstone edition, published by Touchstone (an imprint of Simon & Schuster, New York), 2006. The American edition shows cover art not found on UK printings. The Constant Princess brings to life the story of Catherine of Aragon from her early years in Granada, where the exquisite Moorish beauty of the Alhambra palace shaped the woman she would become, through her marriage to Prince Arthur and her determination to become Queen of England by marrying Henry VIII. Gregory is renowned for her meticulous historical research. Part of Gregory's acclaimed Tudor court series. Written by Philippa Gregory, the #1 New York Times bestselling English author, CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), and holder of a PhD from the University of Edinburgh

A first printing softcover edition in very good condition. Covers show light shelf wear consistent with shelving, the pages are clean and bright throughout, free of marks or annotations. From a private library. Published by Hermes House, London, in 2004, an imprint of Anness Publishing Limited, this is the first printing of a title previously published as The Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. Written by Andrew Mikolajski, a British gardening expert and author based in Northamptonshire, with consultant John Swithinbank, a widely respected horticulturist. Mikolajski has served as a horticultural consultant to the RHS and has edited multiple RHS encyclopedias. A thorough, illustrated reference for planting and plant selection.

A 1998 Allison & Busby softcover edition in fine condition. Covers are clean and square throughout, with no creasing to the spine. Pages are crisp and bright, free of marks or annotations. A tight, unmarked copy. Originally published by Chatto & Windus, London, in 1944, this Allison & Busby reprint was issued in Great Britain in 1998. Margaret Irwin was an English historical novelist recognised for well-researched and occasionally heart-breaking historical fiction. Young Bess is the first novel in her Elizabeth I trilogy, followed by Elizabeth, Captive Princess (1948) and Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain (1953). The novel covers 1545-1553, following the young Princess Elizabeth from age 12 to 19, and focuses on the scandal surrounding her relationship with Thomas Seymour during the latter years of Henry VIII's reign. The novel was later adapted into a film starring Jean Simmons.