First edition. Hardcover. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, clean and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the spine faded dustwrapper that is otherwise bright and without loss or tears.
A collection of sixteen essays on subjects including The Doomsday Book, the establishment of knight-service, aristocratic structures and nomenclature, the relation of family to property, and security of title and inheritance.
Stock code: 27883
£50