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• The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays Illustrative of the History, Arts and Manners of the 9th Century (2 volumes; London: Bosworth and Harrison, 1858), by King of England Alfred, ed. by J. A. Giles
  • Volume I: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume II: multiple formats at Google

• The Electronic Sawyer: An Online Version of the Revised Edition of Sawyer's Anglo-Saxon Charters, Section One (S 1-1602) (Cambridge, UK: British Academy / Royal Historical Society Joint Committee on Anglo-Saxon Charters, 1999), by P. H. Sawyer, ed. by S. E. Kelly, contrib. by S. M. Miller (HTML at trin.cam.ac.uk)

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• Anglo-Saxon Britain, by Grant Allen (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Vita Quorundum Anglo-Saxonum: Original Lives of Anglo-Saxons and Others Who Lived Before the Conquest (in Latin with English notes; London: Pub. for the Caxton Society by J. R. Smith, 1854), ed. by J. A. Giles (multiple formats at Google)
• Aelfric: A New Study of His Life and Writings (Yale Studies in English #2; Boston et al.: Lamson, Wolffe and Co., 1898), by Caroline Louisa White
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Life of King Alfred, by John Asser, trans. by J. A. Giles (HTML at mcllibrary.org)

• The Community of St. Cuthbert in the Late Tenth Century: The Chester-le-Street Additions to Durham Cathedral Library A.IV.19 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2012), by Karen Louise Jolly (PDF at Ohio State)

• The Community of St. Cuthbert in the Late Tenth Century: The Chester-le-Street Additions to Durham Cathedral Library A.IV.19 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2012), by Karen Louise Jolly (PDF at Ohio State)

• The Staffordshire Hoard: An Anglo-Saxon Treasure (research report of the Society of Antiquaries of London #80; 2019), ed. by Chris Fern, Tania Marguerite Dickinson, and Leslie Webster (PDF at OAPEN)

• Early Wars of Wessex: Being Studies From England's School of Arms in the West (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1913), by Albany F. Major, ed. by Charles W. Whistler (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Life of King Alfred, by John Asser, trans. by J. A. Giles (HTML at mcllibrary.org)
• The Story of King Alfred (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901), by Walter Besant (PDF at djm.cc)
• Historical Tales, the Romance of Reality: English (v4 of a larger series; Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1908), by Charles Morris (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Historical Tales, the Romance of Reality: English (Los Angeles: Angelus University, c1908), by Charles Morris (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
• Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers, by Elbert Hubbard (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• A Royal Lineage: Alfred the Great, 901-1901 (Richmond: Whittet and Shepperson, printers, 1901), by Annah Robinson Watson (page images at HathiTrust)

• In the Days of Alfred the Great, by Eva March Tappan, illust. by J. W. Kennedy (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)

• A Maid at King Alfred's Court: A Story for Girls (Philadelphia: Penn Pub. Co., 1900), by Lucy Foster Madison, illust. by Ida Waugh (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• History of King Alfred of England (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872), by Jacob Abbott (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
• King Alfred of England (New York and London: Harper and Bros., c1849), by Jacob Abbott (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Hereward, the Last of the English, by Charles Kingsley (Gutenberg text)

• In the Days of Alfred the Great, by Eva March Tappan, illust. by J. W. Kennedy (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
• Harold: The Last of the Saxon Kings, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Gutenberg text)

• Die Stellvertretung im Rechte der Papyri (in German; Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1906), by Leopold Wenger
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Verse and Transmutation: A Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry (Critical Editions and Studies) (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2013), by Anke Timmermann
  • PDF with commentary at OAPEN
  • page images and PDF at HathiTrust

• L'Histoire Naturelle et Generalle des Indes, Isles, et Terre Ferme de la Grand Mer Oceane (in French; Paris: Imp. de M. de Vascosan, 1555), by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, trans. by Jean Poleur (page images at Gallica)

• The Religion of the Pope, and Primitive Christianity: A Contrast (c1891), by J. Antisell Allen (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Solemn Question! Can the Protestants Conscientiously Build Up the Churches of the Pope? (Halifax: Nova Scotia Printing Co., 1873), by Charles Hodge and Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy (multiple formats at archive.org)
• My Life in the Convent: or, The Marvellous Personal Experiences of Margaret L. Shepherd (Sister Magdalene Adelaide), Consecrated Penitent of the Arno's Court Convent, Bristol, England (11th edition, c1892), by Margaret L. Shepherd (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Mysteries of Popery Unveiled in the Unparalleled Sufferings of John Coustos at the Inquisition of Lisbon; To Which is Added The Origin of the Inquisition, and its Establishment in Various Countries, and The Master Key to Popery (Enfield, CT: P. Reynolds and E. Thompson, 1821), by John Coustos and Antonio Gavin
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Final Report of the International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania (prepublication English text; 2004), by International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania, contrib. by Elie Wiesel (PDF at ushmm.org)

• The Quest for Peace: Principal United States Public Statements and Related Documents on the Arab-Israeli Peace Process, 1967-1983 (Washington: U.S. Dept. of State, 1984), ed. by United States Department of State (page images at HathiTrust)

• Armenian Atrocities: A Compilation of Views, by Turkey Foreign Ministry (HTML at loc.gov)

• Executive Sessions of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations (the McCarthy hearing transcripts, 1953-1954 (5 volumes plus an index); made public in 2003), by United States Senate Committee on Government Operations Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, ed. by Donald A. Ritchie, Beth Bolling, and Diane B. Boyle, contrib. by Joseph McCarthy
  • Volume 1: PDF and text at govinfo.gov
  • Volume 2: PDF and text at govinfo.gov
  • Volume 3: PDF and text at govinfo.gov
  • Volume 4: PDF and text at govinfo.gov
  • Volume 5: PDF and text at govinfo.gov
  • Index volume: PDF and HTML at govinfo.gov
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust

• The Vulgate Version of the Arthurian Romances (8 volumes; Washington: Carnegie Institution, 1908-1916), ed. by H. Oskar Sommer
  • Volume I (Lestoire del Saint Graal): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Lestoire de Merlin): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Le Livre de Lancelot del Lac, Part I): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Le Livre de Lancelot del Lac, Part II): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Le Livre de Lancelot del Lac, Part III): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Les Aventures ou La Queste del Saint Graal; La Mort le Roi Arthur): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VII (Supplement: Le Livre d'Artus): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VIII (Index of Names and Places to Volumes I-VII): multiple formats at archive.org
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
• The Tristan Legend: A Study in Sources (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, c1969), by Sigmund Eisner (PDF with commentary at Northwestern)

• A Governor's Wife on the Mining Frontier: The Letters of Mary Edgerton From Montana, 1863-1865, by Mary Wright Edgerton, ed. by James L. Thane (frame-dependent HTML and page images at Utah)

• Arguments, Pro and Con, on The Call for a National Emigration Convention, To Be Held in Cleveland, Ohio, August, 1854, by Frederick Douglass, W.J. Watkins, and J.M. Whitfield; With a Short Appendix of the Statistics of Canada West, West Indies, Central and South America (Detroit: M. T. Newsom, 1854), contrib. by Frederick Douglass, William J. Watkins, and James Monroe Whitfield (page images at HathiTrust)

• Rough in Brutal Print: The Legal Sources of Browning's Red Cotton Night-Cap Country (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1981), by Mark Siegchrist (PDF at Ohio State)

• Friends in Burlington (Philadelphia: Collins, 1884), by Amelia M. Gummere (page images at HathiTrust)

• Concilia Generalia, Romani Pontifices, Usque ad Annum 1745 (Codicis Iuris Canonici Fontes v1, in Latin; Rome: Typ. Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1923), ed. by Pietro Gasparri (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chaucer's Italian Tradition (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2001), by Warren Ginsberg (page images at HathiTrust)

• On the Sources of the Nonne Prestes Tale (Boston: Ginn and Co., 1898), by Kate Oelzner Petersen (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chaucer and the Poets: An Essay on Troilus and Criseyde (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c1984), by Winthrop Wetherbee
  • PDF and HTML with commentary at Cornell Open
  • PDF files at Project MUSE
  • PDF files at JSTOR

• Records of Early English Drama: York (2 volumes; Toronto et al.: University of Toronto Press, c1979), ed. by Alexandra F. Johnston and Margaret Rogerson
  • Volume 1 (records): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2 (appendixes and other editorial matter): multiple formats at archive.org

• Analecta Sacra Spicilegio Solesmensi Parata (7 volumes (1-6 and 8; v7 never published); in Latin, Greek, and French, with titles varying somewhat; 1876-1891), ed. by J. B. Pitra, contrib. by Saint Hildegard
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Book I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Book II (Patres Antenicaeni): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Book III (Patres Antenicaeni): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Book IV (Patres Antenicaeni): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Book V (Analecta Sacra et Classica): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Book VI (Juris Ecclesiastici Graecorum, sometimes misidentified as Book VII): page images at Gallica
  • Book VIII (Sanctae Hildegardis): multiple formats at archive.org
• Select Documents Illustrating Mediaeval and Modern History (London: P.S. King and Son, 1905), by Emil Reich (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius (3 volumes with Latin and English translation; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: W. Heinemann, reprinted 1982-1988), by Aulus Gellius, trans. by John Carew Rolfe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius (3 volumes; London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1795), by Aulus Gellius, trans. by William Beloe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories from Aulus Gellius: Being Selections and Adaptations From the Noctes Atticae, Edited With Notes, Exercises and Vocabularies for the Use of Lower Forms (main text in Latin, notes in English; London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1888), by Aulus Gellius, ed. by G. Herbert Nall
  • Gutenberg text and page images
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Detroit to Fort Sackville, 1778-1779: The Journal of Normand MacLeod (Detroit: Pub. by Wayne State University Press for Friends of the Detroit Public Library, 1978), by Normand MacLeod, ed. by William A. Evans and Elizabeth Sherr Sklar, contrib. by Alice C. Dalligan (multiple formats with commentary at Wayne State)

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