Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV. With Illustrations by Wilkins, W. H - 1905

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, 1924. First American Edition. Octavo. This set, one volume extended into two volumes, was expertly extra illustrated by the previous owner adding engravings and photographs of those mentioned within the book, including Mark Twain along with beautiful views of the areas mentioned. Photogravure frontispiece, and 18 photographic plates each with two images, extra-illustrated with 144 plates some mounted, some inlaid including 18 hand-colored and 3 in monochrome, one original photograph of Professor John Tyndale, a prominent 19th century physicist, with his clipped signature and another plate of actress Mary Robinson, who was the mistress of George IV when he was Prince of Wales, with her clipped signature from a letter. Both volumes finely bound in 3/4 green morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers, raised bands ruled in gilt, lettering and top edges gilt, some fading to spines otherwise near fine.

LONDON: Jacob Tonson, 1720 A good copy of 3rd enlarged edition of this scarce work, which was at one time, the standard work on english history. Complete in one volume. With frontispiece portrait of Echard; title page (an extremely good facsimile on high quality conservation grade paper); portrait of Georgius Rex; dedication to the King 6 pp; Preface 4 pp; Contents 4 pp; Introduction, books I-IV pp 1-408; Preface pp 409-412; Introduction p 416; books I-II pp 417-663; half title 'The History of England Vol the Second'; book III pp 667-766; Preface 2 pp; books I-III pp 769-1150; Index 33 pp. The binding is recent half morocco with marbled boards and title and author labels to spine. It is in near fine condition. The endpapers are new. There has been expert paper repair to strengthen the edges of the first and last few pages (presumably damaged when the original binding was failing). As indicated earlier the title page is a very good facsmile. The contents have some browned and marked sections,… Read More

London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1807 Book. Fair. Disbound. [iv] pages followed by the 20 plates, each of which has a leaf with 1 or 2 pages of text. Disbound, front board lost, rear board is completely detached. Spotting to the few sheets of tissue interleaving which remains, but this does not affect either the images or the text too much..

1689 English Reformation Burnet Henry VIII Elizabeth I Portraits RARE Latin ed

As a response to Nicolas Sanders attack on the English Reformation, Gilbert Burnet published a rebuttal that covered the reign of Henry VIII, the second volume covers the reign of Elizabeth I. The work saw such success and popularity that his reputation was enhanced, and the English Parliament gave thanks to Burnet after the completion of Burnet.

Burnet gives evidences of the difficulties and challenges that the Church of England faced against Catholics and the government. Burnet defended his doctrines in this work and "confirmed them in another sermon, in which he also made some reflections on Bishops" that were impactful in English reforms. (Burnet, HRCE, Book III, 307).

This Latin edition was published in 1689 and is considerably rarer than the earlier English printings. It also features 16 impressive copper engraved portraits.

Item number: #6989
Price: $499
BURNET, Gilbert
Historia reformationis ecclesiae… Read More

Worcester: Worcester: printed by J. Butler for S. Gamidge, at Prior's Head, 1764. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition; octavo; [4],vii,[1],252pp, with full complement of 16 plates, and list of subscribers on p.[iv]-vii. Recent period-style half calf over marbled boards with five raised spine bands between glt single fillets and gilt-lettered red morocco title label in second compartment, plate of King Edgar's Tower laid down on matching paper preserving decent margins around printed image,very occasional unobtrusive spots and stains, otherwise a very clean complete copy in attractive period binding of this early Worcester imprint and first dedicated account of the city as it stood in the eighteenth century. ESTC T146687.

London: London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842, 1842 Decorative Cloth. Good-fair. First Edition. History. all plates loose, but undamaged, needs rebinding, 61 etchings by Leopold Martin plus 25 etchings of Hopes Costumes of the Ancients, library marks from Maine Genealogical Society # 381, spine bumped, scarce copy. Illus. by Leopold Martin. First Edition.. Decorative Cloth. Good-fair.

Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas Turnbull, 1818. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 598, iv, 38pp + table. Contemporary brown full calf, red morocco label lettered in gold on the spine, edges stained blue. Large engraved foldout map. With the armorial bookplate of Maclean of Ardgour on the front pastedown endpaper. An in-depth history of the city which also includes sections on the Company of Golfers, the Society of Bowlers, the Royal Company of Archers and the Company of Hunters. Some wear to extremities, small stain to front board, two old repairs to map and front hinge, joints partially split, two small mends to page 163. Internally very clean. A very good- copy. ; Octavo.

London: Liberal Publication Department, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This bound volume contains Liberal Leaflet No. 1923 entitled "Tory M.P.s on Mr. Brodrick's Army Corps Scheme". The pamphlet is 4 pages in length and contains two excerpts from Churchill's House of Commons Speech of 24 February 1903 - the last of his famous six oratorical assaults on Brodrick's plan to expand the Army. In 1903 Winston Churchill was a brash new member of Parliament. The Secretary of State for War, John Brodrick, had introduced a plan for expanding the peacetime Army. Brodrick was a fellow Conservative and Cabinet member. Churchill had been an Army officer and had partaken in four wars on three continents before election to Parliament in 1900. Nonetheless, Churchill vehemently assaulted Brodrick's plan. Fascinatingly, this was the same fight upon which Churchill's father, Lord Randolph Churchill, had gambled and lost his own political career in 1886. Unlike that of his father, Churchill's opposition… Read More

A Brown & Sons Limited, Hull, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A half-leather bound volume with banded spine and marbled covers of quarterly magazines covering a period of two years, front paper covers of each issue are bound-in, the last two quarters were published as one issue. Includes black and white plates and inset illustrations. Leather and covers are lightly rubbed at edges, bumped corners, sound binding, clean marbled end-papers, blue issue paper covers are a little darkened with light wear at some edges of some, clean pages. Articles include: January 1984: The Plate and Insignia of the Hull Corporation by Alderman Kelburne King; Some Scraps of Holderness Folk-Lore by Wm Henry Jones; The Influence of the Northmen on our Language by John Nicholson; Star Showers and Red Sub-Sets by A N Somerscales; William Wilberforce, a Biographical Sketch & Catalogue of Exhibition; The Meterology of Hull by William Lawton; The Johnson Mss Correspondence; The Old… Read More

Printed by B Dewhirst for Robinson, Son, and Houldsworth, Leeds and John Hurst, Wakefield, Leeds; Wakefield, 1816. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Volume I. Loidis and Elmete: Or, An Attempt to Describe Districts Described in those Words by Bede; and Supposed to Embrace the Lower Portions of Aredale and Wharfdale Together with the Entire Vale of Calder in the County of York. Volume II. Ducatus Leodiensis: or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes and Parts Adjacent, in the West-Riding of the County of York. With the Pedigrees of Many of the Nobility and Gentry, and Other Matters Relating to Those Parts; Extracted from Records, Original Evidences, and Manuscripts. To Which is Added, at the Request of Several Learned Persons, A Catalogue of His Museum, with the Curiosities Natural and Artificial, and the Antiquities, Particularly the Roman, British, Saxon, Danish, Norman and Scotch Coins, With Modern Medals. Also A Catalogue of… Read More