Search Results: Great Britain from Ainsworth Books

Phoenix Mill UK: Alan Sutton Publishing, Ltd.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0750909242 . Only light wear to DJ, books only defect is the trace of previous owner's stamp on FFEP ; A bright, solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; 0.6 x 9.7 x 6.4 Inches; 176 pages; "The Pictish nation, forged in the shadow of the Roman empire, was the dominant power in northern Britain for more than 500 years. Much has been written about the archaeology and culture of the Picts in recent years, but the historical problems have received less than their fair share of attention. Attempting to redress the balance, this book provides a fresh look at the whole Pictish story, placing it firmly in its true historical context and reassessing topics such as the legend of Drust son of Erp and St. Columba’s mission to the Picts. Unusual but useful comparisons with contemporary events in Wales and England are presented, as well… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. BOMC. Hardcover. DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Book Club Edition; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 443 pages; This book, originally published in 1959, has been reprinted in 1988 in honor of the 400th Anniversary of the disastrous sailing of the Spanish Armada in 1588. .

London: Routledge. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0415019184 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W maps throughout. ; 9.7 X 7.7 X 1.0 inches; 279 pages; "With the help of almost 140 maps and town plans and explanatory texts, this atlas covers a vast area in terms of period and passage of time, geography, place and distance.In addition to Britain's colonial development, it touches on subjects including the changing territorial pattern of empire, exploration, trade, communications and imperial defence, war and conquest, the activities of Britain's missionaries and consuls and the shift of white settlement." .

Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. DJ shows shelf wear, with soiling, tape-repaired tears. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. AA map of Great Britain laid in, in G- only condition ; Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 112 pages .

London: Constable. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0094698902 . DJ shows light shelf wear with light creasing, short tear top fore edge.; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Plates; 9.13 X 6.38 X 1.18 inches; 224 pages; "Retracing the steps of the fugitive Prince Charles Edward Stuart - Bonnie Prince Charlie - after his defeat at Culloden, this book offers insights into highland life and clan history. The author walked the hillsides and glens of the Highlands and sailed to Skye and the Outer Hebrides in following the route of the Prince's five-month flight, which was characterized by narrow escapes, hunger, fatigue and dependence on the loyalty of strangers." .

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0786708549 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Previous owner's nameplate on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 246 pages; "A gripping acount of Mary Tudor and her reign of terror details her ascension to the English throne in 1553, her restoration of Roman Catholicism, her marriage, and her inability to conceive a child, which led to the fires at Smithfield where hundreds of Protestants--including Hugh Latimer and Thomas Cranmer--met their fate at the stake." .

London: Adam and Charles Black. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1961. Second Printing. Hardcover. Price clipped DJ shows light edge wear, spine discolored, some soil back panel of DJ ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; British political tradition series; 385 pages .

New York: Thames & Hudson. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. DJ shows light shelf wear, price-clipped, some offset on endpapers. A tear on front flap. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. This appears to be published in Britain by the original publisher (Thames & Hudson) with the imprint of Frederick A. Praeger pasted over it on the title page ; Ancient People and Places #34; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 238 pages; "The Celtic peoples are the earliest inhabitants of Britain who have been able to speak to us directly. In their native British poetry and early stories, their laws and genealogies, their funerla inscriptions on stone and their Latin historical writings they have communicated their intellectual life to us personally." (jacket blurb) .

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First US Edition. Hardcover. 0786710454 . Remainder mark on bottom page edges, otherwise near-fine. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 311 pages; "Shortly after the fourth Duke of Portland died in 1854, the fifth duke began construction of a fantastic underground palace beneath the family's estate. Was it a physical representation of a secret underground life he was living as a London businessman with two families? In this work of historical detection, the authors reconstruct a century of controversy surrounding the Cavendish-Benticks, culminating in one of the most bizarre and publicized cases the British courts have ever seen. " His own father recommended he not marry due to madness running in the family. .

UK: CORGI BOOKS. Very Good+. 2003. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 0552147893 . Only light wear. ; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 448 pages; "THE DREADFUL JUDGEMENT tells the true, human story of the Great Fire of London through the eyes of the individuals caught up in it. It is a historical story combining modern knowledge of the physics of fire, forensics and arson investigation with the moving eye-witness accounts to produce a searing depiction of the terrible reality of the Great Fire of London and its impact on those who lived through it." .

London: Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth boards show light shelf wear, light soiling pencil gift notation on front free end paper.; A tight solid book. B&W plates with colour frontispiece ; 5.7 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 188 pages; The author delves into two areas of study during this time of change in England - the rise of the sport of foxhunting which became a national sport and the rise and fall of the stage coach services. .

London: The Epworth Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has light soiling, small tears and chipping. Black cloth boards show light edge wear. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 136 pages .

New York: St. Martin's Press Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A tight solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Map endpapers, B&W illustrations ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages .

Toronto: DOUBLEDAY. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 0385256205 . Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped, illustrated with colour and B&W plates.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 347 pages; "In England, November 5 is Guy Fawkes Day, when fireworks displays commemorate the shocking moment in 1605 when government authorities uncovered a secret plan to blow up the House of Parliament--and King James I along with it. A group of English Catholics, seeking to unseat the king and reintroduce Catholicism as the state religion, daringly placed thirty-six barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the Palace of Westminster. Their aim was to ignite the gunpowder at the opening of the Parliamentary session. Though the charismatic Catholic, Robert Catesby, was the group's leader, it was the devout Guy Fawkes who emerged as its most famous member, as he was the one who was captured and who… Read More

Shaftesbury, Dorset, England: Element Books Ltd. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 1862042349 . DJ shows very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W and colour illustrations, extensive family trees. ; 9.3 X 6.2 X 1.6 inches; 502 pages; Michael Stewart aka HRH Prince Michael of Albany is the the head of the Royal House of Stewart. .

London: Cassell & Co. Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1957. Third Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards show light shelf wear, light soiling. Light foxing on page edges and front and back end papers. Previous owner's name and address inside front board. ; A tight solid book. Red topstain on top page edges ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 416 pages .

Leicester, UK: Leicester University Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has long archivally repaired tear across top back panel of DJ and several shorter tears, light soil and chipping. ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar. A foldout reproduction of a 9x5 1809 map by Thomas Jameson called 'Plan of the Town with the Situation of the Mineral Wells at Cheltenham' ; 394 pages .

Vancouver, BC: Lausanne Institute. Near Fine. 1994. First Canadian Edition. Paperback. 0897165004 . Signed by Author; Only slight wear; Inscribed by author on dedication page, a bright solid, book, ; Trade PB; 9.5 x 1.5 x 6.5 Inches; 571 pages .

Liverpool, England: Scouse Press. Near Fine. 1996. Reissue. Softcover. 0901367346 . A bright, solid book. Wraparound cover art extends to extrawide flaps ; B&W Illustrations; 11.6 X 8.0 X 0.4 inches; 101 pages .

New Haven: Yale University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0300090722 . DJ shows light shelf wear, creasing.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 498 pages; "For much of the twentieth century, Ireland has been synonymous with conflict, the painful struggle for its national soul part of the regular fabric of life. And because the Irish have emigrated to all parts of the world - while always remaining Irish - 'the troubles' have become part of a common heritage, well beyond their own borders. In most accounts of Irish history, the focus is on the political rivalry between Unionism and Republicanism. But the roots of the Irish conflict are profoundly and inescapably religious. As Marcus Tanner shows in this vivid, warm, and perceptive book, only by understanding the consequences over five centuries of the failed attempt by the English to make Ireland into a… Read More