Search Results: the United Kingdom from Black Sheep Books

Arbroath, UK: T. Buncle, 1886. Hardcover. Aberbrothock Illustrated Being the Round O Etchings in Miniature by John Adam (Edingburgh) with Historical and Topographical Notes by George Hay. Light brown cloth with gilted blindstamped picture to front, gilt titling to spine, top of textblock edge is gilted, endpapers illustrated with a representation of the botany of the district, 86 pages of text followed by 124 miniature etchings. Some edge and shelf wear, foxing to texblock edge, foxing to textblock decreasing toward the middle of the book, much less foxing at the end of the book, school prize inscription with the year of the date rubbed out, hinges cracked but holding firm. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Cythera Press, 1969. Hardcover. Good+/Fair. Rowlandson, Thomas. Introductory essay by Gert Schiff. Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) was considered to be the greatest English cartoonist during the turn of the century. Red cloth with black titling on spine and front, illustrated end papers, illustrated with fifty colour plates. Unpaginated. Light discoloration to back from damp damage to top and bottom, damp damage to back board, some edge wear. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has edge wear, open and closed tears, chipping, rubbing, damp stains to back. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Manchester, U.K.: Manchester University Press, 1994. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Book examines the architecture of the newly-emergent institutions of reform and philanthropy in late-Victorian London that were intended to bring the redemptive values of English middle-class to the working-classes. Book will be of interest to postgraduates and lecturers of architectural history; urban history; social history. Brown hard cover with gilt titling on spine, inscribed by author on first free end paper, illustrated throughout with black and white plates, 244 pages. Spine of dust jacket and upper front edge sunned. This is a handsome volume. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Architectural Association Inc., 1932. Hardcover. Fair/-. Book is divided into two sections, the first being a day book for the year of 1932, and the second being Architectural Association information, covering such topics as accounts, balance sheet, by-laws, council's reports, etc. Grey boards with black cloth spine, red titling and black illustration on front, black printer's advertising on back. There are seven pages of advertising at front of book, and eighty pages at back of book; there is a 32 page reference section containing miscellaneous technical data near front of book, and in the back section an alphabetical index to advertisers as well as a trades directory. 219 pages. Corners and edges worn, rubbing to cover, spine cover missing, split between endpapers which at the front show frayed edges along the split exposing the webbing, front cover is loose, age darkening to textblock. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply… Read More

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1956. A Hard Cover. Good+/Fair. Subtitled: The History of Wm. Thomson & Co. of Leith and Edinburgh, and of the Ships owned and managed by them (1825 - 1955). This book tells the story of the birth, growth and health survival of one of the oldest shipping companies in the world in continuous private ownership. Red cloth with gilt titling on spine and decoration on front, red and white map on endpapers, black and white frontispiece and black and white illustrations throughout, 230 pages. Corners slightly bumped, corners and spine ends slightly worn, text block edge is darkened and has some small spots on leading edge. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has some edge wear, a two-inch closed tear at front, 1.5 by 1 inch open tear on spine, and a one by three inch open tear at right front bottom corner. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees.… Read More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Book is edited by: M.G. Wiebe, J.B. Conacher and John Matthews and Mary S. Millar, and is Volume IVof a four-volume publication. Each volume includes an introduction, a name and subject index, and appendixes of related documents. The 435 hundred letters in this volume cover "the most dramatic period of Disraeli's middle life - one which is still subject to continuing debate and interpretation, but the one in which the potential of his diverse talents begins to be realized." Tan cloth with gilt titling on black faux-label on spine, blind-stamped "D" on front, black end papers, black and white illustrations in text, 449 pages. There is a one inch split in upper end of front hinge and a half-inch split to lower end. Dusst jacket has light edge and shelf wear. Book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier… Read More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Book is edited by: M.G. Wiebe, J.B. Conacher and John Matthews and Mary S. Millar, and is Volume III of what appears to be a planned four-volume publication. Each volume includes an introduction, a name and subject index, and appendixes of related documents. The five hundred letters in this volume cover Disraeli's first session in parliament and his first re-election. His main correspondents are his sister and confidante, Sarah, and Mary Anne Lewis, whom he courts and marries in these years. Tan cloth with gilt titling on black faux-label on spine, blind-stamped "D" on front, black end papers, black and white illustrations in text, 458 pages. Upper text block edge has a tiny speck and two light pressure marks. Dust jacket has minor edge wear and light shelf wear. Book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier… Read More

London: MacDonald, 1968. First Edition. . A Hard Cover. Good+/Good. A companion to The Blandings Castle Saga of P.G. Wodehouse Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Brown boards with gilt titling to spine. Light edge wear, minor bumping to free corners, light age darkening to textblock edge, previous owner's signature in ink on first endpaper. Dust jacket shows sunning to spine, it is price clipped, edges worn and reinforced at spine ends and back flap with small pieces of scotch tape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Boulder, Colorado: Bartholomew Press, 1989. Soft cover. Good+. Dehncke, Melissa. Signed by the author on the title page, this book looks at the history of fairs in England in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, investigating both the commerce and trade aspects as well as the entertainments and amusements. Off-white card cover with black titling, black and white illustratations front and back, black and white illustrations throughout, 90 pages. Spine is sunned, cover and text block edges have various pale smudges, text is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/Very Good-. This study seeks to fill a gap in the bibliography concerning the making of Britain's strategy and its relationship with foreign policy in the inter-war period." Blue hard cover with gilt titling on spine, 419 pages. Corners lightly bumped, upper text block edge slightly darkened and has a few tiny, dark specks, red ink stamp on end paper, last third of text block has light crease to upper corner of pages. The first chapter, which is seventy pages, has pencil markings on several pages. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has light edge wear and light shelf wear. Book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Kenneth Cox. Hardcover. Very Good+. Compilation of family history of the author, published by the author. Insciption by author on end paper (dated 1980) Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine, illustrated with black and white plates, a pocket inside back cover holds three family trees: Thomas Gray; George Cox and Mortimer; book is in an acetate jacket, 94 pages. Book appears to be without flaws. Acetate jacket has light shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Kylie Cathie Limited, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Edited from the original 4 volumes and with notes by Christopher Hibbert. Yellow cloth, gilt titling to spine, 313 pages. Minor edge wear. Dust jacket is now protected in a Brodart cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Written in the last quarter of the twelfth century this text could be described as the earliest teaching casebook in English common Law. It appears the author was his abbey's advocate for many years. This is his account of the royal courts, often presided over by Henry II himself, told in the oral tradition and enlivened by allusions of tales of Norman glory, of miracles, and to the stories of the Northern pilgrim routes. Grey cloth, gilt titling to spine, 357 pages. The dust jacket isprice clipped, shows sunning to spine and light shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London, England: Hamish Hamilton and Jonathan Cape, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Volume Two of the Crossman Diaries - considered "the most important book on British government to have appeared since the war" by the "Financial Times. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine, tan end papers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Text block edges slightly smudged. Dust jacket, which is price-clipped, has light shelf-wear and edge wear. This book is in great shape. 851 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Robert Scott, 1927. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good. First appearing in columns of the Sussex County Herald and Eastbourne Chronicle, these essays are directed to "all those who take a pleasure in the simple entertainment of the country-side." Brown textured boards with black titling, lovely colour paste down in a simple black border on front, iillustrated throughout with attractive black and white drawings. Cover has wear to corners and spine ends, a few small pale smudges but is basically clean and bright, text block edges slightly darkened, owner's name in ink on end paper, light foxing on end papers, occasional spots in text, binding is tight. In spite of flaws, this is a handsome book. 128 pages Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.… Read More

Edinburgh: Pentland Press Limited, 1998. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is the autobiographical tale of Miles Rivett-Carnac detailing his early life and family history. Black cloth with gilt titling on spine, illustrated with black and white photographs, 163 pages. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear, otherwise book is great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Williams and Norgate, Ltd., 1925. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good/-. Foreword by W.L. George. Book is an autobiographical "low life" narrative of a "girl wretched from birth" in England. Red cloth with gilt titling and simple border on spine, gilt titling and blindstamped simple border on front, blindstamped publisher's insignia on back, leading text block edge is untrimmed (a few pages have ragged edges from being improperly cut by hand) 223 pages. Corners bumped, spine is age-darkened and slightly cocked, a few faint smudges on front and back but cover is generally clean and bright, text block edges are darkened and have foxing spots, end papers foxed, previous ownsers bookplate inside front cover, see previous note concerning ragged edges on a few pages, text is basically clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers,… Read More

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Compiled by Cyril Tawney, well-known folk singer, book is a compilation of one hundred fifteen Navy songs from the author's personal collection. Blue boards with gilt titling on spine, illustrated with black and white photographs, thirteen page introduction, four appendices, list of sources, glossary, index, etc., 177 pages. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has negligible shelfwear - this is a handsome book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2010. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Published in association with the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. A never-before-published collection of infamous Scottish bawdy ballads, containing the texts (without tunes) of seventy-six bawdy songs and ballads, along with a long-lost scatological poem attributed to the Edinburgh writer James "Balloon" Tytler. Edited by Murray Shoolbraid of Salt Spring Island, B.C. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine, 302 pages. Minor shelf wear, front hinge is was stretched open at copyright page - it is still very firm. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear and is now protected with a Brodart cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.… Read More

London: Virtue And Co.. Hardcover. Half leather bound volumes with gilt titling on red label and gilt decorated raised bands on spine. Frontispiece. Beautifully illustrated . Volume 1 and 2 of a four volume set. These volumes show wear to covers, foxing, cracking to gutters between endpapers. The binding is sound and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall