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New York: Barnes & Noble, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Gareth Floyd. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Illustrations to Chapter headings by Gareth Floyd--descriptive and expressive line drawings. Previous owner name on endpaper, else Fine. Clean, unmarked, tight and solid book in black half cloth with bright and bold gilt title, black paper-wrapped boards. Howarth provides a memorable portrait of the most prominent persons in this reknown invasion that changed the course of history. He makes the reader see the story from the common Englishman's point of view--how he lived, worked, fought, and died--and how he perceived this overthrow of his world. 207 pages. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Publisher: New York, Barnes& Noble, 1993.

London, UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Derry Brabbs. Lavishly illustrated book with superb photography with text that explores the history of the monasteries: the great period of building in the eleventh and twelfth centuries; the Dissolution; the different monastic orders; and the abbeys, cathedrals and parish churches that once formed part of a monastic establishment. TRADE PAPERBACK IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. 160 pages. Landscape size: 10.25 x 7.5" tall. Very bright, clean glossy cover, with art quality pages in immaculate condition. Tips of cover show a bare touch of wear. Front Photograph: Sweetheart Abbey, Scotland. Back Photograph: Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire.

London, Boston and Henley: West Pub Co, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. West Pub Co, 1990. Second Printing. Hardcover Book in FINE Condition with a VG Dust Jacket. Illustrations: 74 plates and 15 figures. Set in Linotron Palatino, 10 on 12 pt by InputTypesetting Ltd, London and printed in Great Britain by the Thetford Press, Thetford, Norfolk. Bound in forest green cloth with bright and sharp gilt lettering on spine. Interior also as new. Jacket with photograph of Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire. Very clean and bright with slight wear to spine head, green stain on inside of jacket at spine tail, check marks on back flap. 306 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Publishers: Routledge Kegan & Paul Pub., London, Boston and Henley, 1990.

New York: Rinehart & Co, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Good Condition with a Fair Dust Jacket in Mylar Protective Cover. Binding of black cloth gilt titled. Clean and unmarked, lightly sunned along very top edge, slight rubbing of edges and corners. Tight and solid sewn binding. Clean jacket is edgeworn, badly chipped at spine ends. A close look at the early Victorian Era and what this decade meant to the average Englishman who lived during that time. This is a record of everything that caught his/her attention--the Irish famine, the latest addition to the Royal nursery, the Rowland Macassar oil he used to groom his hair; from religion to the theatre to the weather--a delightful book. 509 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Rinehart & Co., New York, 1952.

New York: Pantheon Books-Random House, 1976. First US Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First American Edition. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean, bright, unmarked wraps with light wear to extremities, faint creases to spine; tight, solid and square. Iinterior is clean with underlined and bracketed text and some notes written in, all neat and does not interfere with easy reading. A good, solid, clean volume. An exploration of the contrasts of a settled ruling class ruling through a form of judicial terror and a populace deferential by day but deeply insubordinate by night. A very different look at 18th century England, from the England of the aristocracy and gentry, of politeness, of the arts, culture. 352 pages with index. 8.25 x 5.4 inches. Pantheon Books-Random House, New York, 1976.

Londoin, UK: W. H. Wylie-Harris, 1977. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Small Paperback in Good+ Condition. Clean wraps slightly worn, pages quite clean, no marks of any kind, no creasing--one leaf is loose from binding (pp 27-32). b/w illustrations. The "Square Mile" of London was once a walled city. The richest historical background of the English-speaking peoples, with off-beat places and haunts, not to be missed by vacationeers. This book localizes sections of the old city into a sequence of walks easily accessible at the same time narrating fascinating stories--anecdotes about individuals and institutions and their adventures dating back over time. 127 pages. 7 x 4.5". 1977, W. H. Wylie-Harris, London, UK

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Winner of the Special Citation from the Pulitzer Committee. Illustrated with maps. Yellow illustrated cover is clean and bright, unmarked, slight wear. Binding is solid and tight, square. Pages clean and unmarked, no creases. The definitive story of one of the major battles in history. Mattingly calls it "the first great international crisis in modern history". 443 pages. 5.25 x 8.25 inches. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1974.

New York, New York, USA: Sterling Pub Co Inc, 1991. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Remainder Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Remainder mark on lower edge of text block else Fine. Eight pages of full colour, full page historic illustrations and black and white illustrations throughout. Arthur, a Celtic warlord and patron of noble and Christian virtues honored throughout Europe. He stands for the new concept of god-given kingship at the start of the medieval renaissance in Europe, and reaches into every age thereafter, and and reinterpreted to symbolize that period's most noble pursuits. Graeme Fife explores the reasons behind the Arthurian legends and traces these tales from the early 12th century and reconstructs their development through the major themes of chivalry, courtly love, hunting, heraldry and pageantry, magic and the Holy Grail. Blue binding is bright and spotless, binding is tight, solid and square,… Read More

London: Borders Group/HarperCollins, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Type: Hardback First published in 1989 by Times Books Ltd., HarperCollins Publisher, London. This reprint 1997 for Borders Group. Large Folio Size Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. 14.5 x 10.75". 254 pages. Endpapers illustrated with map guides. Contents include an Introduction, information on Contributors, Military Formations and Units, Chronology, a Bibliography, Acknowledgments, a Glossary, and an Index. Profusely illustrated with over 600 color maps, diagrams, and illustrations. Clean, unmarked volume has minimal wear to navy cloth binding; sewn binding tight and solid, square. Internals as new, glossy paper. This Atlas plots, on the ground, at sea, and in the air, the exact course of the war, including the political, economic, and strategic background. The finest, specially designed catography is combined with standard NATO military symbols to denote armies… Read More

St. James Church, Piccadilly, London: The London Brass Rubbing Centre, 1976. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. . Paperback Pamphlet in Very Good Condition. Stapled binding. B/W Illustrations Stiff Brown paper wraps with gilt title and gilt illustration of a brass rubbing of a medieval king. Compiled by Tim Tiley with reference to 'Facsimilies of Monumental Brasses' by J. A. Goodall. All pages intact, clean, unmarked. Slight wrinkling of back cover. This booklet has been compiled to provide background information and stories connected with all the brasses that were displayed in the Brass Rubbing Centre exhibitions at the time. Includes illustrations of some of the brass rubbings. Unpaginated-but 12 pages. 5.75 x 8.2 inches. 1976, The London Brass Rubbing Centre, St. James Church, Piccadilly, London

London, England,: Odhams Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back London, Odhams Press, 1948. First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fair Condition.16 pages of illustrations and Frontispiece in full color and over 250 photographs. Frontis: full color Constable's 'The Cornfield'. Artists whose landscape paintings are in full color are Gainsborough, Constable, Turner, Hollar, Sandby, Girtin, Crome, Cotman. Steer, Sickert, and Nevinson. These landscape paintings of the masters not only mirror the beauty of Britain but also traces the development of its buildings, its trades, tastes, and manners. It is actually quite a nice book. Bound in green full cloth, gilt titled on spine, blind-stamp structure on front. Most of the front cover is quite clean but there is mottling/fading at spine head and that corner and spine tail, also the back has whitish spots scattered on it. Edges and corners are rubbed not… Read More

London, England: Andre Deutsch/BBC, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back The Mirror of Britain Series Book. First Printing. Hardcover Book in NEAR FINE Condition with a Fair Dust Jacket in Mylar Cover. Illustrations, photographs, color plates, index. Nearly 60 black and white illustrations and eight pages in full colour. Jacket illustration is a detail, enlarged, from a 16th century miniature by Simon Beninck. Binding of blue cloth w/silver titles on spine, very clean and unmarked, tight and solid and square; bottom edges lightly rubbed, otherwise Fine. Interior is as new. Clean, bright, glossy black jacket with illustration is edgeworn with chipping to spine head/heel and edges. small triangular piece missing near spine front edge, closed tear to lower front corner, about a half inch. Price-clipped. Mylar protective jacket cover. Walter Hodges traces the flowering of the Tudor period, with emphasis on two events, both of which took place in 1485; first,… Read More

New York: Atheneum, 1966. First US Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9. Atheneum, 1966. First US Edition. Hardcover Retired Library Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. In good, clean and otherwise unmarked condition, solid and tight binding. Pages quite clean and completely unmarked. The Bayeux Tapestry is over 900 years old. It is a dramatic record of one of the greatest events that shaped British history, The Norman Conquest, 1066. There is also much information about life in the eleventh century stored in this classic seventy-two scene "picture strip" tapestry, made within a few years of this historical event. This book provides an interpretation of the Tapestry, telling the story as it unfolds in the illustrations, discussing each episode and comparing it with the visual account, which is reproduced in its entirely. Landscape format: 8.5" H x 10" L. 1966, Atheneum.

New York: Debrett's Peerage Limited/The Viking Press, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback Third Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition in archival protective cover. Introduction by Lord Walsingham. Monotone illustrations on nearly every page depict the antics of the shooting party in England during the second half of the 19th century. Fine blue cloth with gilt crown on front and titles on spine, lower edge slightly rubbed, else fine. Internals As New.The author traces the history of the art of shooting through its most ambitious period and provides entertaining insight into the elaborate and often hilarious ritual which surrounded these shooting parties. Edward, the Prince of Wales loved these parties and was a social impetus for them and their participants. 144 pages with index. 8 x 10.25 inches. 1978,Debrett's Peerage Limited/The Viking Press, New York

New York and London: Viking/ Penguin Books, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. . Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Unclipped Dust Jacket in a mylar cover. Book has a remainder mark, otherwise in Fine Condition. Very intriguing black and white jacket designed by Neville Brody; jacket art is 19th century line illustration, England- artist unknown. Boyle treats the notorious murder cases of the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s as media events--exploring how the Victorians reacted to their news media--and helps us to understand how today's journalism affects us. He goes to the heart of an age known for smug prudery and exposes violence and brutality in the British Empire. 273 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Viking/Penguin Books, New York and London, 1989.

U.S.A: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good+ Condition. Edited and with an Introduction by David Cannadine. Black and white illustrations. Churchill's complete speeches fill eight volumes--this selection by David Cannadine includes some of his most famous speeches, showing Churchill to be the most eloquent statesman of the 20th century and how a parliament, a nation, and a world can be moved by a speech, by a man whose command of the English language cannot be surpassed. Pages very clean, no markings, no creasing. Wrappers are clean and unmarked, front corner ruffled at tips, trace wear to edges, slight wear to spine head and heel. No creases. Tight and square binding. Small tan spot on bottom edge of text block. 355 pages indexed. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. Houghton Mifflin, USA.

Boston, Massachusett: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. b/w photographs. Edited and with an Introduction by David Cannadine. Clean , unmarked, glossy wraps, no wear to extremities, no spine creasing. Binding tight, solid and square. Pages lightly and evenly toned, quite clean, no marks of any kind. "This collection is the "crown jewels of 20th century oratory--" . Churchill was the most eloquent statesman of the 20th century and shows a world where hearrts and minds can be stirred and inspired to great depths and action by the spoken word. His command of the English language can hardly be surpassed. 355 pages, indexed. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 1989, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts

London, England: Robinson Publishing, 2002. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. British royal history from Alfred the Great to the Present. B/w in-text illustrations. Clean and bright, unmarked wraps with faint wear to edges, Tight, solid and square binding. Pages quite clean, no markings, three pages have been dog-eared, faintly toned. 528 pages indexed with Chronologies, Family Trees, Bibliography. 5 x 1.25 x 8 inches. 2002, Robinson Publishing, London, England.

New York: Doubleday and Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. Binding of black full cloth with silver titles, very clean and unmarked with slight wear to extremities. Tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Rough cut. Endpapers with map of The World after World War I indicating the British Empire and The French Empire. Interior is very clean and free from any markings, no creases, pages lightly toned. Black jacket with white outlined lettering and the British and French flags is clean, unmarked, rubbed with light edgewear. A comparative and critical analysis of the foreign policies of Britain and France during a period of dramatic change in both nation's power and influence--the period that shaped the modern world--from the fall of Napoleon in 1815 to World War II 1939-1945. xv, 652 pages with bibliography and index.… Read More

USA: Time-Life Books, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. One of a series of books describing countries of the world-their natural resources, peoples, customs and traditions, histories, economies and governments. Beautifully illustrated, with full color and b/w photographs. Paper affixed illustration on front, of 17th Century cottages in the village of Bilbury in Gloucestershire. Bound in brown leatherette with silver titles, very clean and unmarked, slight rubbing of top and bottom edges. Tight and solid sewn binding, square . Interior is pristine. Front endpaper: A topographic map showing the mountains, deserts, and other natural features of England. The back endpaper shows the principal towns, cities and settlements. A beautiful and informative book. 160 pages with bibliography and index. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, 1986.