Search Results: History - England from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1973 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, 378 pp, 8 ff b & w plates, footnotes, bibliography, index. Remainder mark is a thick black line across bottom edge, else fine. DJ has a bit of rubbing to spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First US Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 15 cm.

Godalming, Surrey: CLB International, 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Laminated pictorial boards, 288 pp, may color and b & w illustrations, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. In addition to the translation of the chronicles from old English to modern English, the book contains many well-captioned illustrations reproducing old drawings, paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, and photos of artifacts. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. Reprint. . Fine/Fine. 30½ X 23½ cm.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1965 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light blue cloth, gilt & purple titles & decorations, xiii, 317 pp, genealogical chart, 10 ff b & w plates including 2 maps, 1 map in text, index. Extremities rubbed, front endpapers browned by clipping laid in (a Barbara Flanagan column about Shakespearean actress Dame Sybil Thorndike). DJ moderately rubbed & soiled, 1 cm tear to bottom edge of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. Color folding map of Shakespeare's Engand from the May, 1964, National Geographic is laid in. Historical interpretation of the reigns of English kings from Richard II through Henry VII, focused on the factors that led to the defeat of Richard III at Bosworth field by Henry IV in 1485. As the DJ puts it, "Bosworth Field was a dramatic turning point in history, one that brought England from the Medieval into the Tudor Age. A. L. Rowse tells its story as it has rarely… Read More

Cambridge, England et al.: Cambridge University Press, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards, gilt titles on spine, 392 pp, profusely illustrated, maps, bibliography, index. Smells of tobacco smoke, else fine. Price-clipped DJ browning about edges and smells of tobacco smoke, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Contains interpretive articles by dozens of scholars, plus brief biographies 800 historical figures. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 26 X 21 cm.

New York: Stein and Day, 1981 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on recto of ffep. White boards, dark blue cloth spine, gilt titles on spine & facsimile signature on front board, xiii, 334 pp, bibliography, index. Bit of rubbing to corners. Price-clipped DJ worn at head of spine; in Brodart archival cover. Humes traces how Churchill developed his rhetorical skills and how he used them in his political career. Churchill used mastery of the English language rather than a commanding voice and presence to enthrall his listeners. The argument is liberally illustrated with quotations. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). 3rd ptg. . Near Fine/VG+. 23½ X 16½ cm.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1977 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Volume IX of Europe and the World in the Age of Expansion. Grey cloth, gilt titles on spine, xvii, 596 pp, 6 ff b & w plates, 20 maps, notes, bibliography, index. DJ somewhat rubbed, spine faded, a few small tears under 1 cm; in Brodart archival cover. Survey of the history of the British Commonwealth. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/VG. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Atheneum, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Bindings vary among volumes. 1930-1939: 4th US printing, 1968, full blue cloth, foil titles, top edge dyed red, green endpapers, 448 pp, 5 ff b & w photo plates, index. 1939-1945: 2nd US printing, 1967, full blue cloth, foil titles, top edge dyed yellow, red endpapers, 511 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, index. 1945-1962: first US edition, 1968, full black cloth, foil titles, top edge dyed blue, dark blue-grey endpapers, 448 pp, 6 ff b & w photo plates, index. Text portions only of DJ flaps (plus rear panel of 1930-1939) were clipped out and tipped onto the appropriate endpapers by previous owner. Nicolson served in the British Foreign Service from 1909 to 1929 and as a Member of Parliament from 1935-1945. Hence he was well-positioned observer with relevant experience in the eventful period covered by his letters and diaries. Shipping weight 8 lbs.. . VG/Poor. 24½ X 16 cm.

London, New York, Melbourne & Auckland: Edward Arnold (Hodder & Stoughton), 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, gilt titles on spine, pale grey endpapers, [xvi], 480 pp, 16 ff b & w plates, 4 maps, 3 dynastic tables, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "MacCaffrey focuses on Elizabeths's career as a practising politician, taking into account her testing personal experience, her termperament, and her own view of her role. She could not, like Shakespeare's Richard II, merely stand passively on her dignity. She had to cultivate all the arts of a politician to secure her right to be obeyed, to win the unquestioning confidence of her subjects in her abitilty to govern them." Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York, Chicago, & San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth, gilt titles & dec. on spine, [xi], 511 pp, 8 ff b & w plates, notes, bibliography, index. Signature of Dr. Richard C. Lillehei, who performed the first successful pancreas transplant, on recto of ffep. DJ has a 1 cm tear and some rubbing to corners & spine; in Brodart archival cover. A carefully researched political biography. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). BCE. . Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Orange cloth, gilt titles on spine & dec. on front board, xv, 412 pp, 35 b & w illustrations in text, notes, index. Corners & spine ends slightly rubbed, offsetting on one side of one sheet (a manufacturing defect), else fine. DJ spine slightly sunned, extremities lightly rubbed, original price tag on front panel; in Brodart archival cover. Rowse's intellectual history of Elizabethan England deals with drama, literature, music, architecture, sculpture, painting, domestic arts (embroidery, tapestry weaving, silver, pottery, etc.), science, medicine, philosopy, and religion. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First US Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

Oxford: Oxford Historical Society, 1912 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, gilt device & blind rules on front board, blind rules on rear board, [iv], 420, [6] pp. Corners & spine ends fraying, hinges appear to have been torn & re-glued, usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamp. Contains excerpts from all acts of parliament concerning the institutions mentioned in the title. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). . G/No dj. 22½ X 15 cm.

New York, London & Toronto: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1956 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown boards, gilt titles on spine, xvi, 288 pp, 57 illustrations on 15 ff b & w plates, footnotes, index. Corners bumped, spine & front board sunned. Study of "the social structure of England just before and just after the first wave of mechanical invention ... struck it." Contents: commercial framework; social structure; constitutional arrangements; nobility, gentry, & the middling sort; the labouring poor; agrarian & industrial developments; impact of economic change on the social structure before 1800. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 22 X 14½ cm.

London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd., 1961 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Joint publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. Blue cloth-textured paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, top edge dyed blue, 236 pp, 182 illustrations including 2 ff color and 4 ff b & w plates, index. 'Representative's Copy' is rubber-stamped on top- & fore-edges, slight wear to bottom edge. DJ shows some wear at corners & spine ends, British price is clipped but American price still present. This is the second printing under this title (copyright 1959), which combines and revises Everyday Life in Roman Britain with Everyday Life in Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman Times. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 22 X 14½ cm.

New York & London: Viking, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth, x, 544 pp, 12 ff plates, plus reduced facsimiles of newspaper pages incorporated with text. DJ edge-worn & slightly chipped w/¼" tear at top edge of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover.. The same edition was distributed in both the US & UK. Dj shows price in both £ and $. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/VG. 24 X 16 cm.

WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Vol. 1: New York: Macmillan, 1956 (2nd ptg); maroon cloth with foil titles, 510 pp, 10 ff b & w plates, index. Vol. 2: London: Collins, 1958; maroon cloth with gilt titles, top edge dyed maroon, 703 pp, 8 ff b & w plates, 9 maps, index. Vol. 2 has a snag to cloth at bottom edge of front board; both volumes are otherwise very good. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. . 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red cloth, gilt titles & decoration on spine, gilt dec. on front board, beige endpapers, xiii, 319, xv, [3] pp, 2 maps, index. Faintly musty tobacco odor, very slight edge wear and soil. DJ spine and edges browned, slight edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. Although aimed at the general reader, this biography of the signer of the Magna Carta is based mostly on contemporary chronicles, lives, and letters from the Close and Patent Rolls. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG+/VG+. 21 X 16½ cm.

Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1983 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth, map & chronology on endpapers, xvii, 973 pp, 65 b/w illustrations (mostly photos), 18 maps, notes, bibliography, index. Boards are water-damaged (2 by 4 inch area at top right corner of front board, 3-inch triangle at bottom corner of rear board, and a small area at top corner of rear board (which also looks as if it has been bitten by a dog)), top edge spotted, internally very good. DJ looks near fine at first glance, but has a large black stain on reverse of front panel and rear flap has been torn off and reattached with tape; original price is clipped and new publisher's price tag on front flap. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. First Edition. . Fair/Good. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Mauve boards, grey cloth spine with gilt titles, xiv, 399, [1] pp, 6 ff b & w plates, notes, index. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

London: Century Publishing, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, foil titles on spine, 242 pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Memoirs of the long-serving Labour MP for Cardiff, who also served as Secretary of State for Wales and as Speaker of the House of Commons. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2003 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, gold foil titles on spine, pictorial endpapers, xiii, 640 pp, 16 ff color plates, notes, bibliography, index. A few stray marks in red ink on fore-edge (looks inadvertent), otherwise fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.