British History

Cambridge, UK: W. Heffer & Sons, 1966. SCARCE. Near Fine, small bump top corner front board and prior owner name under front flap, in a Very Good Plus dustjacket a bit rubbed and light edgewear at the tips. 120 pages, Illustrations, Index. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.

London: House of Lords. Very Good. 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean light blue paper covered boards. Leather spine has raised bands and two labels. Front Leather protected corners. Text tight, clean & intact. Scuffed leather & paper edges. Index pp 735 - 801. Items of note: County Coroners, Dissenters Chapels, Gaming, Railways, Treaties etc. Appendix 1-5 (64pp) . Appendix #1: The Queen v. Millis. Appendix #2: Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. Appendix #3: Building of the Houses of Parliament. (2nd Report into Progress). Appendix # 4: O' Connell Et Al v. The Queen. United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 801 pages .

London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1945. Political edition," only printing. Pamphlet. This is an extraordinarily fine example of the only printing of the "Political" edition of this striking wartime speech pamphlet. Published in April, 1945, by the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, this was a campaign piece for the forthcoming General Election, containing Churchill's March 15, 1945 address to the Party Conference at Central Hall, Westminster. It attests to the fact that, as the war in Europe drew toward an inexorable close, the suspended tensions of domestic politics intruded ever more urgently on the politically unified war effort, fracturing the wartime coalition that had acknowledged Churchill as its indispensible Prime Minister. Having done so much to win the war, Churchill faced frustration of his postwar plans when his wartime government fell to Labour in the General Election of July 1945. He would remain Leader of the Opposition until… Read More

London: Whittaker & Co., 1842. Bound in contemporary half straight grain morocco over marbled boards, matching marbled end papers and page edges, unnamed armorial bookplate with the motto "Vive Ut Vivas" front paste down. Very Good, light rubbing at edges, light toning at end pages only. . New Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Folk-Lore Society, 1890. Publications of the Folk-Lore Society No. XXV. Printed in Gaelic and English on facing pages. Bookplate of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society front paste down, along with small seller's label. Bookplate of noted Celtic scholar and folklorist Edgar M. Slotkin verso front end page. Very Good, slight spine lean, light wear to cloth at edges, scant toning at end pages. SCARCE in collectible condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Printed by T. Bensley for Vernor and Hood , 1797. Two volumes in late 19th c. mottled calf, gilt backs with red morocco labels, all edges gilt, frontispiece portraits, engraved title pages. Bearing the small bookplate of Alfred Sutro, English author, dramatist, and translator of the works of Maurice Maeterlinck, Vol I, 1799, Vol. II, 1797, although both tails dates read 1797.Very Good, front joint Vol. I cracked and barely holding, joints both vols. show wear, pp 204-236 Vol. II have creases along fore edge, . Later Edition. Mottled Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Richard Bentley, 1856. In signed Riviere & Son binding of half red polished calf over red buckram boards, the back ornately gilt with floral decorations, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, bookplate of J. F. Holmes in sporting theme with horse rider and outdoor sporting devices. Very Good, front board broken, light wear at edges, frontispiece portrait starting to separate. . First Edition. Half Polished Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Printed By T. Bensley, for Vernor and Hood, 1797. Two volumes in contemporary speckled calf, gilt back with red morocco label. Very Good, prior owner name front paste downs, light wear to boards, toning at end pages from binding, scattered light toning throughout, joints showing wear with front joint Vol. I just starting to loosen.. Later Edition. Speckled Calf . Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Richard Bentley, 1860. SCARCE. Handsomely bound in unsigned half red calf over marbled boards, the back gilt, marbled end papers and edges, the bookplate of C. Morrison, Hampworth Lodge, Downton, with clan Morrison motto Pretio Prudentia Praestat (In Price Prudence Predominates) front paste down. Very Good, front hinge showing wear, corners rubbed, toning from frontispiece engraving to title page. Contains all the Princes of Wales from Edward of Caernarvon to George Augustus Frederick of St. James, 17 in all. 539 pages, interior clean and bright. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Cornish, Lamport & Co., 1851. RARE. 4 1/2" h x 3 1/8" w. Embossed brown cloth with gilt decoration front cover of Wellington on his horse, gilt decorated spine. 256 pages, each printed page within rule frame border, Frontispiece illustration, portrait illustration title page, and numerous illustrations in text. Copyright held by Nafis & Cornish, 1847. RARE, OCLC locates one copy published 1855 by Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman, that copy held by Duke Univ. Library. No institutional holdings found for either the 1847 or 1851 editions. Very Good, wear to cloth at spine ends, moderate spotting at end pages, prior owner names dated 1867 and 1919. . Early American Imprint . Embossed Cloth. Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

London: Charles Knight & Co., 1845. Four volumes in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt backs, Very Good, marbled boards rubbed, spines a bit darkened, prior owner names and small bookstore stamp at end pages, bindings tight and sound, a handy size for reading, uncommon in 16mo size. . New Editio, Corrected by the Author . Quarter Calf. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Boston: D. C. Heath & Co. , 1889. Very Good, light soiling to cloth, several pages yet uncut. lxxviii, 90 pages : facsimile. Uncommon in either the 1st or 2nd eds. . Second Edition Revised and Enlarged . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Sixteeth-century England was scarcely a paradise for anyone by modern standards, and women in particular had few rights. At birth their fate was in hands of their fathers and after marriage everything they had belonged to their husbands. Yet in large numbers sixteenth-century women managed to work around these disadvantages and achieve personal success, even personal wealth.

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This second volume of the collected academic papers of Roy Strong, the distinguished scholar and art historian of the Tudor and early Stuart eras, covers the Elizabethan period. Included here are over twenty articles he has written over thirty-five years on subjects which he has pioneered, the serious study of pageantry, painting, miniatures, gardening and iconography. Each articles is reprinted verbatim but with an introduction giving an update as to what has happened since, including full bibliographical notes. Brought together for the first time, the plates alone provide a visual repertory of the age on a scale not seen for a long time, including much that is new. Sir Roy Strong was Director of… Read More

Un hombre blanco en el infierno negro por el coronel alejandro del valle,segun el relato que hizo a arturo alfonso rosello de sus aventuras extraordinarias en el frente norte de abisinia durante la guerra italo-etiopica primera edicion habana cuba 1937 caratulas originales,buen estado edicion limitada de 100 ejemplares ilustrados.Un hombre blanco en el infierno negro. Es un libro de aventuras escrito por >Arturo Alfonso Resello, narra las aventuras del ex-coronel del ejército abisinio Alejandro del Valle Suero, un cienfueguero que se alistó en las tropas abisinio para luchar contra la invación de las tropas italianas en 1935.
Los hechos que en este libro se describen están a cada momento sustanciados por la corroboración de personajes que el público internacional conoce de sobra y que en relato se citan. El cónsul inglés en Gore suscribió al coronel del Valle cuando este le hizo entrega de la mujer del misionero alemán que él rescató de la ferocidad de las tribus, prueba inequívocamente,… Read More