Tainted Souls and Painted Faces: The Rhetoric of Fallenness in Victorian Culture
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993. First printing. Paperback, 250pp.
British History
The De Veres of Castle Hedingham
Lavenham: Terence Dalton, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1993. Hardcover. 8vo. 261pp. Illus. A couple of notes in ink to front endpapers, else Fine in Fine dustjacket.
A Brief History of the Royal Society
London: The Royal Society, 1960. Hardcover. 1960, Edition not stated. Hardcover in Near Fine condition. The dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear and handling soil.
The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd: Forgery and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century London
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 2001 Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. Condition rates as Fine, in a Fine Dust Jacket that shows the very lightest shelf wear.
Undertaker of the Mind: John Monro and Mad-Doctoring in Eighteenth-Century England
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 2001 Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. Condition rates as Fine, in a Fine Dust Jacket that shows the very lightest shelf wear.
The Westward Enterprise: English Activities in Ireland, the Atlantic, and America, 1480-1650
Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1978, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 326pp., illustrated in b&w. Book good with handsome boards and tight binding, text has underlining and marginalia in ink. DJ VG with rubbing, mild edgewear. Reading/Study copy only...
The Dons Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses
Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2001. First edition thus. Paperback. 2001, First Paperback Edition. Softcover, in Fine condition, showing the very lightest shelf wear. With a previous owner name stamp, neat, to the front free end paper.
The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics, and Geniuses
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1999. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, 357 pp., illustrated, Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
The Life and Times of James Kennedy, Bishop of St. Andrews
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1950. Red cloth, gilt spine titles. 8vo. 494pp. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Signature on flyleaf removed with White-Out. Light soiling and age toning to dustjacket, front bottom edge lightly creased, short tear at foot of spine.
An Account of the Rise of the War with Spain in 1718
London: J. Roberts, 17140. Paperback. Pamphlet, 1740, disbound from bound volume of English pamphlets from the 1740s. Title page, 58 pp. VG, still shows some leather fragments, on spine, very good. Anglo-Spanish War took place in 1718-20.
The Lords protests. To which is added, a list of the members of Parliament who voted for and against continuing the Hanover troops in British Pay, Jan. 18, 1743. Likewise the state of the national debt, down to Christmas 1743
London: W. Weaver, 1744. Paperback. Disbound pamphlet, 1744, very good, bit of leather still left on spine, 27 pp.
Treaty of Alliance between His Majesty, in respect of the United Kingdom, and His Majesty the King of Egypt... concerning the Immunities and Priveleges to be enjoyed by the British Forces in Egpyt
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1937. Paperback. Treaty Series No. 6, 1937. Blue staplebound 8vo, 29pp. + large folding map inserted into rear pocket. In VG+ condition with minor age mellowing to wrappers. With contemporary underline and marginalia, possibly from a British Officer. Scarce.
Short Fiction of the Seventeenth Century
New York: New York University Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 1963 Hardcover, in Near Fine condition, with very light shelf wear, as well as with a previous owner notation to the front free end paper. The dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with light edge wear. Else a clean.....
The English Garner, 12 vols.; Ingatherings from Our History and Literature--PENSHURST EDITION
London: Archibald Constable and Co., 1909. First printing. Hardcover. Twelve volumes. Limited Penshurst Edition (our volumes are number 78 of the 750 numbered sets), 1909. Brown cloth hardcovers with paper labels on spines, gilt top edges, clean unmarked text, frontispiece illustrations, Very Good books, owner's bookplate on the pastedowns, volume.....
May Fair: Being an Entertainment Purporting to Reveal to Gentlefolk the Real State of Affairs Existing in the Very Heart of London During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fifth: Together with Suitable Reflections on the Last Follies, Misadventures and Galanteries of These Charming People
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. Limited edition. Hardcover. Signed by Arlen! Limited edition, this no. 182 of 550 copies, 1925, hardcover with half-parchment boards, octavo, 369pp., not illustrated. Book VG with spine label peeling at corners, sun to top front board, spine toned, rubbing, mild edgewear to spine.....
John of Gaunt: King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Earl of Derby Lincoln and Leicester, Seneschal of England
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. Hardcover. Hardcover with gilt stamped maroon cloth boards, 1905, octavo, 490pp., illustrated in b&w. Book fair with soil and rubbing to boards and spine, damp stain to spine head, binding just tender with front inner hinge cracked, previous owner's plate to front pastedown, top.....
Otterburn 1388: Bloody Border Conflict (Campaign)
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2006. First edition. Paperback. 2006 Softcover, in Fine condition, showing the very lightest shelf wear.
The Art of Shakespeare
London: Bowes and Bowes, Publishers, 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. 1964 Hardcover in Very Good+ condition, with very light edge wear and handling soil. The dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition, with light edge wear, and light handling soil. Pages: 198.
The Story of the Household Cavalry, 2 volumes
London: Constable, 1909. First printing. Hardcover. 2 volumes, royal 8vo, deep blue decorated cloth gilt, very good with minor rubbing to edges and joints, gentle bumping to corner of vol. 2 front cover (not as curvacious as the picture indicates), contents very good, light occasional foxing. Illustrated with plates and.....
Three Early Nineteenth Century Diaries
London: Williams & Northgate, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 1952 Edition not stated. Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. In Very Good condition, with light edge wear. There is a Previous owner notation to the end paper. The Dust Jacket is in Very Good condition, with light edge wear.
Complete Volumes of the Bethel Messenger for 1894 and 1895
London: Butler and Tanner, 1894-1895. Hardcover. Complete runs of the Bethel Messenger Periodical for 1894 and 1895 bound in one volume. Hardcover, 8vo. in black buckram boards with gilt spine title. Varying paginations within, engraved frontis before each year, and profusely illustrated with engravings and photographs. Very good. Heavy foxing.....
The Elder Pitt: Earl of Chatham
London: Collins, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 1976 Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. In Very Good condition, with very light edge wear. The Dust Jacket is also in Very Good condition, with light edge wear.
Sir Constantine Huygens and Britain: 1596-1689--A Pattern of Cultural Exchange: Volume One--1596-1619 (This volume only)
Leiden, Netherlands: The Sir Thomas Browne Institute/Leiden University Press, 1962. Hardcover. Volume one only! Hardcover with gilt stamped red cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 238pp., illustrated in b&w, including one fold out map. Book near fine with handsome boards and tight binding, mild off-setting to endpapers, text clean and.....
Daniel Defoe: His Life
Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. Hardcover. 1989, Edition not stated. Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. Condition rates as Fine, in a Near Fine Dust Jacket that shows light shelf wear.
The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary
London: Printed by W. G. for T. Scot, T. Basset, et al. 1676. Hardcover. Quarto (11.5 inches tall; 29.5 cm), in early 20th century half calf and marbled boards, spine now covered with matching cloth and newly printed spine label, contents VG, frontispiece portrait of Bacon lined with old laid.....