Strikingly Alive, The History of the Mill Hill School Foundation, 1807-2007
London: Phillimore, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 2006. First edition. Hardcover, 4to. in dust jacket. 376pp. plus index, illustrated. Fine in fine dust jacket.
British History & England
The History and Antiquities of the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne, including an account of the Coal Trade of that place... (2 volumes, 1789)
London: Printed for B. White & Son, 1789. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1789, 2 volumes, large quarto (30 cm) original flame calf with morocco title lables and small oval red morocco volume numbers, very good or better, light wear to bindings, contents very good to fine, all plates present.....
Patriotism, Power and Print: National Consciousness in Tudor England
Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 2003. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition, 2003, hardcover with red cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 160pp., not illustrated. Book fine with handsome boards and tight binding, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ near fine with mild rubbing.
The Book of Remembrance and War Record of Mill Hill School (1939-1945)
London: Mill Hill School / Frederick Stannard. Hardcover. Publication date and edition not stated, but internal evidence suggests a ca. 1948 publication. Hardcover in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear. No jacket present.
The Reign of Henry VII, from his accession to the Death of Wolsey, complete in 2 volumes
London: John Murray, 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Complete set in 2 volumes. 1884, First Edition. Hardcover 8vos., in 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Worn ex-library copies. All 4 boards present, but detached. Contents clean and unmarked. Library bookplates, stamps and stickers affixed to the pastedowns and endpapers. A sound reference.....
The Sinews of Power: War, Money and the English State, 1688-1783
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First American edition. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, octavo, 289pp., not illustrated. Book has soil to boards and spine, binding tight, text has previous owner's marginalia throughout in ink. DJ has toning, rubbing and soil.
The Brut, or The Chronicles of England
Millwood, NY: Kraus, 1987. Reprint. Hardcover. This is the 1987 Kraus reprint of the 1906 Early English Text Society edition. Hardcover in Very Good+, unread, condition, but showing a light and faint damp stain to the lower quarter of the text block.
Henley Borough Records: Assembly Books i-iv, 1395-1543--Issued for the Year 1960
Oxford: The Oxfordshire Record Society, 1960. Paperback. Printed wrap, octavo, 1960, 263pp., not illustrated. Book VG with edgewear, rubbing, wear to joints and spine creased, binding tight, previous owner's signature to inner front panel, otherwise text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
A letter to a certain foreign minister; in which the grounds of the present war are truly stated: the Conduct of the last Adminstration in Regard to Foreign Affairs fully Vindicated; and the Terms of a Safe and Honourable Peace clearly pointed out
London: M. Cooper, 1745. Paperback. Disbound pamphlet, 1745, very good, some leather still on spine, glue marks down front inner margin of title page. VIII, 63 pp. On the Austrian War of Succession of the 1740s and George II's involvement therein.
The London Kalendar: or, Court and City Register, for England, Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies, for the year 1810, including a list of the present Parliament, more extensive and useful than in any other Book of the Kind yet published...
London: John Stockdale, 1810. First edition thus. Hardcover. 1810,. Staggered pagination, about 800 pages. Includes peerage for Scotland, Ireland, etc. and reports of garrisons, post-offices and other civil stations of the British Empire. Hardcover, thick 8vo., bound in original full burgundy morocco. Printed in black and red. Illustrated with numerous.....
Mr. Speakers Letter to the Kings most Excellent Majestie, Febr. 16. 1641, Concerning the great Affayres, and State of the Kingdome
London: John Thomas, 1641. Paperback. 1641. 6 page pamphlet, bound in recent marbled wraps. Dime-sized stain and a few tiny insect holes on the title page. Unmarked, readable text. Armorial engraving vignette on the title page. Digital images available upon request.
A Collection of the Public General Statutes, passed in the Forty-Fifth Year of the Regin of His Majesty King George the Third: Being the Third Session of the Second Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1805. Hardcover. 1805. Part 1, Cap. 1 to 48. Hardcover, large 4to., rebound in 3/4 leather. 790 pp. Clean contents. Sound binding. Light wear to leather spine. County bookplate on the front pastedown.
The First Four Years
New York: British Information Services, 1943. Paperback. 8.5 x 5.5 inches, wraps, very good, light waviness and soil, 50 pp, illustrated, described the British experience of the war, 1939-1943.
A People At War: Life in Britain Today (1943)
New York: British Information Services, 1943. First printing. Paperback. Published in July 1943. 7 x 4.75 inches, wraps, very good, light wear and soil, ca. 60 pp, illustrated. Uncommon.
Post-War Planning in Britain: Unofficial Post-War Planning, 1939 - 1943
New York: British Information Services, (1943). Paperback. 9 x 6 inches, wraps, very good, minor wear and soil. 80 pp.
Progress in Freedom (1943)
New York: British Information Services, 1943. Paperback. Published in October 1943. 9.5 x 7 inches, pictorial wraps, very good, light waviness to the whole, 50 pp, illustrated, pictorial and textual record of ordinary British under wartime conditions.
Britain's Social Services in War-time
New York: British Library of Information, (1941). First printing. 12 x 8.5 inches, one sheet folded to make 4 pp. Very good with horizontal fold. OCLC locates 5 copies.
Letter of Transmittal From The Britsh India Steam Navigation Company, Addressed to James M. Lincoln of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. 1877
London: Britsh India Steam Navigation Company, 1877. Letter of transmittal from a Britsh India Steam Navigation Company agent to James M. Lincoln of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. New York. Measures 8 by 10 inches, recto only. Good. Tape and paper repair to verso, light creasing, else clean and unmarked.....
Modern Athens Displayed in a Series of Views: or Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century, Illustrated by a Series of Views from Original Drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd with Historical, Topographical & Critical Illustrations by John Britton
New York: Benjamin Blom, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint, 1969. Pictorial cloth hardcover, 88 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good ex-library copy with a couple minor marks (bookplate, stamps), no dust jacket.
The Glass Vessels of Anglo-Saxon England c. AD 650-1100
Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2020. Paperback. Printed paper wraps, quarto [8.5" X 11"], illustrated in color and b&w. Book has hint of rubbing and edgewear to wraps, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked.
The English Mummers and their Plays, Traces of Ancient Mystery
Philadelphia: University Of Pennsylvania Press, 1970. Second edition. Hardcover. 1970. Second edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in green cloth, dust jacket. 201pp. illustrated. Very good in good plus dust jacket. Edge wear, sticker residue to dj. Rubbing to boards. Internally unmarked.
The Renaissance (1500-1660) (A Literary History of England, Vol. II)
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1948. Hardcover. 1948. Hardcover, 8vo., navy cloth. 696 pp. Very good. Minor bump to front foredge. Approx. 65 pages with pen and pencil marginalia. Contents otherwise clean.
Historical Sketches of Statesmen Who Flourished in the Time of George III. To Which is Added Remarks on Party, and an Appendix (Two volume set--missing third volume that was printed two years later)
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1842. New edition. Hardcover. Two volume set (missing third volume which was printed two years later), 1842, hardcovers with brown cloth boards, octavo, 347pp. and 300pp., not illustrated. Books VG with spine ends and corners worn with cloth torn, rubbing and soil to boards, handsome gilt.....
The speech of H. Brougham, on the education of the poor, spoken in the House of Commons, June 29, 1820
London: A. J. Valpy, 1820. First Printing. Wraps. Disbound pamphlet from "The Pamphleteer," a compilation of various pamphlets, speeches, articles and letters published quarterly and with uncirculated stock bound up at the end of each year and issued as an annual volume. Very good, two staples along left edge. 29.....
Nelson: the Public and Private Life of Horatio Viscount Nelson
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo, blue cloth gilt, very good handsome copy, minor abrasion to rear pastedown, 472 pp, illustrated.