Category: British History

HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN SUSSEX. (MURRAY'S HAND-BOOK SUSSEX.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, John Murray : 1905

Seller ID: 29222

Condition: Good-

174 pp + 48 pp ("Murray's Handbook Advertiser, 1904-1905"), 6 3/4" H. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Title page states "Fifth Edition" and below the publisher information, with the date 1893, "With Index and Directory Revised to 1902". All maps, including one in the rear pocket, are present. Includes an Introduction (Extent and History / Antiquities / Products and Manuacturers / Geology and Traveller's View / Main Roads / Railway Systems / Skeleton Tour / Places of Interest / An Artistic and Antiquarian Tour). Describes a variety of routes, radiating out from Lond...
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PIGOT & CO.S BRITISH ATLAS: COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND ...

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: London, Salamander : 2000

Seller ID: 23979

ISBN-13: 9781840652550

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Unpaginated, Folio (13 5/8" H). Facsimile of 1840 edition, slightly reduced in size. Remainder of title: "(Upon Which Are Load Down All Railways Completed And In Progress), With Large Sheet Map of England And Wales (endpapers), And A Circular One Of The Country Round London: The Whole Engraved On Steel Plates. Accompanied By Topographical And Statistical Accounts Of Each County; Railway Information; Tables Of Distances Of The Principal Towns In Great Britain; And An Itinerary Of The Most Useful And Generally Travelled Routes Throughout The United Kingdom." Map endpapers, 39 full page colou...
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Image for THE POST-OFFICE ANNUAL DIRECTORY FOR 1836-37: CONTAINING AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE MERCHANTS, TRADERS, MANUFACTURERS, AND PRINCIPAL INHABITANTS: AND A SECOND LIST OF THE NAMES OF MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS, IN GLASGOW AND SUBURBS.

THE POST-OFFICE ANNUAL DIRECTORY FOR 1836-37: CONTAINING AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE MERCHANTS, TRADERS, MANUFACTURERS, AND PRINCIPAL INHABITANTS: AND A SECOND LIST OF THE NAMES OF MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS, IN GLASGOW AND SUBURBS.

Price: $115.00 USD

Publisher: Glasgow, John Graham (For the Letter-Carriers of the Post-Office) : 1836

Seller ID: 29484

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Good-

xv, 341, 118 pp, 7 1/8" H. Brown leather spine and corners, marbled paper-covered boards, black leather title label on spine with gilt lettering, additional gilt date and decoration, blindstamped design. Small label at top of front pastedown: "J. Carss & Co., Bookbinders, 31, Argyle Street, Glasgow." Title page continues: "Classed and Arranged Under Each Distinct Head of Trade or Profession: With a Street Directory: and An Appendix Containing many Useful Lists. Ninth Publication." The first section (xv pp) consists of a Calendar (July, 1836 to December, 1837); Stamp Duties; Index. The s...
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THE ROYAL MILITARY CALENDAR, OR ARMY SERVICE AND COMMISSION BOOK. 5 VOLUME SET. FACSIMILE OF THE 1820 THIRD EDITION.

Price: $450.00 USD

Publisher: London, Privately Printed

Seller ID: 4845

Binding: Hard Covers

Condition: Very Good+

Five volume set, 400 pp, 424 pp, 416 pp, 496 pp, 508 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). Medium brown simulated leather spines with gilt lettering and band, biege cloth boards. Title page continues: "CONTAINING THE SERVICES AND PROGRESS OF PROMOTION OF THE GENERALS, LIEUTENANT-GENERALS, MAJOR-GENERALS, COLONELS, LIEUTENANT-COLONELS, AND MAJORS OF THE ARMY, ACCORDING TO SENIORITY: WITH DETAILS OF THE PRINCIPAL MILITARY EVENTS OF THE LAST CENTURY." "This Edition embraces the actual services of above two thousand Officers, and the progress of promotion of 2,872." (The Duke of Wellington accounts for almost hal...
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TITANIC: THE OFFICIAL STORY.

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Kew, Richmond, Public Record Office / National Archives

Seller ID: 30603

ISBN-13: 9781873162378

Binding: Folder

Condition: Very Good

Pictorial folder (9" H x 14" W), containing 18 facsimile documents (some multi-page, some fold-out) pertaining to the Titanic story - plus 15 page introductory pamphlet. No date - c1990. Contents: Transcripts of Registrar General's copy of the Register for transmission to Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen; Report of Survey of an Emigrant Ship; Certificates of Clearance for an Emigrant Ship; Cross section and deck plans of the 'Titanic'; Extract of the Report of the British Commission of Enquiry into the loss ot the 'Titanic' - describing the decks, accommodation, structure and life-savi...
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JEPPE'S MAP OF THE TRANSVAAL. SHEET NO. 3 (NORTH-EAST SECTION.)

By: (Jeppe, Frederick A.)

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: London, (1899), Edward Stanford

Seller ID: 30590

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Very Good

Folding linen map (42 sections), approximately 28" W x 39" H - folds down to approximately 4 1/4" W x 7" H when enclosed in blue cloth-covered card covers bearing title "Jeppe's Map of the Transvaal / Sheet No. 3. Map shows Lydenburg to the southwest and British Protectorate at northwest (bordered by the Limpopo River), Portuguese Territory at east and Uninspected Government Land at centre/east. Lithographed by Wurster, Randegger & Cie, Winterthur, Switzerland. Published by Edward Stanford, 26 & 27 Cockspur Street, Charing Gross (sic), S.W. On the front blue cover is written in ink "C" Bat...
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AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE CITY OF OXFORD.

By: (Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England)

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: His Majesty's Stationary Office, London, 1949, reprint.

Seller ID: 371

i-xxxiii, 243 pp, 4to, HC (burgundy cloth w/coat of arms in gold on front panel). A concise historical statement and pictorial record of the city. Every college, chruch and ancient building or monument has been inspected and a record made of the e ssential facts relating to each one. Illus. with many photo. reproductions, plans, fold-out plans and a large location map in rear pocket. Boards have a few light scuffs and finger print marks. Dj has 1" x 1" piece missing from botto m o f s p i n e . Spine of dj is browned, has a few closed tears, light chipping and light soiling. VG/G+
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BRITANNIA: A JOURNAL OF ROMANO-BRITISH AND KINDRED STUDIES. VOLUME 5 1974. (VOLUME V - 1974.)

By: Ainsworth, C.J.; Ratcliffe-Densham, H.B.A.; Breeze, David J.; Bowman, Alan K.; Drinkwater, J.F.; Frere, S.S.; St. Joseph, J.K.; Hind, J.G.F.; Hodder, Ian; Hogg, A.H.A.; Rae, Alan; Simpson, Grace; Tomlin, Roger; Wacher, J.S.; Wilson, D.R.; et al.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, London, 1974.

Seller ID: 20037

519 pp + 44 b&w plates at rear, large 8vo (9 5/8" H), soft cover. B&w maps, plans, drawings, tables, (some fold-out) + photographic plates. Contents: Notes for Contibutors; Spectroscopy and a Roman Cremation from Sompting, Sussex; The Roman Fortl et at Barburgh Mill, Dumfriesshire; Roman military records from Vindolanda; Coin-hoards and the chronology of the Gallic Emperors; The Roman fortress at Longthorpe; Agricola's Fleet and Portus Trucculensis; Some Marketing Models for Romano- B r i t i s h c oarse pottery; The Llantwit Major Villa; a reconsideration of the evidence; The Roman Fort a...
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ABBEYS OF BRITAIN. TOLD IN PICTURES.

By: Airne, C.W.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Sankey, Hudson, Manchester, n.d.

Seller ID: 19487

64 pp, 8 3/8" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, map. Consists of one page of introductory text followed by pages of captioned photographs showing interiors, exteriors and architectural details. Interior - light browning to inside of covers, , minor browning to pages, rusty staples, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - browning to edges of covers, rusty staples, light browning to edges of textblock, very sm a l l l i g h t stain on front cover, minor edge wear. Good+
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CATHEDRALS OF BRITAIN. TOLD IN PICTURES.

By: Airne, C.W.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Sankey, Hudson, Manchester, n.d.

Seller ID: 19486

64 pp, 8 1/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, map. Consists of one page of introductory text followed by pages of captioned photographs showing interiors, exteriors and architectural details. Interior - light browning to inside of covers, , minor browning to pages, rusty staples, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - browning to edges of covers, rusty staples, light browning to edges of textblock, minor e d g e w e a r . Good+
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YESTERDAY'S TOWN: WELLINGTON. A DIARY OF A WEST COUNTRY TOWN IN THE 19th CENTURY.

By: Allen, Gillian.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Buckingham, Barracuda : 1987

Seller ID: 27184

ISBN-13: 9780860232926

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

124 pp, small 4to (10 7/16" H). Number 368 of a limited edition. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. "(I)t is the detail of the 19th century record which attracts us most; the people who lived in specific houses like the Millers, Langleys and Merediths; the controversy about the three posts outside the White Hart Inn; the shops that changed from bank to fishmonger, from watchmaker to cobbler, from Bell Inn to basketmaker; the man who dug a canal in his garden to employ poor people; the ten-year-old who died when her pinny caught fire; the horse that took nine men to t...
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SIR JOHN REITH.

By: Allighan, Garry - inscribed. Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Lord Gainford.

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: London, Stanley Paul : 1938

Seller ID: 30130

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

287 pp + publisher's advertising, 8 3/4" H. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering & banding on spine. B&w photographs, drawing. Inscribed in green ink on front free endpaper: "To my very good friends / Tom & ? Wheeler / Sharers of many happy hours / Garry Allighan". The second name has been inked over at some later date. "Controlling one of the greatest forces in international affairs, the Director-General of the B.B.C. has attained a position of power second only to that of a Prime Minister. He directs a machine that produces mass-education, mass-entertainment, and mass-information for conti...
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CATCH ME A NIGHTINGALE.

By: Ash, Joan.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Robert Hale : 1991

Seller ID: 23125

ISBN-13: 9780709046042

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

202 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H). "The ward settles down for a quiet night. A serene, starched nurse soothes the brow of a grateful patient as the lamplight flickers. Bleep! Cardiac arrest! The crash team leaps into action, skidding along the corridors, etiquette abandoned in the vital race against time. It is in these frantic seconds that a sister, weighing her responsibilities and priorities, must make efficient, professional decisions - decisions which could mean the difference between life and death. In her autobiography, Joan Ash contrasts her wartime nursing experiences in India with the Nation...
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Image for HAILEYBURY1908-1961: THE STORY OF HAILEYBURY COLLEGE FROM 1908 TO 1942, AND OF HAILEYBURY AND IMPERIAL COLLEGE FROM 1942 TO 1961. Together with: HAILEYBURY SINCE ROMAN TIMES: A STUDY OF A SQUARE MILE OF ENGLAND.

HAILEYBURY1908-1961: THE STORY OF HAILEYBURY COLLEGE FROM 1908 TO 1942, AND OF HAILEYBURY AND IMPERIAL COLLEGE FROM 1942 TO 1961. Together with: HAILEYBURY SINCE ROMAN TIMES: A STUDY OF A SQUARE MILE OF ENGLAND.

By: Ashcroft, R.L. Additional book By C.M. Matthews.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Haileybury Society : 1961

Seller ID: 30179

Binding: Mixed: Hard Cover & Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

1. Haileybury 1908-1961, 219 pp, hard cover in dust jacket, 8 3/4" H, published 1961 - b&w photographs, reproductions. Contents: The Council; The Masters; The Boys (An era of change / Scholarship / Heads of the School / The School Societies / Music / Art / The Combined Cadet Force / Football / Cricket / Minor Games); The Administrative Staff; New Buildings; The Houses; Chapel; Health and Hygiene; At War; The Amalgamation; Old Haileyburians (A General Survey / The Haileybury Society / The Cricket Week / The Football Club / The Guild / The Agra Mission); Miscellanea; Index. 2. Haileybury since...
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BURNLEY: A TOWN AMIDST THE PENNINES.

By: Ashworth, Frank. Illustrations by Janet Smith.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Mid-Pennine Arts Association

Seller ID: 25443

ISBN-13: 9780950987804

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

104 pp, oblong (5 3/4" H x 8 1/8" D), no date. B&w photographs. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; A Town Amidst the Pennines; Burnley's History; Buildings of Historical and Architectural Interest; Local Lore and Legend; Children 's Street and Playground Games; Burnley's Football Club: One Hundred years of Sporting History; A Burnley 'XI'; Burnley Milestones; Local Organisations relating to Heritage of Burnley; Bibliography and Sources Used. Interior - tiny bump at bottom corner of text block, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear - mainly on spin...
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MOMENTS OF MEMORY: RECOLLECTIONS AND IMPRESSIONS.

By: Asquith, Herbert.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Hutchinson : 1937

Seller ID: 29238

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

382 pp, 9 1/2" H. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. B&w illustrations. The author's memories of his father, Herbert H. Asquith, Liberal Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1908-1916. Contents: Cricket at Keats Grove; Early Friends; Grasmere and London; The Journey to Scotland; Fact and Fancy; A New Outlook; Winchester; Some Oxford Characters; A Generous Settlement; Asquith and Balfour; Force and Ferment; A Poet in Revolt; The Outbreak of War; Flanders in 1915; Men and Problems; The Somme and Whitehall; Arras and Passchendaele; The Battle in the Mist; Lord Oxford in Later Years; Index....
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NEVER COMPLAIN, NEVER EXPLAIN: RECORDS OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE AND STATE PAPER OFFICE 1500-C.1960. PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE READERS' GUIDE NO. 7.

By: Atherton, Louise.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, PRO Publications : 1994

Seller ID: 21976

ISBN-13: 9781873162132

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

189 pp, 4to (11 5/8" H). Colour frontispiece, b&w illustrations. "For scholars of British diplomacy and international affairs, the records of the Foreign Office are an indispensible source. But the range of information and the sheer size of the records can be daunting to the first time user and to the increasing numbers of genealogists who attempt to trace individuals in the files of the diplomatic and consular correspondence. This book provides an introduction to the records in all their variety and suggests appropriate classes to start with. It also examines the state papers foreign, the ...
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NICHOLAS HILLIARD.

By: Auerbach, Erna.

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Boston Book & Art Shop : 1964

Seller ID: 207

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

352 pp, small 4to (10" H). Over 200 reproductions of Hilliard's work, mainly in b&w. "This is the first full-length monograph to be written on the life and work of Nicholas Hilliard who lived from 1547 to 1619. The first English-born painter to gain the status of an artist recognised by the English court, he was painter, limner, engraver and goldsmith to Queen Elizabeth I and later to James I, and is kown to have also painted portraits in oil, but it is difficult to attribute particular oil portraits to his hand. Hilliard's importance is not limited by his performance as a miniaturist, for...
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SOUTHEAST ENGLAND. BEAUTIFUL BRITAIN SERIES.

By: Automobile Association.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Reader's Digest : 1987

Seller ID: 22823

ISBN-13: 9780861455188

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

160 pp, 4to (11/14" H). Map endpapers. Colour photographs. "Breathtaking views, fascinating stories, archaeological treasures, links with famous characters - whether in the countryside or a town or village, around every corner you come face to face with Britain's heritage. All of these - and more - are to be found in this authoritative guidebook- part of a new regional series from the AA - which captures the spirit of the best and most interesting features of Southeast England. Local legends, literary, historical and architectural facts - together with items of natural history and geological ...
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THE SECRET ROOMS: A TRUE GOTHIC MYSTERY.

By: Bailey, Catherine.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Viking : 2012

Seller ID: 29018

ISBN-13: 9780670917556

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

466 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs, floor plans, map, family tree. "At 6 a.m. on 21 April 1940 John, the 9th Duke of Rutland, and one of Britain's wealthiest men, ended his days, virtually alone, lying on a makeshift bed in a dank, cramped suite of rooms in the servants' quarters of his own home, Belvoir Castle. For weeks, as his health deteriorated, his family, his servants - even the King's doctor - had pleaded with him to come out, but he had refused. After his death, his son and heir, Charles, the 10th Duke of Rutland, ordered that the rooms be locked up and they remained untouched for ...
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Category: British History