BRITISH HISTORY

Ian Allan, London, 1985, first edition.. 128 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), soft cover. ISBN 0711014787 B&w photographs, maps, drawings, reproductions. Contents: Preface; Enter the Politicans; The GLC Takes Over; After the Honeymoon; Horace Cutler in Command; The Axeman Cometh - and Goeth; Ken Liv. ingstone and the Fares Fiasco; Under New Management; Fresh Challenges; A Chance to Get Things Right. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - one small soft corner crease, minor edge wear, minor rubbing. VG. more information

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Methuen, London, 1949, 3rd edition.. 324 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map on front endpapers, 15 gravure plates. "This volume of friendly converse about Kent places and people makes no claim to be a guide-book. It is rather a series of informal introductions.. The reader meets Dickens in Canterbury and at Rochester; 'Jane' at Godmersham; Blue-stocking and antiquary in their chosen haunts; companies of village players accost him in Romeny Marsh; bands of smugglers in the Weald. Through orchard and hop. - g arden and over Margate Sands blow the airs of Kent. One has no need to be either a Man of Kent or a Kentish Maid to savour the charm of Mrs. Gardiner's discourse." Foxing marks on top of textblock, minor edge wear, very light browning to edges. o f textblock. Dust jacket has foxing marks, dark browning to flap-folds/top edge, light browning on spine, light soling on rear panel. Very Good/Good. more information

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HarperCollins, (London, 1994), Ist edition.. 338 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "...the story of Gilbert's thrity-year quest for his subject (Winston Churchill). He reveals the staggering extent of his historical labour and shares with the reader some of the great mome. nts in his pursuit...offers many insights into how one of our leading historians and biographers goes about his task. It is also the story of those who have helped Gilbert along the way, as they had earlier helped Churchill on his. Secretaries,. a s sistants, diarists, correspondents, soldiers, politicians, civil servants; the eminent (Macmillan and Wilson) and the humble: all of them had tales to tell, many of them published here for the first time. Uniting them all was the knowledge tha. t , ev en as a young man, Churchill was somehow remarkable...Here - perhaps more than in any other single book about Churchill - is the character of the man, untrammelled by formalities, as seen by those who were with him at his most unguarded momen. ts ." L ight wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has very light edge wear, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine - light edge wrinkling elsewhere, one tiny chip, small soiling mark on inside surface, light rubbing and a few very tiny dints o. n b oth pan els. VG+/VG-. more information

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, (1987).. 288 pp, small 4to (10" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Well illustrated in color and b&w with photographs and reproductions. "...(presents) the lives of (over 40) extraordinary individuals who have captured the public imagination, whether in the ar. ts, politics, economics or the armed forces. They include not only the accepted giants of English history like Alfred the Great, William Shakespeare or Winston Churchill, but also less expected figures like the fourteenth-century financier Will. i a m de la Pole or the writer Virginia Woolf. If it is possible to talk about the 'English genius', then these are surely the people who best characterize that spirit." Light edge wear to boards, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, slight b. um p to bottom corner and tiny dint on rear board. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling, 1" closed tear at top of front flap-fold - archivally taped. VG/VG. more information

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Harpur Trust, Bedford, 1973, first edition.. 191 pp, small 4to (10" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0950291706 Map endpapers. B&w plates. "On 27 February 1574 died Sir William Harpur - a Bedford boy who went to London, became Lord Mayor, and endowed his old school. On 4 August 1873 Qu. een Victoria approved a revision of the scheme under which the Harpur Trust operates. This book traces in lively detail the educational battles of the past up to those of today. It shows how the Trust till 1897 supplied practically all Bedford's. e ducation. It describes how government intervention obliged the Trust to concentrate on four main schools, which have since become know all over the world. The subject matter goes beyond Bedford and Bedfordshire. The book oulines the basis for . t he Trust's work, the development of farmland in the village of Holborn to becoming part of the heart of London. This endowment has made the Trust one of the most important educational foundations in the country. Comparisons with other schools i. nd ica te the rich complexity of England's educational system. The influx of service and professional families brought to Bedford boys and girls who later served country and Commonwealth, and an appendix gives some indication of their range of serv. ice ." Additional appendices: Officers of the Trust; Headmasters and Headmistresses; Memorials to Harpur; The exchange of 1654. Light edge wear, slight bump at bottom corner of front board, light wrinkling at bottom of spine, tiny speck on bottom o. f te xtb lock. Dust jacket has very light edge wear/wrinkling, very light soiling and rubbing, tiny closed puncture on both flap-folds. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, (1968), Ist edition.. 138 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations. "These are the memoirs of a Victorian cabinet-maker, who had the gift of vividly recalling and recounting past events in his life. Here is a treasure-house of stories and information abou. t James Hopkinson's home as a child; the conditions of his apprenticeship workshop in Nottingham, where restrictive practices were as strong as at any time since; the cabinet maker's shops where he worked, in Nottingham and in Liverpool. He tel. l s o f an extraordinary expedition to Derby for the Shrove Tuesday football match; of a trip on the steamer from Hull to London; of his courting and marriage - all kinds of memories of people and places. The leather-bound book in which James Hopk. in so n w rote his lifestory was found only recently in an old trunk by his granddaughter, and has been edited for publication by her niece his great-granddaughter." Small star shaped stamp on rear pastedown. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has lig. ht edg ew ear /rubbing/wrinkling, light browning to spine and flap-folds, 3/4" line indentation on spine. VG+/VG-. more information

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McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1972.. 108 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "The early chapters deal with England's first colonizing experiments in the North Atlantic and Caribbean and the subsequent duel for empire with France, when Britain laid the foundation for a world-wide domin. ion based on naval supremacy. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the Empire had become a huge commercial network of which India was the strategic centre and a chapter is devoted to the means whereby the long sailing track by way of the Ca. p e o f Good Hope was protected. The author goes on to show the extent to which the Royal Navy's Pax Britannica depended upon the maintenance of a European balance of power, then traces the slow erosion of Britain's command of the seas, under the . im pa c t of scientific and technological advances, in the years before the First World War. The final chapter, introduced by a nostalgic glance at the Empire Day celebrations of the author's boyhood in rural Ontario and concluding with the retreat. fr om Em pi re after the Second World War, represents Dr. Graham's hail-and-farewell to the imperial past..." Dust jacket has tiny chip at top of rear flap-fold, two tiny closed tears, minor edge wrinkling, light edgewear/rubbing. VG+/VG. more information

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Cassell, London, 1963, first edition.. 245 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w plates. "St James's Palace is one of London's most famous landmarks, its Tudor clock-tower familiar to residents and visitors in its dramatic position at the far end of St James's Street. T. here is, however, no other building in London of comparable age about which so little is known, since the public is rarely allowed beyond the well-known facade. Ironically enough, the site on which Henry VIII had the palace built for Anne Boleyn. w a s once occupied by a nunnery, but the odour of sanctity seems soon to have dispersed and its history revolves around ladies of a lighter kind. Here lived Prince Henry, the brilliant elder son of James I who, had he survived to inherit the thro. n e, w ould probably have altered completely the course of history. But on his death his brother Charles took the fatal path which led finally to imprisonment in the Guard Room at St James's, from where he walked across the park to the scaffold. . In 16 97 the palace was officially designated the Court of St James's and from then until the accession of Victoria was the sovereign's official residence. Here died George III, the record of whose last mad years makes poignant reading in this pos. t-F reud ian age. But was it on him alone that the curse of madness lay? What was behind the ghastly murder of Sellis, the Duke of Cumberland's servant, found dead in bed with his head nearly severed from his body? The riddle of his death has ne. ver been solv ed but it seems likely that the royal Duke was himself implicated. Although the main flood of history has been diverted to other channels and the palace now lives mostly in the past, there are yet links with the twentieth century: if. the pala ce gh ost - for there is, of course, a ghost - looks over the shoulder of an official in the Lord Chamberlain's office when plays are being scrutinized before performance, the bawdy situations in them will hardly cause her to raise an eye. brow. Life at St James's was always like that." Samll store label on front pastedown, a few tiny foxing marks on top of textblock. Dust jacket has areas of light edge wear/wrinkling, very light rubbing, tiny puncture on spine. Very Good/Very . Good. more information

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D. Appleton, New York, 1885.. 576 pp, 598 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard covers (olive green cloth with gold lettering and banding on spines, gold crest on front boards) - no dust jackets. These two volumes form the second part of 'The Greville Memoirs' which began with the reigns of Geo. rge IV and William IV, but are complete in themselves, being numbered Vol. I and Vol. II. "....the present publication embraces a period of fourteen years, extending from the accession of Her Majesty Queen Victoria in 1837 to the coup d'etat of . N a p oleon III in 1851....The occurrences which took place after the close of 1851, the subsequent establishment of the Imperial power in France, the formation of the Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen, followed in 1853 by the Crimean War, mark an important . ep oc h in the history of this country and Europe. I have therefore thought that this date is the appropriate conclusion of this portion of the work. Mr. Greville continued his Journal for nine years more, until the close of 1860, though in his la. ter ye ar s he was less conversant with public affairs than he had been in the more active period of his life..." From the Preface. Vol. I has a small bump to bottom corner of approx. first 50 pages, small finger print on verso of front free endp. aper , sm all bump to bottom corner of rear board, small light stain at top fore-edge of textblock - scattered faint tiny on lower fore-edge, small line scuff on front board. Vol. II has tiny crease/tear at bottom of two pages. Both volumes have . light brow ning to edges of textblock, light to moderate edge wear. slight bump at some corners, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Very Good. more information

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Robert Hale, London, (1968), Ist edition.. 192 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. Many b&w photos. "In his fourth Lakeland book, A.H. Griffin, who lives in the district and has been climbing and walking the hills all his life, provides personal portraits of fifty of the most interesting o. f these fascinating mountains and fells from Scafell to High Street, from Gable to little Catbells." Inscription on front pastedown, top front corner of book bumped with soft creases to top corner of all pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped, ha. s s m all chips/closed tears to edges (one tear with crease), edge wrinkling, crease down each flap. Jacket colors are bright. Good sound reading copy.. more information

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Perth and Kinross District Libraries, Perth, 1991.. 192 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. B&w illus. "This story of the success and failure of a family engaged in the dyeing industry is the first to take an objective look at Pullars of Perth...by the mid 19th-century 'Pullars of Perth' had become a by-wo. rd for fast and efficient service, especially in dry-cleaning, not only in London, but in Paris and Berlin! This was no economic miracle. The Pullars' success was due entirely to hard work, successful planning and clever advertising. Always . r e a d y to introduce the latest types of machinery they had a reputation as good employers. Their success was reflected in their life-style and influence in Perth. Then, suddenly, things started to go sour. Challenged by a powerful Trade Union. a nd a n in creasingly militant female work-force, the Pullars, despite their long experience and compassion, could not cope. Strikes and riots led to a violent ending between the family and Perth." Dust jacket has minor wrinkling at top/bottom . of fla p f ol ds. NF/VG+. more information

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Robert Hale, London, (1967), Ist edition.. 240 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos, plans, reproductions. "Windsor Castle was one of the ring of fortresses which William the Conqueror clapped around London to guard the approaches to his capital...By the year 1110, when King Henr. y I held his court 'for the first time at the New Windsor', it was also a royal residence...The castle is of the motte-and-bailey type, with an upper and lower ward separated by a huge artifical mount topped by a keep, and was originally constru. c t e d of wood...Today, it is the only Norman palace which is still the home of the reigning monarch." Bottom corner of front board bumped. Dust jacket has light edgewear/wrinkling, light rubbing, delamination on front hinge. VG/VG-. more information

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Hutchison, London, 1951, first edition.. 232 pp, 8vo (8 1/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "....the most exciting, most illuminating and probably the most profound study of post-war England yet published. A journey through the country - westwards to Cornwall, north to Lancashire and Yor. kshire - has been used as a framework for the real theme of the book: the social-economic revolution of England. Every single social group is presented and few people know them better than the author, who combines the precision of the trained so. c i o logist with the insight of the born novelist. He employs a contrast technique full of surprise and excitement. From an aristocratic mansion he leads us to a London slum; from the emotional life of the debutante to the emotional life of the y. ou ng d ock-worker; from the problems of the new Oxford undergraduate to the problems of the new coal-miner; from the struggles of provincial youth to the struggles of the Displaced Person in our midst; from the open doubts of the middle class to t. he tra gic secret of many a new writer....presents a valuable, and at the same time vastly entertaining picture of the new England." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, tiny foxing marks on top of textblock. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkli. ng - ma inly at top/bottom of spine, a few very tiny chips, one very small closed tear, moderate rubbing/soiling on rear panel, light scuffing on spine, some darkening to spine and flap-folds. VG/G+. more information

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St. Martin's Press, New York, (1997), book club edition.. 347 pp, 8vo (8 13/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "Founded upon the partition of Ireland in 1920, Northern Ireland experienced fifty years of nervous peace under the rule of a devolved government in Belfast. This government was representative o. nly of the majority Protestant unionist community while the Catholic minority sought union with the rest of the island. The Protestant fortress held firm until the emergence of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement in the late 1960s, follow. i n g which the province subsided into the civil unrest widely known as 'the Troubles'. Hennessey's even-handed history attempts to understand the reasons for the long history of communal division, mutual suspicion, Catholic alienation, and Protes. ta nt s iege mentality. It traces the sequence of events, decade by decade, in the history of the troubled province. The great value of the book, however, is in providing an overview of events since the outbreak of the Troubles up to and includin. g t he pre sent uncertain peace process. It is the first comprehensive history of Northern Ireland for over fifteen years and brings a contemporary perspective to historical events, taking account of the scholarship which has developed in Northern . Irel and stu dies over the last twenty years." Minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has minor rubbing, very light edge wrinkling. VG+/VG. more information

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B.T. Batsford, London, (1974), Ist edition.. 248 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. B&w photos, map. "As well as being a county of fine buildings and fine landscape, Kent has been the scene of much history just as it has been the home of a line of famous men (think of Alfred Mynn, the cricketer, or. the Sackvilles, Charles Darwin, Richard Hooker, William Pitt, R.H. Barham, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Sir Philip Sidney). But in writing of present-day Kent, Roger Higham shows an illuminating awareness of the Kent of earlier centuries a. n d o f the Kentish men and women of bygone days..." Minor edgewear to boards, tiny faint scuff to rear cover. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light edgewear/rubbing/wrinkling. VG/VG. more information

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Self-published / Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1946.. 260 pp, 8vo (8 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w plates. Contents: Preface; The Deans; The Old Library; Henry Aldrich, Book-collector, Musician, Architect; The Aldrich Engravings; William Townesend, and His Building of the Library; The Atte. rbury, Stratford, Orrery, and Wake Collections; The Decoration of the Library, 1752-72; General John Guise; The Library Statues; The Dark Age; Some Later Gifts; The Undergraduates' Reading Room; Reorganization, Lost Books; Lost Music; The Plate an. d Some Oxford Goldsmiths; Great Tom and the Ring; Furniture; Clocks; Plays, 1548-1945; Buildings; Appendixes: William Townesend's Proposals for the Library; William Townesend's Estimate for the Library. Tiny crease at top corner of first few and l. as t few pages, smll bump to top corner of both boards, very light browning to edges of textblock, foxing to top of textblock. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, light browning to edges, light soiling, a few tiny chips, tiny tear at top of. sp in e acrchivally taped, minor rubbing, old price label on front flap. Very Good-/Good. more information

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Robert Hale, London, 1954, revised edition.. 211 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs, fold-out map at rear. "The Channel Islands are the oldest of Her Majesty's overseas possessions. Their self-governing status in the British Commonwealth is unique and through t. heir long and often troubled history they have frequently played a part in world affairs that is out of all proportion with their size. In this book, which is illustrated from a profusion of well chosen photographs, the author has given an erudit. e portrait of the islands as they are at the present time. The day-to-day life of the islanders, the peculiarity of their institutions, customs and government are woven with the story of their past to form a fascinating picture. The reader is sho. wn the beauty of the countryside with its prosperous agriculture and the grandeur of the towering cliffs and shares in the fascination of the little islets whose only inhabitants are the sea birds. The author....has lived in one or other of the is. lan d s almost all his life, becoming a Channel Islander by adoption at an early age. With the exception of a break for war service, he has devoted all the time he can spare from bookselling to the study of the islands, particularly their bird life. . H is enthusiasm as a field naturalist has taken him to every part of the larger islands and to most of the smaller reefs and rocks. The Channel Islands have received much publicity since their occupation by the German Army during the war, but f. ew ac cou nts have presented such a comprehensive and readable story of an area that never fails to captivate for life all those who visit it." Bump to corners of boards - migrates slightly into adjacent pages, light browning to edges of textblock,. very ligh t wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has moderate edge wear/wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, several small tears and chips, light browning and several light stains on rear panel, a few small foxing marks. Very. Good/ Good-. more information

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Methuen, London, 1948, 2nd edition.. 228 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map on front endpapers. 15 gravure plates. "Here are descriptions of the lonely grandeur of the eastern moorlands, where for forty miles the tall hills rise like a wall from out of the lush. , green plain. In Central Cheshire, also, rugged hills rise dramatically from typical dairying country, and even the low, green land of Wirral has its uplands. Do history and architecture interest you? Cheshire has its share of old castles, hou. s e s, churches, towns (what town in England can equal walled Cheshire?). Scenery, history, archaeology, folkore and character sketches all find their place in this book." Scattered light foxing marks on endpapers, foxing on top of textblock, mino. r ed ge wear, small bump at top of spine, one tiny corner bump. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, a few tiny foxing marks, light browning - mainly on spine and flap-folds, light rubbing. Very Good/Good+. more information

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Collins, London, 1948, first edition.. 50 pp, 8 15/16" H, hard cover in dust jacket. 4 colour plates, 26 b&w illustrations. "The tale begins in the Middle Ages, when the sick were cared for by the religious orders. Later on, the eighteenth century saw a great movement for providing vo. luntary hospitals throughout the country. Then came chloroform, antiseptics and the reforms of Florence Nightingale; and with the twentieth century new achievements, and a bold new plan to weld the different hospitals into a comprehensive system. . . . .(Mr. Ives') book fills a gap in our social history. It shows clearly that, whatever the changes in administration, the quality of the work done in the hospitals will still depend on the skill and devotion of individuals, as it has always don. e in t he past." Previous owner's name/place/date on free front endpaper, small split in paper of rear inside hinge, very light browning to edges of textblock, light to moderate edge wear, minor browning on boards, minor rubbing. Dust jacket ligh. t edg e w ear - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, browning on spine and flap-folds - light edge browning elsewhere, a few tiny chips, two 1" closed tears. Very Good/Very Good-. more information

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Andrew Melrose, London, (1956), Ist edition.. 240 pp, large 8vo (9 3/16" h), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illus. "Sir Thomas Stucley was a rogue of the first order. Alleged to be the illegitimate son of Henry VIII, he persuaded Elizabeth to allow him to join an expedition to Florida. He n. ever arrived. Instead, he stole the supplies and befriended the rebel Shane O'Neill in Ireland. This was only the first of many incidents in an adventurous career, in which he figured in almost every kind of treachery and desperate exploit. St. u c l ey lived - and died - furiously. The story of his life is packed with adventure, intrigue - and humour. He was killed on a Morcoccan battlefield, having joined the Portuguese King's Crusade in North Africa." Small crease at bottom corner of. p ag es up to page 22, slight 3" split to inside rear hinge paper, very light edge wear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor dis-coloration to top of textblock. Dust jacket is price clipped, has moderate edge wear/wrinkling, several chi. ps and te ars - some taped on inside, small area of surface paper loss on front panel and on spine, light to moderate rubbing/soiling - mainly on rear panel and spine edges. VG/Fair. more information

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The James' Texts, Belleville, Ontario, [c. 1932].. 79 pp, 8 3/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). "Mr. and Mrs. G.M. James left their home, 339 Charles St., Belleville, Ontario, on April 25, 1932, and sailed from Montreal on April 29 for London, England. After visiting many important places in Lo. ndon and throughout England, they went to Edinburgh and various parts of Scotland and finally to Paris and many historic places in France. Their return journey began at Southampton on July 16 and they arrived back home on July 30, after an absenc. e of over three months. The following matter appeared from time to time in The Ontario Intelligencer, Belleville's splendid daily newspaper, in the form of letters descriptive of the scenes, facts and incidents encountered by Mr. James. At the re. qu e st of many enthusiastic readers, the fifteen long letters have been revised and printed in combined form along with some other details which Mr. James did not have time while abroad to write out in full...." Interior - minor browning to pages,. ot he rwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning to edges of textblock, tiny tear at top of spine. Very Good. more information

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Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1970.. 372 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "No career in twentieth-century British political history can compare in length and complexity with that of Sir Winston Churchill. He entered Parliament in 1900, at the age of 26; henceforth. , until he retired from active politics in 1955, his life was devoted to politics. It was a career of exceptional vicissitudes, and the triumph of 1940 and after has tended to overshadow his varying political fortunes over the previous forty yea. r s . It is this turbulent period of Churchill's life that (the author) examines and analyses in this book. The central question....is why it was that, after a brilliant beginning, Churchill's reputation slumped so disastrously, and why in partic. ul ar h e held no public office at all in the ten years preceding the Second World War. The causes of this exclusion, (James) argues, lie in Churchill's record before, during and immediately after the First World War, and in a personality that was. in cre asi ngly regarded with suspicion and even apprehension. Making use of only recently available official papers, (he) traces Churchill's varying fortunes from his entry into Parliament in the 1900 general election to his return to the Admiral. ty i n Se ptem ber 1939, and analyses the complex reasons for the emotion of mistrust which surrounded him." 1/4" wide light faded line down front board, slight fading to color on top of textblock, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, very light. edge wear . Du st jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, a few small closed tears with old tape on inside, wear at bottom of spine has been colored with black pen, light browning to edges, minor soiling. Very Good/Very Good-. more information

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T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1903, [1912].. 441 pp, 8vo, HC. The Story of the Nations series, volume 60, Subscription Edition. Chapters include: The Politics of the Restoration; The Glorious Revolution; The Last of the Old Order; Signs of Change; The System of Walpole; The System on its Tr. ial; The Patriotic King; The King's Friends; Revival of the Cabinet System; Pitt; Reaction and Reform; History and Criticism; Leading Dates in the History of the Cabinet System; List of Selected Authorities for the Period. B&w illus. Light bro. w n i n g of pages. Text block cracking at spine (gutter) between pages 176/177 and 192/193 - still very sound. Top of text block dust stained and speckled, patch of light browning on bottom of text block near spine. Top and bottom of spine sligh. tl y cr ea sed, one tiny nick at bottom of spine, very light scuffing and edgewear. Boards are medium blue with white, dark blue and gilt decoration. VG-. more information

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Collins, London, 1949, first edition.. 614 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. 5 fold-out maps + 10 maps in the text (collated). "....full-length presentation of the history of England from prehistoric times to the loss of Normandy in 1204." Contents: Introduction; Origins. and Foundations; From Neolithic Times to the Late Iron Age; The Roman Conquest of Britain; Britain and Rome: A.D. 61 - A.D. 297; The Origins and Character of Christianity; The End of Roman Rule and the Coming of the Anglo-Saxons; From the Conver. s i o n to the Viking Invasions; From the Viking Invasions to 978; From 978 to the Norman Conquest; The Beginnings of the Anglo-Norman State; The Anglo-Norman Feudal System; The Church Under William I; England Under William II; England Under Henry I. a nd S tephen; Henry II and the Angevin Empire; From 1154 to the Loss of Normandy; Appendices: Diagrams Illustrating the Sequence and Relative Duration of the Geological Eras; The Main British Prehistoric Cultures; Genealogical Tables; Charters of. En feo ffm ent; The Barony of the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dec. 1093 - Oct. 1096); Chronological Table; Index. Light "old book" odor, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, light dust soiling to top of textblock, small bump to top corner of rear. boa rd, mino r rubbing, very light edge wear. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wrinkling, several tiny to small tears, one or two tiny chips, small area of surface paper loss at top of spine, browning to spine and flap-folds, light edge wear. . Ve ry G ood/G ood+. more information

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Privately published, 1987.. Unpaginated (approx. 72 pp.), 8 3/16" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). ISBN 0951034014 B&w photographs, reproductions. The author's memories of life in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, including many of the local soccer club. Interior - tiny piece mi. ssing form top corner of most pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - two small corner creases, tiny piece missing from top corner of front cover, minor rubbing, minor wrinkles and tiny light stain on rear cover. . Very Good. more information

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Phillimore, (Chichester, 1972), first edition.. 304 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers, b&w plates. "Company histories are often as dull and stale as a collection of old annual reports, having been dutifully compiled by a professional author from official records. R. arely is a major company fortunate enough to have an ex-Chairman who, after a lifetime in the business, is both willing and able to put pen to paper and record the events, recount the anecdotes and recall the excitement of its beginnings, its gro. w t h and its success. Sir Ambrose Keevil has done just this for the Fitch Lovell Group - company by company, from their beginnings as small family businesses in the 18th and 19th centuries, through to the period of vigorous growth and eventual me. rg er w ithin his own lifetime. He has provided a highly readable and entertaining account of an important piece of London's commercial history, and of the history of the provisions trade. It is also a vivid and moving human story of the ordinary. (a nd ext raordinary) men who built up the several components, now united in the highly successful group of companies that plays such a powerful part in the contemporary food industry." Minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket is price. cli ppe d, h as old price sticker on front flap, minor edge wear/wrinkling, soiling around edge of laminate. NF/VG-. more information

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Hutchinson, London, 1986, first edition.. 300 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0091555906 B&w plates. "For more than 250 years Mayfair has been the best address in London - rivalled now by Belgravia but still a glamorous and desirable place in which to live and work. I. n this century it has had a glittering image as the playground of high society, and Mayfair is still shorthand for a moneyed way of life, though these days the money comes mainly from expense accounts and Middle East oil wells. And the desirable . p roperties in the glossy ads in 'Country Life' and 'Tatler' are more likely to be offices than private homes. From its raffish Restoration origins this has been an area which boasted an extraordinary mixture of residents, from members of Charles . II ' s court to Clive of India, Beau Brummell, Mrs Fitzherbert (who secretly married the Prince Regent in the drawing-room of a house in Park Street), through eminent Victorians like Disraeli and Florence Nightingale to plutocrats like Barney Barna. to an d J.P. Morgan, and leaders of pre-war society like the Mountbattens and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Until the late nineteenth century it was also a village of all the talents, a cross-section of society where aristocrats and artisans lived back t. o b ack a nd their neighbours included politicans, playwrights, poets and craftsmen. Finally, in this fascinating social history, Carol Kennedy looks hard at post-war Mayfair; at what happens on the real-life Monopoly board when the leases fall in. ." Slig ht darkening to top of textblock. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling. Very Good+/Very Good+. more information

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Heinemann, London, 1972, first edition.. 300 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations. "In the autumn of 1678 it proved ridiculously easy for a group of unscrupulous perjurers to convince Parliament and the general public that the Jesuits, with the assistance of t. he Catholic nobility and gentry, were actively plotting the assassination of King Charles II and the overthrow of th Protestant Establishment in church and state. In the nationwide panic that followed, hundreds of Catholics were thrown in prison,. a nd twenty-four of them were tried, condemned and executed....it was a brutal tragedy, involving the judicial murder of men whose total innocence was assumed and in some cases proven within a few years of the events....Professor Kenyon explores th. e c ontrary stresses to which the King and his ministers were subject; he discusses the nature and and the extent of the English Catholic community at the time, and he tries to explain the violent resentment and prejudice against its members. He a. ls o a nalyses the fabulous stories put forward by a veritable rogues' gallery of informers....Another feature of the book is a careful examination of all the important Plot trials, culminating in Oates's trial for perjury in 1685, when he was final. ly brou ght to book....As a case study of the mechanics of mass prejudice and popular hysteria, this book is relevant to the politics of any age, including our own." Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown, small bump at bottom of front board,. ve ry li ght edge wear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, tiny dint on bottom edge of front board. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light edge wear/wrinkling, wrinkling and tiny tears at bottom of spine. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Quiller, London, (1997), updated edition.. 248 pp, small 8vo (7 7/8" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated in b&w with photos, maps, plans, reproductions. "...a highly praised guide to the rich and varied tapestry that is London's past. Whether inviting the reader to take a tour round Cha. ucer's London, explaining the developments which followed the Great Fire of 1666, or describing the many surviving buildings of outstanding interest, the author combines authority with verve, hard fact with vivid style. In addition, twenty day-t. o u r s are suggested for anyone who wants to see for himself..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean and bright with very minor rubbing. NF. more information

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Blake, (London, 2000), Ist edition.. 223 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "A mere eighty genrations ago, wolves and bears roamed the forests where Britain's great cities now stand. Marriage was unknown, with men and women living together in communes, worshipping hundred. s of different gods, trading in slaves, and practising not only animal but also human sacrifice. But Britain 2000 years ago was a surprisingly civilised place. Order and wisdom was brought to the land by the ancient cult of the druids - society. ' s priests, philosophers, judges and teachers. Our forefathers traded with Europe, and were skilled artists and tradesmen; and the beginning of many of the great cities of today were already starting to take shape. The year zero was truly a time. o f c ontrasts and contradictions..." Minor wrinkle at top of spine, minor rubbing. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling and very light rubbing. VG+/VG. more information

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National Trust, London, (1949), new edition (originally published 1947).. 12 pp, 12 mo, soft cover (stapled wraps). The village of Sawrey in Cumbria, England was the home of Beatrix Potter. Her first home there was "Hill-Top", a small farmhouse she bought with the royalties from her books. This little booklet, illustra. ted with pictures from her stories, is about Beatrix Potter and Hill-Top. Foxing on front cover, small repaired tair. Rear cover moderately soiled. Text is clean and tight. Scan available on request. VG. more information

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Hodder and Stoughton, London, (1951), Ist edition.. 238 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Sepiatone photographs. "Here in one volume are the stories and pictures of all the towns and villages of Fife and Kinross...everything (you) want to know about the two shires - their beauty spots, the. ir historic castles and mansions, their ancient memorials, their churches and their people. Each village, each town, each place of interest is treated as a separate entity, and the place-names are arranged alphabetically throughout the entire vo. l u m e to provide immediate easy reference...here are the stories and legends and verses of (the) hills and valleys..." Previous owners name inked out - with bleed through - on free front endpaper, several pages with soft crease at top corner - so. me c au sed by bump, light bump to bottom of rear hinge, tiny bump to top corner of front board. Dust jacket is price clipped, has small chips/tears, moderate rubbing, spine heavily sun faded, light soiling. G+/Fair. more information

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Dorling Kindersley, London, 1999.. 721 pp, 4to (12 1/2" H), hard cover with glazed pictorial boards, integral ribbon bookmark - no dust jacket (as issued). ISBN 0751308080 Profusely illustrated with maps, photographs, reproductions. "(This book) takes you on a stunning visual jour. ney from bustling cities to windswept mountain ranges, focusing on every aspect of British heritage. It is both a practical travel companion and a superb pictorial souvenir. (It) is packed with over 2,000 specially commissioned photographs, many . o f them reproduced as full-page images, presenting an unforgettable picture of England, Scotland and Wales on the eve of the 21st century. In-depth features examine Britain's varied landscapes region by region and highlight British history and cul. tu re, including the clans and tartans of Scotland, the role of the aristocracy and the Industrial Revolution. This beautifully presented book offers comprehensive information on places of interest throughout Britian, including historic towns, citi. es, cathedrals, castles, palaces, stately homes, museums and galleries. It uses dramatic cutaway artworks and aerial drawings to give fascinating 3-D impressions of famous buildings and bird's-eye views of street plans, in stunning large-format de. tail . From sleepy Cotswold villages to the nightlife of London's West End, from the wilds of the Yorkshire moors to the elegance of Georgian Bath, (it) is an invaluable introduction to Britain's countryside and wildlife, architecture and art, cust. oms a nd culture. Unparalleled in its portrayal of the diversity of sights to be found throughout the country, it contains thousands of ideas for places to visit. And for those who prefer to journey from Land's End to John O'Groats without leaving. home, it also serves as a visual celebration of all that Britain has to offer." Minor edge wear at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, minor rubbing. Very Good+/Very Good. more information

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Books For You, London, 1967, first edition.. 192 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w plates. "It has been said that the two most fascinating subjects in the world are sex and the eighteenth century. The story of eighteenth century British rakery is certainly fascinating; it is al. so shocking. London had numerous secret clubs for depravity and debauchery; the notorious Hell Fire Club organised elaborate ritualistic orgies in which leading politicians and public figures of the day took part; roistering aristocrats vied as t. o the number of young girls they could seduce; 'Madams' produced child virgins for the dissolute gentry; the London Stock Exchange had its private 'harem' of prostitutes; beautiful young courtesans were exchanged or given as presents by their noble. p r otectors. Satirical prints and broadsheets depicted the moral disorder of the times. The politicians were, in the main, corrupt. The Georgian king were themselves licentious. Highwaymen infested the countryside, and being robbed by footpads. wa s the least of one's dangers in the towns and cities where gangs of young 'Mohocks' inflicted terrible injuries and humiliations on their victims, male and female, for what would now be called 'kicks'. Yet, in the main, the rakes were men of gr. eat in tellect, wit and culture who brought to their libertinism the stylised elegance of the Georgians. And there can be no doubt that the period has an infectious vitality...." Bump to bottom corner of front board - small bump to top edge of fro. nt b oar d. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, tiny tear and creases at top of rear flap, fading to spine color - lettering legible, fading and light soiling/rubbing to rear panel. Very Good/Very Good-. more information

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EP Publishing, Wakefield, 1976, reprint.. 338 pp, 8vo (9" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0715811789 B&w illustrations. First published 1880. "MacGeorge wrote this most readable history 'to give in a popular form some idea of the state of Scotland, and especially the locality around. Glasgow, at and subsequent to the time of Kentigern, its patron saint; of the growth of the city; of the condition of the people - their language, their habits and customs, and their municipal history' together with notes on the Clyde basin, and . ' t he wonderful development of the river as a means of traffic'. This intention he admirably fulfilled in twenty-seven chapters covering various topics ranging from the early inhabitants and houses to the prices of commodities and labour...." Sma. ll p encil erasure mark, previous owner's name/info. and large gift inscription on front free endpaper; two small stains on fore-edge of textblock; light browning to edges of textblock; minor browning in margins of pages; cigarette odor; tiny bump . at top /bottom of spine, one small corner bump and three tiny corner bumps. Dust jacket has moderate to heavy edge wrinkling/browning, is price clipped, has light fading to spine color. Very Good-/Good. more information

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Nelson, (London, 1967), Ist ed.. 196 pp, large 8vo, HC. Published to celebrate the 150th birthday of 'The Scotsman', the great Scottish newspaper. It is a lively story of how 'The Scotsman' came into being asa strongly liberal paper in a period of re-action, and how throughout it. s history it has always retained its typically Scottish note of independence. Illus with many b&w photos. Dj has light edgewear and light browning to edges, bottom of spine has two closed tears up to 1/1/4" with creases and chips. VG/VG-. more information

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(Thomasson-Grant, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1987).. 144 pp, 4to HC. Traces the evolution of England's great houses and invites you to explore the "secret landscapes" and lavish chambers of these magnificent country houses. Accompanying the photographs are nine essays based on interviews with the ve. ry real people - lords, butlers, duchesses and curators - who live and work in fabulous houses like Chatsworth. Lavishly illustrated. Minor edgewear and edge wrinkling to dj. NF/VG. more information

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Phonix House, London, (1962), first edition.. 149 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations. "...(written) for older children who would like to hear about their forefathers and the people who made and built the places they see around them. In 'The Book of the Vil. lage' we read the story of the growth of the pattern and ways of our villages, from Saxon to our own times, from the ox-plough to the combine harvester, and from the darkling hills and forests of the earliest farmers to the settled and tidy Engla. n d of today. We learn about the early village and its lord of the manor, the village before factories and mass production killed cottage crafts, of the squire, of the parson - and the squarson - of the high farming of the eighteenth century, of C. ok e o f Norfolk; Jethro Tull, and Turnip Townshend; of the enclosing and stealing of common land, and of the village today." Very light rubbing to board edges, one very small corner bump. Dust jacket is price clipped, small corner crease on front. fl ap , slight fading to spine color, minor edge wear/wrinkling, very light rubbing/soiling. VG/VG. more information

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Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2006, reprint.. 200 pp, large 8vo (9 1/8" H), soft cover. ISBN 184158438X Colour photographs. "Ever since its creation in the mid fifteenth century, Roslyn Chapel has cast a mesmerising spell over all who have visited it. Nestling in an exquisite glen barely se. ven miles from the centre of Edinburgh, it exudes an extraordinary atmosphere, serene yet charged, as if it holds the secret of some vast, unearthly mystery. Almost 600 yers after its creation it remains an enigma that continues to confound and i. n t rigue thousands of people, inspiring stories of The Knights Templar, the Holy Grail and a myriad of esoteric beliefs. Now, with the film of Dan Brown's best-selling 'The Da Vinci Code', Rosslyn is set to capture the imagination of countless oth. er s. In this book, Roddy Martine sifts through mounds of unfounded conjecture and fantasy to make sense of it all. (This) is the only book that lets the facts speak for themselves, showing ultimately that the truth is no less amazing than fictio. n." S mall bump to top corner of pages and covers, soft crease at top corner of rear cover, three very tiny dints on front cover. Very Good-. more information

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His Majesty's Stationery Office, Edinburgh, 1934.. xxi, 154, xxii-xl pp, 7 1/4" H, soft cover. B&w photographs, plans, reproductions, advertisements. Contents: The Palace - The Picture Gallery, The Portraits of James III and His Queen, Margaret of Denmark; Historical Apartments - The Duchess of H. amilton's Drawing-Room, Lord Darnley's Rooms, Lord D's Audience Chamber, Lord D's Bedroom, Lord D's Dressing-Closet, Queen Mary's Private Stair, Queen M's Audience Chamber, Queen M's Bedroom, Queen M's Supper-Room, Queen M's Dressing-Closet; The S. t a te Apartments - The Household Dining-Room, Grand Staircase, The West Drawing-Room, The Throne Room, State Rooms; Chapel Royal; The Environs of Holyrood; Historical Sketch - Annals of Holyrood Abbey, A.D. 1128-1498 - Holyrood as a Royal Palace - . Tr ou bled Times at Holyrood - The Years of Blood - Holyrood Eclipsed by St. James's - From Charles I to George V. Interior - several pages with a tiny corner crease,minor browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. . Ex ter ior - soft creases at corners of covers, small tear at top/bottom of hinges, light rubbing, small liquid stain on rear cover, wrinkling on spine and light wear at top/bottom. Good. more information

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T. Fisher Unwin, London, [1912], Third impression, with a new epilogue.. 360 pp, 8vo, HC, The Story of the Nations series, volume 52, Subscription Edition. Chapters include: The Convict Ship; Tithes and State Church in Ireland; Queen Victoria; Foundation of the Canadian Dominion; The Chartist Collapse; Steam, Telegraph. and Postage; "The Stockdale Case"; The Opium Question; The Irish National Movement; Peel's Triumph and Fall; Crimea and Cawnpore; The Waning Century; Lord Beaconsfield; Mr. Gladstone; The Close of Some Great Careers; Literature, Art and Scien. c e . B &w drawings and photos. Top of text block dust stained, patches of light browning to bottom of text block near spine and at fore edge. Light creasing to top and bottom of spine and some light scuffing, approx. 1/4" dent near top of spine . wi th s c ra tch inside. Very minor edgewear elsewhere. Free endpapers starting to brown. Boards are medium blue with white, dark blue and gilt decoration. VG-. more information

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Phillimore, Chichester, 1989.. Unpaginated, large 8vo (9 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 085033716X Pictorial endpapers. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. "Kingston upon Thames is a Royal Borough, one of only four in England and Wales. Seven. Anglo-Saxon Kings were crowned in the town, which has been an important market and trading centre for more than a thousand years. The Royal Borough was enlarged in 1965 by the inclusion of the two former Boroughs of Malden and Coombe, and Surbito. n . At the beginning of the 19th century, the built-up area around the Market Place supported the traditional trades for which Kingston was famous - malting, brewing, tanning, and tallow-chandlery - while mansions with extensive pleasure grounds an. d farms surrounded the town. The coming of the railways in 1838 and the subsequent rush for development land produced a dramatic change. Large estates were sold and built over to form the pattern of streets and houses familiar today. Surbiton and. M alden and Coombe became separate authorities and churches, chapels and schools were built to serve their expanding communities. The construction of the Kingston By-Pass in 1927 encouraged further growth and the development of the area into a cen. tre of light industry meant that firms like the Sopwith Aviation Company grew rapidly alongside more traditional businesses. The splendid illustrations in this book, many of which come from the local history collection in Kingston Heritage Centre,. cov er that important 150-year period in the history of all three former Boroughs, as the ancient town amid open country was transformed into the contemporary scene. The book provides a fascinating and informative record of daily life since Victor. ian t imes, in wartime and in peace, and of the evolution of the present environment. It will be particularly welcomed by those who still remember many of the scenes and events depicted so vividly in the photographs and by all who are interested in. the p ast of the Kingston area." Fine/Fine. more information

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Cascade, Jedburgh, Scotland, (1989), revised edition.. 34 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H), soft cover. Color plate (tartans) and sepiatone reproductions, maps. "...depicts a gripping - often grim - clan struggle set paradoxically amongst some of the world's most stunning scenery. The centuries are pushed back to . chronicle the clan's exciting past. Giving visual impetus to this saga are numerous period illustrations...Clan maps - with a period setting - help clarify clan territory and its illustrious moments. Also the lives of some notable clansmen - spann. ing the centuries and continents - are proudly portrayed..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean and bright. NF. more information

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Cascade, Jedburgh, (1988), revised edition.. 34 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H), soft cover. Color frontispiece (showing clan tartans) & sepiatone reproductions. "...depicts a gripping - often grim - clan struggle set paradoxically amongst some of the world's most stunning scenery. The centuries are pus. hed back to chronicle the clan's exciting past...Clan maps - with a period setting - help clarify clan territory and its illustrious moments. Also the lives of some notable clansmen - spanning the centuries and continents - are proudly portrayed. . " Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light mark at top corner of front cover. VG. more information

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Didsbury Civic Society / E. J. Morten, Didsbury, Manchester, 1969, reprint.. 142 pp, 8vo (8 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w plates. "In this book the author presents the results of research he has made into the history of a more than usually interesting suburb of a great city (Manchester), based not so much on the . work of earlier writers as on the inspection of original documents wherever they might have been. It was inevitable that a quest so detailed should have yielded a crop of original discoveries. How many people know that the artificial banks of the . River Mersey date back to the thirteenth century; that armies of both Cavaliers and Roundheads mustered on the very land where Didsbury Library stands or that, in 1651, an army of invading Scots was routed on Didsbury Golf Course where many of them . lie buried today? Mr. Million has taken nothing for granted and does not ask his readers to take anything on trust. His book is liberally provided with quotations from original sources, many of which have never previously been published. There ar. e few districts in the country of which so comprehensive a history has been written." Gift inscription on verso of front free endpaper, minor browning to edges of textblock, very light edge wear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jack. e t is price clipped has heavy edge wear/creasing, small chips and some tears, light browning, light to moderate rubbing, paper pull on front panel, faded color on spine and hinges. Very Good/Fair. more information

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Odhams, London, (1954).. 384 pp, large 8vo, hard cover (red boards, black title block with gold lettering) - no dust jacket. Color frontispiece, b&w photos, reproductions. The life of Julius Salter Elias, later Viscount Southwood, his involvement in publishing, beginning . with his employment by Odhams, his war work, charitable works, etc. Interior - pages browning lightly (moderately on half-title and last index pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light fading to spine and . 1"band at top of front cover, faint fingermarks to covers. VG-. more information

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Canadian Association for Scottish Studies, Guelph, Ontario, 1999.. 133 pp, 8vo (8 5/16" H), soft cover. Articles: Scotland's National Monument, 1816-1828; Neglected Source Materials on the Jacobite Risings; Religious Stalwarts: Knox's Presbyterian helps shape the character of early Galt (Ontario); "Pillars of the. Authority of Princes": Reflections on the Employment of Bishops in the British Isles in the Reign of James IV/I; Collections Update: Hope's Major Practicks and the Study of Scots Law. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. . E xterior - tiny bump at top of spine. Very Good+. more information

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Webb & Bower, Exeter, 1988.. 192 pp, large 8vo (9 15/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0863501990 Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w. "This engaging and fully illustrated account of 'men and women of achievement' from the end of medieval times to the present day i. s both authoritative genealogical history and a vivid pageant of the characters which have made up Britain's past. The book begins by explaining that British aristocracy has never been a closed corporation, hence its vigour, its staying power and . i ts fascination. The author then considers how each age thrusts new families to the fore and looks at each great family from its origins to the present. He shows that some families go on producting outstanding people down the centuries, and discu. ss es why this should be. However, no family is spared its skeletons, and the author's witty, even scurrilous, but always affectionate and honest anecdotes and comments range far and wide, targeting both the living and the dead - from the 'Jockey' . of Norfolk to the 'Dancing Marquess' of Anglesey, from Lord Alfred Douglas to the Princess of Wales, from Bertrand Russell to Sir George Sitwell, from Coke of Norfolk to the Knight of Glin, from the Wedgwoods to the Guinnesses. And he takes a fresh. lo ok at old ideas - who, for instance, really gave 'trade' a bad name, who are the 'landed gentry' and why is the 'country seat' so peculiarly British? The book ends with a look at twentieth-century onslaughts on tradition and privilege, but conc. lude s that great British families, true to form, are fighting back." Minor wrinkle at top of spine, two small light soiling marks on top of text block. Dust jacket light wrinkling along top edge, minor rubbing. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Sphere Reference, (London, 1985).. 276 pp, small 8vo (7 3/4" H), soft cover. B&w photos, maps, reproductions. "...covers the period c55BC-1485 in four essays which form a continuous narrative: Roman Britain, The Anglo Saxons, The Early Middle Ages and The Later Middle Ages." Addit. ional information - 'Further Reading; Chronology; Genealogies of Royal Lines; Sources." Interior - previous owners name and info. in pen on copyright page, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - minor rubbing, spine. f l at with one faint crease. VG. more information

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David & Charles, Newton Abbot, (1984).. 272 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 071538418X B&w photos and maps. "Here is a long-awaited general and cultural history of Wales, a fascinating introduction to the country in all its key aspects. Both authoritative and attractively wri. tten it isolates the distinctive themes that have shaped the characteristics of the nation and which to this day distinguish it strongly from its powerful neighbour, England..." Minor rubbing to boards, two minor shallow dints on rear board, two. v e ry slight corner bumps, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, ghost tape marks and tiny paper pull on rear pastedown. Dust jacket has been price clipped, has ghost tape marks on fore-edge of front flap, two very small closed tears (archivall. y t ap ed) and tiny mark on fore-edge of rear flap, light wrinkling at top of spine and flap-folds, faint small stain at bottom inside of spine. Very good-/Very Good-. more information

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