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New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1970. 476pp.. ISBN: 0678006717. Facsimile Reprint. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. POLITICAL HISTORY PHILOSOPHY. more information

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The Cromwell Association. A rare opportunity to purchase a run of 31 issues from 1972-2004.Does not include 1985-86 issue but in addition to 31 issues includes copy of Cromwell 400 and Cromwell's Day 1965 address pamphlet. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HISTORY GREAT BRITAIN CROMWELL ENGLISH CIVIL WAR JOURNAL. more information

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Zurich: Chronos Verlag, 1997. 428pp.. ISBN: 3905312220. Cloth. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2002. Priced for the Two Volumes:Volume 115 of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains 20 obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the British Academy and an essay on James Bryce (President of the Academy, 1913-1917). Memoirs of Fellows have previously been published in the same annual Proceedings volume as that containing the British Academy's Lectures. The Biographical Memoirs are henceforth to be published in a volume of their own, within the Proceedings sequence. 463pp. and 019726302X Volume 120 of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains 25 obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the British Academy.554pp.Published 2003.. ISBN: 0197262783. First Edition. Cloth/Gilt. As New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. SOCIAL SCIENCES BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY SCIENCE THE BRITISH ACADEMY 019726302X. more information

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England: The Historical Association. A complete run from Volume XLIX, Number 166,June 1964 to Volume 89,Number 296, October 2004.130 issues in total.Lacks one issue,Vol.69,No.226.PLEASE NOTE:The price includes postage in the U.K. for this unusual opportunity to purchase a long run of this prestigious journal.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION HISTORY JOURNAL PAPERS. more information

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New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1967. Introduction by John Saville.Two Volumes In One.668pp.. Facsimile Reprint. Cloth. Fine/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORKING RADICAL CHARTISM POLITICAL HISTORY 19TH CENTURY. more information

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Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2003. This study of disease among the native peoples of the New World before and after 1492 challenges many widely held notions about encounters between European and native peoples. Whereas many late twentieth century scholars blamed the catastrophic decline of post-conquest native populations on the introduction of previously unknown infections from the Old World, Alchon argues that the experiences of native peoples in the New World closely resembled those of other human populations. Exposure to lethal new infections resulted in rates of morbidity and mortality among native Americans comparable to those found among Old World populations. Why then did native American populations decline by 75 to 90 percent in the century following contact with Europeans? Why did these populations fail to recover, in contrast to those of Africa, Asia, and Europe? Alchon points to the practices of European colonialism. Warfare and slavery increased mortality, and forced migrations undermined social, political, and economic institutions. This timely study effectively overturns the notion of New World exceptionalism. By showing that native Americans were not uniquely affected by European diseases, Alchon also undercuts the stereotypical notion of the Americas as a new Eden, free of disease and violence until the intrusion of germ-laden, rapacious Europeans. 214pp.. ISBN: 0826328717. First Edition. Paperback. As New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES EPIDEMIOLOGY MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY. more information

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Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd tells the remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. Like the trials of Martin Guerre and O.J. Simpson, the Perreau-Rudd case - filled with scandal, deceit, and mystery - preoccupied a public hungry for sensationalism. Peopled with such familiar figures as John Wilkes, King George III, Lord Mansfield, and James Boswell, this story reveals the deep anxieties of this period of English capitalism. The case acts as a prism that reveals the hopes, fears, and prejudices of that society. Above all, this episode presents a parable of the 1770s, when London was the center of European finance and national politics, of fashionable life and tell-all journalism, of empire achieved and empire lost. The crime, a hanging offense, came to light with the arrest of identical twin brothers, Robert and Daniel Perreau, after the former was detained trying to negotiate a forged bond. At their arraignment they both accused Daniel's mistress, Margaret Caroline Rudd, of being responsible for the crime. The brothers' trials coincided with the first reports of bloodshed in the American colonies at Lexington and Concord and successfully competed for space in the newspapers. From March until the following January, people could talk of little other than the fate of the Perreaus and the impending trial of Mrs. Rudd. The participants told wildly different tales and offered strikingly different portraits of themselves. The press was filled with letters from concerned or angry correspondents. The public, deeply divided over who was guilty, was troubled by evidence that suggested not only that fair might be foul, but that it might not be possible to decide which was which. While the decade of the 1770s has most frequently been studied in relation to imperial concerns and their impact upon the political institutions of the day, this book draws a different portrait of the period, making a cause celebre its point of entry. Exhaustively researched and brilliantly presented, it offers both a vivid panorama of London and a gauge for tracking the shifting social currents of the period.Head of d/j spine slightly rubbed,slight fading to d/j.. ISBN: 0520220625. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TRIALS_GREAT BRITAIN FORGERY CRIME AND. more information

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London: Thames and Hudson, 1974. Signed by Maurice Ashley on ffep.192pp.Darkening to page edges.Head of d/j spine slightly rubbed.. ISBN: 0500820023. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ENGLISH CIVIL WAR BRITISH HISTORY MAURICE ASHLEY 17TH CENTURY. more information

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London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1964. Includes two page letter from Maurice Ashley to Professor Austin Woolrych dated 1964,signed Maurice.Professor Woolrych's stamp on ffep.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SOCIAL HISTORY ENGLAND LIFE STUART ENGLAND SIGNED MAURICE ASHLEY LETTER. more information

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Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1973. 208pp.Previous owner's signature on front pastedown.. ISBN: 0715357565. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. HUMAN ECOLOGY ENGLISH SOCIAL HISTORY GEOGRAPHY. more information

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Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1998. 216pp.. ISBN: 0750919434. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. TUDOR HISTORY JOHN STOW BRITISH HISTORY. more information

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Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.: I H S Press, 2003. This is a vivid portrayal of Charles II, as well as a historical investigation into the role of monarchy in pre-Revolution Europe. It looks closely at the role that the burgeoning financial powers played in shaping European politics and the effects of these powers on the English monarchy and on Europe generally. Belloc brings to his writing an intimate knowledge of the countries about which he is writing and a fervent belief in the Catholic faith and its role in the history of Europe. 223pp.. ISBN: 0971828644. Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CHARLES 2ND KING GREAT BRITAIN 1630 1685 HISTORY KINGS RULERS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY ROYALTY. more information

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Dusseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1998. Slight chipping to top edge d/j.786pp.Slight staining to base of book.. ISBN: 3770052137. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. GERMANY HISTORY. more information

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New York: Demos Medical Publishing, 2004. Since publication of the initial version of Plagues & Poxes in 1987, which had the optimistic subtitle """"The Rise and Fall of Epidemic Disease,"""" the rise of new diseases such as AIDS and the deliberate modification and weaponization of diseases such as anthrax have changed the way we perceive infectious disease. With major modifications to deal with this new reality, the acclaimed author of Civil War Medicine: Challenges and Triumphs has updated and revised this series of essays about changing disease patterns in history and some of the key events and people involved in them. It deals with the history of major outbreaks of disease - both infectious diseases such as plague and smallpox and noninfectious diseases - and shows how they are in many cases caused inadvertently by human actions, including warfare, commercial travel, social adaptations, and dietary modifications. To these must now be added discussion of the intentional spreading of disease by acts of bioterrorism, and the history and knowledge of those diseases that are thought to be potential candidates for intentional spread by bioterrorists.Among the many topics discussed are: How the spread of smallpox and measles among previously unexposed populations in the Americas, the introduction of malaria and yellow fever from Africa via the importation of slaves into the Western hemisphere, and the importation of syphilis to Europe all are related to the modern interchange of diseases such as AIDS. How the ever-larger populations in the cities of Europe and North America gave rise to """"crowd diseases"""" such as polio by permitting the existence of sufficient numbers of non-immune people in sufficient numbers to keep the diseases from dying out. How the domestication of animals allowed diseases of animals to affect humans, or perhaps become genetically modified to become epidemic human diseases. Why the concept of deficiency diseases was not understood before the early twentieth century; disease, after all, was the presence of something abnormal, how could it be due to the absence of something? In fact, the first epidemic disease in human history probably was iron deficiency anemia. How changes in the availability and nature of specific foods have affected the size of population groups and their health throughout history. The introduction of potatoes to Ireland and corn to Europe, and the relationship between the modern technique of rice milling and beriberi, all illustrate the fragile nutritional state that results when any single vegetable crop is the main source of food. Why biological warfare is not a new phenomenon. There have been attempts to intentionally cause epidemic disease almost since the dawn of recorded history, including the contamination of wells and other water sources of armies and civilian populations; of course, the spread of smallpox to Native Americans during the French and Indian War is known to every schoolchild. With our increased technology, it is not surprising that we now have to deal with problems such as weaponized spores of anthrax. . ISBN: 188879979X. First Edition. Paperback. As New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. EPIDEMIOLOGY EPIDEMICS MEDICINE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. more information

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Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: Duquesne Univ Press, 2003. This study examines English patriotism in the sixteenth century to discern its nature and modes of cultural expression, and to consider its use in political and religious propaganda. Focusing on a time when patriotism had yet to be truly conceptualised, Brennan investigates the sixteenth century while giving voice to the controversy between modernist and revisionist writers concerning the timing of the birth of nationalism. This astute work deals with a broad range of historical and literary texts, many of which are not often explored. 160pp.N.B.Top edge of d/j spine slightly rubbed.. ISBN: 0820703397. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ENGLISH LITERATURE HISTORY CRITICISM TUDOR. more information

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London: Fourth Estate, 2004. A brilliant new reading of the Bayeux Tapestry that radically alters our understanding of the events of 1066 and reveals the astonishing story of the survival of early medieval Europe's greatest treasure. The Bayeux Tapestry was embroidered (it's not really a tapestry) in the late eleventh century. As an artefact, it is priceless, incomparable -- nothing of it's delicacy and texture, let alone wit, survives from the period. As a pictorial story it is delightful: the first feature-length cartoon. As history it is essential: it represents the moment of Britain's last conquest by a foreign army and celebrates the Norman victory over the blinded Saxon Harold. Or does it?In this brilliant and dogged piece of detective interpretation, Andrew Bridgeford looks at the narrative contained within the tapestry and has discovered a wealth of new information. Who commissioned it? Who made it? Who is the singular dwarf named as Turold? Why, in a work that celebrates a Norman conquest is the defeated Harold treated so nobly? Is Harold indeed the victim of the arrow from the sky? And who is the figure depicted in the tapestry who, at the moment of crisis for the Normans rallies the army just at the point when it mistakenly believes William is dead and it will be defeated?Using the tapestry, the book retells with vivid characterisation the story of the remaking of England in and after 1066. It is a compelling story, as is the tale of the extraordinary survival of the tapestry itself: history has rarely been writ so large, with such fine detail and yet been so veiled in mystery. 354pp.. ISBN: 1841150401. First Edition. Cloth. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BAYEUX TAPESTRY GREAT BRITAIN HASTINGS HISTORY. more information

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London: Published for the British Academy By the Oxford University Press, 1980. 85pp.. ISBN: 0197259995. First Edition. Cloth. As New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. PROCEEDINGS BRITISH ACADEMY INDEX. more information

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London: Phoenix, 2007. Before Ramsey, Rhodes or Oliver there was Alexis Soyer: Best-Selling author, entrepreneur, inventor, philanthropist, secret bigamist and colleage of Florence Nightingale.342pp.. ISBN: 9780753821961. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. As New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. COOKERY CELEBRITY CHEF'S HISTORY ALEXIS SOYER. more information

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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1969. D/J spine slightly faded.239pp.. ISBN: 0049010166. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ROYALTY ELIZABETHAN CHURCH HISTORY. more information

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Denmark: Univ Press of Southern Denmark, 2004. 371pp.. ISBN: 8778388597. First Edition. Paperback. New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FEMINISM SOCIAL SCIENCE FEMINIST THEORY. more information

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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. Covering some of humankind's most notable diseases, this book shows how disease actually made history in a book of eternal fascination. 176pp.. ISBN: 0297822543. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PLAGUE EPIDEMICS DISEASE HISTORY. more information

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London: John Gifford Ltd, 1978. 196pp.. ISBN: 0707105676. Second Revised Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine/Price Clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. PRINTS MAPS HISTORY CARTOGRAPHY. more information

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London: Viking, 1998. To the English, George III is the king who went mad; to most Americans he is the king stigmated in the declaration of independence as "unfit to be the ruler of a free people". This text offers a re-examination of his political beliefs and aspirations, his relationships with his ministers, and also the reasons why he was so widely loved by the British but reviled by his American subjects. 463pp.. ISBN: 0670869414. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. KING GEORGE III HISTORY ENGLAND. more information

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Sofia: Kibea, 2003. This illustrated volume presents the portraits of the thirty-six rulers of the Ottoman Empire, from Osman I Gazi to Mehmet VI. The tale of their lives and of the major events during their rule follows the development of a small border principality into a powerful empire spreading over three continents, incorporating in its heyday an immense territory and a wide variety of peoples, to pass through its long and painful disintegration and come to its inevitable collapse in the early 20th century. What kind of people were the sultans? What did they look like? How did they act as statesmen and in their private life? What were their merits and vices? How did they become all-powerful lords or mere toys in the hands of their advisors? The unbiased tale of the life of these persons who bore the burden of power is effectively the history of the Ottoman Empire -- pathetic and proud, cruel and genuine, with its ups and downs, entwining the fate of many peoples and nations and leaving an indelible if ambiguous mark in the annals of humankind. 120pp.. ISBN: 9544743294. Cloth/Laminated Boards. As New/No d/j as Published. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. HISTORY ASIA RULERS OTTOMAN EMPIRE SULTANS OSMAN GAZI. more information

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London: Skinners' and Merchant taylors' Companies, 1984. Published to commemorate the Quincentenary of the Award by Mayor Billesdon in 1484.32pp.. Cloth/Gilt. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. LONDON BILLESDON AWARD SKINNERS MERCHANT TAYLORS COMPANIES GUILDS HISTORY MERCHANTS. more information

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London: Allen Lane, 1999. The boy-king Edward VI, last of the male Tudors, died while still a teenager, his plans for his country's future soon to be overturned by his Roman Catholic half-sister Mary. Yet his reign has a significance in English history out of all proportion to its brief six-year span. During its course, England's rulers spearheaded a religious revolution which propelled them into the heart of the European Protestant Reformation. They deliberately sponsored the destruction of a thousand-year-old devotional world, and they let loose an explosive new form of Christianity within the realm. This moulded the future identity of the English nation, created a shape for the Church of England which remains today, and inspired one of the foundation documents of English prose, the Book of Common Prayer, a key text in the development of one of the world's most widely spoken languages. In this book, based on the Birkbeck Lectures at Cambridge University for 1997-98, Diarmaid MacCullogh underlines the significance of Edward's turbulent and neglected reign. He take a fresh look at the life and beliefs of the young king and of the ruthless politicians who jostled for power around him. He analyzes the carefully phased but single-minded strategy for bringing in the Protestant revolution; he assesses the support which the revolution enjoyed among the people of England; and he emphasizes the heady enthusiasm that many felt for what was happening. He describes the crisis of 1549, when nationwide unrest divided the government and people and brought about the overthrow of the King's charismatic uncle and Lord Protector, the Duke of Somerset. Although the regime collapsed in apparent failure and disgrace on Edward's death in 1553, the story does not end there; a second half-sister, Elizabeth, succeeded Mary and brought Protestantism back to the official Church, though in a subtly different form. The tensions between her vision of the Church and that of the dead boy-king continued to haunt English religion. MacCulloch traces the strange afterlife of Edward's reign, its surprising connections with the civil wars which convulsed the British Isles a century later, and the effect it still has on English life. 283pp.. ISBN: 0713993693. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. EDWARD VI KING OF ENGLAND TUDOR HISTORY. more information

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London: Edward Arnold, 1973. 272pp.Pages have darkened,d/j spine faded.. ISBN: 0713156953. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ENGLISH CIVIL WAR SOCIETY HISTORY RELIGION. more information

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Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press, 2007. Thinking of writing a history? Or commissioning one? Local historians, church and institutional historians, genealogists, thesis-writers, and the people who commission them will welcome "How To Do Local History". It is a brief and lively introduction to historical research, writing and publishing by a leading historian. This book explains how to use books and archives, and is full of practical tips on 'reading' the landscape, on oral history and on using illustrations effectively. The last chapter takes historians and their clients through the intricacies of internet and conventional publishing, using case studies of real books to explain terminology, scheduling, design, costing and selling. Although written for a New Zealand audience, readers in other countries will also find it useful. 96pp.. ISBN: 1877372412. First Edition. Paperback. New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NEW ZEALAND HISTORY LOCAL HISTORY. more information

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London: Atlantic Books, 2008. "God and Gold" is a brilliantly stimulating and provocative look at why, for over 300 years, the Anglo-Saxon powers have dominated the world economically and militarily. For four hundred years, Britain, America and their allies have dominated the world both militarily and economically. They have won the wars - the hot wars, the cold wars and the trade wars - time and again; and yet the battle for hearts and minds has proved far harder to win. In "God and Gold", Walter Russell Mead examines why this has been the case and what the overwhelming ascendancy and concentration of power in the hands of 'les Anglo-Saxons' has meant for the direction of world history. In so doing, he sheds scintillating new light on the current political, economic and cultural climate, and suggests where we might be heading from here.. ISBN: 9781843547259. Paperback. New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CIVILIZATION, MODERN ECONOMIC HISTORY GREAT. more information

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London: Royal Historical Society, 1968. 249pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIBLIOGRAPHY HISTORY CAMDEN SOCIETY ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. more information

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Missouri, USA: Truman State University Press, 2007. Plague was one of the enduring facts of everyday life on the European continent, from earliest antiquity through the first decades of the eighteenth century. It represents one of the most important influences on the development of Europe's society and culture. In order to understand the changing circumstances of the political, economic, ecclesiastical, artistic, and social history of that continent, it is important to understand epidemic disease and society's response to it. To date, the largest portion of scholarship about plague has focused on its political, economic, demographic, and medical aspects. This interdisciplinary volume offers greater coverage of the religious and the psychological dimensions of plague and of European society's response to it through many centuries and over a wide geographical terrain, including Byzantium. 329pp.. ISBN: 9781931112734. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PLAGUE DISEASE EUROPEAN HISTORY. more information

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Koblenz: Gorres-Verlag, 1990. German Text.385pp.Slight loss to rear d/j.. ISBN: 3920388119. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HISTORY. more information

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Budapest, Hungary: Akademiai Kiado, 1994. 383pp.Text in French.. ISBN: 9630566885. Cloth/Laminated Boards. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HUNGARY HISTORY FRENCH. more information

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London: The Hambledon Press, 1995. While marriages were supposed to be celebrated publicly by priests, in churches where the parties were known, many couples had reasons - among them parental disapproval, religious nonconformity, property considerations and previous entanglements - to marry in other ways. Nor was this difficult where there was no unified marriage code, where a simple exchange of vows, might constitute a valid marriage, and where unbeneficed priests were prepared to perform the ceremony in return for a drink. Clandestine marriage had represented a problem to the church and state, and to the rights of property, since the Middle Ages, eluding a variety of attempts to control it. By the 18th century it had become a scandal, with Fleet parsons marrying thousands of couples a year. In 1753 Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act nullified such irregular marriages, only to drive them to adopt other guises until the introduction of civil marriage in 1836. This study explores the nature and scale of clandestine marriage. The author describes why it attracted so many customers and why it was so hard to suppress. It aims to provide a different perspective on a central social and religious institution.. ISBN: 1852851309. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MARRIAGE LAW GREAT BRITAIN MARRIAGE SERVICE SOCIAL HISTORY. more information

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Praze: Nakladem Filosoficke Fakulty Karlovy University, 1949. TCHEQUE/CZECH TEXT.English summary at end.Edges of d/j a little chipped.Some pages uncut.247pp.10pp. plates.. Paperback. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BOHEMIAN WAR MILITARY HISTORY BRITAIN TCHEQUE. more information

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Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1986. 182pp.. ISBN: 0719018803. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. GREAT BRITAIN HISTORY POLITICS GOVERNMENT 17TH CENTURY. more information

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London: Harper Collins, 2004. Malaria comes from the Italian word "Mal'aria" or bad air. For centuries malaria killed millions - Alexander the Great was one of its better-known victims - and its debilitating effects have been linked to the demise of ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. The traditional remedies of bloodletting killed off many who may have been spared by the fevers. In 1735 Joseph de Jussieu set out for Latin America as the first non-Spanish expedition to be allowed to enter the continent. The Peruvian bark or Jesuit's powder had been known in Europe since 1644 but met with violent opposition from the medical establishment and the public. So feared were papists in general and Jesuits in particular that throughout Protestant Europe there were demonstrations against the bark, and the talk was of Papist plots to poison. This changed when Charles II was cured by the bark and then the race was on to obtain seeds of the precious trees. Fiametta Rocco - who herself has had malaria - explores the history of the ravages of the disease, of the heroism and tragedy of those who have attempted to find cures and the manner in which the discovery of quinine opened the door of the tropics to western imperial adventure.348pp.. ISBN: 0006532357. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. As New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HISTORY DISEASE MALARIA MEDICINE. more information

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Cambridge: Published for the Conference on British Studies at the University Press, 1971. 115pp.. ISBN: 0521081718. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. GREAT BRITAIN HISTORY PURITAN REVOLUTION BIBLIOGRAPHY. more information

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London: Constable, 1968. 224pp.. ISBN: 0486127664. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. EDWARD I HISTORY ENGLAND WALES SCOTLAND MONARCHY. more information

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Pamplona: Gobierno De Navarra, 1994. 301pp.. ISBN: 8423512916. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HISTORY. more information

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Copenhagen S, Denmark: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2003. Essays offering a wide ranging survey of political,economic and cultural aspects of the interaction between the two neighbouring countries during the last two centuries.658pp.. ISBN: 8772897503. First Edition. Cloth/Laminated Boards. As New/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. BRITAIN DENMARK HISTORY CULTURE POLITICS ECONOMICS 19TH 20TH CENTURY. more information

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Leicester & Toronto : Leicester University Press, 1982. 400pp.. ISBN: 0718511905. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good/Price Clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NEWSPAPERS HISTORY PERIODICAL PRESS.. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. 342pp.. ISBN: 0224028057. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. GREAT BRITAIN HISTORY TUDORS 1485. more information

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Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2001. Historians' task has always been to make sense of the world. In an age of globalisation this task has become even more formidable. In this book some of the world's most prominent historians take stock of the new situation, reflect on its implications and offer brilliant insights into the fascinations of the new field. Two thousand historians met in Oslo, Norway in the year 2000. High on their agenda was the state of global history. "Making Sense of Global History" presents selected papers dealing with the status and future of global history, cultural contacts between the continents over the centuries, the manifold construction and division of time, and with the use and misuse of history worldwide. This commemorative volume from the 19th International Congress of the Historical Sciences contains 24 papers - all chosen for their excellence and general appeal. 416pp. . ISBN: 8215001068. Paperback. New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. GLOBAL HISTORY HISTORICAL SCIENCES. more information

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Sweden: Nordic Academic Press, 2004. This anthology is based on a symposium which had as its key issue a critical discussion of different theories of modernisation from the perspective of people's activities in local manorial societies. Modernisation can be studied in terms of changing values, norms and social relationships. From a theoretical point of view the book makes use of the possibility to change main macro-conceptions of the modernisation process, using dichotomies such as feudal/capitalist and individual/collective, and it also tries to integrate tradition and continuity perspective. 416pp,. ISBN: 9189116402. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SOCIAL SCIENCES SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY RURAL LOCAL MANORIAL SOCIETIES HISTORY MIDDLE AGES MODERNISM. more information

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London: Collins, 1986. A very special copy of this title signed on the front end paper by Veronica Wedgwood,Oliver Millar,Richard Ollard,Ivan Roots,Robert Van Der Weyer,Pamela Tudor Craig,Austin Woolrych,Maurice Ashley,Roy Strong,Elizabeth Longford,Jaqueline Hope-Wallace.Also signed postcard from C.V.Wedgwood and various newspaper review clippings.Fading to d/j spine.251pp.. ISBN: 0002175177. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 17TH CENTURY HISTORY STUDIES C.V.WEDGWOOD SIGNED ASSOCIATION. more information

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London: Hutchinson, 1999. The first half of the 17th century basically constituted the conflict between Charles Sturt and Oliver Cromwell. They were almost exact contemporaries, 19 months separating their birth dates, but were possessed of differing if equally deep divine missions. This is a study of the era and issues. 473pp.. ISBN: 0091801605. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. OLIVER CROMWELL HISTORY BIOGRAPHY. more information

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London: The Herbert Press, 1984. 144pp.. ISBN: 090696945X. First Edition. Cloth. As New/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ENGLISH LITERATURE SAMUEL JOHNSON. more information

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