England Books

England: The National Trust, 1987. Large paperback in excellent condition, nice gift copy, an illustrated tour of the house, includes an architectural history and a bibliography. Trade Paperback. Fine. Architecture. (more information)

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Gresham Books Limited, 2001. Hardcover, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition, looks new, nice gift copy, illustrations include a double-page end-paper plan of the grounds in color, "Since its foundation in 1900 Godstowe has been at the forefront of girls' education. With a distinguished tradition as the first British boarding preparatory school for girls it has continued to prosper and expand throughout the century...". ISBN: 0946095426. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Women's Studies. (more information)

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London: Country Life Limited, 1953. Large format hardcover with dustjacket, great black and white photographs and a map, a superb copy of the first printing. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/NF. ENGLAND PHOTOGRAPHY. (more information)

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Long Acre, London: Odhams Press Limited. Publisher's "Britain Illustrated" series, 128 pages, nearly 150 black & white photos and a map, no copyright date, hardcover, book sunned at top/bottom edge, dustjacket has heavy rubbing at the folds and is price-clipped, protected in an archival mylar cover. Hard Cover. VG/Good. TRAVEL. (more information)

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London: Country Life Limited, 1951. Large format hardcover, beautiful black and white photographs and a map, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. NF/NF. ENGLAND PHOTOGRAPHY. (more information)

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Hodder & Stoughton, 1980. Hardcover first printing, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition, nice gift copy, "The unravelling of their vast and much-intermarried family tree has revealed a lively and colourful social history". ISBN: 034022214X. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. SCOTLAND IRELAND GENEALOGY. (more information)

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Bracken Books, 1985. Reprinted from the original 1931 edition, a concise illustrated introduction to the principal towns of the country and their origins, legends, and notable historical events, hardcover with dustjacket, a beautiful copy, suitable for gift-giving. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. TRAVEL ENGLAND. (more information)

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Knopf, 1929. First American printing of this historical biography, illustrated, bibliography, a very clean tight copy, dustjacket has moderate edge-wear. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. NF/VG. BIOGRAPHY ENGLAND ROYALTY MONARCHY. (more information)

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Scribner, 1979. First American printing, hardcover with dustjacket, well-illustrated with photos, ".traces the lives of these eight very different Princesses.," owner name on inside of front cover is the only book blemish, dustjacket shows minor signs of use only and is protected in our removable mylar cover. ISBN: 0684161532. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. NF/NF. ROYALTY BIOGRAPHY. (more information)

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St. Martin's Press, 1976. Hardcover, book is flawless, dustjacket has a few short edge-tears, it's clean and bright with the original price present and a removable protective mylar cover included, first American printing, a study of "the rise and fall of the power and influence of ladies-in-waiting from the Middle Ages to the present day". 1st U.S. Ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/VG. (more information)

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University of Michigan Press. Complete set of two hardcover volumes, both are first printings, published in 1961 and 1962 respectively, both books are in excellent condition (they look new), both dustjackets have just a trace of rubbing as their only flaw, the original prices are present, a beautifully-preserved set of this history which covers from the conquest of Caesar to Harold Macmillan. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/NF. (more information)

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Viking, 1974. From actual diaries and memoirs Avery has created a picture of nineteenth-century England, illustrated throughout, decorative end-papers, notes and sources, index, first U.S. printing, hinges are slightly weak, dustjacket has moderate edge-wear. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG/VG. VICTORIANA TRAVEL ENGLAND. (more information)

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Augustus M. Kelley, 1969. Transportation history, England, nicely illustrated with photographs, drawings, and maps, dustjacket is price-clipped, an exceptional copy overall, first American printing. 1st U.S. Ed.. Hard Cover. NF/VG+. TRANSPORTATION ENGLAND TRAVEL. (more information)

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Associated University Presses, Inc, 1996. Number 8 in this series of international volumes published yearly, contains essays and studies by critics and cultural historians, this volume considers the festive liturgy in the Thames valley parishes and biblical figures in the Corpus Christi plays- and extends to the closing of the theaters, hardcover, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition, nice gift copy. ISBN: 0838636411. Hard Cover. NF/Fine. (more information)

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Longmans, Green & Co., 1936. Stated first edition, hardcover, burgundy cloth, no dustjacket, illustrated, blank front end-paper has been removed. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG-. (more information)

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Barnes & Noble Books, 1985. Hardcover, first American printing, book is flawless, dustjacket has some rubbing only, no other flaws, a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "..addresses the critical period in the foundation of the first industrialized nation, highlighting the transition from a pre-industrial to an industrial economy in eighteenth-century England..". ISBN: 0389205842. 1st U.S. Ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/VG+. INDUSTRUAL REVOLUTION. (more information)

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London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1971. Hardcover first printing, former owner's name-stamp on the first blank page is the only book blemish, the dustjacket is quite nice also, it does have one short edge-tear on the bottom of the front panel, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "...have here collected and annotated a nostaligic and representative selection of pictures dating from the early days of photography in the middle of the last century to the years immediately before the First World War". ISBN: 713401184. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. NF/VG+. Photography Travel. (more information)

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Abrams, 1982. Hardcover first printing, ".an affectionate though not uncritical account of England and her people," texts by Robert Blake, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Quentin Bell, Asa Briggs, Kenneth Muir, and others, large format, 306 illustrations including 85 plates in full color, drawings, and maps, moderate scuffing to the dustjacket. ISBN: 0810908654. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. NF/VG. TRAVEL. (more information)

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Louisiana State University Press, 1987. ".more than sensational murder- it's a view through the hangman's noose of a glittering era in English history," illustrated, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition, hardcover first printing. ISBN: 0807113719. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/NF. BIOGRAPHY. (more information)

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Yale University Press, 1991. Hardcover first printing, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition, nice gift copy, "..tells a true detective story set mainly in Elizabethan London during the years of cold war just before the Armada of 1588". ISBN: 0300049935. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. (more information)

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Little, Brown, 1975. Biography of the seventeenth-century king, illustrated, maps, notes, owner name, moderate edge-tanning, dustjacket has moderate surface & edge-wear, hardcover, first American printing. 1st U.S. Ed.. Hard Cover. VG/VG. ENGLAND ROYALTY MONARCHY BIOGRAPHY. (more information)

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Pantheon Books, 1977. Large paperback, over 200 folktales, page-edges tanned. ISBN: 0394739930. Trade Paperback. VG. (more information)

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London: Virago Press Ltd., 1986. Large paperback, winner of the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize 1985, excellent condition. ISBN: 0860683613. Trade Paperback. NF. BLACK STUDIES WOMEN'S. (more information)

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London, England: Robert Hale Ltd., 1986. Hardcover first printing with dustjacket, this is a great-looking copy, quite suitable for gift-giving, "From the daily brawls and debauches to the fierce sex shop contoversy of 1776 E.J. Burford has uncovered a social history as dramatic as any novelist could create," nicely illustrated throughout. ISBN: 0709026293. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. GENERAL HISTORY. (more information)

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Stratford-On-Avon; George Boyden, 1894. Inscribed "Lady Lewis, From the writer. With every good wish. Jan: 1897," an account of the playhouses, players, and playwrights of his period," hardcover, original green cloth and quarter vellum spine, nice illustrations including a double-page map of a part of Warwickshire showing the Shakespeare Country (1603), and a double-page map of London showing the Rose Theatre and Bear House (1593), 112 pages, moderate darkening to the vellum and a small faded area on the cloth at bottom front corner which is probably due to dampness but the cover is attractive despite these flaws, no flaws internally, pages and illustrations are bright and clean, a great gift for the Shakespeare enthusiast!. Signed by Author. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG+. BIOGRAPHY LITERATURE. (more information)

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Phaidon Press Limited, 1982. Large format hardcover with dustjacket, "surveys the history of Anglo-Saxon England - a period of some 650 years, from the end of Roman rule to the Norman Conquest," hundreds of illustrations, forty in color, book has a bit of dust-tanning to the top outer page-edge, some surface-rubbing present on the dustjacket, no other flaws. ISBN: 0801414822. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+. (more information)

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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. A history of this magnificent building, illustrated throughout in color with pen & wash drawings by Gentleman, beautiful copy, hardcover first printing, dustjacket is price-clipped. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/NF. RELIGION TRAVEL ARCHITECTURE GENERAL HISTORY ART. (more information)

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Knopf, 1955. Hardcover first printing with dustjacket, "...this vivid portrait of Elizabeth I encompasses that extravagant, exuberant age to which she gave her name, as well as her personal life," book is in excellent condition with the former owner's name on the front end-paper being the only significant flaw, the dustjacket is slightly faded on the spine and has minor wear at the corners and along the folds, it is clean, the original price is present, and a professional mylar cover is included. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. NF/VG. Biography Royalty. (more information)

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London: Hutchinson, 1968. Text and illustrations about one of the greatest treasures of Christendom, color tipped-in frontis & drawings by artist John Sergeant, dustjacket has a few short tears along top edge, archival mylar cover included. Revised. Hard Cover. VG+/VG. ART CHRISTIANITY POETRY ARCHITECTURE ENGLAND. (more information)

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Houghton Mifflin, 1966. Volume one of this historical biography, illustrated, top page-edge foxed, gift inscription, dustjacket is price-clipped. 1st U.S. Ed.. Hard Cover. VG/VG. BIOGRAPHY ENGLAND. (more information)

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