Search Results: British History from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

Cornwall, UK: Truran Publications. 1983. 56pp. illus. paperback oblong 8vo: Fine [slight corner crease; else F] An interesting specialized dictionary for those interested in Cornwall. "By Tre, Ros, Pol, Lan, Car and Pen/Shall ye know most Cornishmen."

New York: Rutledge, 1989 1st Am. ed. 210pp. illus. hardback 8vo w/gilt titles: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [bit of top edge foxing; else a very nice crisp copy]

New York: Quill, 1986 1st ed. thus. 296pp + maps. illus. paperback 8vo: near Fine. "An anecdotal street guide to the homes and haunts of Americans from John Adams to Fred Astaire."

Washington: The AIA Press, 1985 1st ed. thus. 264pp. illus. paperback sq sm 4to: near Fine. 95 drawings with explanatory text from an exhibition as well as over 30 color illustrations.

Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton. 1987 1st ed. 160pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Fine. A collection of black & white historical photos of this old Saxon town in the Cotswolds of Oxfordshire.

New York: Congdon & Weed, 1984 1st Am. ed. 224pp. illus. hardback sm 4to: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [hint of tiny foxing to edges; else a nice crisp copy] A handsome illustrated volume covering all the major battles fought on British soil from Caesar’s 55 BC invasion to the Battle of Britain with detailed maps.

112pp. illus. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [presentation signature by a member of the Bennett family on ffep; else nrF] A family history of the Bennetts who lived in the small Dorset port of Lyme Regis in the 18th and 19th centuries and, by turns, a portrait of the town's social history.

London: The Bodley Head, 1987 1st ed. 365pp. illus. hardback 8vo: Very Good in a Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [Bodley Head special centenary presentation bookplate on ffep; touch of age browning to both book and dust wrapper; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy]

Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis. 1913 2nd ptg. 396pp. illus. hardback 8vo: about Good/no dj [age browning & foxing of text; front hinge is cracked but firm; else a compllete & tight copy] Many tipped in illustrations.

New York: Macmillan, 1938 2nd ptg. 459pp. red cloth 8vo w/gilt spine titles: near Very Good/no dj [small ink name; browning of endpp; slight age browning of text; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] Robert William Seton-Watson (1879-1951) was a British historian and one of the theoretical "fathers" of post-World War I Yugoslavia.

Philadelphia: Running Press/Friedman Group Book, 1987 1st ed. 175pp. illus. hardback sq sm 4to: near Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. A coffee table sized armchair tour of Britain and British cultural institutions beautifully illustrated with over 185 photographs.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1953 1st ed. 361pp. cloth 12mo: near Fine in a Very Good dj in poly cover [fore edge is age foxed; else nrF; dj = age darkening; couple of minor edge nicks; else VG] A handsomely produced and fascinating anthology of observations on Britain at war collected from diaries, dispatches, recollections and reflections little known or out of print.

New York: Everest House, 1982 1st ed. 232pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Fine in a Good dj [bookplate; some darkening top edge; else nrF; dj = age darkened; some top edge tears; else G] An American expatriate journalist’s take on his British neighbors.

Univ. of Toronto Press, 1983 1st North American ed. 270pp. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a near Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [a light bottom corner bump; else a nice clean and crisp copy]

New Haven: Yale Univ. Press. 1992. 430pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: Very Good+ in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. A nice copy of this modern classic that has continuing relevance for the state of the United Kingdom.

Cambridge (UK) Newspapers Ltd. 1988 1st ed. 157pp. illus. paperback sm 4to: near Fine. Lots of historical black & white photographs depicting life in the English university city of Cambridge.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979 1st ed. 190pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj. A well illustrated scholarly study.

London: Academy Editions, 1994 1st ed. 96pp. illus. paperback sm 4to: near Fine. An illustrated architectural examination of Christchurch Priory in Dorset, England.

Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin/Pelican, 1980 reprint. 432pp. paperback: Good [text is age browned; edges are foxed, particularly the fore edge; else a complete & tight copy] A Marxist perspective on the Great Britain of the "fin de siecle" 1970s.

Glasgow: HarperCollins, 2002 revised second ed. 524pp. paperback: near Fine [text is age browned; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A history of Britain in dictionary format covering Roman times to the present, including over 3,000 entries, maps, tables, chronologies, etc.