England from Tannery Books

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888, First American Edition. Red cloth hc with gilt lettering on spine, 8vo (19 cm), dark gray endpapers, xiv, 322 pp, 8 pp ads, 12 illustrated plates including frontispiece. Good/no… Read more

Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Good. L. Vanloan Naisawald, In Some Foreign Field: The Story of Four British Graves on the Outer Banks, Winston-Salem, NC, John F. Blair, 1972, first edition. The story of four crewmen buried in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, their ship, the British trawler HMS Bedfordshire, the U-boat U-558, and… Read more

Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1844. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Caroline A. Halsted, Richard III, as Duke of Gloucester and King of England. Complete in one volume. Philadelphia, Carey and Hart, 1844, First American edition. Brick cloth hc with blind-stamped floral design and bookbinder's name (Russell), 8vo, viii, [17]-472 pp with appendices (pages appear misnumbered, not missing). Good-/no… Read more

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1961. First American Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library/good. O. A. Sherrard, Freedom From Fear: The Slave and His Emancipation, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1961, First American Edition. Light brown cloth hc with chained man on cover and orange text block on spine, brown endpapers, 200 pp with index and bibliiography; orange and white illustrated… Read more

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1962. Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Arthur Meredith Burke, Key to The Ancient Parish Registers of England & Wales, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1962, reprint of 1908 London edition. Blue-green cloth hc, 164 pp. Ex-library (Good)/no DJ: ex-library with stickers and minor markings, pages crisp.

Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, 1839. Leather_bound. Good. T. Smollett, The History of England, from the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George the Second. Designed as a Continuation of Hume. Philadelphia, M'Carty & Davis, 1839 (revision or later printing). Full leather hc with gilt-stamped spine title, 8vo (22 cm), brown marbled endpapers, double frontispiece, xiv, 15-968 with… Read more

Chalford, 1995. First edition. Matthew Young, The Archive Photographs series: Selby - from the William Rawling Collection, The Chalford Publishing Co., 1995, First Edition. Sepia-illustrated paper covers, 8vo (24 cm), 128 pp, many bw photographs and reproductions. Photographic collection "of a Yorkshire town at the height of the Victorian and Edwardian era." Good: covers bumped and creased, po inscription… Read more

Philadelphia: Friends General Conference, Quakers Uniting in Publications, 2000. Reprint. Paperback. New. Edited with introduction by Henry J. Cadbury, George Fox's "Book of Miracles", Philadelphia, Friends General Conference, Quakers Uniting in Publications, 2000. Rust-colored paper covers with sepia illustration of George Fox on front, xxx, 146 pp with index. Forewards by Rufus M. Jones, Jim Pym and Paul… Read more

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Richard Rush, Memoranda of a Residence at the Court of London, Comprising Incidents Official and Personal from 1819 to 1825. Including Negotiations on the Oregon Question, and Other Unsettled Questions Between the United States and Great Britain. Philadelphia, Lea & Blanchard, 1845. Rush expands upon his 1933 London and Philadelphia editions… Read more

Ann Arbor: The William L. Clements Library, 1926. First printing. Paperback. Good. Randolph G. Adams. The Headquarters Papers of the British Army in North America During the War of the American Revolution - A Brief Description of Sir Henry Clinton's Papers in the William L. Clements Library. Ann Arbor, The William L. Clements Library, 1926, First printing. Green… Read more

Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1905. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. W. D. Howells, London Films, New York and London, Harper and Brothers Publishers, October 1905, First Printing. Detailed impressions of an American photographer in London at the turn of the last century. Green cloth HC, gold-stamped lettering with painted red accents, 8vo (21 cm), plain endpapers, [x] 242… Read more

Hertford: Religious Society of Friends, 1970. First printing. Paperback. Good +. Violet A. Rowe, The First Hertford Quakers, Hertford, England, Religious Society of Friends, 1970, First Printing. Glossy paper covers with red photograph and lettering on front, 84 pp, 8 plates of bw photos and document reproductions. History of the meeting, followed by biographical and genealogical summaries, sources,… Read more

London: David Bogue, 1854. Second edition. Hardcover. Fair. Round Games for All Parties: A Collection of the Greatest Variety of Family Amusements for Fireside or Pic-Nic; Consisting of Games of Action; Games Simply Taking the Attention; Games of Memory; Catch Games, Depending on the Assistance of an Accomplice or Secret Knowledge for the Purpose of Mystification; Games Requiring… Read more

Hunter Publishing, 1986. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Geoffrey Ashe, The Quest for Arthur's Britain, 1971, later printing. Trade pb, xii, 238 pp with bibliography and index, 6 pp ads, 64 glossy pp of bw photos, reproductions and notes; line drawings and maps throughout text. Search for sites in King Arthur's history, including Tintagel, Glastonbury and the search for Camelot,… Read more

London: F. Bowyer Kitto, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Good. William Beck and T. Frederick Ball, The London Friends' Meetings : Showing the Rise of the Society of Friends in London; Its Progress, and the Development of Its Discipline; with Accounts of the Various Meeting-Houses and Burial-Grounds, Their History and General Associations, London. F. Bowyer Kitto, 1869, First… Read more

Philadelphia: J. & A. Y. Humphreys, 1811. First American edition. Leather_bound. Good. Robert Southey and Henry Kirk White, The Remains of Henry Kirk White, of Nottingham, Late of St. John's College, Cambridge, With an Account of his Life, Vol. I, Philadelphia, J. & A. Y. Humphreys, First American, from the fourth London edition, 1811. Full leather, red leather… Read more

Berkhamsted, 1972. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Percy Birtchnell, A Short History of Berkhamsted, Berkhamsted, England, 1972 by the author, revised. Navy blue cloth hc, 8vo (22 cm), 128 pp with index, 20 plates of bw reproductions and photographs plus small bw illustrations in the text; yellow dustjacket with 1857 engraving on front and red lettering. Compiled articles on… Read more

London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1929. Third printing. Hardcover. Good +/fair. George Morrow. A. P. Herbert, illustrated by George Morrow, Laughing Ann and Other Poems, London, Ernest Benn Ltd., 1929, third printing. Benn's Essex Library series No. 20. Brown cloth hc with black floral design, 12mo (17 cm), 24 pp including ad for H.G. Wells' works, line drawings; blue… Read more

Shire Publications, 1998. Paperback. Good. Trevor May, The Victorian Domestic Servant, Shire Publications, 1998. Stapled, stiff paper covers illustrated with maid and bedwarmer on the front, 32 pp with bibliography and suggested places to visit, many bw photos and drawings. Good: lightly bumped and scuffed, small dark stain through first few pages, no markings. Printed in Great… Read more

North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1997. Very Good. Linda R. Willard, Who? What? When? Where? Quaker Trivia, North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1997. Plastic-comb-bound with light tan paper covers, small 8vo, 88 pp, question and answer format with sources and bibliography. VG: light mark on back cover, crisp, no markings.