1882. Ephemera. Single sheet 4.5 x 7 inches in black ink. George, The Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904) was the grandson of George III and cousin of Queen Victoria. He was the Commander in Chief of the Army, 1856-1895. ALS to Frank Holl (1845-1888), English painter who painted George's portrait, now.....
Printed for J. Peele, 1733. Trade Paperback. 39 pages. Thomas Gordon of Kircudbright (1691-1750) was a Scottish writer and Commonwealthman. He wrote condemning corruption and lack of morality within the British political and religious systems. With John Trenchard he published Cato's Letters and the Independent Whig, both influential in their.....
1764. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 95 pages. Timothy Breckneck (1719-1786) was a controversial lawyer and writer who was executed for conspiracy to commit murder in 1786. This work, which brought him national attention, was described in the House of Lords as a “pestilent treatise” that was “Jacobitical” in nature. despite.....
Blackie And Son Limited, 1905. Hardcover. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining. Decorative cover, some darkening of the spine and foxing (mostly limited to the half title and half title verso.
Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1970. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 416 pages. Reprint of original 1876 edition. Volume I only. First edition thus. Near fine copy in blue cloth covers with bright gilt lettering on spine. No dust jacket.
Golden Cockerel Press, 1933. Unknown. 31 pages. Illustrated with etchings. Second edition. A very good copy in marbled paper over boards with 'Cumberland Hotel' in gilt on front cover. Pocket at rear is empty. Mild edge wear to covers. Clear plastic wrapper.
Smith, Elder & Co., 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. 200 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in red cloth and quarter leather covers with gilt ruling on front cover and spine and gilt lettering on spine. Spine with 5 raised bands. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Covers with mild.....
The Post Magazine. W. S. D. Pateman, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. 108 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in green cloth covers with gilt decorations and lettering on front cover. All edges gilt. Covers are soiled, spine is darkened. Edges and corners are worn with boards beginning.....
1896, 1917. Trade Paperback. Will Crooks (1852-1921) was a noted British trade unionist and politician from Poplar, London, and member of the Fabian Society. He is particularly remembered for his campaigning work against poverty and inequality. In 1889 he became a member of the London County Council and subsequently became.....
St. Dominic's Press, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated, 24 pages. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Sir Charles Thomas-Stanford. Privately printed for Lady Thomas-Stanford. Thomas-Stanford (1858-1932) was a British Conservative Party politician from Brighton who served in the House of Commons, 1914-22. He married Ellen Stanford, daughter of William Stanford of Preston.....
B. Wheeler, Exchgange Arcade, 1861. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 31 pages. The author makes a powerful moral argument for the imperative of Britain assisting India in the current famine. First edition (first printing). Very good in printed wrappers (paperback). Title page edge prefessionally repaired. A few chipped edges. In new.....
Printed by T. Brettell, 1838. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 15 pages. Rainy was a auctioneer and agent dealing with real property for many years. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Stamped number on title page. A few of the pages have been professionally repaired, not affecting the.....
John Hatchard and Son, 1826. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 55 pages, with 5 appendices, 2 of which are folding. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Neatly rebound in decorated paper over board covers.
John Anderson, Jun. 1827. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 17 page pamphlet. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Pamphlet has been neatly rebound in brown paper over board covers. Pamphlet with a few small stains.
Printed by and for Messrs, Nicols and Son, 1820. First Edition. Trade Paperback. vi, 92 pages. Pages 43-77 contain Lamb's remarkable essay 'On Christ's Hospital, and The Character of The Christ's Hospital Boys.' Wilson concludes his 'History' by stating: 'It was the intention of the writer of this little work.....
The Library Chronicle of the Friends of the Library of the University of Pennsylvania, 1947. First Edition. Trade Paperback. The Library Chronicle, Vol. XIV, No. 2, October, 1947, offered complete. Butterworth article pages 1-12. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
W. H. Allen & Co., 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. 318 pages, General Charles George Gordon, already a military hero, was sent to Khartoum by the British government to evacuate civilians from the region in the face of a Muslim uprising. He disobeyed orders and defended the city for a year.....
Methuen and Company, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. 275 pages plus 39 pages of ads. Inscribed by the author on verso of front free endpaper: 'To, Ernest Arthur Jelf and Rose Jelf, with the author's kind regards. (no signature) . First edition (first printing). A very good copy in red cloth.....
Ballantine Books, November 1999. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I remained an extremely private person throughout her reign, keeping her own counsel and sharing secrets with no one--not even her closest, most trusted advisers. Now, in this brilliantly.....
Book-of-the-Month Club, January 1956. Hardcover.
University of California Press, January 2000. Hardcover. Britain's 1000-year prominence on the international stage endures. Posterity owes the English language (spoken now by more than half the world's population) a tradition of democratic freedom, governmental and legal systems which have been adapted in many countries, and world figures in science.....
Griffin, September 2019. Trade Paperback. A delicious group biography of the young American heiresses who married into the British aristocracy at the turn of the twentieth century - the real women who inspired Downton Abbey. Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the.....
Viking, January 2001. Hardcover. The most successful British general until the advent of Napoleon, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, was also a successful, if devious politcian, and a commanding figure both on the continent of Europe and the English court from the time of King James II. King.....
W. W. Norton & Company, April 2002. Trade Paperback. Paul Murray Kendall's masterful account of the life of England's King Richard III has remained the standard biography of this controversial figure.
University of Rochester Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 467 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Former owner's blind stamp on a few pages. Of the glittering, licentious court around King Charles II, John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester, was the most notorious.....