Our Age; English Intellectuals Between the World Wars—A Group Portrait
New York: Random House, 1990. First edition. 8vo. [x], 479 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good copy. (80414). More
History-England
Hanged Man; A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004. First edition. 12mo. [xi], 168 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, fine copy. (79499). More
London in the 1890s; A Cultural History
New York: Norton, 1992. First edition. 8vo. [xviii], 445 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (80673). More
Memoirs of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R.S.; Comprising His Diary, from 1641 to 1705-6, and a Selection of His Familiar Letters. To Which Is Subjoined, the Private Correspondence between King Charles I. and Sir Edward Nicholas; also between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne
London: Henry Colburn, 1827. New edition. 8vo. 5 volumes. v1: [xl], 394 pp. 2 fold-out plates. / v2: 464 pp. 2 plts. / v3: 441 pp. / v4: 552, [4] pp. / v5: 399 pp. Each volume with frontispiece, tissue guard. Full-calf boards, surface wear, overall good condition. (74377). Original..... More
Substance of the Speeches Made In the House of Commons; On Wednesday, the 15th of December, 1779. On Mr. Burke's Giving Notice of His Intention To Bring In a Bill After the Christmas Recess, for the Retrenchment of Public Expences, and for the Better Securing the Independence of Parliament
London: J. Almon, 1779. First edition. 8vo. 17 pp. Sewn printed wraps, overall good condition. (83174). More
Stonehenge Complete
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1985. Later printing. 4to. 296 pp. 260 illustrations, 13 in colour. Hardcover binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition.. (98737). More
Form and Order of the Service that is to be Performed and the Ceremonies that are to be Observed in the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, in the Abbey Church of S. Peter, Westminster, on Wednesday, the 12th day of May, 1937.
London: Cambridge University Press, 1937. First edition. 8vo. [iv] 59, [1] pp. Cloth in duswrapper, very good copy. (93406). More
History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars In England, Begun In the Year 1641; With the Precedent Passages, and Actions, That Contributed Thereunto, and the Happy End, and Conclusion Thereof by the King's Blessed Restoration, and Return Upon the 29th of May, In the Year 1660.
Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1732. First edition thus. Folio. Three volumes in one. [viii], 737, [21] pp. 25 full-page copper plate portrait engravings including frontispiece, foldout battle plan, and maps. Professionally rebound, quarter leather backing on marbled boards, gilt stamped titling spine label, edges of preliminaries browned, overall text..... More
London Fog; The Biography
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press / Belknap Press, 2015. First edition. 8vo. 391 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, fine condition. (93346). More
Names of the Roman Catholics, Nonjurors, and Others, Who Refus'd to Take the Oaths to His Late Majesty King George; Together with Their Titles, Additions, and Places of Abode; the Parishes and Townships Where Their Lands Lay; the Names of the Then Tenants, or Occupiers Thereof; and the Annual Valuation of Them, as Estimated by Themselves
London: John Russell Smith, 1862. First edition. 8vo. [2], 151, [32] pp. Blind stamped cloth binding, gilt lettering spine, overall very good condition. (76858). Hand-written letter from a J. M. Payne regarding the book (?) enclosed. More
Horace Walpole; A Memoir; With an Appendix of Books Printed at the Strawberry Hill Press
London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1890. First edition. Tall 8vo. 370 pp. Illustrations by Percy & Léon Moran. No. 474 of 484 copies. Vellum backed gray paper covered boards, gilt lettering spine, book-plate Ealing Public Libraries, good condition. (93391). More
History of Court Fools
London: Richard Bentley, 1858. First edition. 12mo. 389 pp. Rebound in full polished calf, gilt lettered spine label, five raised bands with gilt floral compartments, cover gilt lettering and lining, very good condition. Gilt stamped cover: Cambridge House School, Southsea—Prize 1862. More
Our History of the 20th Century; As Told in Diaries, Journals and Letters
London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2017. First edition. 8vo. 463 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, fine condition. (95413). More
Secret Chambers and Hiding-Places; The Historic, Romantic & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, &.
London: S. H. Blousfield & Co., 1901. First edition. 12mo. 317 pp. Frontispiece. Photographic illustrations by the author. Half-leather over cloth covered boards, gilt lettered decorative spine, t.e.g., very good+ condition. (82884). Together with—Fea, Allan, Recollections of Sixty Years. London: Richards Press, 1927. First edition. 12mo. 336 pp. Frontispiece portrait..... More
Debates on the Grand Remonstrance; November and December 1641
London: John Murray, 1860. First edition. 12mo. [xxvii], 463 pp. Foldout frontispiece. Leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering, raised bands, very good copy. (94914g). More
Children of the Sun; A Narrative of "Decadence" in England after 1918
London: Constable, 1977. First edition thus. 8vo. 552 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding in clipped dustwrapper, else very good condition. (81710). Revised and corrected version of the Basic Books edition. More
Children of the Sun; A Narrative of "Decadence" in England After 1918
New York: Basic Books, 1976. First edition. 8vo. [xxi], 470 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (95568). More
Substance of the Speech of Lord Grenville, on the Motion Made by the Marquis Wellesley; In the House of Lords, on Friday, the 9th of April, 1813, for the Production of Certain Papers on Indian Affairs
London: C. H. Reynell, [1813]. First edition. 12mo. 71 pp. Printed wrappers, light wear, good condition. (96225). More
God's Secret Agents; Queen Elizabeth's Forbidden Priests and the Hatching of the Gunpowder Plot
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. First edition. 8vo. [viii], 445 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, fine condition. (44839). More
Every-Day Book and Table Book; Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac
London: Thomas Tegg & Son, 1838-1832. First editions. 8vo. 4 volumes. Double column text. v1: [viii], 660 pp. 436 engravings • v2: [viii], 856 pp. 436 engravings. • v3: [iv], 419 pp. 436 engravings. • v4: Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information, Concerning Remarkable Men and Manners, Times and..... More
Victorians and Ancient Greece
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981. Second printing. 8vo. [xii], 386 pp. Illustrations. Softcover, pictorial wraps, very good condition. (84146). More
George Selwyn and His Contemporaries
London: Bickers & Son, 1882. New edition. 8vo. 4 volumes. v1: [vi], 418 pp. / v2: 404 pp. / v3: 400 pp. / v4: 411, [16] pp. Illustrations. Cloth bindings, gilt lettering spines, very good condition. (93222). More
History of the Operations of the French and British armies in Egypt, from the Landing of Bonaparte to the Restoration of the Ottoman Power; With Remarks On Its History Previous to the Epoch of the French Invasion. By Several Gentlemen.
Newcastle upon Tyne: K. Anderson, 1809. First edition. 8vo. Two Volumes. Vol. I: [xviii], 752 pp. Foldout engraving entitled: View of the Victory of the Nile; Foldout Map. Vol. II: [x], 708 pp. Foldout map. Vol I: Quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt title spine, upper cover detached; Vol. II..... More
Our Ancient Monuments and the Land Around Them
London: Elliot Stock, 1880. First edition. Tall 8vo. [viii], 115 pp. Illustrations. Quarter bound paper covered boards, paper label, surface wear, end papers browned, else good copy. (43051). Introduction by Sir John Lubbock. More
Seasonable Memorial In Some Historical Notes Upon the Liberties of the Presse and Pulpit; With the Effects of Popular Petitions, Tumults, Associations, Impostures, and Disaffected Common Councils
London: J. Bennet, 1681. Third edition. 12mo. 37 pp. Bound in boards, overall good condition. (93087). Roger L'Estrange (1616-1704) was an English pamphleteer, author, and staunch defender of Royalist claims. More