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	Voltaire. Oeuvres Choisies. (Prose Et Vers) Paris, Librairie de L'Art. Hard Cover. Book not dated, has 1907 written in ink on front free endpaper. Endpapers tanned. Spine ends are slightly rubbed, outer corner edges slightly bumped. A few of the pages have some foxing, otherwise pages are bright and clean. A good tight copy. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper. Book is written in French. 390pp. With 37 engravings. BibliothÃ©que littÃ©raire de la famille. PubliÃ©e sous la direction de M.F. Homme. AgrÃ©gÃ© de l'UniversitÃ© . (9Â½"h x 6Â½"w) (24cms x 16cms ) approx. Good. GBP 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 21 US$ 31.43 \| JP¥ 2703] Book number: 6949 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ALLEN, MARION E. (ABSTRACTED AND EDITED BY) Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk 1625-1626 U.K, Suffolk Records Society/Boyde Press. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0851156444). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition, with map of the parishes of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk on the endpapers. Dustjacket in very good condition, Â¼" closed tear at back top edge, top of spine slightly rubbed with a small nick. xiv, 283pp, including Glossary. Containing abstracts of over four hundred wills proved in the court of the Archdeacon of Suffolk. The court's jurisdiction covered the eastern half of the county, an area rich in farming and industrial parishes, market towns and coastal ports. The contents have been indexed by testator, other people mentioned (mainly legatees and witnesses), occupation, place and subject. (9Â½"h x 6Â¼"w) (24cms x 16cms) approx. Fine/Very Good. GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.25 US$ 36.39 \| JP¥ 3130] Book number: 7006 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANDREWS, WILLIAM (EDITED BY) Historic Byways and Highways of Old England London, William Andrews. 1900, First Edition. Hard Cover. Book in good condition, with gilt top edge. Spine ends and outer corner edges slightly bumped, most pages are rough-cut at front edge. Endpapers to front and back boards have light foxing. A few of the pages have one or two spots of foxing, but most are clean and bright. Page 19 has Â½" tear at front edge. Page 137 has two small tears at top edge, and pages 136 to 139 have a small area dark spotted area at top edge. A good tight copy. 269pp, including index. With 5 full-pages illustrations, and also illustrations in text. Studies of social and domestic England, by various contributors. Included are William Andrews, Robert Gibbs, Thomas Frost, Edward Lamplough etc. Contents include: The Gibbetts of Northumberland - House marks and signs in the Olden Time - Chaucer and the medieval Inn - Castle Buildings - Facts about Falconry - Parish Passports - Salter's Coffee-House and Museum at Chelsea - The Maypole - An old time Survey of England - Archery in the Olden Time - The Highwaymen of Hounslow Heath, etc. (9"h x 6"w) (22.5cms x 15cms) approx. Good. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.5 US$ 41.35 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 6087 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANON The Chronicles of the White Rose of York. A Series of Historical Fragments, Proclamations, Letters, and Other Contemporary Documents Relating the Reign of King Edward the Fourth London, James Bohn. 1845. Full-Leather. Gilt edged. Full-leather. Five raised bands on spine. Marbled endpapers. Front and back covers have gilt decoration along inside edges. Leather boards marked (see picture). Spine ends, side of spine (partly) and outer corner edges slightly rubbed. Hinge inside front board has about 1½" at each end where just the endpaper has rubbed off. Some foxing on plan of Calais and light mark by top edge of pages on either side of illustration. Rest of pages are very clean and bright. Bookplate of William Arthur Sixth Duke of Portland inside front board. A very good attractive tight book. xc, 310pp, including, Appendix: Usurpation of Richard the Third, and Index. With frontispiece, 5 illustrations including one folding (plan of Calais) Contents include: Siege of Bamburgh Castle - Hearn's Fragment of an old Chronicle, from 1460 to 1470 - History of the Arrival of Edward IV, in England, and the Final Recovery of his Kingdoms from Henry VI. A.D. 1471- Dr. John Warkworth's Chronicle of the first thirteen years of King Edward the Fourth - The last ten years of King Edward the Fourth, extracted from original Letters and Documents - Manner and Guiding of the Earl of Warwick at Angiers from 15th July to 14th August, 1470 - etc. (10"h x 6¼"w) (25.5cms x 16cms) approx. Very Good. GBP 99.00 [Appr.: EURO 108.75 US$ 163.75 \| JP¥ 14086] Book number: 6651 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANON Official Handbook and Souvenir to the Masonic Bazaar Blackpool (Adelaide Street) 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th September, 1903 U.K, 1903, First Edition. Hard Cover. Gilt edged. Boards have marks on them (see picture), slightly rubbed at spine ends, endpapers are partly tanned, a few of the pages are very lightly tanned at the bottom edge, and a few of the pages also have a light narrow stain by front edge, otherwise pages are clean and bright. A good tight copy. 104pp. With black-and white photographs of the some of Freemasons, and there are 10 Lodges which include the members names. There are also full-page advertisements, some of the advertisements of the stalls at the Bazaar have photographs of the people running them. Includes - Dates of Remarkable Occurrences in Masonry from A.D.287 to 1901, and there are 8 pages about the history of the Freemasons. (9Â½"h x 6Â½"w) (24.5cms x 16.5cms) approx. Good. GBP 42.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 69.47 \| JP¥ 5976] Book number: 6538 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANON The Penny Magazine. Volume VI. Issues 306 to 367 London, Charles Knight. 1837. Hard Cover. Half leather. Boards are rubbed in places. Front board is separated from rest of book but is still attached by the stiching. Rubbed along edges and spine sides and ends. Page 99 has bottom front corner piece missing with a loss of about half of the last 12 sentences, and page 133 has a 5" tear (no text missing). There is just a few spots of foxing on a few of the pages, and also on the endpapers. Previous owner's name and address inside front board. A good tight copy. The Penny magazine for one year from No. 306 dated 7th January 1837 to No. 367 dated 23rd December, 1837. 508pp. With numerous illustrations in the text. (10¾"h x 7½"w) (28.5cms x 19cms) approx. Good. GBP 39.00 [Appr.: EURO 43 US$ 64.51 \| JP¥ 5549] Book number: 6948 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANON The Stortfordian 1921 - 1923 U.K. , First Edition. Hard Cover. Spine slightly faded, title in gilt on spine not faded. Some foxing on endpapers, and on edges, but only the odd spot of foxing on pages which are clean and bright, no tears or marks, just a hint of light browning at top of pages. 8 - school magazines rebound. The Stortfordian School, Hertfordshire magazines from July, 1921 (No.104) to December, 1923 (No.111). With black-and-white photographs. Very Good. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.77 \| JP¥ 2561] Book number: 5235 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ARTHUR, MAX Men of the Red Beret. Airborne Forces 1940-1990 London: Hutchinson, 1990. Hard Cover. First Edition. Hardcover in fine condition. Previous owner's name in biro inside front board. Dustjacket in very good+ condition, three light creases at bottom back edge, top edge very slightly rubbed. xviii, 430pp, including a Brief History of British Airborne Forces and Index. With 42 black-and-white photographs, and 22 maps. From d/j flap - "In 1990 the Airborne Forces celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. From over 150 interviews the author has compiled a fascinating history of the Airborne Forces and the parachute Regiment, including all their major operations.". GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 4999 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ASHLEY, MAURICE: Charles I and Oliver Cromwell. A Study in Contrasts and Comparisons. Methuen, London. 1987.. ISBN 0 413 16270 2. First edition. 243pp. Hardcover. Book in fine condition. Price clipped. Dustjacket in fine condition. King Charles I and Cromwell were the great protagonists in the English Civil War and its aftermath. The author re-examines their military methods, their approaches to religion, diplomatic manoeuvres, domestic policies and the manner in which they handled their parliments. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 3349 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	AUBREY, PHILIP The Defeat of James Stuart's Armada 1692 Leicester University Press, 1979. First edition. 194pp, including bibliography, general index, and index of ships' names. With 9 illustrations and 7 maps, and map on endpapers. Hardcover in near fine condition, endpapers partly slightly tanned. Price clipped. Dustjacket in near fine condition, slightly bumped at top spine edge. The battles of Barfleur and the Hogue, which saved England from invasion in 1692 by a Franco-Irish army already assembled in Normandy and from the danger of a second civil war had Jacobite sympathizers been given a rallying point. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 3826 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BAILEY, BRIAN Churchyards of England and Wales London, Robert Hale. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0709029489). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good plus condition, top spine edge and top outer corner edges very slightly bumped. With 107 photographs and drawings. of which 18 are in colour. 240pp, including Appendix: Some notable burials in English and Welsh churchyards, List of Sources and Index. From d/j flap - " Looking at the origin and history of churchyards, the legends surrounding many of them, the extraordinary paraphernalia to be found there, some of their traditions and rituals, and of course, their notable burials and inscriptions. Many churchyards have macabre happenings and pagan associations. (9"h x 8"w) (23.5cms x 20cms) approx. Fine/Very Good. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 6069 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BARBOUR, PHILIP L. The Three Worlds of Captain John Smith. Adenturer, Colonist and Promoter London, Macmillan. 1964, First Edition. Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, spine ends slightly bumped. Dustjacket in good condition, spine a little faded, back cover a l marked (dust?) sides and ends of spine, and top and side of front edge rubbed. Price clipped. xix, 553pp. With 16 black-and-white illustrations and 6 maps. John Smith was born in obscurity in Lincolnshire in 1580, was a colonist, adventurer and promoter - became a soldier of fortune on the continent. He then became actively interested in England's new ventures across the Atlantic. In 1606 he sailed with the first Jamestown settlers, and kept the settlement together through Indian raids, and famine. He became one of the prime movers in the founding of the New England colonies. He was captured by pirates and shipwrecked off the New England coast, and in 1616 he published a map of the coast. Smith was also famous for capturing the affections of Pocahontas and was saved from being clubbed to death. He also published the first practical handbook for seaman in the English language. Very Good/Good. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 7051 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BELLOC, HILAIRE Cromwell London, Cassell. 1934, First Edition. Hard Cover. Spine ends very slightly bumped, some foxing at fore-edge and a few spots on some of the pages. Previous owner's inscription and date on front free endpaper. A very good tight copy. 407pp, including index. With half-tone frontispiece and 12 maps. (8¾"h x 5¾"w) (22cms x 15cms) approx. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.25 US$ 28.95 \| JP¥ 2490] Book number: 7044 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BETRO, MARIA CARMELA Hieroglyphics. The Writings of Ancient Egypt Abbeville Press Pub. 1996. (ISBN: 0789202328). Hard Cover. First English translation. Hardcover in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, top of spine slightly rubbed. 251pp, including bibliography and index. With numerous black-and-white photographs, and also numerous hieroglyphic signs. From d/j flap - "The book reveals the secrets of the hieroglyphic writing of the Nile Valley, which provides a still-vivid snapshot of the gods, the people, and the everyday life of the Ancient Egyptians.". Fine/Very Good. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 5203 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BEVAN, BRYAN: Royal Westminister Abbey. London, Robert Hale. 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 0709158130). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition. Dustjacket in very good condition. Price clipped. 192pp. With 15 illustrations.For more than nine centuries Westminster Abbey has been closely connected to the kings and queens of England. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 2396 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BLAKEMORE, KENNETH Snuff Boxes London: Frederick Muller, 1976. Hard Cover. First Edition. Hardcover in near fine condition, very slightly bumped at spine ends, and slight small dent at top front edge near spine, internally in fine condition. Previous owner's name and address stamped on front free endpaper. Dustjacket in very good+ condition, only faults, Â½" closed tear at top front edge, and edges very slightly rubbed. 176pp, including bibliography and index. With 19 colour , and 48 black-and-white photographs. From d/j flap - "Tracing the colourful and eventful history of snuff-taking and its evolution into a stylist custom, and presents numerous examples of the exquisite workmanship, care and imagination involved in producing these boxes." (10"h x 7"w) (25cms x 17.5cms). GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 4552 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BRAGG, MELVYN The Adventure of English. 500 A.D. To 2000 the Biography of a Language London, Hodder and Stoughton. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340829915). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped. xii, 354pp, including Bibliography and Index. With 55 illustrations mostly in colour. The English Language from its beginning as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as an established global language. Along the way its colourful 1500-year old story takes in a host of characters and locations, from early tribes, Alfred the Great, Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dr. Johnson, Henry VII, Creole slaves. A story of power, religion and trade, but also the story of people, and how their day-to-day lives shaped and continue to change the English language. Fine/Very Good. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 \| JP¥ 1779] Book number: 6905 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BRIDGE ANTONY The Crusades. London: Granada, 1980. First edition. 314pp. With 46 colour illustrations and 8 maps. Hardcover. Book in near fine condition internally, boards very good, slightly bumped at spine ends, with 3 marks on front board and 2 marks on back board, left by tape being removed? Dustjacket in near fine condition. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 3535 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BRIGGS, ASA Marks and Spencer 1884 - 1984. A Centenary History of Marks and Spencer. The Originators of Penny Bazaars London, Octopus. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0906320054). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, very slightly rubbed at spine ends and top and bottom edge of front cover. 128pp. With numerous colour and black-and-white photographs throughout the book. The book was published to celebrate Marks and Spencer's first hundred years. It begins with a trestle table in a Leeds open market, and ends with a business that is now a household name. The historian Asa Briggs examines the organisation in depth, and he has collected the reminiscences of people who have worked for, supplied and known Marks and Spencers over the years. (11¼"w x 9½"w) (28.5cms x 24cms) approx. Fine/Very Good. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 5835 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BRIGGS, SUSAN Those Radio Times London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 029777929X). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, only fault spine ends very slightly bumped, internally in fine condition. Pictorial endpapers. Dustjacket in very good condition, 1Â½" closed tear by back top outer edge, and Â½" closed tear at bottom edge by spine. 232pp. With 8 colour plates, one of the colour plates is by Louis Wain, plus 400 black-and-white illustrations. Through a mass of pictures and scrapbook material the book recaptures all the excitement surrounding early radio broadcasting, from the days of the crystal set to the sophistication of the Radiogram. Drawing on an enormous number of contemporary cartoons, photographs, articles, listeners' letters and advertisements, many of them from the early editions of The Radio Times. (10"h x 7Â¾"w) (25.5cms x 20cms) approx. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 16 US$ 23.98 \| JP¥ 2063] Book number: 6000 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BRION, MARCEL (TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY JEAN STEWART) Daily Life in the Vienna of Mozart and Schubert London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1961. Hard Cover. First English edition. Book in very good condition, some light foxing at top edge, no foxing on pages which are bright and clean. a very good tight copy. Dustjacket in very good condition, edges very slightly rubbed. ix, 288pp, including index. with 38 illustrations. From d/j flap - " The author discusses the political background, enlarges on the happy-go-lucky character of the citizens, and the important role music played. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars impinge on the city's life, and then the occupation of Vienna by Napoleon. The intrigues, scandals and espionage surrounding 'Dancing Congress', with Talleyrand, Castlereagh, Metternich and Tsar Alexander I dominate the Viennese scene. Then the golden age of Vienna is brought to a close with the 1848 Revolution.". Very Good/Very Good. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.77 \| JP¥ 2561] Book number: 5911 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BROOKE, CHRISTOPHER: From Alfred to Henry III, 871 - 1272. Edinburgh, Thomas Nelson & Sons, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1961. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover. Book in very good condition. Previous owner's name and address ( written small) in ink on front free endpaper. Dustjacket in very good condition. xii, 276pp. With sixteen plates and four maps. Covering four hundred years of England's history. This period saw the emergence of a united English monarchy and a government more effectively organised; it witnessed monastic reform, and the influence resulting from closer contact with European life and the centres- chief among them France- of new trends in thought, warfare, literature, art and dress. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 2285 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BROWN, IVOR Shakespeare in His Time Edinburgh, Thomas Nelson. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, spine ends and front top outer edge very slightly bumped Pictorial endpapers. Dustjacket in good condition, two small tears at top spine edge, top edge slightly rubbed. viii, 238pp, including index. With frontispiece and 47 illustrations. From d/j flap - " There is history, literature, politics and drama, in this study of Elizabethan and Jacobean England and its way of way life. How was Shakespeare schooled? How did he eat, drink, dress and travel? What was the state of the theatrical profession when he entered it. Of what nature were his colleagues, his rivals, and the great personalities of the day.". Very Good/Good. GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.06 \| JP¥ 1209] Book number: 5443 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BROWNSTONE, DAVID M, IRENE M. FRANCK AND DOUGLASS BROWNSTONE Island of Hope, Island of Tears. The Story of Those Who Entered the New World Through Ellis Island-in Their Own Words. New York, Barnes and Noble. 2000. (ISBN: 076702296X). Hard Cover. Book and dustjacket in fine condition. xii, 307pp, including Index. With 50 black-and-white photographs. Between 1892 and the early 1950s nearly fifteen million people streamed through Ellis Island in search of a new life. It closed as a federal immigration station in 1954, and was opened in 1990 as a museum - thus preserving the heritage of the more than 100 million Americans who can trace their immigrant roots there. Largely in the words of the men, women, and children, most of them came from southern and eastern Europe, and from widely diverse backgrounds. Fine/Fine. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 6894 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BRUNING, TED AND KEITH PAULIN Historic English Inns. The David and Charles Book Newton Abbot, U.K, David and Charles. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0715381784). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition, signed by one of the author's on front free endpaper 'To Ron, best wishes, Ted Bruning." Dustjacket in very good condition, slightly rubbed at back top edge and top spine edge. 253pp including index. With numerous black-and-white photographs throughout the book. From d/j flap - "The story of the English pub spans a thousand years of history, from the ale-house hovels of the Anglo-Saxons, through drovers', coaching, canal and railway inns, to the concrete and glass boxes of today. The second part of the book tells in greater detail the stories of some of England's most historic inns, witnesses to events and characters famous, infamous and some all but forgotten.". Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 5245 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.

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	Voltaire. Oeuvres Choisies. (Prose Et Vers) Paris, Librairie de L'Art. Hard Cover. Book not dated, has 1907 written in ink on front free endpaper. Endpapers tanned. Spine ends are slightly rubbed, outer corner edges slightly bumped. A few of the pages have some foxing, otherwise pages are bright and clean. A good tight copy. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper. Book is written in French. 390pp. With 37 engravings. BibliothÃ©que littÃ©raire de la famille. PubliÃ©e sous la direction de M.F. Homme. AgrÃ©gÃ© de l'UniversitÃ© . (9Â½"h x 6Â½"w) (24cms x 16cms ) approx. Good. GBP 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 21 US$ 31.43 \| JP¥ 2703] Book number: 6949 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ALLEN, MARION E. (ABSTRACTED AND EDITED BY) Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk 1625-1626 U.K, Suffolk Records Society/Boyde Press. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0851156444). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition, with map of the parishes of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk on the endpapers. Dustjacket in very good condition, Â¼" closed tear at back top edge, top of spine slightly rubbed with a small nick. xiv, 283pp, including Glossary. Containing abstracts of over four hundred wills proved in the court of the Archdeacon of Suffolk. The court's jurisdiction covered the eastern half of the county, an area rich in farming and industrial parishes, market towns and coastal ports. The contents have been indexed by testator, other people mentioned (mainly legatees and witnesses), occupation, place and subject. (9Â½"h x 6Â¼"w) (24cms x 16cms) approx. Fine/Very Good. GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.25 US$ 36.39 \| JP¥ 3130] Book number: 7006 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANDREWS, WILLIAM (EDITED BY) Historic Byways and Highways of Old England London, William Andrews. 1900, First Edition. Hard Cover. Book in good condition, with gilt top edge. Spine ends and outer corner edges slightly bumped, most pages are rough-cut at front edge. Endpapers to front and back boards have light foxing. A few of the pages have one or two spots of foxing, but most are clean and bright. Page 19 has Â½" tear at front edge. Page 137 has two small tears at top edge, and pages 136 to 139 have a small area dark spotted area at top edge. A good tight copy. 269pp, including index. With 5 full-pages illustrations, and also illustrations in text. Studies of social and domestic England, by various contributors. Included are William Andrews, Robert Gibbs, Thomas Frost, Edward Lamplough etc. Contents include: The Gibbetts of Northumberland - House marks and signs in the Olden Time - Chaucer and the medieval Inn - Castle Buildings - Facts about Falconry - Parish Passports - Salter's Coffee-House and Museum at Chelsea - The Maypole - An old time Survey of England - Archery in the Olden Time - The Highwaymen of Hounslow Heath, etc. (9"h x 6"w) (22.5cms x 15cms) approx. Good. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.5 US$ 41.35 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 6087 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANON The Chronicles of the White Rose of York. A Series of Historical Fragments, Proclamations, Letters, and Other Contemporary Documents Relating the Reign of King Edward the Fourth London, James Bohn. 1845. Full-Leather. Gilt edged. Full-leather. Five raised bands on spine. Marbled endpapers. Front and back covers have gilt decoration along inside edges. Leather boards marked (see picture). Spine ends, side of spine (partly) and outer corner edges slightly rubbed. Hinge inside front board has about 1½" at each end where just the endpaper has rubbed off. Some foxing on plan of Calais and light mark by top edge of pages on either side of illustration. Rest of pages are very clean and bright. Bookplate of William Arthur Sixth Duke of Portland inside front board. A very good attractive tight book. xc, 310pp, including, Appendix: Usurpation of Richard the Third, and Index. With frontispiece, 5 illustrations including one folding (plan of Calais) Contents include: Siege of Bamburgh Castle - Hearn's Fragment of an old Chronicle, from 1460 to 1470 - History of the Arrival of Edward IV, in England, and the Final Recovery of his Kingdoms from Henry VI. A.D. 1471- Dr. John Warkworth's Chronicle of the first thirteen years of King Edward the Fourth - The last ten years of King Edward the Fourth, extracted from original Letters and Documents - Manner and Guiding of the Earl of Warwick at Angiers from 15th July to 14th August, 1470 - etc. (10"h x 6¼"w) (25.5cms x 16cms) approx. Very Good. GBP 99.00 [Appr.: EURO 108.75 US$ 163.75 \| JP¥ 14086] Book number: 6651 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANON Official Handbook and Souvenir to the Masonic Bazaar Blackpool (Adelaide Street) 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th September, 1903 U.K, 1903, First Edition. Hard Cover. Gilt edged. Boards have marks on them (see picture), slightly rubbed at spine ends, endpapers are partly tanned, a few of the pages are very lightly tanned at the bottom edge, and a few of the pages also have a light narrow stain by front edge, otherwise pages are clean and bright. A good tight copy. 104pp. With black-and white photographs of the some of Freemasons, and there are 10 Lodges which include the members names. There are also full-page advertisements, some of the advertisements of the stalls at the Bazaar have photographs of the people running them. Includes - Dates of Remarkable Occurrences in Masonry from A.D.287 to 1901, and there are 8 pages about the history of the Freemasons. (9Â½"h x 6Â½"w) (24.5cms x 16.5cms) approx. Good. GBP 42.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 69.47 \| JP¥ 5976] Book number: 6538 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANON The Penny Magazine. Volume VI. Issues 306 to 367 London, Charles Knight. 1837. Hard Cover. Half leather. Boards are rubbed in places. Front board is separated from rest of book but is still attached by the stiching. Rubbed along edges and spine sides and ends. Page 99 has bottom front corner piece missing with a loss of about half of the last 12 sentences, and page 133 has a 5" tear (no text missing). There is just a few spots of foxing on a few of the pages, and also on the endpapers. Previous owner's name and address inside front board. A good tight copy. The Penny magazine for one year from No. 306 dated 7th January 1837 to No. 367 dated 23rd December, 1837. 508pp. With numerous illustrations in the text. (10¾"h x 7½"w) (28.5cms x 19cms) approx. Good. GBP 39.00 [Appr.: EURO 43 US$ 64.51 \| JP¥ 5549] Book number: 6948 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANON The Stortfordian 1921 - 1923 U.K. , First Edition. Hard Cover. Spine slightly faded, title in gilt on spine not faded. Some foxing on endpapers, and on edges, but only the odd spot of foxing on pages which are clean and bright, no tears or marks, just a hint of light browning at top of pages. 8 - school magazines rebound. The Stortfordian School, Hertfordshire magazines from July, 1921 (No.104) to December, 1923 (No.111). With black-and-white photographs. Very Good. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.77 \| JP¥ 2561] Book number: 5235 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ARTHUR, MAX Men of the Red Beret. Airborne Forces 1940-1990 London: Hutchinson, 1990. Hard Cover. First Edition. Hardcover in fine condition. Previous owner's name in biro inside front board. Dustjacket in very good+ condition, three light creases at bottom back edge, top edge very slightly rubbed. xviii, 430pp, including a Brief History of British Airborne Forces and Index. With 42 black-and-white photographs, and 22 maps. From d/j flap - "In 1990 the Airborne Forces celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. From over 150 interviews the author has compiled a fascinating history of the Airborne Forces and the parachute Regiment, including all their major operations.". GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 4999 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ASHLEY, MAURICE: Charles I and Oliver Cromwell. A Study in Contrasts and Comparisons. Methuen, London. 1987.. ISBN 0 413 16270 2. First edition. 243pp. Hardcover. Book in fine condition. Price clipped. Dustjacket in fine condition. King Charles I and Cromwell were the great protagonists in the English Civil War and its aftermath. The author re-examines their military methods, their approaches to religion, diplomatic manoeuvres, domestic policies and the manner in which they handled their parliments. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 3349 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	AUBREY, PHILIP The Defeat of James Stuart's Armada 1692 Leicester University Press, 1979. First edition. 194pp, including bibliography, general index, and index of ships' names. With 9 illustrations and 7 maps, and map on endpapers. Hardcover in near fine condition, endpapers partly slightly tanned. Price clipped. Dustjacket in near fine condition, slightly bumped at top spine edge. The battles of Barfleur and the Hogue, which saved England from invasion in 1692 by a Franco-Irish army already assembled in Normandy and from the danger of a second civil war had Jacobite sympathizers been given a rallying point. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 3826 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BAILEY, BRIAN Churchyards of England and Wales London, Robert Hale. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0709029489). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good plus condition, top spine edge and top outer corner edges very slightly bumped. With 107 photographs and drawings. of which 18 are in colour. 240pp, including Appendix: Some notable burials in English and Welsh churchyards, List of Sources and Index. From d/j flap - " Looking at the origin and history of churchyards, the legends surrounding many of them, the extraordinary paraphernalia to be found there, some of their traditions and rituals, and of course, their notable burials and inscriptions. Many churchyards have macabre happenings and pagan associations. (9"h x 8"w) (23.5cms x 20cms) approx. Fine/Very Good. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 6069 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BARBOUR, PHILIP L. The Three Worlds of Captain John Smith. Adenturer, Colonist and Promoter London, Macmillan. 1964, First Edition. Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, spine ends slightly bumped. Dustjacket in good condition, spine a little faded, back cover a l marked (dust?) sides and ends of spine, and top and side of front edge rubbed. Price clipped. xix, 553pp. With 16 black-and-white illustrations and 6 maps. John Smith was born in obscurity in Lincolnshire in 1580, was a colonist, adventurer and promoter - became a soldier of fortune on the continent. He then became actively interested in England's new ventures across the Atlantic. In 1606 he sailed with the first Jamestown settlers, and kept the settlement together through Indian raids, and famine. He became one of the prime movers in the founding of the New England colonies. He was captured by pirates and shipwrecked off the New England coast, and in 1616 he published a map of the coast. Smith was also famous for capturing the affections of Pocahontas and was saved from being clubbed to death. He also published the first practical handbook for seaman in the English language. Very Good/Good. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 7051 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BELLOC, HILAIRE Cromwell London, Cassell. 1934, First Edition. Hard Cover. Spine ends very slightly bumped, some foxing at fore-edge and a few spots on some of the pages. Previous owner's inscription and date on front free endpaper. A very good tight copy. 407pp, including index. With half-tone frontispiece and 12 maps. (8¾"h x 5¾"w) (22cms x 15cms) approx. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.25 US$ 28.95 \| JP¥ 2490] Book number: 7044 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BETRO, MARIA CARMELA Hieroglyphics. The Writings of Ancient Egypt Abbeville Press Pub. 1996. (ISBN: 0789202328). Hard Cover. First English translation. Hardcover in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, top of spine slightly rubbed. 251pp, including bibliography and index. With numerous black-and-white photographs, and also numerous hieroglyphic signs. From d/j flap - "The book reveals the secrets of the hieroglyphic writing of the Nile Valley, which provides a still-vivid snapshot of the gods, the people, and the everyday life of the Ancient Egyptians.". Fine/Very Good. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 5203 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BEVAN, BRYAN: Royal Westminister Abbey. London, Robert Hale. 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 0709158130). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition. Dustjacket in very good condition. Price clipped. 192pp. With 15 illustrations.For more than nine centuries Westminster Abbey has been closely connected to the kings and queens of England. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 2396 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BLAKEMORE, KENNETH Snuff Boxes London: Frederick Muller, 1976. Hard Cover. First Edition. Hardcover in near fine condition, very slightly bumped at spine ends, and slight small dent at top front edge near spine, internally in fine condition. Previous owner's name and address stamped on front free endpaper. Dustjacket in very good+ condition, only faults, Â½" closed tear at top front edge, and edges very slightly rubbed. 176pp, including bibliography and index. With 19 colour , and 48 black-and-white photographs. From d/j flap - "Tracing the colourful and eventful history of snuff-taking and its evolution into a stylist custom, and presents numerous examples of the exquisite workmanship, care and imagination involved in producing these boxes." (10"h x 7"w) (25cms x 17.5cms). GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 4552 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BRAGG, MELVYN The Adventure of English. 500 A.D. To 2000 the Biography of a Language London, Hodder and Stoughton. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340829915). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped. xii, 354pp, including Bibliography and Index. With 55 illustrations mostly in colour. The English Language from its beginning as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as an established global language. Along the way its colourful 1500-year old story takes in a host of characters and locations, from early tribes, Alfred the Great, Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dr. Johnson, Henry VII, Creole slaves. A story of power, religion and trade, but also the story of people, and how their day-to-day lives shaped and continue to change the English language. Fine/Very Good. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 \| JP¥ 1779] Book number: 6905 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BRIDGE ANTONY The Crusades. London: Granada, 1980. First edition. 314pp. With 46 colour illustrations and 8 maps. Hardcover. Book in near fine condition internally, boards very good, slightly bumped at spine ends, with 3 marks on front board and 2 marks on back board, left by tape being removed? Dustjacket in near fine condition. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 3535 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BRIGGS, ASA Marks and Spencer 1884 - 1984. A Centenary History of Marks and Spencer. The Originators of Penny Bazaars London, Octopus. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0906320054). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, very slightly rubbed at spine ends and top and bottom edge of front cover. 128pp. With numerous colour and black-and-white photographs throughout the book. The book was published to celebrate Marks and Spencer's first hundred years. It begins with a trestle table in a Leeds open market, and ends with a business that is now a household name. The historian Asa Briggs examines the organisation in depth, and he has collected the reminiscences of people who have worked for, supplied and known Marks and Spencers over the years. (11¼"w x 9½"w) (28.5cms x 24cms) approx. Fine/Very Good. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 5835 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BRIGGS, SUSAN Those Radio Times London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 029777929X). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, only fault spine ends very slightly bumped, internally in fine condition. Pictorial endpapers. Dustjacket in very good condition, 1Â½" closed tear by back top outer edge, and Â½" closed tear at bottom edge by spine. 232pp. With 8 colour plates, one of the colour plates is by Louis Wain, plus 400 black-and-white illustrations. Through a mass of pictures and scrapbook material the book recaptures all the excitement surrounding early radio broadcasting, from the days of the crystal set to the sophistication of the Radiogram. Drawing on an enormous number of contemporary cartoons, photographs, articles, listeners' letters and advertisements, many of them from the early editions of The Radio Times. (10"h x 7Â¾"w) (25.5cms x 20cms) approx. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 16 US$ 23.98 \| JP¥ 2063] Book number: 6000 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BRION, MARCEL (TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY JEAN STEWART) Daily Life in the Vienna of Mozart and Schubert London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1961. Hard Cover. First English edition. Book in very good condition, some light foxing at top edge, no foxing on pages which are bright and clean. a very good tight copy. Dustjacket in very good condition, edges very slightly rubbed. ix, 288pp, including index. with 38 illustrations. From d/j flap - " The author discusses the political background, enlarges on the happy-go-lucky character of the citizens, and the important role music played. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars impinge on the city's life, and then the occupation of Vienna by Napoleon. The intrigues, scandals and espionage surrounding 'Dancing Congress', with Talleyrand, Castlereagh, Metternich and Tsar Alexander I dominate the Viennese scene. Then the golden age of Vienna is brought to a close with the 1848 Revolution.". Very Good/Very Good. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.77 \| JP¥ 2561] Book number: 5911 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BROOKE, CHRISTOPHER: From Alfred to Henry III, 871 - 1272. Edinburgh, Thomas Nelson & Sons, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1961. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover. Book in very good condition. Previous owner's name and address ( written small) in ink on front free endpaper. Dustjacket in very good condition. xii, 276pp. With sixteen plates and four maps. Covering four hundred years of England's history. This period saw the emergence of a united English monarchy and a government more effectively organised; it witnessed monastic reform, and the influence resulting from closer contact with European life and the centres- chief among them France- of new trends in thought, warfare, literature, art and dress. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 2285 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BROWN, IVOR Shakespeare in His Time Edinburgh, Thomas Nelson. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, spine ends and front top outer edge very slightly bumped Pictorial endpapers. Dustjacket in good condition, two small tears at top spine edge, top edge slightly rubbed. viii, 238pp, including index. With frontispiece and 47 illustrations. From d/j flap - " There is history, literature, politics and drama, in this study of Elizabethan and Jacobean England and its way of way life. How was Shakespeare schooled? How did he eat, drink, dress and travel? What was the state of the theatrical profession when he entered it. Of what nature were his colleagues, his rivals, and the great personalities of the day.". Very Good/Good. GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.06 \| JP¥ 1209] Book number: 5443 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BROWNSTONE, DAVID M, IRENE M. FRANCK AND DOUGLASS BROWNSTONE Island of Hope, Island of Tears. The Story of Those Who Entered the New World Through Ellis Island-in Their Own Words. New York, Barnes and Noble. 2000. (ISBN: 076702296X). Hard Cover. Book and dustjacket in fine condition. xii, 307pp, including Index. With 50 black-and-white photographs. Between 1892 and the early 1950s nearly fifteen million people streamed through Ellis Island in search of a new life. It closed as a federal immigration station in 1954, and was opened in 1990 as a museum - thus preserving the heritage of the more than 100 million Americans who can trace their immigrant roots there. Largely in the words of the men, women, and children, most of them came from southern and eastern Europe, and from widely diverse backgrounds. Fine/Fine. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 6894 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BRUNING, TED AND KEITH PAULIN Historic English Inns. The David and Charles Book Newton Abbot, U.K, David and Charles. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0715381784). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition, signed by one of the author's on front free endpaper 'To Ron, best wishes, Ted Bruning." Dustjacket in very good condition, slightly rubbed at back top edge and top spine edge. 253pp including index. With numerous black-and-white photographs throughout the book. From d/j flap - "The story of the English pub spans a thousand years of history, from the ale-house hovels of the Anglo-Saxons, through drovers', coaching, canal and railway inns, to the concrete and glass boxes of today. The second part of the book tells in greater detail the stories of some of England's most historic inns, witnesses to events and characters famous, infamous and some all but forgotten.". Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 5245 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.