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	BRYANT, ARTHUR The Years of Endurance 1793-1802 London, Collins, 1947, Fifth Impression. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Covers the first few years of the British fight against the attempt of a revolutionary France to dominate the world. A very good clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Illustrated iwth mono plates. Map endpapers. 370 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 037338 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BURCHELL, WILLIAM, J. Selections from Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa London, Oxford University Press, 1935. Hard Cover , 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Spine strip is split with repaired tear to cloth, some soiling to covers and small amount of pencil annotation - hence described as a reading copy only. Text block clean. Binding tight. Selections from John Burchell's five year journey through Southern Africa starting with his arrival in Cape Town in 1810. Frontis of Buchell and fold-out map marking his route to the rear. 180 pages including notes. Edited by H. Clement Notcutt. Reading Copy/No Jacket. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 042143 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BURFORD, E. J. Wit's, Wenchers and Wantons : London's Low Life: Covent Garden in the Eighteenth Century London, Robert Hale, 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0709026293) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Life in Covent Garden in the eighteenth century where the pursuit of pleasure was the main occupation and the entertainments matched the sophistication of the clientele, from high class courtesans to the degenerate street-traders. A clean, bright hardback in unclipped dustwrapper. 260 pages including index. Near Fine/Near Fine. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 038040 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BUTTERFIELD, HERBERT George III and the Historians London, Collins, 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾"" - 9Â¾"" tall". Examines how historians through the centuries have treated George III and the factors that affected their interpretations, looking at the many myths and errors that have influenced their critical examinations. A very good clean copy in unclipped dustjacket which has small internally repaired tear to rear cover. 304 pages including index. Very Good/Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 007519 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	COULTON, BARBARA A Shropshire Squire : Noel Hill, First Lord Berwick Shrewsbury, Swan Hill Press, 1991. (ISBN: 1853100927) Soft Cover , 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Teh story of Noel Hill's brief but fascinating life, providing us with an intriguing insight into the interests and occupations of a Georgian gentleman. A clean, bright copy which appears unread. 94 pages including index. Near Fine. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 038041 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	FOOT, MICHAEL The Pen & the Sword - Jonathan Swift and the Power of the Press London, Collins, 1984. (ISBN: 0002173573) Hard Cover , 8vo. Traces month by month, how the politicians of the time sought to use the new presses of Grub Street to their advantage, and shows how Jonathan Swift, from his humble position as Vicar of Laracor in Ireland, gradually established himself as the most formidable of political pamphleteers, an indomitable force for change. A very good clean hardback which lacks its dustjacket. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. 387 pages including index. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.07 \| JP¥ 2568] Book number: 041190 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	GATTEY, CHARLES NEILSON Farmer George's Black Sheep: The Lives and Loves of George III's Brothers and Sister Bourne End, Kensal Press, 1985. (ISBN: 0946041237) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Looks at the loves of George III's siblings who were among the most outrageous libertines of that outrageous age. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. A very good clean hardback in unclipped dustwrapper which has faded slightly to the spine. 220 pages. B.W. Illustrations. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: 041053 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	GEORGE, M. DOROTHY London Life in the Eighteenth Century United States, Harper Torchbooks, 1964. Soft Cover , 8vo. Describes the social conditions of London in the eighteenth century covering a variety of topics including occupations, apprenticeship conditions, pleasures, habits, housing, wages, seasonal workers etc. Red felt tip mark to bottom edge but text block is clean, and binding tight. A very good reading copy. 452 pages including index. Reading Copy. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 037952 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	HARVEY, A. D. Sex in Georgian England : Attitudes and Prejudices from the 1720s to the 1820s United States, St Martins Press, 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0715626248) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Shows how the eighteenth century constructed the stereotype of female purity and passivity which was to be inherited by the Victorians and will be as of much interest to the sociologist and sex counsellor as to the historian and general reader. Clean, crisp hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. 205 pages. Illustrated with b.w drawings. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 037514 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	LLOYD, ALAN The Wickedest Age : The Life and Times of George III Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 071535549x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. A sympathetic portrait of a complex and intriguing man and a lively evocation of late eighteenth century England. Square, tight hardback in unclipped dustwrapper. 369 pages including index. Slight spotting to page edges but text block is clean. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 037597 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	MASEFIELD, JOHN Sea Life in Nelson's Time London, Sphere Books, 1972, Reprint. Soft Cover , 4to. Gives a realistic picture of life as a seaman during the period in which Nelson went to sea. A very good clean large format paperback, illustrated with colour & b.w. plates. 105 pages. Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 041154 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	PLUMB, J. H. First Four Georges London, Fontana, 1987. (ISBN: 0006329500) Paper Back . Clean bright copy illustrated with mono plates. 189 pages. Very Good. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.98 \| JP¥ 440] Book number: 011913 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	TANNAHILL REAY Regency England - the Great Age of Colour Print London, The Folio Society, 1964. Hard Cover , Landscape. Concerned primarily with the years 1800 - 1820 - the great watershed between the old and new world and the golden age in the arts of illustration and engraving. Square, tight copy though covers are a little soiled. Illustrated with 50 colour plates. Good/No Jacket. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 007526 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	SOUTHEY, ROBERT; ROWLANDSON, THOMAS; STEEL, JOHN Mr. Rowlandson's England Woodbridge, The Antique Collectors' Club, 1985. (ISBN: 0907462774) Hard Cover , 4to. Commentary on Regency England by Robert Southey accompanied by Thomas Rowlandson's engravings. A very good clean hardback which lacks its dustwrapper. 201 pages including index. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.07 \| JP¥ 2568] Book number: 041767 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	STUART, DOROTHY MARGARET The Daughters of George III London, Macmillan & Co, 1939, Reprint. Hard Cover . A look at the lives of the six daughters of King George III. B/W frontis plus 14 plates. A good clean reading copy - spine strip darkened and worn to ends. A little light foxing. Good/No Jacket. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 004211 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.

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	BRYANT, ARTHUR The Years of Endurance 1793-1802 London, Collins, 1947, Fifth Impression. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Covers the first few years of the British fight against the attempt of a revolutionary France to dominate the world. A very good clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Illustrated iwth mono plates. Map endpapers. 370 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 037338 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BURCHELL, WILLIAM, J. Selections from Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa London, Oxford University Press, 1935. Hard Cover , 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Spine strip is split with repaired tear to cloth, some soiling to covers and small amount of pencil annotation - hence described as a reading copy only. Text block clean. Binding tight. Selections from John Burchell's five year journey through Southern Africa starting with his arrival in Cape Town in 1810. Frontis of Buchell and fold-out map marking his route to the rear. 180 pages including notes. Edited by H. Clement Notcutt. Reading Copy/No Jacket. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 042143 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BURFORD, E. J. Wit's, Wenchers and Wantons : London's Low Life: Covent Garden in the Eighteenth Century London, Robert Hale, 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0709026293) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Life in Covent Garden in the eighteenth century where the pursuit of pleasure was the main occupation and the entertainments matched the sophistication of the clientele, from high class courtesans to the degenerate street-traders. A clean, bright hardback in unclipped dustwrapper. 260 pages including index. Near Fine/Near Fine. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 038040 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BUTTERFIELD, HERBERT George III and the Historians London, Collins, 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾"" - 9Â¾"" tall". Examines how historians through the centuries have treated George III and the factors that affected their interpretations, looking at the many myths and errors that have influenced their critical examinations. A very good clean copy in unclipped dustjacket which has small internally repaired tear to rear cover. 304 pages including index. Very Good/Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 007519 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	COULTON, BARBARA A Shropshire Squire : Noel Hill, First Lord Berwick Shrewsbury, Swan Hill Press, 1991. (ISBN: 1853100927) Soft Cover , 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Teh story of Noel Hill's brief but fascinating life, providing us with an intriguing insight into the interests and occupations of a Georgian gentleman. A clean, bright copy which appears unread. 94 pages including index. Near Fine. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 038041 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	FOOT, MICHAEL The Pen & the Sword - Jonathan Swift and the Power of the Press London, Collins, 1984. (ISBN: 0002173573) Hard Cover , 8vo. Traces month by month, how the politicians of the time sought to use the new presses of Grub Street to their advantage, and shows how Jonathan Swift, from his humble position as Vicar of Laracor in Ireland, gradually established himself as the most formidable of political pamphleteers, an indomitable force for change. A very good clean hardback which lacks its dustjacket. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. 387 pages including index. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.07 \| JP¥ 2568] Book number: 041190 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	GATTEY, CHARLES NEILSON Farmer George's Black Sheep: The Lives and Loves of George III's Brothers and Sister Bourne End, Kensal Press, 1985. (ISBN: 0946041237) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Looks at the loves of George III's siblings who were among the most outrageous libertines of that outrageous age. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. A very good clean hardback in unclipped dustwrapper which has faded slightly to the spine. 220 pages. B.W. Illustrations. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: 041053 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	GEORGE, M. DOROTHY London Life in the Eighteenth Century United States, Harper Torchbooks, 1964. Soft Cover , 8vo. Describes the social conditions of London in the eighteenth century covering a variety of topics including occupations, apprenticeship conditions, pleasures, habits, housing, wages, seasonal workers etc. Red felt tip mark to bottom edge but text block is clean, and binding tight. A very good reading copy. 452 pages including index. Reading Copy. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 037952 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	HARVEY, A. D. Sex in Georgian England : Attitudes and Prejudices from the 1720s to the 1820s United States, St Martins Press, 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0715626248) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Shows how the eighteenth century constructed the stereotype of female purity and passivity which was to be inherited by the Victorians and will be as of much interest to the sociologist and sex counsellor as to the historian and general reader. Clean, crisp hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. 205 pages. Illustrated with b.w drawings. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 037514 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	LLOYD, ALAN The Wickedest Age : The Life and Times of George III Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 071535549x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. A sympathetic portrait of a complex and intriguing man and a lively evocation of late eighteenth century England. Square, tight hardback in unclipped dustwrapper. 369 pages including index. Slight spotting to page edges but text block is clean. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 037597 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	MASEFIELD, JOHN Sea Life in Nelson's Time London, Sphere Books, 1972, Reprint. Soft Cover , 4to. Gives a realistic picture of life as a seaman during the period in which Nelson went to sea. A very good clean large format paperback, illustrated with colour & b.w. plates. 105 pages. Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 041154 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	PLUMB, J. H. First Four Georges London, Fontana, 1987. (ISBN: 0006329500) Paper Back . Clean bright copy illustrated with mono plates. 189 pages. Very Good. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.98 \| JP¥ 440] Book number: 011913 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	TANNAHILL REAY Regency England - the Great Age of Colour Print London, The Folio Society, 1964. Hard Cover , Landscape. Concerned primarily with the years 1800 - 1820 - the great watershed between the old and new world and the golden age in the arts of illustration and engraving. Square, tight copy though covers are a little soiled. Illustrated with 50 colour plates. Good/No Jacket. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 007526 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	SOUTHEY, ROBERT; ROWLANDSON, THOMAS; STEEL, JOHN Mr. Rowlandson's England Woodbridge, The Antique Collectors' Club, 1985. (ISBN: 0907462774) Hard Cover , 4to. Commentary on Regency England by Robert Southey accompanied by Thomas Rowlandson's engravings. A very good clean hardback which lacks its dustwrapper. 201 pages including index. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.07 \| JP¥ 2568] Book number: 041767 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	STUART, DOROTHY MARGARET The Daughters of George III London, Macmillan & Co, 1939, Reprint. Hard Cover . A look at the lives of the six daughters of King George III. B/W frontis plus 14 plates. A good clean reading copy - spine strip darkened and worn to ends. A little light foxing. Good/No Jacket. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 004211 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.