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THE CROWN AND THE ESTABLISHMENT.
Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1965, re-issued revised edn., paperback, 192pp, cartoons in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper by Bruce Robertson, lifgt vertical crease to spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, ink name half title, very good,
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Catalogue: British History
Keywords: british history monarchy parliament media establishment
TALES OF TIME AND TIDE - Stories of Life on Britain's Shores and Coasts.
David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1994, 1st edn., 192pp, pictorial half title and double page title, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. in text, large format (110.5 x 8 inches approx.), light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, a collection of fourteen stories of those whose living is from or by the sea, from coastguards, fishermen, lifeboatmen, crofters and wardens, each with tales of their life and experiences, including Tommy Knott, merchant seaman and coxswain/mechanic of the Lowestoft lifeboat 1968/78, fine in a fine dustwrapper,
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Catalogue: British History
Keywords: british history shores coasts fisherman crofter sailor lifeboatman coastguard lighthouse keeper
THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, 1st in imprint, large format paperback, 384pp, half tone frontis port., 8pp col'd ills., numerous half tone ills. in text, large format (9.75 x 6.5 inches), pictorial panel upper wrapper, account of the background of sixteenth century intrigue and religious unrest that gave rise to one of the world's most famous crusades and the naval battles which decided its fate, sl. roll and slant to spine, light vertical creasing to spine, a little rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,
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GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 12.51 | JP¥ 1953]
Catalogue: British History
Keywords: british history maritime drake armada
THE LATER MIDDLE AGES.
Methuen / University paperbacks, London, 1981, trade paperback, viii, 312pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, in the Context of English Literature series, providing a unified and coherent account of the culture of late mediaeval England in the context of English literature, aiming to bridge the gap between modern and mediaeval language and literature by introducing the social and intellectual milieu in which writers like Chaucer, Malory and Marjory Kempe lived, a little rubbed at extrems., spine sl. sunned, cnrs. inclined to curl, good plus,
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Catalogue: British History
Keywords: british history middle ages
DARWIN AND THE BEAGLE.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1971, paperback, 280pp, col'd frontis and numerous col'd and half tone ills. throughout, large format (9.5 x 7.5") paperback, col'd pict. wrappers, compiled from contemporary sources, the account of 'the five year circumnavigation (from 1831) which was to change the course of human thought', a little rubbed at extrems., sl. staining lower quarter inch of half title and frontis, very good,
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GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 US$ 9.38 | JP¥ 1464]
Catalogue: British History
Keywords: travel exploration natural history origin species maritime
DARWIN AND THE BEAGLE.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1971, paperback, 280pp, col'd frontis and numerous col'd and half tone ills. throughout, large format (9.5 x 7.5") paperback, col'd pict. wrappers, compiled from contemporary sources, the account of 'the five year circumnavigation which was to change the course of human thought', a little rubbed at extrems., lower wrapper creased, ink name/date half title, very good,
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GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 US$ 9.38 | JP¥ 1464]
Catalogue: British History
Keywords: travel exploration natural history origin species maritime
THE WORK OF THE QUEEN.
William Kimber, London, 1958, 1st edn., 191pp, half tone frontis port., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge col'd, decorative headband, col'd lettered dustwrapper, an account of '.. the day-to-day work that is carried out by the Queen and the responsibilities that fall to her in the discharge of her duties..', sl. cocked, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., small scorch mark lower board, 2 line ink name/date front free endpaper, dustwrapper: clipped but still priced, rubbed at extrems., several short edge tears, small hole lower panel, good plus in a good plus dustwrapper,
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Catalogue: British History
Keywords: monarchy elizabeth windsor royalty government parliament commonwealth
THE EAST AND SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND.
Bracken Books, London 1994, , 1st thus, 48pp, 20 full page and 2 smaller coloured maps, red cloth gilt, large format 11 x 9 inches, mainly county maps with some town plans from 1837, dw lightly rubbed at tips, fine in a very good plus dustwrapper,
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Catalogue: British History
Keywords: britain south england east anglia map plan moule
MARIA FITZHERBERT - The Secret Wife of George IV.
Constable, London, 2001, 1st edn., xiv, 414pp, 16pp half tone ills., red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, a detailed account of the love match that threatened the British monarchy, between the Catholic widow Maria Fitzherbert and the Protestant Prince of Wales, and the open secret of their marriage, faint bump upper edge lower board, dustwrapper: very lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,
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Catalogue: British History
Keywords: british royalty biography regency history
THE VILLAGE IN HISTORY.
Guild Publishing / The National Trust, London, 1988, 197pp, double page pictorial title and illustrated throughout in colour and half tone, photo pictorial endpapers, large format (11 x 8 inches) dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the evolution of the English village, from before the Domesday Book to the early 20th century, with a gazetteer of over 120 selected villages with a brief historical account of each, lightly bumped at tips, two light impressed marks upper board, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, a little sunned at spine, very good in a very good dustwrapper,
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GBP 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 US$ 13.76 | JP¥ 2148]
Catalogue: British History
Keywords: britain british england english village history
THE SKIPPER - A Fisherman's Tale.
BBC Books, London, 1993, 1st edn., 208pp, coloured photo pictorial frontis, coloured and half tone ills. in text, tv tie-in, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, written to accompany the BBC series of the same name, an account of a year in the life of Roger Nowell, skipper of the William Sampson Stevenson, the Penzance registered Newlyn based trawler , fine in a fine dustwrapper,
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Catalogue: British History
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FOUNDED UPON THE SEAS : A Narrative of Some English Maritime and Overseas Enterprises during the period 1550-1616.
University Press, Cambridge, 1942, 1st edn., 200pp, frontis and 11 half tone plates, 1 map in text, blue cloth gilt, an account of the maritime achievements of the Elizabethan and early Stuart period, rubbed and bumped at extrems., ownership stamp at fr. and rear endpapers, edges lightly soiled, no dustwrapper, good,
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GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.75 US$ 8.13 | JP¥ 1269]
Catalogue: British History
Keywords: war history maritime navy exploration
THE YEAR OF LIBERTY - The story of the great Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Panther, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback, 480pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 7 in text maps, coloured pictorial wrapround wrappers, an account of the violent and tragic Irish rebellion of 1798, the result of Pitt's lack of any policy for Ireland leading to the abuse of power by a weak British viceroy bullied by Irish Protestants, together with the misplaced optimism of Wolf Tone and the Irish revolutionaries, a little rubbed at extrems., light vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, good plus,
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Catalogue: British History
Keywords: history ireland rebellion britian france jacobin pitt wolf tone wexford
THE YEAR OF LIBERTY - The story of the great Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1969, 1st edn., 416pp, half tone pictorial frontis, 24pp half tone photo ills., 5 in text maps, maps at endpapers, light green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the violent and tragic Irish rebellion of 1798, the result of Pitt's lack of any policy for Ireland leading to the abuse of power by a weak British viceroy bullied by Irish Protestants, together with the misplaced optimism of Wolf Tone and the Irish revolutionaries, heavy, lightly rubbed at extrems., light tanning and faint foxing to edges, some marks to coloured upper edge, dustwrapper: rubbed with very slight loss at extrems., tear upper edge upper panel neatly repaired to reverse, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,
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GBP 13.50 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 16.89 | JP¥ 2636]
Catalogue: British History
Keywords: history ireland rebellion britain france jacobin pitt wolf tone wexford
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE IV.
Cardinal Sphere, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 127pp, 8pp coloured ills, 32pp half tone ills., pictorial wrappers, sl. larger than mass market size, in the Cardinal series Kings and Queens, an account of the life of the man who was Prince Regent, a little rubbed at extrems., faint creasing at cnrs. upper wrapper, paper tanned, very good,
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GBP 7.20 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 9.01 | JP¥ 1406]
Catalogue: British History
Keywords: british royalty biography regency history
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