[ YONGE, CHARLOTTE M. ]

Cameos from English History. [ Vol.I.] From Rollo To Edward II. Second Edition / [Vol.II.] The Wars In France. Second Series.

London: Macmillan And Co, 1869 / 1871. 2 volumes. Small 8vo. 17.2cm x 12cm x 2.3cm. Vol.I.: pp.11/385. Vol.II.: pp.11/415. Titles in red and black with blue border and vignette. Spotting to preliminaries. Aeg. Marbled endpapers. Prize label to verso front board of Volume I.: Basingstochae, dated 1873. Inner gilt dentilles. Red calf, prize binding. Boards with gilt border and gilt crest to centre of each board, with motto: "Spiritum Nolite Extinguere." 5 raised bands to spine, with gilt decorated compartments and three separate black leather labels: "Cameos From English History", "First series (or "Second Series") ", and "London". Hinges carefully strengthened at some time in the past. VG.

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Book number: 5020

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[ GOODWIN, HARVEY ].

Statuata Ecclesiae Cathedralis Eliensis. Recognita per Augustissimum Dominum Regum Carolum Secundum

Cantabrigiae ( Cambridge ): Typis Academics Excudebat C. J. Clay, 1867. Large format paperback. 27.8cm x 22cm x 0.5cm. pp.4/46 . Black card covers with printed title label and green cloth hinges. Page edges slightly rubbed and soiled. Clean Latin and English text. The Statutes of the Cathedral Church of Ely.

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Book number: 14492

Catalogue: Church History: : 19th Century

Keywords: Moss Goodwin Clay Cambridge Cantabrigiae Ely Cathedral A8393 Thomas Watkins Lambe Church History: : 19th Century

A' BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT 1811-1856 / LEECH, JOHN 1817-1864 (ILLUSTRATOR) .

The Comic History Of Rome. By Gilbert Abbott A' Beckett, Illustrated By John Leech .

London : Bradbury And Evans, 11, Bouverie Street, [no date - c.1858] . 0. A very good half leather binding. 8vo. 8.50" x 5.75" x 1.75". pp.xii/pp.308 , +10 leaves of coloured plates. Date from handwritten dedication. Red morocco spine and corners over blue marbled boards. Edges rubbed and bumped. Spine with 5 raised bands and gilt titles. Plain grey endpapers. Dedication to front endpaper: Richard Compton I. Maul, a birthday present from his Mother - March 11th 1858." Overall a clean book, with just a little light soiling mainly restricted to page margins. ** "Richard Compton French Maul(1847–1874). When Richard Compton French Maul was born on 23 August 1847 in Norfolk, his father, Rev. Richard Compton, was 26 and his mother, Sophia Lee French, was 25. He had one brother and four sisters. He died on 23 April 1874 in Southampton, Hampshire, at the age of 26.

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Keywords: Bradbury Agnew & Co the Comic History of England. John Leech by Gilbert Abbott a'Beckett Hankinson Bookseller Bournemouth Walter Henry Harris 45046 History: : 19th Century

BREWER, REVERAND DR. COBHAM .

The Political, Social, And Literary History Of Germany From The Commencement To The Present Day. By The Rev. Dr. Cobham Brewer, Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

London: Thos. De La Rue & Co, 1881 . 0. First edition. Author's copy with dedication to his daughter. A very good original Victorian binding. 8vo. 7.75" x 5.25" x 1.00" . pp.45/pp.329/[6pp. - Advertisements] + Errata slip. Dark blue pebbled cloth covered boards. Gilt titles to spine. Plain pale yellow endpapers, lightly spotted. Front free-endpaper with dedication: "Ellen M. E. Cobham Hayman nee Brewer. With the author's love, 14 May 1881". Printed title page. Clean English text throughout, just a few brown spots. Very good. ** "The Reverend Dr. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (10 May 1810, Norwich[1] – 6 March 1897, Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire), was the compiler of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, and The Reader's Handbook. E. Cobham Brewer was the son of Elisabeth née Kitton and John Sherren Brewer, a Norwich schoolmaster associated with the Baptist congregation of St Mary's Chapel in Norwich.." - See Wikipedia. *** Ellen Maria Elizabeth Cobham Hayman was born in 1849 and is noted as editor of later revisions of some of her Father's works. - See COPAC British Library.

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Book number: 40681

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Keywords: 41788 Brewer, Reverand Dr. Cobham Ellen Maria Elizabeth Cobham Hayman the Political, Social, and Literary History of Germany History: : 19th Century

BRYCE, JAMES VISCOUNT 1838-1922.

Arnold Prize Essay. 1863. The Holy Roman Empire. by James Bryce, B.A., Fellow of Oxford College .

Oxford: T. & G. Shrimpton, Broad Street / London And Cambridge: Macmillan & Co, 1864 . 0. First Edition. A very good original cloth binding, carefully re-cased. 8vo. 9.0" x 5.75" x 0.5". [4pp.]/pp.176. Brown patterned boards. Edges lightly rubbed and corners bumped. Spine re-backed preserving the original spine and gilt titles: "The Holy Roman Empire - Bryce. - Oxford 1864." Original yellow endpapers. Inner hinges carefully strengthened with matching yellow paper. Small purple ink stamp to front endpaper: "The Times Agency Berlin." Light foxing to half-title, otherwise clean text throughout. Printed title page with previous owners details (in pencil): A. T. Harison.." Text ends with colophon: "Alden. Printer, Oxford." plus tipped-in "Errata." slip. VG. ** "James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FBA (10 May 1838 – 22 January 1922) was a British academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician. After his education at the Univ. of Glasgow and at Oxford, he practiced law in London for a short time before becoming professor of civil law at Oxford. He wrote significant works in several fields; the first of these was his History of the Holy Roman Empire (1864). He entered politics and became a leader of the Liberal party, occupying a variety of posts, including the presidency of the Board of Trade and the chief secretaryship of Ireland. His interest in sociology and philosophy is evident in the second of his great treatises, The American Commonwealth (1888), a classic that is still read and used. Bryce was ambassador to the United States from 1907 to 1913; he was one of the most popular ever to be in Washington, since his knowledge of Americans, as revealed in his writings, was profound. He was created a peer in 1914. His other major works are Studies in History and Jurisprudence (1901) and Modern Democracies (1921)." - See The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia .

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Book number: 46028

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Keywords: 47589 the Holy Roman Empire Arnold Prize Essay Oxford: T. & G. Shrimpton History: : 19th Century

CALVERT, ALBERT F. [ ALBERT FREDERICK CALVERT 1872-1946] .

Western Australia And Its Welfare. A Reproduction Of Articles Which Have Appeared In The The West Australian Review. 1893-1894. By Albert F. Calvert, Mining Engineer.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1895 . 0. This book, published at the end of the 19th century, contains a collection of articles written by the author for 'Calvert's West Australian Mining Register' and its successor 'West Australian Review' between 1893 and 1894, when the Australian Gold Rush was well under way. It offers an illuminating glimpse into the thoughts of a mining professional, and the many questions arising from the exciting developments occurring at the time, and remains in print to this day. Scarce first edition in a very good original binding. 8vo. 7.25" x 5.0" x 0.50. [8pp.]/pp.168. Maroon cloth covered boards, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Title to front board: "Western Austalia And Its Welfare Albert F. Calvert Price". Smooth spine with slightly dulled gilt titles and library reference label to the base. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Original black endpapers. Old library label to verso of the front board: "Woolwich Public Libraries. Reference Department, Plumstead." Printed title-page. Library stamps to the verso including: "The Joseph Edwards Sociological Collection". Free-endpapers, Portrait frontis, and the last leaf of text, lightly toned. Otherwise clean English text throughout. A very good copy of this scarce publication.** "Albert Frederick Calvert (1872-1946), author, traveller and mining engineer, was born on 20 July 1872 at Kentish Town, Middlesex, England, son of John Calvert, mining engineer, and his wife Grace, née Easley. He was brought up principally by his grandfather John Calvert (1814-1897), a widely travelled mineralogist who claimed extensive gold discoveries in Australia in the 1840s. Initiated as a Freemason in 1893, he became something of an authority on Masonic history in later life, though his work is not now highly regarded. Depending on Masonic help in his last years, Calvert died of cerebro-vascular disease in the Archway Hospital, Islington, London, on 27 June 1946, survived by his wife and four sons." - See Australian Dictionary of Biography.

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Book number: 44340

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Keywords: 45764 Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co Albert Frederick Calvert History: : 19th Century

CLARKE, WILLIAM 1800-1838.

The Library Of Entertaining Knowledge. Pompeii. [2 Volumes ] .

London: Charles Knight : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green ; Oliver & Boyd ; Atkinson & Co. ; Wakeman ; Willmer ; Baines & Co. 1831-1832 . 0. A very good two volume set in matching half calf bindings. 12mo. 6.25" x 4.0" x 0.75". Brown leather spine and corners over marbled boards, with matching page edges. Smooth spines with dulled gilt titles. Light staining to titles and preliminaries, a little lightl foxing to the margins, but overall a clean well illustrated set. VG. Vol. I. : pp.x./pp.323/[1p.] ; Vol. II. : pp.xii./pp.324. With 2 engraved frontispieces, 3 engraved plans (one folding) and 139 engraved illustrations throughout text.

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DRINKWATER, JOHN / IRBY, CHARLES LEONARD / MANGLES, JAMES .

A History Of The Siege Of Gibraltar, 1779-1783. With A Description And Account Of That Garrison From The Earliest Periods. By John Drinkwater. / Travels In Egypt and Nubia, Syria, And The Holy Land. By The Hon. Charles Leonard Irby and James Mangles

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1844 / 1845 . 0. A very good Victorian full leather binding. 8vo. [4pp.]/pp.172/ [6pp.]/pp.150 . Crimson morocco covered boards with gilt decorated border and central gilt crest: "Leamington College A.D.1844. Gilt dulled and edges lightly rubbed. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and title :"Siege Of Gibraltar". Gilt rubbed and dulled. All page edges gilt. Original yellow endpapers. Prize label to the verso of the front board: "Leamington College. At The Examination Christmas, 1848.. Awarded to L. Bonar" . Neat dedication to front endpaper: "Presented by Miss M. Bonar 5 Oct, 1944. To Leamington College Library." Each book with a separate title-page. Clean English text in double columns. A very good book.

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Keywords: John Murray a History of the Siege of Gibraltar 1779-1783 with a Description and Account of That Garrison from the Earliest Periods John Drinkwater Travels in Egypt and Nubia Syria 46975 History: : 19th Century

FLETCHER, JAMES 1811-1832.

The History of Poland, From The Earliest Period To The Present Time With A Narrative Of The Recents Events Obtained from a Polish Patriot Nobleman. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged .

London : James Cochrane And Co, 11, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, 1831 . 0. A very good original full leather binding. 8vo. pp.xii/pp.428 . 8.75" x 5.75" x 1.25". Polished brown calf with gilt border. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and black leather title label. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Marbled page edges and matching endpapers. folded map in very good condition. Engraved portrait frontis of 'Prince Czartoryski'. Offsetting to title-page, other wise clean text throughout. VG. ** "FLETCHER, James (1811-32 ) . He was born in Kent to "respectable" parents said to have had a "large property near Canterbury," but no record of a parish birth has been found and the names of his parents are not known. He matriculated at Clare Hall, Cambridge, in 1828 and put that address on the title-page of his first work, Chozar and Sela, which he declared was written "before my eighteenth year." After transferring to Trinity in Dec. 1829, he used that college address for his second book, the History of Poland (1831). But he must have been short of funds, because while still registered at Cambridge, he lived and worked for two years as an assistant at a school in St. John's Wood, London. He was also busy as a writer contributing to The Gem, the Monthly Magazine, and probably other periodicals. In Dec. 1831 he left the school and took lodgings in Grove Terrace, Lisson Grove, hoping to live by his pen. His friends reported him depressed and in acute financial distress on 2 Feb. 1832, and in the course of that night he shot himself through the heart. He was buried on 9 Feb. at St. Dunstan, Canterbury. (Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 16 Feb. 1832).

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FREEMAN, EDWARD A. ( EDWARD AUGUSTUS FREEMAN, 1823-1892 ) .

The Historical Geography of Europe By Edward A. Freeman, D.C.L., LL.D. Honary Fellow Of Trinity College, Oxford. In Two Volumes. Second Edition. Vol. I. - Text ; Vol. II. - Maps .

London: Longmans, Green, And Co, 1882 . 0. A very good two volume set in matching full leather bindings. 8vo. 8.5" x 5.5" . Vol. I. : pp.xlviii./pp.629 ; Vol. II. : pp.viii + LXV Maps. Polished red calf with gilt fillet border. Gilt crest to each front board : "Halleybury College" . Matching spines with gilt decoration and black leather title labels. Inner gilt dentelles. Marbled page edges and matching endpapers. Blank prize label (Halleybury College) to verso of front oard of Vol. I. Previous owner's names to front free-endpaper of each volume. Clean text throughout. Vol. II. with 65 maps with coloured outlines. VG. ** "Edward Augustus Freeman (2 August 1823 – 16 March 1892) was an English historian, architectural artist, and Liberal politician during the late-19th-century heyday of Prime Minister William Gladstone, as well as a one-time candidate for Parliament. He held the position of Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, where he tutored Arthur Evans; later he and Evans were activists in the Balkan uprising of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1874–1878) against the Ottoman Empire." - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 50528

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Keywords: 52003 Longmans, Green, and Co. Historical Geography of Europe by Edward A. Freeman History: : 19th Century

GRESLEY, W. (WILLIAM GRESLEY) 1801-1876.

The Siege of Lichfield : A Tale Illustrative Of The Great Rebellion : By The Rev. W. Gresley, M.A. Lichfield.

London: James Burns, 17 Portman Street, Portman Square, M.DCCC.XLI. [1841] . 0. Third edition with the Author's signature laid-down to front free-endpaper. A very good half leather binding. 12mo. 6.5" x 4,0" x 1.0". pp.vii./[[5pp.]/pp.292 + 4 full-page plates + one folding plan (carefully repaired). Dark brown calf spine and corners, over faded marbled boards. Spine with 5 raised bands, blind stamped decorated compartments, and red leather title label. Red page edges. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's signature: "John Wood S. John's Coll." Author's signature laid-down: "Yours faithfull M Gresley". Clean text and illustrations throughout. Family history records show that : "William Gresley was born on 16 March 1801 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, the son of Caroline and Richard. He married Ann Wright Scott in October 1828. They had nine children in 12 years. He died on 19 November 1876 in Cookham, Berkshire, having lived a long life of 75 years.".

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Keywords: 49268 Gresley, W. William the Siege of Lichfield John Wood History: : 19th Century

WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GROCERS .

Returns Prepared for the Worshipful Company of Grocers In Reply To The Inquiries Addressed To Them By The City Of London Livery Companies' Commission.

London: Printed By R. Clay, Sons, And Taylor, Bread Street Hill, [no date c. 1881] . 0. Old plain plum coloured cloth binding. 9.75" x 6.5" x 0.75". 8vo. pp.15/[1p.]/pp.239/[1p.] Date of publication from; 'Appendix' . Clean text throughout. Last few leaves with chipped edges (not affecting text) where the pages have been roughly separated. Contents include: Appendix; Preface; Original Charter; Translation; Title-page; Foundation of Company; Liste of Charters; List of Trust Deeds; Decrees of Court; Other Documents; Concise History of the Company; Licences in Mortmain; Control over trade; Charities; Members; Income and Expenditure.

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Book number: 46452

Catalogue: Local History: : 19th Century

Keywords: 48029 R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor Returns Prepared for the Worshipful Company of Grocers Local History: : 19th Century

GUIZOT M., FRANçOIS (1787-1874) / COUTIER, LOUISE H. R (TRANSLATOR) .

History Of The English Revolution. From The Accession Of Charles I. Translated From The French Of M. Guizot By Louise H. R. Coutier. [ In two volumes ] .

Oxford: D. A. Talboys, and 113, Fleet Street, London, M. DCCCXXXVIII. [ 1838 ] . 0. A very good two volume set in matching buckram bindings. 8vo. 23cm x 15cm x 3cm. Vol. I. : pp.xxxi/[1p.]/pp.343/[1p.] Vol. II. : pp.vii/[p.1]/pp.413 . Original green buckram publisher's binding. Simple blind-stamp decoration to boards. Corners bumped. Spines lightly sunned with gilt titles. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Original yellow endpapers. Bookplate to the verso of each front board: "Thos. A. Mathieson." Also: A small blue booksellers label: "Chas. Smith, Book Seller, 83 Princes Street, Edinburgh." Clean English text throughout, just a light tide-mark to the lower edges of the the first few leaves. G+ . ** "Thomas Adam Mathieson (1823–99) was the son of Alexander Mathieson, the founder of Saracen Toolworks in the East End of Glasgow.. " - See Mackintosh Architecture, University Of Glasgow.

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Book number: 51525

Catalogue: History: : 19th Century

Keywords: Oxford: D.A. Talboys, and 113, Fleet Street, London History of the English Revolution. From the Accession of Charles I. Translated from the French of M. Guizot by Louise H.R. Coutier. 52909 History: : 19th Century

LAVER, HENRY (1830-1917) .

The Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes of Essex: A contribution to the Natural History of the County. By Henry Laver... With Eight Full-Page, And Two Half-Page Illustrations.

Chelmsford: Edmund Durrant and Co. Buckhurst Hill: The Essex Field Club. London: Simpkin Marshall and Co Ltd, 1898 . 0. A very good original cloth binding. First edition. 8vo. 8.75" x 5.75" x 0.75". pp.viii./pp.138/6pp. (Essex Field Club Proceedings). Red cloth with black titles. Some dis-colouration to boards. Hinges carefully strengthened. Smooth spine with black titles. Patterned endpapers. Armorial bookplate to verso of the front board: "Adam Rivers Steele." Clean text and illustration throughout. VG. ** Adam Rivers Steele, 1843 - 1928.

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Book number: 49541

Catalogue: Natural History: : 19th Century

Keywords: 50796 Adam Rivers Steele the Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes of Essex Edmund Durrant and Co Chelmsford Buckhurst Hill Natural History: : 19th Century

LUCKOMBE, PHILIP.

The Tablet Of Memory; Shewing Every Memorable Event In History, From The Earliest Period to the Year 1800. Classed under distinct Heads, with their dates. Comprehending An Epitome Of English History With An Exact Chronology Of Painters, Eminent Men.

London: Printed by J. Crowder, For G. C. Robinson, 1800. 0. 12mo. 16cm x 10cm x 2.5cm. 2ff./pp.332. Printed title and first few leaves slightly soiled(edges carefully stengthened). Contemporary full calf with smooth spine.

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Book number: 7143

Catalogue: History: : 19th Century

Keywords: 14746 Luckombe Robinson Crowder History: : 19th Century