Gerard L. Baker; J. E. G. de Montmorency

Blackheath: The Story of the Royal Hundred, Part One: Blackheath and Greenwich

Blackheath Village, The Morden Society, 1925. First edition. Paperback. A first edition, first impression of this uncommon work concerning Blackheath and the Royal Hundred, with the original glassine wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original paper wraps, with the original glassine wrapper. Small library stamp to the verso of the front of the paper wrap. An interesting study of the historic buildings of Blackheath in Kent, including Morden College and Greenwich Palace, and the historical events of the Royal Hundred, with a foreword by J. E. G. de Montmorency. This is Part One, including Blackheath and Greenwich. Illustrated throughout by the author. An uncommon work in the very scarce glassine wrapper.Thirteen pages of advertisements. In the publisher's original paper wraps, with the original glassine wrapper. Externally generally smart, though with a little darkening to the extremities and one small closed tear each to the front and rear of the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Glassine wrapper is chipped with losses to the spine and extremities, and an 11cm tear to the rear of the wrap. Very Good . Ill.: Gerard L. Baker. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 875M29

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: Blackheath Hundred of Blackheath British history Hundred of Blackheath Gerard L. Baker

Richard Baker; Edward Phillips

A Chronicle of the Kings of England. From the Time of the Romans Government, Unto the Death of King James. Containing All Passages of State and Church, with All Other Observations Proper for a Chronicle

London, H. Sawbridge, 1684. Leather. The eighth edition of this detailed history of the Kings and Queens of England, an interesting and important work of British history by Richard Baker. The eighth edition.Bound without the frontispiece and engraved title page.An important history chronicling the history of the Kings and Queens of England, from the time of the Roman governments, up to the death of King James I in 1625.This 1684 edition includes a continuation that concludes the reign of King Charles I, and the first thirteen years of King Charles II. The continuation is by Edward Phillips based on the lost papers of Sir Thomas Clarges, and provided a valuable resource for the events of 1658 to 1660 with the Restoration of the monarchy.Baker's work is an exhaustive history that details the development of the British monarchy, government, and church, a work that was very popular at the time though it is known to have some inaccuracies. Baker wrote this work whilst imprisoned after he was make responsible for the debts of his wife's family, being reduced to poverty and his properties being seized, upon which he took refuge in Fleet Prison.This edition includes a complete list of the Kings and Queens of England with their reigning years, catalogue of the Dukes, Marquisses, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons of England, and a list of the degrees and ranks of all men and women, from the King and Queen to gentlemen and gentlewomen.Edward Phillips was the nephew of John Milton. Rebound in a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards, with new endpapers. Externally, with wear and loss to the leather, heavier to the leather to the rear joint, with smaller loss to the front joint and spine. Some light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spotting. Bound without frontispiece and engraved title page.Title page has been repaired, adhered to an additional leaf to the verso, with chips to the gutter. Small ink inscription to the title page. The occasional ink annotation to the margins. Scorch mark to the top right hand corner of pages from page 303-416, the section on Queen Elizabeth, with loss of text to those pages, heavier loss to pages towards the middle, where at its worst it has resulted in loss of 4" x 4". Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: 817P13

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: A Chronicle of the Kings of England. From the Time of the Romans Government kings of england england monarchy kings of england richard baker None

Timothy Baker; Winston Churchill

The Island Race

London, Cassell & Co. 1964. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated an abridgment on Sir Winston Churchill's four volume history of Britain and its former colonies. The Island Race is an abridgement by Timothy Baker of the four volumes of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Sir Winston Churchill. A fascinating and comprehensive history of Great Britain, from the Roman occupation through Norman rule, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Reformation of the Church, the English Civil War, and the Victorian Age. The first edition thus of this work. Beautifully and colourfully illustrated throughout.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with some fading to the cloth on the spine and head of the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 832J3

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: winston churchill island race british history england island race Not Stated

B. Granville Baker

Old Cavalry Stations

London, Heath Cranton Limited , 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work exploring old cavalry stations around the UK, illustrated. A volume revisiting the history of old cavalry stations around the United Kingdom by B. Granville Baker. With a foreword by Field Marshal the Viscount Allenby. Retracing the history of cavalry stations, with descriptions, in East Anglia, Wessex, the South and Kent, London and home counties, and roads to the North, as well as Edinburgh and Newcastle. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and forty-six drawings in black and white by the author. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. With a light foxing affecting only the fore edge and first and last few leaves, otherwise the pages are bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and forty-six drawings in black and white by the author.  Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 799A40

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: first editions cavalry stations history horse cavalry stations Not Stated

Graham Balcombe; Jack Sheppard; H. E. Balch

The Log of the Wookey Exploration Expedition

Not Stated, Privately Printed, 1935. Cloth. A very scarce fascinating log of the 1935 Sheppard and Balcombe cave dive of Wookey Hole, an important expedition, this being a limited edition illustrated account of the exploration. Very scarce, limited to an unknown number, this copy numbered 151.Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece, seven photographic plates, and some in-text graphs and diagrams.Collated, complete.This 1935 expedition Cave Diving Group was a pioneering exploration of the Wookey Hole Caves, the first successful Cave Diving expedition in Britain.The cave dive was undertaken by Jack Sheppard and Graham Balcombe, who both contributed to this faithful log recounting their expedition.This log provides a scientific and vivid description of the diver's exploration. The text includes their observations on each day, what they discovered, and an interesting note on the text of the expedition. Wookey Hole Caves have been used by humans for around 45,000 years, with Palaeolithic tools and fossilised animals found in them, and evidence of occupation of the caves from the Stone and Iron Age and into Roman Britain.With a foreword by Herbert Balch. Balch was an important archaeologist who explored the caves of Mendip Hills, and pioneered many techniques for modern caving. He led excavations at Wooley from 1904 to 1914. In 1912 he found a 1000 year old skeleton in the caves, which is rumoured to be the legendary Witch of Wookey Hole.Collated from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Cambridge Libraries. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. A very small amount of bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Light spots to the fore edge. Just a few small marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a few occasional spot. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 823P34

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: The Log of the Wookey Exploration Expedition wookey hole wookey hole caves exploration wookey hole cave diving Not Stated

Squire Bancroft; Effie Bancroft.

The Bancrofts Recollections of Sixty Years

London, John Murray, 1909. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this autobiographical work, exploring the life and career of two actors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. First edition copy of this work. In a half morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. This autobiographical work explores the life and career of Squire Bancroft and Effie Bancroft. A married couple the two of them were incredibly influential and are credited as being among the first actors to implement a dramatic style referred to as 'cup and saucer drama&apos. Notable in their field this work is not only an interesting biographical work but also a piece of theatrical history. In a half morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally generally smart. Light patches of rubbing to the head and tail of the spine, and also to the raised bands joint and extremities. The odd mark to the front and rear boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age toned throughout but are generally clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Unamed. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 630C6

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: Leather Bancrofts Illustrated First Edition Bancrofts Unamed

T C Banks

History of the Ancient Noble Family of Marmyun; Their Singular Office of King&Apos;S Champion by the Tenure of the Baronial Manor of Scrivelsby, in the County of Lincoln: Also Other Dignitorial Tenures and the Services of London, Oxford &C on the Coronation-Day.

London, H K Causton, 1817. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition copy of this work of British history and genealogy written by Thomas Christopher Banks. The first edition. Complete with five folding plates and five folding tables. Thomas Christopher Banks was a British genealogist and lawyer, known for assisting several claimants to dormant peerages based on loose and tenuous evidence. Banks was also known for fabricating pedigrees to support these claims. This work served as evidence in the case of Lewis Dymoke on his claim to the Barony of Marmion. Rebound in a cloth binding. Externally, in excellent condition with just some light marks to the boards. Exeter City Library bookplate to the front pastedown. No library markings. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with scattered spotting throughout. Folding plates have been professionally restored and reinforced. Ink signature and blind stamp to title page. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Unamed. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: GEN2-F-26

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: First Edition Folding plates Thomas Christopher Banks Genealogy Folding plates Unamed

A. Barbeau

Life and Letters at Bath in the 18th Century

London , William Heinemann, 1904. First edition. Cloth. This first edition is a comprehensive illustrated history of Bath from the 17th to 18th century. The first edition.A comprehensive history of the historic city of Bath. A. Barbeau explores the history of Bath a centre of English culture and fashion. Barbeau celebrates Bath's history from its famous people to architecture. This history looks at why Bath became a cultural centre of the late 17th and 18th century. Accompanied by 15 illustrated plates showing some of Bath's historic buildings and important residence. These include The pump Rooms and Jane Austen. It also includes one folding map of Bath and one folding plate. Collated complete. Bound in a cloth binding rebacked with spine laid down. Endpapers renewed. Fading to the boards. Rubbing to the boards resulting loss to the cloth. Boars faded. Internally firmly bound. Spotting to the first and last pages otherwise fairly clean with only a few scattered spots. Institutional stamp and bookplate on the front pastedown and title page. Institutional stamps on all plates. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 877V10

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: History Letters Bath Letters None

Harley Granville-Barker; Various

The Eighteen-Seventies

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these historical essays on the Victorian era by Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature, in the original scarce dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.In the original scarce price-clipped dustwrapper.An interesting study of the 1870s, a prime history of Victorian England told through a series of essays by Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature.Including 'Novelists of the 'Seventies' by Hugh Walpole, 'Some Women Novelists of the 'Seventies' by Walter de la Mare, 'The Women Poets of the 'Seventies' by Vita Sackville-West, and more.Edited by Harley Granville-Barker. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the spine. A few light marks to the boards. Dustwrapper is torn in half. Light discolouration and marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.

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Boeknummer: 782P9

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: The Eighteen-Seventies 1870s royal society of literature harley granville-barker 1870s vita sackville-west None

T. C. Barker; J. R. Harris

A Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution: St. Helens 1750-1900

Liverpool, Liverpool: At The University Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce social study on St. Helens during the Industrial Revolution, with illustrations. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, nine plates, and four maps, three of which are folding. Collated complete. An historical study on the town of St. Helens, Merseyside, with chapters on the development of the canal age, Peter Greenall, the transport monopoly, industrial progress, and the rise of respectability. Written by Theodore Cardwell Barker, a British social and economic historian, and James Rendel Harris, an English scholar. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 886T14

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: Merseyside Industrial Revolution St. Helens Liverpool Industrial Revolution Harris Not Stated

W. R. Barker

St. Mark&Apos;S; or, the Mayor&Apos;S Chapel, Bristol

Bristol, W. C. Hemmons, 1893. Cloth. A limited edition detailing the history of St. Mark's Church, Bristol, by W. R. Barker, illustrated throughout. This work provides an insightful examination into the history of the church and its restoration in 1888, as well as a descriptive look at the wonderful church. Built in the early thirteenth century, St. Mark's is one of only two churches in England which is privately owned and used for worship by a city corporation. It was known as the Gaunt's Chapel during medieval and tudor times. It is known for its collection of European stained glass amassed from sales of the collections held at Lypiatt Park and Fonthill Abbey.A large paper limited edition comprising of two hundred copies, of which this is No. 88. Written by local council member W. R. Barker.Illustrated with nineteen plates, including a folding plan. Collated, complete.A delightful limited edition on this ancient church. In a full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; bumping to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine, which is discoloured. A mark to the front joint of the spine. Internally, binding is generally firm. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 794R22

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: St. Mark's Bristol History of Bristol Bristol W. R. Barker History of Bristol St. Mark's Church of the Gaunts Not Stated

William Barnes

Notes on Ancient Britain and the Britons

London , John Russell Smith , 1858. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition copy of the History of Ancient Britain and the Britons. This volume grew out of a collection for a course of lectures on "Ancient Britain and the Britons" and considers the food, tattooing and Celts amongst other topics of interest. This first edition copy is written by William Barnes, who was an English writer, poet and polymath. In full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. There is some fading and bumping to the spine and extremities. Front hinge is starting, but remains firm. There is previous owner inscription to the front and rear free endpapers and half title page. Internally, generally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd scattered spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: none. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 821B1

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: william barnes notes on ancient Britain and the Britons history british history notes on ancient Britain and the Britons none

T. Ratcliffe Barnett

Reminiscences of Old Scots Folk

London, T. N. Foulis, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this remarkable series of sketches of people through the history of Scotland by T. Ratcliffe Barnett. An original series of sketches of Scottish folk in history by T. Ratcliffe Barnett, the first edition. Each transmitting the character and nature of Lowland Scots through centuries of history, with mixtures of spirituality and religion as experienced in time. T. Ratcliffe Barnett was a minister of the Church of Scotland, writer and musician, known for his lyrical pieces concerning his travels in Scotland and the people he met along the way. Featuring ten illustrations in colour by R. Gemmell Hutchison tipped in.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, spine and boards lightly bumped to the extremities a faint mark to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Some spotting to the fore edge, affecting the occasional leaf particularly to the first and last few, otherwise the pages are generally very clean and bright throughout. with ten illustrations in colour by R. Gemmell Hutchison tipped in.  Very Good Indeed . Ill.: R. Gemmell Hutchison. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 813A62

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: scotland history scenes illustrated history R. Gemmell Hutchison

Thomas J. Barratt; Sir W. Robertson Nicoll [intro]

The Annals of Hampstead

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The complete limited edition three-volume set of Barratt's history of Hampstead, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this three-volume set, one of 550 limited edition copies in the publisher's original cloth bindings with pictorial gilt to the front boards and spines. All edges gilt. Inscribed to the limitations page of Volume I by the author. Thomas James Barratt (1841–1914) was an English businessman who was the chairman of the soap manufacturer A. & F. Pears. His pioneering methods of brand marketing has led him to be called "the father of modern advertising". This three-volume set provides a comprehensive history of Hampstead from the prehistoric era until the early 20th century. Barratt relates details of the literary history, poets, and writers who lived there, as well as information on the nature, geology, and wildlife of the area. Social history is also included, with details of the standards of living, and illustrations of homes through the eras. All volumes contain a frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations. Volume I is illustrated with a further fourteen plates and a folding map. Volume II is illustrated with a further thirty-one plates and two folding maps (one inserted in the pocket to the rear). Volume III is illustrated with a further eighteen plates, one full page map and two folding maps. Plates are a mixture of colour reproductions and photogravures, all with tissue paper guards. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally smart, with a little bumping to the extremities and shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine. Tears to the tail of the front and rear joints to Volume II. Damp-staining to the spine and rear board of Volume II. Small tear to the head of the rear joint to Volume III, with shelf wear to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with some spotting to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 890M8

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: Hampstead British history Thomas Barratt British history Not Stated

William Barrett

The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol

Gloucester, Alan Sutton, 1982. Cloth. A scarce facsimile edition of William Barrett's extensive study of the history and antiquities of Bristol, one of 250 copies printed. William Barrett's major work and first published history of the city of Bristol. Originally published in 1789. Devoted to the origins of Bristol, its history in Saxon and Norman times and development in the eighteenth century, its civil government, trade, various religious foundations, notable benefactors, and eminent men of Bristol. While researching for the publication of this work, Barrett met with forger Thomas Chatterton who produced many documents for him. Many of his fabrications did make it into his History. However, it is accepted that the work was well produced and contained much genuine information. Number sixty-six of two-hundred and fifty copies produced in facsimile. A scarce work. Complete with folding map and enclosed in unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, minor faint damp mark to rear board. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only, faint tide mark internally to rear wrap, not affecting externals. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to fore edge, affecting occasional leaf particularly first and last few. Pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 839A34

Catalogus: British History

Trefwoorden: bristol history antiquities limited history None