J. Wells

The Charm of Oxford

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, 1920. Hardcover. 154p plus numerous plates. Ex-library. A large hardcover book bound in navy blue cloth. Good reading condition. Label residue on spine; corners and bottom of spine are lightly bumped and worn. Library stamps on rear endpaper. Hinges were starting to crack, but have been repaired, so the binding is tight. Patchy tanning at page 54 where a newspaper was tucked; otherwise, the text is unmarked. Vintage book on the University of Oxford, illustrated with tipped-in plates by W.G. Blackall. Measures approx. 11.5" x 9. Fair .

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Book number: 191231

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Sir Algernon West

Recollections 1832 to 1886

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1900. Hardcover. 442p. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Owner's signature on front endpaper and title page. Many pages uncut. Otherwise clean and tight. Memoirs of the secretary to Prime Minister William Gladstone. Very Good .

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Book number: 189918

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Katie Whitaker

A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France

New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 374p. A hardcover book in essentially fine condition with a like dustjacket. Tiny worn spot at top of spine; otherwise clean and tight, and jacket fully intact. Illustrated with two sections of black and white plates. As New .

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Book number: 190740

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R.J. White

The Horizon Concise History of England

New York, American Heritage Publishing Co. Inc, 1971. Hardcover. 219p; index. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Small indentation in the spine, and a few pages crinkled at the top corners. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly edgeworn and has a small tear at the bottom of the spine. Contains lots of illustrations, some of which are in color. Very Good .

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Book number: 183922

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S.R. Wigram

Chronicles of the Abbey of Elstow: With Some Notes on the Architecture of the Church

London, Parker and Co, 1885. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 220p. Red cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Cover worn on edges and dirtied, back inside hinge cracked, stain on one page from bookmark, otherwise clean and tight. Scarce. "With Some Notes on the Architecture of the Church by M.J.C. Buckley." Includes b/w illustrations. A history of the once-Catholic abbey that was disbanded with the Reformation and has since been an Anglican church. .

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Book number: 125211

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L.P. Wilkinson

A Century of King's 1873-1972

Cambridge, King's College, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 183p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has a 1.5" closed tear on the top front edge, and a 1" closed tear on the bottom rear edge. Scratch mark on back (not torn). Otherwise intact. A survey of the evolution of King's College across 100 years. .

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Book number: 160721

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Neville Williams

The Tudors

Berkeley, University of California Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Paperback. 104p. New softcover book. Fine, flawless condition. .

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Book number: 1245754

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David Williamson

Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain

Devon/London, Webb & Bower with Michael Joseph, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 240p. A large hardcover book in fine condition with a near-fine dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket has mild wear at the top corner of the front panel, and the front flap is price-clipped. Otherwise intact. A nicely illustrated history of the British monarchy. Measures approx. 11.25" x 9. Very Good .

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Book number: 193473

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Hugh Ross Williamson

Four Stuart Portraits

London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 153p. A blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine faded and endpapers foxed. Otherwise clean and tight. Discusses Sir Balthazar Gerbier, Lancelot Andrewes, Sir John Eliot, and Colonel Thomas Rainsborough. .

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Book number: 172103

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Derek Wilson

In the Lion's Court: Power, Ambition and Sudden Death in the Reign of Henry VIII

New York, St. Martin's Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New hardcover book in dustjacket. Fine condition. .

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Book number: 1245757

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Derek Wilson

The King and the Gentleman: Charles Stuart and Oliver Cromwell 1599-1649

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1999. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 473p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. The text is clean and the binding tight. Contains a section of black and white illustrations. A combination biography of King Charles I and his opponent in the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell. .

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Book number: 203241

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John Harold Wilson

The Private Life of Mr. Pepys

New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 249p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Tiny pen notation inside front cover and light musty smell inside. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly edgeworn, with a few closed tears here and there, and has some light speckling on the back. A study of the life of Samuel Pepys. .

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Book number: 201834

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David F.R. Wilson

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin: The National Cathedral of Ireland

Iona Print Ltd. Paperback. 16p. A staplebound softcover booklet in very good condition. Pages held by a single staple. Text unmarked. Describes the history and architectural features of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. Illustrated with black and white photographs. There is no copyright date, but the front cover states the author as Dean of St. Patrick's from 1935-1950. .

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Book number: 167312

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Ursula Wyndham

Astride the Wall: A Memoir 1913-1945

Luton, Lennard Publishing, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 192p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A memoir offering an inside look at English aristocratic life during the World Wars. Contains a section of black and white photographs. .

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Book number: 160537

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Nick Yapp

The British Millennium: 1,000 Remarkable Years of Incident and Achievement

London, Koneman Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 992p. A small hardcover book in fine condition. The text is clean and the binding tight. Measures 5.8'' by 6.5'' by 1.9''. Illustrated throughout with black and white pictures. .

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Book number: 203234

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