NICOLSON, ADAM AND MORTER, PETER

Prospects of England - Two Thousand Years Seen Through Twelve English Towns

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297795783). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 160 pages. Travelling together, author Adam Nicolson and illustrator Peter Morter have visited twelve small towns across the breadth of England, from Weymouth on the South coast to Alnwick, almost on the borders of Scotland. Each of these towns 'has enjoyed a moment when it has come into its own, when the forces at work have brought something to fruition and have given the place its enduring personality'. These 'shaping moments' - a different point in history for each successive town - are strung together in the book to form a continuous chain of town life from the planning of Roman Chichester to the radically nostalgic ideals of the Garden City in early 20th century Letchworth. The result is a remarkable portrait of small town England, with the triumphs of provincial architecture, rich with the details of everyday life, both now and in the past, lavishly illustrated with detailed plans and architectural drawings. The towns are Chichester, Sussex; Glastonbury, Somerset; Alnwick, Northumberland; Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire; Woodbridge, Suffolk; Blandford Forum, Dorset; Monmouth, Gwent; Weymouth, Dorset; Buxton, Derbyshire; Whitby, North Yorkshire; Hebden Bridgem West Yorkshire; Letchworth, Hertfordshire. A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.0 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 20B. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 008176

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: English Town History, Chichester, Glastonbury, Alnwick, Chipping Camden. Woodbridge, Blandford Forum, Monmouth, Weymouth, Buxton, Whitby, Hebden Bridge, Letchworth 0297795783

ADBURGHAM, ALISON

Shopping in Style - London from the Restoration to Edwardian Elegance

London, Thames and Hudson. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0500012059). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from slight age toning to page edges) with near Fine dustjacket (Fine apart from a hint of wear to lower front edge) which is not price clipped. 192 pages. 174 illustrations. In the two centuries since Adam Smith described England as a nation of shopkeepers, there have been many analyses of the importance of retail trade to the wealth of the nation. Yet few writers have explored the part played by shops and shopping in the everyday life of all the citizens of England's capital city, from poorest to richest. This book is a history of retailing in which trade statistics have given way to a many sided story of shopkeepers and shopworkers, shopping customs and customers. A fully illustrated social history which follows the topographical development of London and its shops from the Restoration to the period before the First World War. NOT EX LIB 24. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 008616

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: English Social History, London Shops, William Fortnum, Hugh Mason, Boswell, Johnson, Dickens, Austen, Department Stores 0500012059

ALLEN, CHARLES (EDITED BY)

Plain Tales from the Raj

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1985, First. (ISBN: 0030058627). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very Good+ unmarked copy. First American Edition, First Printing. A rectangular format book of 240 pages. Illustrated throughout with historic photographs Old photographs painstakingly reproduced in duotone. Memorabilia - the nostalgic and affecting artifacts of another time. Lush paintings of a romantic landscape. And the words and memories of more than sixty people who were part of it all - the oldest born in 1876 the youngest when partition still divided India. Drawing on journals, memoirs, diaries, family albums, scrapbooks and private letters and most especially over 250 hours of taped interviews of the men and women who lived and worked for the Raj. D4C. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011336

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: British in India, Raj 0030058627

ASLET, CLIVE

The Story of Greenwich

London, Fourth Estate. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 1857028252). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 288 pages. Greenwich has been an emblem of British history for over a thousand years. A seat of learning and intellectual enquiry, exploration and discovery, it resonates with echoes of great characters and stirring national events. The Royal Observatory, constructed in Greenwich Park in the 1670's, has been the origin of standard time around the world. The ancient royal palace was the birthplace of three monarchs: Henry VIII, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I. Blackheath , at the top of the park, has often featured as the scene of insurrection and revolt, and it was here that Wat Tyler assembled his band of a hundred thousand rebels against the Poll Tax. Lord Nelson's body was brought to the Royal Naval Hospital in 1805 after his death at Trafalgar, and the 17th and 18th centuries bestowed upon Greenwich an incomparable parade of great and innovative buildings by Inigo Jones, Wren, Hawksmoor and Vanbrugh. It was a favourite haunt of Dickens and Gladstone, and home to London's first railway. Using beautiful colour illustrations throughout, the author presents a beguiling and charismatic portrait. NOT EX LIB A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.145 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 23. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 008153

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: Greenwich, Royal Observatory, Admiral Nelson's Funeral, Henry VIII, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, Wat Tyler, Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Royal Naval Hospital, Charles Dickens, Gladstone, Millennium Dome 1857028252

BINNS, STEWART

The British Empire in Colour

London, Carlton. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 1842225170). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 150+ colour illustrations, many previously unpublished, taken from all over the world. At its peak the British Empire was the largest formal empire that the world has ever known, and its power and influence extended to the four corners of the globe. It incorporated diverse peoples and cultures, all of whom - for better or worse - were swept under the red, white and blue banner of British rule. A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.875 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 23. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 007549

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: British Empire, Raj 1842225170

BRYANT, SIR ARTHUR

Restoration England

London, Collins. 1961. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy which has a decorative bookplate to front pastedown and a little light foxing to closed edges with Very Good+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. 192 pages. 11 illustrations. First published as 'The England of Charles II' in 1934 and revised by the author in 1960. An indispensable companion to Sir Arthur Bryant's other seventeenth century studies. Stock of the original edition was destroyed in the Blitz of 1940: this new edition is both revised and illustrated. The book describes 'a visit to a far country..the land we now inhabit, but then occupied by our great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents'. 'I have tried', the author writes, 'to depict that century as they knew it - the feel and sense of it, its sights, sounds and even smells.' NOT EX LIB A1B. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009704

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: English Restoration

BYFORD, ENID

Somerset Murders

Wimborne, Dorset, The Dovecote Press. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0946159769). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very clean, tight and unmarked copy.The book is a compilation of some of the unusual and remarkable murders that took place 50 or more years ago. These include the unfortunate Mr.Trat who was parboiled, cut up and salted down into barrels, John Walford condemned to rot after being hung on the spot where he murdered his wife and Mary Norwood, who after poisoning her husband became the last woman in Britain to be burnt. 51. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001082

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: Somerset Murders, Last Woman to Be Burned in England 0946159769

BYGOTT, DAVID W.

Black and British

Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1996. (ISBN: 0199133050). Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. 80 pages. Illustrated throughout. Black and British is the moving account of the history of the Afro-Caribbean community in the United Kingdom. It describes the struggle for freedom and dignity, both in the Caribbean and in Britain; it looks at the achievements of individuals, past and present; and it looks at how racism remains, as it has done in the past, an everyday fact of life. 2. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009445

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: Afro-Caribbean Community in Britain, Racism in Uk, History 0199133050

COULTON, G.G.

Medieval Panorama - the English Scene from Conquest to Reformation

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 1943. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on green boards which have age toning to spine and light bumping to lower corner tips but no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked a Very Good+ copy. xi + 801 pages. 8 plates. 31 text figures. A seminal work by the distinguished medievalist which was first published in 1938. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST 16. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011275

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: English Medieval History

DENING, GREG

Mr Bligh's Bad Language - Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty

New York, Cambridge University Press. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0521383706). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. xii + 445 pages. 45 illustrations. Captain Bligh and the voyage of the Bounty are the starting point of this new study of the famous mutiny in history, literature and film. By juxtaposing an account of the mutiny with an analysis of its evolving place in history and culture, it offers a new interpretation of the mutiny in the context of its historic and cultural representations. Beginning with an anlysis of naval life and ritual abord the Bounty, the author argues that the mutiny did not take place due to punitive violence , as Captain Bligh is shown to be one of the least violent of British Navy captains. Instead, he argues, Bligh misunderstood the theatrical nature of shipboard life, especially his role as captain. Moving to a larger stage, the book shifts to the reception of the mutiny in 18th century England. Connecting the voyage of the Bounty with the cultural exploration and revolutions of the age, Dening shows that a mythology arose almost immediately around the participants of the mutiny and their actions, a mythology that has been continually reinterpreted into 20th century literature and film. B2D. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 008198

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: Captain William Bligh, Hms Bounty, Fletcher Christian, Mutiny, Pitcairn Island, History, Historical Anthropology 0521383706

LINDSAY, DONALD AND WASHINGTON, E. S.

A Portrait of Britain between the Exhibitions 1851-1951

Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1952. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: R. S. Sherriffs. Silver title and vignette of Victorian gentleman and woman on dark blue boards which have minor marks. Internallythere is age toning to endpapers and closed edges. 322 pages. Victorian and Edwardian charicatures of the famous by R. S. Sherrifs as endpapers. Illustrated throughout by R.S. Sherriffs. Starts with the Great Exhibition and proceeds to cover all aspects of life the wars and the arts. NOT EX LIB A1A. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011302

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: The Great Exhibition, Victorian Era, Edwardian Era R.S. Sherriffs

ENGLAND, STEVE

Memories of Leicestershire

Leicester, Leicester Mercury. 2003, First. (ISBN: 1904038204). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. 144 pages. The book is a pictorial walk through the streets and changing scenes of the county, evoking fond reminiscences of the past. Taken from the archives of the Leicester Mercury, the photographs contained in the book provide reminders of landmarks long since demolished, of streets familiar even today and moments in time consigned to memories. A1A. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010370

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: Leicestershire Local History 1904038204

FLANDERS, JUDITH

The Victorian House - Domestic Life from Childbirth to Deathbed

London, Harper Collins. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0007131887). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy with an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. lii + 476 pages. 36 main illustrations and 55 illustrations in the text. Coloured pictorial endpapers. The Victorian age is both recent and unimaginably distant. In the most prosperous and technologically advanced nation in the world, people carried slops up and down stairs; buried meat in fresh earth to prevent mould forming; wrung sheets out in boiling water with their bare hands. This drudgery was routinely performed by the parents of people still living. Running water, stoves, flush toilets - even toilet paper - arrived slowly throughout the century; and most were luxuries available only to the prosperous. An incisive portrait of Victorian domestic, life portrayed through a collage of diaries, letters, advice books, magazines and paintings, the author shows how social history is built up of tiny domestic details. Laid out like a house, following the story of daily life from room to room. NOT EX LIB A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.885 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST D4B. As New/As New.

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Book number: 008152

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: English Victorian Social History, Victorian Domestic Life 0007131887

FLANDERS, JUDITH

The Victorian House - Domestic Life from Childbirth to Deathbed

London, Harper Collins. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0007131887). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy which has light bumping to corner tips with dustjacket which is price clipped. lii + 476 pages. 36 main illustrations and 55 illustrations in the text. Coloured pictorial endpapers. The Victorian age is both recent and unimaginably distant. In the most prosperous and technologically advanced nation in the world, people carried slops up and down stairs; buried meat in fresh earth to prevent mould forming; wrung sheets out in boiling water with their bare hands. This drudgery was routinely performed by the parents of people still living. Running water, stoves, flush toilets - even toilet paper - arrived slowly throughout the century; and most were luxuries available only to the prosperous. An incisive portrait of Victorian domestic, life portrayed through a collage of diaries, letters, advice books, magazines and paintings, the author shows how social history is built up of tiny domestic details. Laid out like a house, following the story of daily life from room to room. NOT EX LIB PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.885 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST D4B. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 011263

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: English Victorian Social History, Victorian Domestic Life 0007131887

FOSTER, R.F. (EDITED BY)

The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland

Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0198229704). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket xii + 382 pages. 25 illustrations. 9 maps. The book provides a lively and challenging synthesis of Irish history from the earliest times to the present day. Written by an expert team of scholars, all known for their innovative work, richly illustrated throughout, and gives a uniquely authoritative history of Ireland. Comprises: Prehistoric and Early Christian Ireland by Donnchadh O. Corrain; The Norman Invasion and the Gaelic Recovery by Katharine Simms; Early Modern Ireland c. 1500-1700 by Nicholas Canny; Ascendancy and Union by R.F. Foster; Ireland Since 1870 by David Fitzpatrick; Irish Literature and Irish History by Declan Hibberd. A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.26 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST NOT BOOK CLUB NOT EX LIB 16. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 007967

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: Irish History, Norman Invasion of Ireland, Prehistoric and Early Christian Ireland, Irish Literature, Gaelic Recovery 0198229704