SHORNEY, DAVID.

Protestant Nonconformity and Roman Catholicism: A Guide to Sources in the Public Record Office. Pro Readers' Guide No. 13.

London, PRO Publications. 1996. (ISBN: 1873162278) Soft Cover. 126 pp, 4to (11 1/2" H). B&w and colour illustrations. "For at least six centuries the authorities in England and Wales have kept a watchful eye on the activities of dissidents from the Established Church. Many of their observations and decrees have found their way into the Public Record Office which today provides students of ecclesiastical history with a wealth of material to aid their researches. This Readers' Guide points them to the most important classes of documents and suggests how these can throw light on the growth and development of religious dissent, both Protestant and Roman Catholic. Local and family historians will also find this guide an invaluable tool. It introduces the reader to significant genealogical resources housed in the PRO: the Catholic recusant rolls and especially the non-parochial registers kept by numerous Nonconformist and some Roman Catholic congregations, comprising thousands of individual names and snippets of personal information. The guide also has several useful elements for the reader: a list of other archives containing material on Nonconformity and Catholicism; a glossary of terms; and an extensive bibliography." Section headings; The emergence of a Protestant dissenting tradition; Nonconformist baptismal, marriage and burial registers; Other Nonconformist records; Roman Catholicism in England and Wales; Records of Catholicism; PRO classes relating to Nonconformity and Roman Catholicism. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean and bright. Near Fine.

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Book number: 17361

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Religion, State Religion, Protestants, Roman Catholics, Nonconformists, Lollardy, Anabaptists, Recusants, Church England, Quakers, Evangelical, Methodist, Methodism, Moravian, Catholicism, Registers, Recusancy, Census, Wales, Established, Genealogy, Famil

SILLINCE, W.A.

Combined Operations: More Pictures from Punch By Sillince.

London, Collins. 1944. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ill.: W.A. Sillince. 96 pp, 7 3/4" H. A collection of b&w cartoons, presenting a "comic commentary on war-time England". Contents: Agriculture and Fisheries; R.A.F. and C.D.; Journeys - Unnecessary and the Other Sort; The Navies - R. and M.; Science, Art and Industry; The Soldier and the Home Guard; Unclassified. Slight corner bumps and also at top of spine, two tiny stains on front board, light soiling on boards/edges, a few light wrinkles in cloth on rear board. Dust jacket has three large chips and some edge tears archivally taped, browning to spine, price-clipped, now protected in a mylar sleeve. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 30584

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: England, World War Ii, Second World War, Humour, Cartoons, Sillince, Punch, 1943, Mid 20th Century, Agriculture, Fisheries, R.A. F. , Royal Air Force, Travel, Rationing, Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, Soldiers, Home Guard, Rural England, Black out, Bombs, Ant

SIMKINS, PETER.

The First World War: The Western Front 1914-1916. Osprey Essential Histories.

Oxford, Osprey. 2002, First Printing. (ISBN: 1841763470) Soft Cover. 95 pp, 9 3/4" H. Illustrated in b&w and colour with photographs, reproductions, maps/battle plans. "More than 80 years on, the Great War - and particularly the great battles such as the Somme and Verdun - continues to fascinate us and to cast long shadows over the world in which we live. For Britain, the effort and sacrifice involved in creating and sustaining its first-ever and biggest-ever mass citizen army, and in helping to defeat the main enemy in the decisive theatre of operations, left deep emotional and psychological scars that have influenced much of the nation's subsequent history and that are still felt today. In this volume, Peter Simkins re-examines the struggle and sheds an interesting new light on the nature, course and effects of the fighting in France and Belgium from 1914 to 1916. Contents: Introduction; Chronology; The road to war; The opposing armies; Countdown to war; War on the Western Front 1914-1916; Private Archie Surfleet (Portrait of a soldier); The Home Fronts 1914-1916; Winnifred Adair Roberts (Portrait of a civilian); No end in sight; Further reading; Index. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor fubbing. Near Fine.

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Book number: 24444

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Private Archie Surfleet, Winnifred Adair Roberst, Home Front, Petain, Haig, British Expeditionary Force, Trenches, Trench Warfare, Ludendorff, Falkenhayn, Fort Douaumont, Verdun, Henry Rawlinson, Kaiser Wilhelm Ii, Somme, Ypres, First World War, World War

SINCLAIR, ANDREWS.

The Other Victoria: The Princess Royal and the Great Game of Europe.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297779877) Hard Cover with dust jacket. 282 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H). B&w plates. "When Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, Victoria, fell in love and married Prince Frederick, the heir to the Prussian throne, many Prussians regarded the alien Princess Royal as a British agent - when she was only being loyal to her beloved family. This absorbing book, mainly based on papers in the royal archives at Windsor Castle, shows for the first time how Queen Victoria ran an unmatched network of intelligence through her daughter's marriage and her relations in every court in Europe. The Queen and Bismarck both wanted Germany to be united, but their methods of achieveing this were opposed, and their struggle led to isolation and anguish for 'Vicky' and 'Fritz'. The author opens a spyhole on the secret history of the last century and reveals the story of a royal love that turned to royal tragedy - the tale of a princess who had to divide her loyalty between her homeland and her adopted country." Two very small corner bumps, very small bump on fore-edge of front board. Dust jacket has minor browning on spine, a few areas of edge wrinkling, bump at one corner, a few tiny line indentations on front panel, minor rubbing. Very Good/Very Good -.

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Book number: 22469

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Queen Victoria, Princess Royal, Bismarck, German Court, Prussia, Prussian, Prince Albert, Alice, Augusta, Austria, Frederick, Coburg, Letters, Correspondence, Morell Mackenzie, Moltke, Morier, Napoleon Iii, Russia, Salisbury, William, Royal Family. 029777

SINEL, MR. HARRISON, A.G., FOREWORD.

The German Occupation of Jersey: A Complete Diary of Events from June 1940 to June 1945.

Jersey, Evening Post. 1945. Soft Cover. 298 pp, 8vo (8 1/8" H). From the Foreword: "I have been in the position, perhaps more than anyone else, to appreciate the risks that Mr. Sinel took in this work and a witness to the fact that on many occasions notes for the Diary were being written at 'The Evening Post' Office under the very eyes of the Germans. It was not in ignorance of the risks involved that the author undertook this work, for a short time after the arrival of the Germans in the Island a senior member of 'The Evening Post' staff was imprisoned by the Secret Police for six weeks merely on the suspicion of writing a diary of local events, although they were unable to find or prove anything. So this Diary has been compiled, and I feel sure that its objectiveness and the omission of the fantastic rumours which were continually in circulation in the rumour-infested Island will prove it to be an accurate record of day-to-day happenings during this little Island's ordeal by German domination." Inte ior - binding firm, moderate browning to pages, some damage to corners and edges of preliminary pages and last few pages. Exterior - moderate edge wear and creases on covers, corners missing/damaged on covers, small pieces missing from paper spine cover, wrinkles and creases on spine, water stain on front cover, light soiling, heavy browning to edges of text block. Poor.

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Book number: 22953

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Channel Islands, Jersey, German Occupation, Diaries, Personal Reminiscences, Evening Post, Secret Police, Newpapers, Newspapermen, World War Ii, Second World War, Mid 20th Century, Sinel, Journalists, Journalism.

SITWELL, OSBERT.

Laughter in the Next Room. Being the Fourth Volume of Left Hand, Right Hand! an Autobiography.

London, Macmillan. 1949, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ill.: John Piper. 381 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w photographs + b&w reproductions of paintings by John Piper. The fourth volume of Sir Osbert Sitwell's autobiography, takes the reader from the end of the First World War through the early days of the Second. "Witty, enthralling, rich in comedy, yet deeply moving as the shadows of a tragic time close in upon the author and upon us all, this fourth volume sets the crown upon a truly great achievement." Tiny foxing marks at top 1" of fore-edge of pages 1 to 6, very light browning to fore-edge of text block, some small areas of self soiling on bottom of text block. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, has light to moderate browning on spine, light browning on flap-folds and top edge of flaps, wrinkling and some small tears/tiny chips at top of spine, small chip at bottom of rear flap-fold, light soiling on rear panel, protected in a mylar sleeve. Very Good/Very Good-.

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Book number: 30478

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Osbert Sitwell, Biography, British Authors, Family History, Ballet, Clive Bell, Arnold Bennett, Bolshevism, Walter de Boys, Selwyn Davies, Serge Diaghilev, Facade, Florence, Roger Fry, General Strike, Aldous Huxley, Italy, Constant Lambert, London, Henri

SITWELL, OSBERT.

The Scarlet Tree. Being the Second Volume of Left Hand, Right Hand! an Autobiography.

London, Macmillan. 1946, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ill.: John Piper. 319 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w photographs + b&w reproductions of paintings by John Piper. The second volume of Sir Osbert Sitwell's autobiography "carries the life of the author on from his eighth to his eighteenth year, (with) a constant broadening and enrichment of the story in the development of his own experience and interests, in the expansion of other personalities that germinated in 'Left Hand, Right Hand!' and in the sequels that are now given us to various clues. Full of humour, percipience and candour, (it) is a book to be read and re-read, the story of the making of one of the most gifted and cultivated writers of our time." Light toning in margins of pages, very light browning to fore-edge of text block, slight fading at top edge of spine, minor edge wear on boards. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, has moderate browning on spine and flap-folds, light rubbing/soiling on rear panel, light browning along top edge, protected in a mylar sleeve. Very Good/Very Good-.

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Book number: 30476

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Osbert Sitwell, Biography, Childhood, Teenage Years, British Authors, Family History, Sacheverell Sitwell, London, Renishaw, Oxfordshire, Scarborough, Blankney, Bloodsworth, Denison, Edward Vii, Eton College, Education, Gosden, Groucher Canyon, Italy, Mis

SLATER, TERRY.

A History of Warwickshire. The Darwen County History Series.

London, Phillimore. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0850334160) Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ill.: Cartography - Jean Dowling. Marginal Drawings - Tim Grogan. 128 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H). B&w and colour photographs, b&w drawings, reproductions, maps. Contents: Introducing the County; Prehistoric peoples and settlement; Roman Warwickshire; The Anglo-Saxon settlement; Warwickshire in Domesday Book; Medieval farming; The medieval church; Castles, moats and deer parks; Towns, markets and fairs; Medieval Coventry; Deserted settlements; Lords and the landscape; Enclosing the fields; Turnpikes, canals and railways; The East Warwickshire coalfield; Industrial development; The growing towns; The rise of Birmingham; Changing standards of living; Warwickshire 1901-1981; Select Bibliography; Index. Very light wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, has kight browning on spine and top section of panels, light edge wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, a few small edge tears - one with a crease, now protected in a mylar sleeve. Very Good+/Very Good-.

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Book number: 27064

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Alcester, Alne, Arden, River Arrow, Aston, Atherstone, Avon, Beaudesert, Bedworth, Bidford-on-Avon, Birmingham, Bull Ring, Corportation Street, Deritend, Digbeth, New Street Station, Black Death, Brailes, Burton Dassett, Cadbury, Charlecote, Cherrington,

SMILEY, LAVINIA.

A Nice Clean Plate: Recollections 1919-1931.

Salisbury, Wiltshire, Michael Russell. 1981, Second Impression. (ISBN: 0859550826) Hard Cover with dust jacket. 96 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w photographs, drawings, family tree on endpapers. "This is a good book about children, and a wonderful book about rich children. Though it was conceived originally only for private distribution, it would have been a shame had the matter ended there. The author's upbringing - she is a granddaughter of the first Lord Cowdray - suffered from very few limitations of budget, but she was, by her own account, a shy and pessimistic child (imagine the frustrations of being a pessimist about the Pearsons!) who viewed with dismay some of the side effects of her good fortune. (This) is a sympathetic, funny, unreproachful book, a bonanza for the social historian, and written with a real feeling for the essence of childhood." Book is slightly cocked, minor bump at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light wear at top of spine, minor rubbing. Very Good/Very Good-.

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Book number: 27297

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Families, Family History, London, Grosvenor Square, Daughters, Fathers, Mothers, Nannies, Nursery Life, Childhood, 20th Century, Domestic Life, Butlers, Servants, Social History, Paddockhurst, Upper Classes, Parham, Cowdray, Society, Balcombe Place, Perso

SMITH, R.A.L.

Bath.

London, B.T. Batsford. 1945, Second Edition, revised. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ill.: Paul Fripp, et al, photographs. 118 pp, 8 3/4" H. Top edge red, pictorial/map endpapers. B&w and colour plates, b&w map. A look at the social, architectural and literary history of the English city of Bath. Contents: A Note on the Author; Foreword; Acknowledgment; Bath Panorama; Roman Bath; Medieval Bath; Tudor and Stuart Bath; The Bath of Beau Nash; The Bath of Smollett and Sheridan; The Bath of Jane Austen; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index. 3/8" x 1" piece missing from top corner of half-title page, two pages with a tiny light stain. Dust jacket has general light toning, light browning on spine, one very small edge tear, minor edge wear/wrinkling, protected in a mylar sleeve. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 30356

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Bath, English Cities, Illustrated Books, Roman Bath, Baths, Medicinal Baths, Healing Baths, Social History, Society, Beau Monde, Medieval, Middle Ages, Tudor Era, Stuart Era, Beau Nash, Tobias Smollett, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Literature, Jane Austen,

SMITH, WALDO E.L. FOREWORD BY REAR ADMIRAL H.F. PULLEN.

The Navy and Its Chaplains in the Days of Sail.

Toronto, Ryerson. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket. 197 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H). "In the days of sail the sailor met his God upon the sea, for it was here that he was most aware of Him as Ruler of the elements. Towards this God he showed respect. But religion was a limited force for those whose lives were hardened by discomfort, exposure to cold and wet, wretched food, medical neglect and harsh discipline. Chaplains with insight came to understand the Navy's own moral code and used it to build upon. On some ships they were welcomed. On others they had to overcome indifference and, sometimes, open hostility. Waldo Smith recaptures here the flavour of this rugged bygone era." Very light edge wear on boards, small light soiling mark on top of text block, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has several small chips and tears - some with creases, light browning, light soiling, light water staining on lower half and on spine. Very Good/Good-.

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Book number: 23282

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Chaplains, Sailing Ships, Religion, Royal Navy, Sermons, Newfoundland, 17th Century, 18th, 19th, Clergy, Chaplain of Fleet, Moral Codes, Ministers, Discipline, Napoleonic Era, Punishment, Sailors, Seamen, Age of Sail, Naval Chaplains.

SMITH, KELVIN; WATTS, CHRISTOPHER T.; WATTS, MICHAEL J.

Records of Merchant Shipping and Seamen. Public Record Office Readers' Guide No. 20.

Kew, Richmond, PRO Publications. 1998. (ISBN: 1873162499) Soft Cover. 131 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H). B&w photographs, reproductions. "(D)escribes the wide variety of records, preserved in the Public Record Office, available for the study of the Merchant Navy. These are a unique source for studying the history of the British merchant shipping industry and for compiling biographies of many who served in it. Whether you are interested in the history of a merchant ship or the career of a merchant seaman, the PRO should have material which will help you. Although the records can be categorized broadly into two main groups, namely shipping and seamen, neither is totally independent of the other. This 'Guide' will lead you easily and quickly to the documents that you will need to pursue your particular research interest. Merchant ships and seamen have always played a vital role in British economic life, not least in wartime. From the 17th to the 20th century the records covered by this 'Guide' chart the development of the Merchant Navy - sail and steam, fishing boat and liner, ordinary seaman and master, death, disaster and heroism - providing a rich panoply of information on all aspects of seafaring life on which to base your own studies." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light rubbing. Near Fine.

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Book number: 23137

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Ships, Shipping, Sailors, Seamen, Records, Customs, Geneaology, Port Books, Trade, Admiralty, Prize Court, Instance, Royal Navy, Rn, Apprentices, Crews, Masters, Mates, Certificates, Lloyds, Fishing Vessels, First World War, Second, Rnr, Censuses, Merchan

SMITH, GRAHAM.

Shipwrecks of the Bristol Channel.

Newbury, Berkshire, Countryside Books. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 185306153) Soft Cover. 128 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H). B&w map, photographs, reproductions. "Over the centuries, the Bristol Channel, with one of the highest tidal ranges in the world and opening out to the fury of the Atlantic Ocean, has seen the end of many a fine ship. Both English and Welsh coasts have their own particular hazards, including the cruel chain of reefs, rocks and cliffs from Hartland Point to Bridgwater Bay and the treacherous Gower Coast. (This book) tells the stories behind some of the most dramatic and unusual of these disasters. Lundy Island, for centuries the haunt of smugglers and pirates, was the scene in 1906 of the spectacular wreck of HMS Montague, a first class battleship of 14,000 tons. The schooner Gipsy brought the entire port of Bristol to a standstill in 1878 when she ran aground in the Avon Gorge. Locked in the holds of the Admiralty tender Caesar, 68 victims of the press gang drowned when she was driven onto the rocks of Pwlldu Head in 1760. In 1883, the two daughters of the Mumbles lighthouse keeper stood in the raging sea, hauling survivors of the stricken lifeboat Wolverhampton from the waves. Graham Smith brings these and many more stories to life, recalling the characters who manned these working vessels and the more unusual ships of this busy waterway. For this is an account not only of the ships that foundered but also of the courage and heroism displayed by seamen and those who risked their lives to save them." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor wear at corners and top/bottom of spine, tiny scuff on spine edge, two small soft creases on front cover. Very Good.

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Book number: 22417

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Severn Sea, Bristol Channel, Shipwrecks, Ships, Avon Gorge, Mumbles Head, Clovelly, Wreckers, Wrecking, Tides, English, Welsh Coast, Reefs, Rocks, Hartland Point, Bridgwater Bay, Gower, Lundy Island, Smugglers, Pirates, Hms Montagu, Battleships, Tides, Ti

SOMERSET, ANNE.

Ladies-in-Waiting from the Tudors to the Present Day.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1984, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0394520009) Hard Cover with dust jacket. 342 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w plates. "Lady of the Privy Chamber, Maid of Honour, Lady of the Bedchamber, Lady of the Presence Chamber - these and other titles (equally demure, and mysterious) have been bestowed upon women in the English court for almost as long as the court itself has existed. Yet the lives and deeds of these Ladies-in-Waiting and the ideas that fostered their institution have remained, almost wholly, a footnote to the history of England's monarchy. Now, Anne Somerset gives us a lively and fascinating study of the Ladies who surrounded their monarchs from the early sixteenth century to the turn of the twentieth, bringing these women at last into personal and historical focus." One tiny corner bump. Dust jacket has very small closed tear at top of front hinge, minor edge wrinkling. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 22468

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Court, Courtiers, King Henry Viii, Edward, Queen Mary, Elizabeth I, Stuart, Charles Ii, Hanover, Hanoverian, Victoria, Anne, Ladies of Bedchamber, Caroline, Charlotte, Duties, Marlborough, Privy Chamber, Maids of Honour, Presence, Social History, Ladies-i

SPENCER, WILLIAM.

Records of the Militia and Volunteer Forces 1757-1945. Including Records of the Volunteers, Rifle Volunteers, Yeomanry, Imperial Yeomanry, Fencibles, Territorials and the Home Guard. Revised and Updated. Public Record Office Readers' Guide No. 3.

Richmond, Surrey, PRO. 1997. (ISBN: 1873162448) Soft Cover. 87 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H). "In 1757 these auxiliary forces were re-organized on a national basis. Since then, they have gone by various names: Militia, Volunteers, Yeomanry, Fencibles, Territorials, Imperial Yeomanr y and Home Guard. The records that they created over the centuries are little known and little explored. This new edition provides a clear and concise introduction to the tangled history of Britain's auxiliary forces and their records. Military, social and local historians will find this book invaluable in their study of local military forces; and it will help the family historian trace his or her army ancestors. It now includes detailed case studies for soldiers who served between 1790 and 1905 and covers Imperial Yeomanry service in the Boer War." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear. Very Good+.

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Book number: 23666

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Public Record Office, Genealogy, Family History, Militia, Volunteers, Yeomanry, Imperial, Fencibles, Territorials, Home Guard, Rifle, Auxiliary Forces, Military, Social, Local History, British Army, Ancestors, Boer War, Ranks, Officers, Medals. 1873162448