Storia moderna

The Muslim Discovery of Europe.

LEWIS, BERNARD. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982. 0297781405. 1st ed. "This intriguing corrective to Euro-centric history is the story of the coming together of Europe and Islam through trade and war, crusade and diplomacy over seven centuries. Using journals, letters, diaries and dispat...

The Church of God. Preface by the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man.

TAYLOR, F.JOHN. · 1946 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Canterbury Press,1946. 1st ed. 208, owners details to verso front board. Grey cloth, title and motifs to front, title to spine. VG.

The Rise of the European Economy. An Economic History of Continental Europe 1500-1750. (revised and edited by Gerhard Benecke).

KELLENBENZ, HERMANN. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson,1976. 0297770624. 1st ed. "..surveys the economic fortunes of continental Europe - that is, Europe not directly influenced by the Atlantic or the Mediterranean - from the great age of discovery to the eve of the Industrial Revolution." Pp.12/354...

The Taras Report on the Last Days of Pompeii.

LLOYD, ALAN. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Souvenir Press, 1975. 1st ed. "His book is at once an engrossing adventure and an illuminating survey of historical Pompeii .." Pp.207/1 Bibliography, 28 photographs, 1 plan + 2 maps. Black cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

Historians in the Middle Ages.

SMALLEY, BERYL. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: Thames and Hudson, 1974. 1st ed. "..the pictures accompanying the text illustrate not only the histories themselves, but also medieval man's view of the world and its impact on his interpretation of events." Pp.202, 99 illustrations - 10 in colour, a few very light spo...

Merchants and Merchandise. The Expansion of Trade in Europe 1500-1630.

BALL, J.N. · 1977 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Croom Helm, 1977. 0856644933. 1st ed. "..presents a broad view of the expansion of trade in sixteenth-century Europe." Chapters deal with merchantile organisation, relations between commercial life and state policy and the evolution of the financial system. Pp.226. Bla...

The Church, Politics and Patronage in the Fifteenth Century.

DOBSON, R.B.(EDITOR). · 1984 · Chilton Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1984. 0862990416. 1st ed. "The strengths and weaknesses of the pre-Reformation church in Britain have been the subject of acute controversy ever since the Reformation itself..In this collection of essays, originally written for a colloquium held at the...

The Navy of the Lancastrian Kings. Accounts and Inventories of William Soper, Keeper of the King's Ships, 1422-1427.

ROSE, SUSAN. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

London: George Allen & Unwin for the Navy Records Society, 1982. 0049421751. 1st ed. "The manuscript on which this volume is based is an account book of the early fifteenth century in the library of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. The accounts are those of the Keepe...

Ham House.

THE NATIONAL TRUST. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

Great Britain; National Trust, 1995. 070780275X. 1st ed. "One of the great Stuart country houses stands only ten miles from the centre of London. Ham [House] still contains much of the lavish decoration, furniture and pictures commissioned by Elizabeth Dysart .. this new guide...

A Guide to Burford Church.

TINGLE, MICHAEL B. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Burford: Friends of Burford Church,1989. Rev. ed. Church guide to St John Baptist, Burford, Oxfordshire. Pp.32, b/w illustrations and photos throughout. Stiff card covers. VG.

The Counter-Reformation. 1550-1600.

KIDD, B.J. · 1937 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: SPCK,1937. 0. Rep. Pp.271, owners name to verso front board,spotting to endpapers. Black cloth, d/w slightly rubbed, chipped to top edge. G+/G+.

A History Of Italian Unity 1814 - 1871 .

KING, BOLTON . · 1912 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1912 / 1934 . 2 volumes. Hardback. 8vo. Vol. I.: (Second Impression - 1912) pp.18/416 with coloured folding map. Vol. II.: pp.12/451 (Fourth Impression - 1934) with folding map. Clean text throughout. light marks to endpapers. Green cloth boards (diff...

Magic Town: Portrait of Torbay.

PIKE, JOHN R. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Devon: Torbay Borough Council, 1992. 3rd ed revised. "A magic town built of high harbour walls and shining palaces beside the sea." Pp. 70, illustrated throughout. P/b. VG.

Elgar's Beloved Country. (Photographs by Roy Booker, Peter Ainsley & Bill Meadows.)

GRUNDY, MICHAEL. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Worcester: Worcester City Council, 1988. 4th ed. "An insight into Elgar's life in Worcester and Malvern and of his love of the South Worcestershire landscape - inspiration for so much of his music." Pp. 5/79, frontis, b/w illustrations throughout plus leaflet ephemera loosely ...

Wartime Memories.

ANQUETIL, AUDREY F. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Jersey: publisher unknown, nd. (c. 1994.). nd. "This is a true account of my life as a schoolgirl in the Bailiwick of Jersey from 1940 to 1945." Pp. 40, portrait frontis, 21 b/w photographs, signed by author 'Audrey Falle, 1994' to inside rear cover. P/b. VG.

Shockwave: The Countdown to Hiroshima.

WALKER, STEPHEN. · 2005 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London: John Murray, 2005. 1st ed. "Combining a rich array of sources with brilliant storytelling, Stephen Walker grippingly charts the defining event of the twentieth century, on its sixtieth anniversary." Pp. 15/352, 32 b/w illustrations. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, il...

Maitland of Lethington The Minister of Mary Stuart. A study of his life and times. By E. Russell .

RUSSELL, E. · 1912 · Chilton Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London: James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1912 . First edition. 8vo. pp.8/515 . With the original blue printed dustwrapper (edges chipped, otherwise good). A very good binding. Original blue cloth boards with small gilt heraldic shield to front board and gilt titles to spine. Printe...

The Future of Bohemia.

SETON-WATSON, R.W. · 1915 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London: Nisbet & Co,1915. 1st ed. A lecture delivered at King's College, London, in honour of the quin-centenary of John Hus. (By the author of The Spirit of the Serb). Pp.31. Grey stiff card covers, lower 5cm section of rear cover has been cut off. Scarce. G+.

A History of the Modern Church. From 1500 to the Present Day.

WAND, J.W.C. · 1949 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Methuen,1949. 6th ed. Pp.12/314,2 maps, owners name to fep. Black cloth. G+.

Medieval London. (Discovering London 3). Drawings by David Newton.

DERWENT, KENNETH. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Macdonald, 1968. 1st.ed. "How to find the London of Chaucer and the Black Prince in the city of London." Pp. 126, some blw illustrations, toning to pages. P/b. slight scuffing to spine, illustrated cover. G+.