Storia

Fourteenth Century Studies.

CLARKE, M.V. / SUTHERLAND, L.S. AND MCKISACK, M. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. These collected essays were originally published in 1937 to commemorate the distinguished Oxford scholar Maude Violet Clarke. "Some of these essays are now recognized to be unusually important discussions of difficult and crucial themes..By bring...

Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography. (3 Volume Set).

THRAPP, DAN L. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Lincoln, NE: Bison Books, 1991. 0803294182. "The three volumes of this work comprise a wealth of information about persons who lived on the frontier, whether that was the trans-Appalachian frontier, the 'wide Missouri' frontier, the mining regions of the Rockies, or the gold-m...

St Mary's School. A Personal History.

SISTER PHYLLIS AND OTHERS. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Wantage: St Mary's Press, 1973. A history of St Mary's School, Wantage, 1873-1973. Pp.67, sketches by Laura Meade, Laura Akers-Douglas and Sarah Jardine-Paterson. Blue card covers have minor crease to front. VG.** St Mary's School was an independent day and boarding girls' sch...

Early History of the Church of God.

BISHOP OF CLIFTON. [WILLIAM JOHN BROWNLOW]. · 1901 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Catholic Truth Society, 1901. Catholic history of the early Church from the Ascension of Christ to the writings of St Irenaeus. Pp.xiv/396, ownership details of Adran Fortescue (Ongar. Oct.1901) to front free endpaper, slight toning to endpapers, small marginal chip to...

The Mission Of St Augustine To England According To The Original Documents, Being A Handbook For The Thirteenth Centenary, Edited By Arthur James Mason D.D.

MASON, ARTHUR JAMES (1851 - 1928) / CADWALLADER JOHN BATES (1853 - 1902) / PROFESSOR T. MCKENNY HUGHES,. · 1897 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Cambridge: At The University Press, 1897 . 0. First edition, previously owned by Professor T. McKenny Hughes, with numerous letters and newspaper cuttings. 8vo. pp.19/[1p.]/pp.252. 7.75" x 5.0" x 1.0". Original blue cloth binding. Gilt titles to dulled spine. Two letters tippe...

The History of the English Electoral Law in the Middle Ages.

REISS, LUDWIG / WOOD-LEGH, K.L. (TRANSLATOR). · 1940 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1940. "Riess's monograph, first published in 1885, successfully challenged many of the conclusions of older authorities like Stubbs and Gneist, and profoundly influenced all later studies of English Constitutional History. Pp.xii/107. Brow...

Europe in the Twentieth Century.

LICHTHEIM, GEORGE. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999. 0297643835. "In documenting the changes in the quality of life, the rise of technocratic forms of government, the slow dissolution of liberalism, and the emergence of new forms of religious, philosophical and artistic consciousness, George ...

Reformation & Reaction in Tudor Cambridge.

PORTER, H.C. · 1958 · Chilton Books

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1958. 1st edition. "A study of the ecclesiastical history of Tudor England might well take Cambridge as its focal point, for the members of the University during the period included Fisher, Erasmus, Latimer, Cranmer, Parker, Cartwright and...

The Paris Commune of 1871.

JELLINEK, FRANK. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1971. 0575006420. A centenary reissue, with a new Introduction by the author, of the first adequate English history of the "forerunner to the Russian Revolution". Originally published in 1937. "What the Communards achieved in their brief ten weeks ...

London's Forgotten Children. Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital.

PUGH, GILLIAN. · 2007 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Stroud: Tempus, 2007. 9780752442440. 1st edition. "In 1739, Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight of children dying on the dung heaps of London. These foundlings and orphans were products of a poverty-striken society where the attitude towards babies born outside of w...

Making Shore.

ALLERTON, SARA. · 2012 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Glasgow: Saraband, 2012. 9781887354929. Winner of the 2011 People's Book Prize. A gripping story inspired by a true World War II incident. "Torpedoed by a German U-boat, adrift on the open ocean, gravely weakened and slowly dying of thirst - the odds of making shore are length...

Handbook for Derricks, Sheers, and Holdfasts, 1898 .

MILITARY BOOK - L. L. HOARE . · 1898 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, By Harrison And Sons, St. Martin's Lane.. 1898 . 0. A very good original military handbook. 5.0" x 4.0" x 0.25". 16mo. pp.143/[1p. - Colophon] . Maroon morocco over thin card cover. Bright gilt titles to front board and spin...

History of the Late 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment.

SLACK, MAJOR JAMES. · 1884 · Chilton Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London : Army and Navy Co-Operative Society, Limited, Victoria Street, Westminster, 1884 . 0. A very good first edition in the original cloth binding. 8vo. pp.263/[2pp. - Erratum. 8.5" x 5.75" x 0.75". Dark green cloth. Titles in red to both the spine and front board. Spine wi...

Wells Manor of Canon Grange.

BAILEY, SHERWIN. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1985. 0862990890. 1st edition. "Sherwin Bailey has previously written about the Canons' houses. In this book he traces from original records the history and tenants of other houses and properties, including many inns. Some of the houses were held by cl...

The Revolution of the Dons. Cambridge and Society in Victorian England.

ROTHBLATT, SHELDON. · 1968 · Chilton Books

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London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1968. 1st edition. "The history of nineteenth-century Cambridge and the great reforms of 1860 to 1882 are related to an identity crisis among Victorian dons who comprised an integral part of England's intellectual aristocracy.The disruption of Camb...

A Climate for Appeasement.

LEWIS, TERRANCE L. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York: Peter Lang, 1991. 0820413143. 1st edition. Studies in History and Culture series Vol.3. "British appeasement was a controversial policy in the 1930s, and has remained so during the more than 50 years since the problems the policy was to solve exploded into World War ...

Industrial Archaeological Sites of Britain. (signed).

BURTON, ANTHOONY / COOTE, CLIVE. (PHOTOGRAPHER). · 1977 · Chilton Books

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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977. 0297773739. 1st edition. "A detailed and practical introduction to more than three hundred sites stretching from Lands End to the Orkneys..they include: a gold mine in Wales; the oldest windmill in Britain; engine houses straining to bala...

Gibraltar and its Sieges. With a Description of its Natural Features.

ANON. · 1882 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1882. Contents: Part I. Naval and Military Annals: I.Siege of Gibraltar in 1704; II.An Interval; III.The Great Siege; IV.The Floating Batteries; V.The Relief. Part II: Gibraltar as it Was and Is: I.General Description; II.Early History of the Ro...

The Year 1914 Illustrated. A Record of Notable Achievements and Events. November 1913 - November 1914.

DAILY NEWS. · 1914 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: Headley Brothers, 1914. . Sixth year of issue. "To the ordinary mortal the course of the world seemed normal until the last days of July. The Balkan fires had been quenched and the danger zone was apparently removed to torrid Mexico, where internal troubles were causin...

The Very Thing. The Memoirs of Drummer Richard Bentinck, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 1807-1823.

CROOK, JONATHAN. · 2011 · Chilton Books

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London: Frontline Books, 2011. 9781848325982. 1st edition. Hitherto unpublished first-hand accounts and illustrative material from the Napoleonic wars. Vivid and compelling recollections of life on campaign, particularly at the Battle of Waterloo. Written by the great-great-gr...