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Political Parties in the Reign of William III and Anne: The Evidence of Division Lists.

BURTON, I.F. / RILEY, P.W.J. & ROWLANDS,E. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: University of London/ The Athlone Press, 1968. Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, Special Supplement No.7, November 1968. Contents include: The Political Situation in the First Session of the Parliament of 1695-8; A Forecast for the Divisions on the Prop...

Early Sources of English Unitarian Christianity.

BONET-MAURY, GASTON. · 1884 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: British & Foreign Unitarian Association, 1884. Revised by the author and translated from the French by Edward Potter Hall, with a preface by James Martineau. Pp.xvi/291, library bookplate to insidefront board, occasional small library inkstamps throughout. Maroon cloth...

Western Australia And Its Welfare. A Reproduction Of Articles Which Have Appeared In The The West Australian Review. 1893-1894. By Albert F. Calvert, Mining Engineer.

CALVERT, ALBERT F. [ ALBERT FREDERICK CALVERT 1872-1946] . · 1895 · Chilton Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1895 . 0. This book, published at the end of the 19th century, contains a collection of articles written by the author for 'Calvert's West Australian Mining Register' and its successor 'West Australian Review' between 1893 and 18...

Gendarmes and the State in Nineteenth-Century Europe.

EMSLEY, CLIVE. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 0198207980. 1st edition. "Presents a detailed account of the French Gendarmerie from the old regime up to the First World War, and looks at the reasons for how and why this model came to be exported across continental Europe in the wake o...

Pitt and Popularity. The Patriot Minister and London Opinion During the Seven Years' War.

PETERS, MARIE. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980. 0198224982. 1st edition. "Thoroughly examines Pitt's public reputation as he reached the height of his career, and establishes clear connections between the opinion of the political nation and the fortunes of a leading statesman." Pp.xvi/309, 2 m...

Religion in History. Conflict, Conversion and Coexistence.

WOLFFE, JOHN. (EDITOR). · 2004 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Manchester: The Open University, 2004. 0719071070. 1st edition. "The range of topics explored includes paganism and Christianity in the later Roman world, the Crusades, the impact of the Reformation in Britain and Ireland, subsequent Protestant-Catholic conflict, the Hindu Ren...

Science And Civilisation In China. By Joseph Needham with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. Volume 5 Chemistry And Chemical Technology Part II : Spagyrical Discovery And Invention: Magisteries Of Gold And Immortality .

NEEDHAM, JOSEPH 1900-1995 / GWEI-DJEN, LU . · 1974 · Chilton Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974 . 0. First edition. A very good original binding with the original dustwrapper. 4to. 10.0" x 7.75" x 1.5" . pp.32/pp.510 with 41 illustrations, and 12 tables within the text. Blue and white illustrated dustwrapper: "The Taoist Genii....

Science And Civilisation In China. By Joseph Needham... Volume 5 Chemistry And Chemical Technology Part III : Spagyrical Discovery And Invention: Historical Survey, From Cinnabar Elixirs To Synthetic Insulin .

NEEDHAM, JOSEPH 1900-1995 . · 1976 · Chilton Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Cambridge: At The University, 1976 . 0. First edition. A very good original binding with the original dustwrapper. 4to. 10.0" x 7.75" x 1.25" . pp.35/[1p.]/pp.481 with 31 illustrations, and 8 tables within the text. Blue and white illustrated dustwrapper: "The Taoist Genii.." ...

The First British Commonwealth. Essays in Honour of Nicholas Mansergh.

HILLMER, NORMAN & WIGLEY, PHILIP. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Frank Cass, 1980. 0714631531. 1st edition. "focuses attention on the 'first' British Commonwealth, whose development may be said to span the years from the turn of the (20th) century to 1947. In this period at least, distinctions between empire and commonwealth were no...

Savile Correspondence. Letters to and from Henry Savile, Esq. Including Letters from his Brother George Marquess of Halifax.

SAVILE, HENRY / COOPER, WILLIAM DURRANT.(EDITOR). · 1858 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: Camden Society, 1858. Printed from a Manuscript Belonging to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, and from Originals in Her Majesty's State Paper Office. Pp.xxiv/316, foxing to endpapers, owner's details to front free endpaper. Olive green cloth with gilt roundel and init...

Lords Lieutenants in the Sixteenth Century. A Study in Tudor Local Administration.

THOMSON, GLADYS SCOTT. · 1923 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1923. 1st edition. Contents inclue: I.The Crown and the Counties; II.From Henry VIII to Elizabeth. Before 1549 - Northumberland and his Lieutentants - Mary; III.Elizabeth. 1558-1588 - Deputy Lieutenants -1588-1603 - The Council and the Lieutenan...

Shropshire Arms And Lineages: Compiled From The Heralds' Visitations And Ancient MSS., By The Rev. Fred. W. Kittermaster, M.A., Hon. Chaplain of the Shropshire Artillery Volunteers, and sometime Vicar of Edgton.

KITTERMASTER, REV. FRED. W. [ FREDERICK WILLIAM KITTERMASTER 1820-1906 ] . · 1869 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London : William Macintosh, Paternoster Row. / Shrewsbury: J. O. Sandford, High Street, MDCCCLXIX. [ 1869 ] . 0. First edition. A very good original cloth binding. 8vo. 6.5" x 4.25" x 0.5". pp.8/pp.74/pp.35/[3pp. - Adverts]. Green cloth covered boards. Bright gilt title to fro...

The Social Problem in its Economical, Moral, and Political Aspects.

GRAHAM, WILLIAM. · 1886 · Chilton Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1886. 1st edition. Includes chapters on The Existing Distribution of Wealth and Work: General Wages of Labour; Trades' Unions and Their Influence on Wages;The Wages of Women; Share of the Middle Classes; Spiritual Producers and Their Wages. Pro...

Literacy and Society.

NEUBURG, VICTOR E. (EDITOR). · 1971 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: The Woburn Press, 1971. 0713000147. Facsimile edition. The Social History of Education series. Comprises: The Rise and Dissolution of the Infidel Societies in This Metropolis by Wiliam Hamilton Reid, Together with James Watson: A Memoir of the Days of the Fight for a F...

Madame Recamier: With a Sketch of the History of Society in France by Madame M***.

MADAME M. [MARY ELIZABETH MOHL OR CLARKE]. · 1862 · Chilton Books

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

London: Chapman and Hall, 1862. 1st edition. This book draws on Mary Elizabeth Mohl's knowledge of Récamier, but it also outlines her interest in women and a history of their rights. Pp.xii/291, armorial bookplate of Convent of the Immaculate Conception O.S.F. Bocking, Essex t...

Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces.

JONES, A.H.M. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. 0199240094. Special edition for Sandpiper Books. "Traces the diffusion of the Greek city as a political institution throughout the lands of the Roman Empire bordering the Eastern Mediterranean over a period extending from Alexander's conquest of ...

Blackmore Vale Camera.

GUTTRIDGE, ROGER. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Wimborne: The Dovecote Press, 1991. 0946159904. 1st edition. "More than 150 photographs, from Victorian times to the present, that superbly illustrate the changing character of one of the most rural and fascinating areas of Britain." 25.5cms x 20cms. Unpaginated, with 150 blac...

Dachau and the Nazi Terror 1933-1945. Vol.1. Testimonies and Memoirs.

BENZ, WOLFGANG AND DISTEL, BARBARA. · 2002 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Dachau: Comite International de Dachau, 2002. 3980858707. "Contains in unabridged form in English a selection of important contributions of survivors of Nazi concentration camps, published in 17 issues of the Dachauer Hefte 1985-2000." Pp.266. Paperback, creasing to spine and ...

The Apostolic Succession in the First Two Centuries of the Church.

EHRHARDT, ARNOLD. · 1953 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Lutterworth Press, 1953. 1st edition. "Dr Ehrhardt shares the view of many scholars that the symposium entitled The Apostolic Ministry [1946] has failed to explain adequately the rise of the doctrine of the apostolic succession of bishops in the early church. In this b...

The Militiaman.

HYNES, PATRICK. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Avon Books, 1994. 1860330010. 1st edition. "A vivid account of the autthor's wartime experiences and conveys with triumphant good humour and attention to detail the confusion, fear and often hilarious unpredictability of those days. Young men were plucked bewildered ou...