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Puritanism and the English Revolution. Volume II. Godly Rule: Politics and Religion 1603-1660.

LAMONT, WILLIAM M. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Aldershot: Gregg Revivals, 1991. 0751200026. Rep. "What if millenarianism meant not alienation from the spirit of the age but a total involvement with it?.the Book of Revelation had foretold the destruction of the Antichrist. How far such confidence was widespread among Englis...

East Grinstead and its Parish Church.

GOLDING-BIRD, G. · 1938 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

East Grinstead:Cullen's Printers, 1938. 4th edition(6000) revised, enlarged and illustrated. Guide and parish history of East Grinstead and its church. Pp.52, 12 b/w plates. Pbk. Scarce. VG.

Writing Local History: A Practical Guide.

DYMOND, DAVID. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Bedford Square Press, 1981. 071991048X. 1st ed. "This step-by-step guide to the writing of local history describes in simple language the process from basic research to the final presentation of material, with examples of how (and how not) to do it." Pp.10/91, small in...

The Conversion of the Heptarchy.

BROWNE, REV. C.F. · 1896 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: SPCK, 1896. Seven Lectures given at St Pauls. History of the conversion of the development of Christianity in the seven ancient British kingdoms. Chapters include: 1.Northumbria; 2.Wessex; 3.East Anglia; 4.Mercia; 5.The East Saxons; 6.Sussex, and concluding remarks; 7....

Christianity in Southern Fenland.

MCNEILE, R.F. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1948. 1st ed. Deals with the development of religious life in the Southern Fenland, whilst showing how this fits into the background of church life in England. Covers the period from the Danish Invasion to the Restoration. Pp.194, b/w frontis.(Ely Cat...

Devonshire Folk. Stories From Remote Villages Farms and Hills.

SHERRACOMBE, WILL. · 1937 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Heath Cranton Ltd, 1937. Aims to tell of a village life now passing (or passed) away particularly revolving around the Village Inn. A nod is given to the Devon way of speech, but it is not written in full dialect. Pp180. Green cloth, a few bleach spots to the top of th...

Prohibition: The 13 Years That Changed America.

BEHR, EDWARD. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London: BBC Books, 1997. 0563387343. 1st ed. Published to accompany a television series of the same name. "The many shocking and compelling stories to be found in this fascinating study do much to challenge conventional perceptions of the Prohibition era and of how it shaped m...

War Comes Again: Comparative Vistas on the Civil War and World War II.

BORITT, GABOR S. (EDITOR). · 1995 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 019508845X. 1st ed. "The Civil War and World War II stand as the two great cataclysms of American History..eleven eminent historians - including three Pulitzer Prize winners, all veterans of the Second World War - offer an illuminating ...

The Evolution of Modern Latin America.

HUMPHREYS, ROBIN A. · 1946 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1946. 1st ed. Originating from a series of lectures given at Cambridge in 1945. Pp.196, 13 maps, minor sptting to closed page edges. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. VG.

The Year 1000.

LACEY, ROBERT AND DANZIGER, DANNY. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. 0316643750. Rep. What life was like at the turn of the first millennium: An Englishman's world. Pp.230, signed by co-author Danny Danziger to title page. Green cloth, d/w has scuff to front. VG/G+.

The Past and the Present.

STONE, LAWRENCE. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. 0710006284. 1st ed. "The first three chapters trace three major developments in historiography: the relation of history to the social sciences, the use of the technique of group biography, and the recent(c.1981) reaction to quantification ...

Chronology of the History of France.

LEBEDEL, CLAUDE. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Rennes: Editions Quest-France, 1999. 273732503X. 1st ed. "..provides a set of data that is placed within its historical period and summarises the main importance of the event." Pp.32, coloured chronological time-line to right-hand page edge, colour illustrations throughout. St...

The Cambridge History of Africa. Volume 6. c.1870-c.1905.

OLIVER, ROLAND AND SANDERSON, G.N. (EDITORS). · 1985 · Chilton Books

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. 0521228034. 1st edition. "..covers the period 1870-1905, when the European powers (Britain, France, Germany, Portugal and Italy) divided the continent into colonial territories and vied with each other for control over vast tracts o...

The Parish Church of St Kentigern Crosthwaite.

EELES, FRANCIS C. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Kendal: Titus Wilson and Son, 1974. Revised edition. With an account of its literary associations by the late Canon H.D.Rawnsley, and an introduction by the Right Reverend H.H.Williams, D.D,Bishop of Carlisle, 1920-1946. "Crosthwaite Church is widely known to lovers of the Lak...

Power and the Praise Poem: Southern African Voices in History.

VAIL, LEROY AND WHITE, LANDEG. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1991. 1st ed. Chapters include: 1. The Invention of 'Oral Man' - Anthropology, Literary Theory, and a Western Intellectual Tradition; 2. 'Maps of Experience' - Songs and Poetry in Southern Africa; 3. The Development of Forms - Nde...

Africa: A Continent Self-Destructs.

SCHWAB, PETER. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

New York: Palgrave, 2001. 031224018X. 1st ed. "Many of the nations of sub-Saharan Africa have all but ceased to exist as organized states: tyranny, diseases such as AIDS, civil war and ethnic conflict, and cross-border invasions threaten the complete disintegration of a region...

A History of Iraq. (Second edition).

TRIPP, CHARLES. · 2002 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Cambridge: University Press, 2002. 052152900X. 2nd edition. "This updated edition of Charles Tripp's 'A History of Iraq' covers events since 1998, and looks at ..developments right up to mid-2002..Tripp traces Iraq's political history from its nineteenth century roots in the O...

Fontana Dictionary of Africa Since 1960.

GRACE, JOHN AND LAFFIN, JOHN. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Fontana Press, 1991. 0006862144. "..the most comprehensive guide to African political culture in the modern, post-colonial era yet to be published..There is a full chronological breakdown of evnets on the African continent year-by-year since 1960, and also a supplement...

The Pazzi Conspiracy: The Plot Against the Medici.

ACTON, HAROLD. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Thames and Hudson, 1979. 0500250642. 1st ed. "Fully illustrated from contemporary sources, this entertaining and informative account of the conflict between prince and pope is filled with incidents of personal heroism and unexpected brutality." Pp.128,39 b/w illustrati...

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...