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THE FIRST FOUR GEORGES.
Plumb, J. H., · 2000
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Penguin Books, London, 2000, trade paperback, 188pp, half tone frontis and half tone, line and silhouette ills. in text, pictorial wrappers, in the Penguin Classic History series, an analysis of the rule and influence of the four consecutive Kings, George I - IV, from 1714 to...
NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE - An Improbable Marriage.
Bruce, Evangeline, · 1996
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Phoenix Giant / Orian, London, 1996, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 555pp, 32pp half tone and line ills., double page map and faimly tree in text, pictorial wrappers, biography of the life of Napoleon's 'Josephine', (Marie-Joseph-Rose de La Pagiere), and of Napoleon in his ...
THE VILLAGE IN HISTORY.
Nicholson, Graham and Fawcett, jane, · 1988
£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)
Guild Publishing / The National Trust, London, 1988, 197pp, double page pictorial title and illustrated throughout in colour and half tone, photo pictorial endpapers, large format (11 x 8 inches) dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, an...
MEDIEVAL EUROPE.
Scott, Martin, · 1964
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Longmans Green and Co., London, 1964, 2nd imp., xvi, 463pp, maps and genealogical tables in text, grey cloth with red title panel at spine lettered and ruled in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the development of Western Europe from the time of Charlemagne to the m...
ENGLISH COSTUME OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Laver, James (illustrated by Iris Brooke), · 1929
£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)
A. and C. Black, London, 1929, 1st edn., 90pp incl. col'd frontis and 11 other full page col'd ills., nuemrous ills. in line, decorative endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered and ruled in gilt at spine, single line border in blind upper board, upper edge coloured, col'd pictori...
THE VICTORIAN GOVERNESS.
Hughes, Kathryn, · 1993
£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)
The Hambledon Press, London, 1993, 1st edn., xvi, 256pp, 4pp half tone ills., frontis and 6 other in text line ills., dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, drawing on published and unpublished sources an account of the only profession...
VICTORIAN GIRLS - Lord Lyttelton's Daughters.
Fletcher, Sheila, · 1997
£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)
The Hambledon Press, London, 1997, 1st edn., xii, 249pp, 8pp photo ills., family tree in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, based on the diaries and letters of the Lyttelton, Talbot and Gladstone families in the second half of the ninete...
ACTION STATIONS.
Reid, Colin, · 1987
£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)
Robson Books, London, 1987, 1st edn., 160pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., line darwings in text, dar blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo montage dustwrapper, a history of Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC from 1932, faintly bumped at lower tips, dustwrappe...
REVOLUTIONARY EUROPE 1783-1815.
Rudé, George, · 1971
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Collins / Fontana, 1971, 9th imp., paperback, 350pp, line maps in text, pictorial wrappers, in the series Fontana History of Europe, an account of Europe before the 'great unheaval', the French Revolution and the rule of Napoleon, and the impact and influence of both on Europ...
AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND - The 18th Century.
Ashton, T. S., · 1977
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Methuen and Co., London, 1977, reprint, trade paperback, viii, 257pp, in the University Paperbacks series, an account of the growth of population, agriculture, manufacture, trade and finance in eighteenth-century England, lightly rubbed at tips, ink name upper edge, edges tan...
ENGLAND - A Portrait.
Bowle, John, · 1968
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Readers Union, London, 1968, club edn., x, 262pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a portrait of what makes England 'English', using illustrations from mediaeval times to WW2, sl. cocked, lightly bumped lower tip upper board, dustwrapper...
ON FOOT IN LAKELAND.
Palmer, J. H., · 1953
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Westmoreland Gazette, Kendal, 1953, reprint, paperback, 104pp, in text line and half tone illustrations, tipped in folding map, col'd wrappers, a pocket size guide to 63 rambles amongst the English Lakes, edges sl. foxed, lightly rubbed at tips, lower wrapper dusty, very good,
AA BED & BREAKFAST 1997.
Automobile Association, · 1996
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Automobile Association, Basingstoke - Hampshire, 1996, trade paperback, 656pp incl 16pp roadmaps, numerous in text col'd photo ills., col'd photo pictorial wrappers, a directory of farm house, inn and guest house bed and breakfast accommodation in England, Wales, Scotland and...
WINDMILLS OF ENGLAND.
Brown, R. J., · 1979
£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)
Robert Hale, London, 1979, 2nd imp., 256pp, numerous in text line drawings, light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictcorial dustwrapper, a history of an essential part of the life of rural village England, the mills (and the millers), with details of their dev...
A BUCKET OF NUTS AND A HERRING NET.
Jackson, John (ill. Val Biro), · 1979
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Collins and Harvill Press, London, 1979, 1st edn., 191pp, chapter headings and sev. tail pieces, maps at eps. all by Val Biro, light beige cloth lettered in black at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Val Biro, a family's move from London to the Kent countryside and the expansio...
GREAT SEA DISASTERS - The World's Worst Sea Disasters.
Wilson, Neil, · 1998
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Siena / Parragon, Bristol, 1998, 1st edn., 96pp, numerous in text ills. in colour, half tone and line, large landscape format (about 9 x 12 inches), laminated pictorial boards, matching dustwrapper, from the age of sail through steam to the modern day, the major disasters inv...
HEROES ALL! - The Story of the RNLI.
Beilby, Alec, · 1994
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Patrick Stephens, Yeovil, 1994, 3rd imp., 225pp incl. 8pp col'd ills and numerous in text half tone ills., maps at endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spsine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, a history of the Royal National Lifeboat Instititution, the volunteer r...
WORLD COMBAT AIRCRAFT DIRECTORY.
Polmar, Norman, · 1975
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Macdonald and Jane's, London, 1975, 1st edn., 373pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., large format (about 10 x 8 inches), blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, the Order of Battle describes the strength, organisation and disposition...
SAINTS - The Chosen Few.
Dunn-Mascetti, manuela, · 1994
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Ballantine Books, New York, 1994, 1st edn., 255pp, numerous in text half tone and col'd ills., col'd pictorial endpapers, large format (about 10 x 8 inches), red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative col'd head and tail bands, col'd pictcorial dustwrapper, a lavishly il...
TOWNSCAPE - For people who care for and enjoy the North's towns and buildings.
Grundy, John; Burgess, Roger; Lovie, David; langton, Howard; and Paxton, Paul, · 1990
£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)
Northern Heritage Consultancy, Jesmond, 1990, 1st edn., 168pp, in text col'd and half tone photo ills and line drawings, large format (about 10 x 9 inches), green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd photo pictorial wustwrapper, a celebration of the architecture of the town...