CHILTON BOOKS

Columbus's Outpost among the Tainos.

DEAGAN, KATHLEEN AND CRUXENT, JOSE MARIA. · 2002

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. 0300090404. 1st edition. Spain and America at Ls Isabella, 1493-1498. "Drawing on their ten-year archaeological investigation of the site of La Isabela, along with research into Columbus-era documents, they contrast Spanish expectations ...

Wartime Women. An Anthology of Women's Wartime Writing for Mass-Observation 1937-45.

SHERIDAN, DOROTHY. (EDITOR). · 1990

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

London: Heinemann, 1990. 0434695319. 1st edition. "Dorothy Sheridan has chosen extracts from the whole range of Mass-Observation mterial including research reports, letters, diaries and detailed questionnaires. It inevitably represents only a fraction of the whole archive, yet...

The Correspondence of Sir John Lowther of Whitehaven 1693-1698. A Provincial Community in Wartime.

HAINSWORTH, D.R. (EDITOR). · 1983

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,858)

London: Oxford University Press, 1983. 0197260160. 1st edition. Records of Social and Economic History. New Series VII. "The bulk of the letters here reproduced are from Gilpin [William Gilpin, a Cumberland lawyer] and Gale [John Gale, a Whitehaven merchant], and constitute an...

Luppitt. Parish, Church, and People.

SAGE, JOHN. · 2000

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Luppitt: The LuppitLLocal History Group, 2000. 0953948307. History of the parish of Luppitt, which is just north of the town of Honiton, Devon. 25.5cms x 20.5cms x 1cms. Pp.206, occasional black & white photo illustrations, map to inside front cover. Paperback, faint ring mark...

Select Memoirs of Port Royal to Which are Appended Tour to Alet; Visit to Port Royal; Gift of an Abbess; Biolographical Notices, &c, Taken from Original Documents. Fourth Edition.

M. A. SCHIMMELPENNINCK ( MRS. MARY ANNE (GALTON) SCHIMMELPENNINCK, 1778-1856 ) . · 1835

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co. Paternoster-Row, 1835 . 0. A very good two volume set in matching half leather bindings. 8vo. 8.9" x 5.5" x 1.0". Vol. I. pp.xxvi/pp.487/[1p.] ; Vol. II. [7pp]/pp.8 - 456 . Tan calf spines and corners over marbled boards. Edges lightly rubbed and...

English Seamen of the Sixteenth Century.

FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY. · 1895

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London:Longmans, Green and Co,1895. 1st edition. Lectures Delivered at Oford, Easter Terms 1893-4, Contents: I.The Sea Cradle of the Reformation; II.John Hawkins and the African Slave Trade; III.Sir John Hawkins and Philip the Second; IV.Drake's Voyage Round the World; V.Parti...

Carlisle In 1745. Authentic Account Of The Occupation Of Carlisle In 1745 By Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Edited By George Gill Mounsey .

CHARLES EDWARD PRINCE, GRANDSON OF JAMES II, KING OF ENGLAND 1720-1788 / MOUNSEY, GEORGE GILL [EDITOR] - · 1846

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London: Longman And Co, Paternoster Row / Carlisle: James Steel, 3, English Street, MDCCCXLVI. [1846 ] . First edition. Edited by George Gill Mounsey, from the narrative and correspondence of John Waugh (see Preface). A very good tight binding. Original publisher's blind-stamp...

Tales of My Native Village.

SITWELL, SIR GEORGE RERESBY. · 1933

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London: Oxford University Press/ Humphrey Milford, 1933. 1st edition. Being Studies of Medieval Life, Manners, Art, Minstrelsy, and Religion in the Form of Short Stories. Contents: Introduction: Chaucer's England; I.The Lord of the Manor; II.The Feast; III.The Pilgrim; IV.The ...

The Doctrine of Liberty in England.

HAYNES, E.S.P. · 1916

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Grant Richards Ltd, 1916. 1st edition. Conts: I.Liberty of Contract; II.Liberty of Private Morals; III.Liberty and the Family; IV.Liberty in Regard to Women; V.Freediom of Discussion; VI.Social Freedom; VII.Liberties and Minorities; VIII.Liberty and Religion; IX.Lookin...

The History of Great-Britain, from the first Inhabitants thereof, 'till the Death of Cadwalader, .; and of the Kings of Scotland to Eugene V. and also a short Account of the Kings, Dukes, and Earls of Bretagne...

LEWIS JOHN -1615/6. LLWYD HUMPHREY 1527-1568. TWYNE THOMAS - TRANSLATOR 1543-1613. (THOMAS HUGH - EDITOR) · 1729

£420.00 (€503.43 | $554.88 | ¥88,579)

London: Printed for F. Gyles in Holborn, Mess. Woodman and Lyon in Covent-Garden, and C. Davis in Pater-Noster-Row, M DCC XXIX. [1729] . 0. A very good quarter calf binding. Folio. 15.5" x 10.0" x 1.2". Irregular pagination (but complete): [66pp.]/[1p.]/pp.2-71[1p.]/pp.251/[22...

Rufford : Past and Present.

NOTTINGHAM COUNTY COUNCIL. · 1980

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Nottingham : Nottinghamshire County Council, 1980. 0902751123. Colour illustrated guide to the history and features of Rufford Country Park. Landscape format. 20.5cms x 29cms. Pp.24, illustrated throughout. Brown laminated stiff card covers with cut-out rectangle revealing col...

A Nottinghamshire Notebook.

KAZIMIERCZUK, ELAINE. · 1986

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Nottingham: The Cromwell Press, 1986. "In 'A Nottinghamshire Notebook Elaine reveals her fascination with the rich diversity of the local environment. Using some popular, and many less well-known views, she illustrates the varied aspects of the county - from castles and villag...

Speybuilt. The Story of a Forgotten Industry. (illustrated by Graeme Nairn).

SKELTON, JIM. · 1995

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Garmouth: Mrs W. Skelton, 1995. 0952324318. 2nd edition. " 'Speybuilt' reveals the history of ho the best timber from the great forests of Speyside was used to build over 80,000 tons of shipping..This book vividly illustrates the important connections between the military, pol...

The Stripping of the Altars. Traditional Religion in England 1400-1580.

DUFFY, EAMON. · 1992

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. 0300060769. "This major revisionist account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people's experience of religion in 15th century England. Eamon Duffy shows that late medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but was a...

Speybuilt. The Story of a Forgotten Industry. (illustrated by Graeme Nairn).

SKELTON, JIM. · 1994

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Garmouth: Mrs W. Skelton, 1994. 095232430X. 1st edition. " 'Speybuilt' reveals the history of ho the best timber from the great forests of Speyside was used to build over 80,000 tons of shipping..This book vividly illustrates the important connections between the military, pol...

Royal Foliage.

PEARS, MOLLY. · 1959

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Ashurst Wood: Molly Pears, 1959. 1st edition. History of Ashdown Forest, featuring the many houses and buildings. 25.3cms x 18.3cms. Pp.61, 24 black & white photo plates, inscribed by the author to inner front endpaper. Black boards, gilt title to front, minor wear to top and ...

The Secret History of the Court and Reign of Charles The Second, by A Member of His Privy Council; To Which are Added Introductory Sketches of the Preceding Period From the Accession of James I. With Notes, and a Supplement ...

MEMBER OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL OF CHARLES THE SECOND / [M'CORMICK, CHARLES 1755?-1807 (EDITOR) . · 1792

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London : Printed by T. Gillet, No. 19, Bartholomew-Close, For J. Bew, No. 28, Paternoster-Row, 1792. 0. A very good two volume set in matching half leather bindings. 8vo. 8.2" x 5.5" x 1.2". Vol. I. [2pp.]/pp.v. - xlviii/pp.466 ; Vol. II. pp.iii - viii/pp.379/[1p.]/pp.131. Mod...

The History Of The Progress And Termination Of The Roman Republic By Adam Ferguson... Complete In One Volume.

FERGUSON, ADAM (1723-1816) . · 1826

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London: Published By Jones & Company, 3, Acton Place, Kingsland Road, 1826. 0. A very good half leather binding. 8vo. 8.7" x 5.5" x 1.0". pp.viii/pp.480 + one folding map. Navy blue calf spine and corners over marbled boards. Corners bumped and edges rubbed. Spine with 5 raise...

Merchant Princes, Company of Adventurers Volume III.

NEWMAN, PETER C. · 1991

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Ontatrio: Viking, 1991. 067084098X. 1st edition. History of the Hudson Bay Company, Canada's most enduring - and most controversial - business empire.Pp.xviii/502, many black & white illustrations, maps to endpapers, half-title with signed handwritten dedication "For Sir Eric ...

Caesar's of the Wilderness, Company of Adventurers Volume II.

NEWMAN, PETER C. · 1987

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

Ontatrio: Viking, 1987. 0670809675. 1st edition. Story of the Hudson Bay Company.Pp.xxvi/450, many black & white illustrations, maps to endpapers, half-title with signed handwritten dedication "For Sir Eric Faulkner -with Respect and Affection", owner's name to front free endp...