Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

Great Britain Since 1914

Mowat, CL · 1971

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1971. 1st printing of 1st edition., Light dust soiling along top edge otherwise very good+ hard cover book/edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket., The Sources of History, G.R. Elton, editor.

Up Sauchie, Doon Buckie an' Alang Argyle

Stuart, Andrew · 1994

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Ayrshire: Richard Stenlake, 1994. 2nd printing., Fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., A photographic essay & remembrance of Sauciehall, Buchanan and Argyle Streets which were the center of commercial and social activity in pre-war Glasgow, illustrated.

The Union Canal: a Capital Asset

Hutton, Guthrie · 1993

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Ayrshire: Richard Stenlake, 1993. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., One of the canals in Britain, the Union Canal is an engineering triumph. Its commercial life was short and it was nearly killed by 20th Century real e...

A Forth and Clyde Canalbum

Hutton, Guthrie · 1995

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

Ayrshire: Richard Stenlake, 1995. 2nd printing., Fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., The Forth & Clyde Canal and its little boatyard transformed Scotland but then was neglected-only to experience a recent surge of interest, illustrated.

The Castle in Medieval England & Wales

Platt, Colin · 1982

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London: Chancellor Press, 1982. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., A well illustrated, choronological examination of the functions of the castle. Generally, the primary initial function was as an instrument of war but gradually other non-m...

Basil Street Blues: a Memoir

Holroyd, Michael · 2000

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

NY: Norton, 2000. 1st edition thus., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

Introduction to Inn Signs

Delderfield, Eric R · 1968

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY: Arco Publishing, 1968. Previous owner's ink stamp on front end paper & title page. & light scuff on front end paper otherwise good+ hard cover book/ small scuff at base of dust jacket spine otherwise very good dust jacket., A wide array of English inn & tavern signs (over ...

Notes From a Welsh Diary

Herman, Josef · 1988

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

London: Free Association Books, 1988. 1st printing of 1st edition., Light edgewear on covers & sLight soiling on front pageforedge otherwise clean, unmarked near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).

Sir Walter Raleigh

Williams, Norman Lloyd · 1988

$3.00 (€2.72 | £2.27 | ¥479)

London: Cassell Biographies, 1988. 1st Cassell edition, Light edgewear otherwise near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., A reprint of the 1962 edition.

The Age of George III

White, RJ · 1968

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

NY: Walker & Co, 1968. 1st printing of 1st US edition., Fine hard cover book/ crease on inside dust jacket flap otherwise near fine price clipped dust jacket.

The King's Peace: 1637-1641

Wedgwood, CV · 1956

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: MacMillan, 1956. Slight shelfwear otherwise near fine hard cover book/ head of dust jacket spine chipped otherwise good+ dust jacket., Wedgwood's summarization of the four years preceding the Civil War.

Portrait of a Cavalier: William Cavendish-First Duke of Newcastle

Trease, Geoffrey · 1979

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

NY: Taplinger, 1979. 1st printing of 1st US edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

George Thomas Mr. Speaker: the Memoirs of Viscount Tonypandy

Thomas, George · 1985

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

London: Century, 1985. 1st printing of 1st UK edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

Nancy: the Life of Lady Astor

Sykes, Christopher · 1972

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

NY: Harper & Row, 1972. 1st printing of 1st US edition., Previous owner's inscription on front end paper otherwise near fine hard cover book/ heavily edgewear on top dust jacket spine otherwise very good dust jacket.

Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter

Souhami, Diana · 1997

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

NY: St. Martin Press, 1997. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., Mrs. Keppel was King Edward VII's mistress and her daughter Trefusis was Vita Sackville-West's lover.

Four Caroline Portraits: Thomas Hobbes, Henry Marten, Hugh Peters, John Selden

Rowse, AL · 1993

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

London: Duckworth, 1993. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., A fresh look at the why's and wherefor's of the Civl War of the 17th Century by looking through the eyes of the two most brilliant minds of the time (the philosopher, Hobbes, and ...

The Rune Poem: Wisdom's Fulfillment Prophecy's Reach

Paul, Jim Translated · 1996

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

Turn Left at the Pub: Walking Tours of the English Countryside

Oakes, George W · 1968

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: David McKay, 1968. 1st printing of 1st edition., Wear at base of spine otherwise very good hard cover book/ edgewear & dust jacket spine ends chipped otherwise good+ dust jacket., 20 walking tours in various towns and parts of the English countryside.

Disraeli: a Picture of the Victorian Age

Maurois, Andre · 1928

$3.00 (€2.72 | £2.27 | ¥479)

NY: Appleton, 1928. 1st printing of 1st edition., Wear at extremities & previous owner's name on front end paper otherwise very good hard cover book/ no dust jacket.

Churchill: Taken From the Diaries of Lord Moran: the Struggle for Survival: 1940-1945

Lord Moran · 1966

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. 1st printing of 1st US edition., Fine hard cover book/ no dust jacket.