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The Great English Earthquake. (signed).

HAINING, PETER. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Robert Hale, 1991. 0709043910. "On the morning of 22 April 1884, the unthinkable happerned - a major earthquake struck the British Isles. In under a minute almost the entire length and breadth of England had been shaken by a violent tremor which devasted the county of Es…

Suffolk Scenes. (Millennium Edition).

BUNTROCK, MALCOLM (ILLUSTRATOR) AND BUNTROCK, MARGARET (TEXT). · 1999 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Stowmarket: Buntrock Enterprises, 1999. 0953550605. Introduction and text by Margaret Buntrock, drawings and foreword by Malcolm Buntrock. A unique portrait in both pictures and words of a much-loved county. 21cms x 28cms. Pp.64, colour drawings + text, map, black & white illust…

Posh Frocks and Postings. A Second Collection of Poems.

MAY, MAGGIE. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Aylesbury: BPCC Hazell Books Ltd, 1991. 1st edition. "Broadcasts on BFBS to read her poems about the Gulf war, Christmas with the Forces, and others from her book, have all stemmed from the guge success of 'Waiting in the Wings'. Once again, this second book has been illustrated…

Waiting In The Wings. A Collection of Poems.

MAY, MAGGIE. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Aylesbury: BPCC Hazell Books Ltd, 1989. 1st edition. "Having listened to so many RAF) wives bemoaning the problems and frustrations of the nomadic existence, Maggie decided to 'take the lid off' our incredible life' and started this collection of poems..She wanted..to portray th…

The Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of Antient Free And Accepted Masons of Ireland (1725 - 2011) by W. Bro. McLoughlin, B.C.L.

MCLOUGHLIN, DENNIS . · 2011 · Chilton Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,096)

Ireland: The Lodge of Research No. CC, MMXI [2011] . 0. Signed Limited first edition. "This book is a copy of the first Standard Edition, limited to 300 copies.." pp.20/pp.256 . 21.5cm x 15.8cm x 2.1cm. Blue leatherette covers with a couple of dinks to the edge of the front boar…

Lady of the Beasts.

MORGAN, ROBIN. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

New York: Random House, 1976. 039440758X. 1st edition, Second volume of poetry by American feminist poet Robin Morgan, following her first "Monster". "Lady of the Beasts is about the varieties of woman's ancient and now re-emerging power, as daughter, wife, mother, lover, priest…

Chance Witness. An Outsider's Life in Politics. (Signed).

PARRIS, MATTHEW. · 2002 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Viking, 2002. 0670894400. 1st edition. "Matthew Parris is part participant, part bystander. He observes. In this candid autobiography, he describes what it was like to be so close to the centre yet remain an outsider. He writes about his extraordinarily itinerant childho…

Cathedral Church of Norwich.: Thirteen-Hundredth Anniversary of the Diocese of East Anglia. Official Handbook.

CRANAGE, D.H.S. (DEAN OF NORWICH).(EDITOR). · 1930 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Norwich: Jarrold & Sons, Limited, 1930. Includes: A History of the Diocese; The Connection of Norwich with Contiguous Dioceses; List of Bishops; History of the Cathedral Church; Carved Bosses in the Cathedral Church and Cloisters; The Effigy of Bishop Goldwell; The Birkbeck Cope…

The Castle of Knaresburgh and The White Mare of Whitestonecliff.

ABBAY, RICHARD. · 1887 · Chilton Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1887. 1st edition. The Castle of Knaresburgh: A Tale in Verse of the Civil War in Yorkshire, 1644 and The White Mare of Whitestonecliff: A Yorkshire Legend of the Fifteenth Century. Pp.xiv/337/48(publisher's catalogues), folding map (Prince Ruper…

Fred's Five Minute Talks. Your Masonic Questions Answered.

LOMAX, FRED. · 2013 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Hersham: Lewis Masonic, 2013. 9780853184379. 1st edition. "Here is a ready source of inspiration and reference, and a handy means of instituting a regular programme of varied snippets into the ordinary course of Lodge activity. " Pp.128, occasional colour and black & white illus…

Verdi and / or Wagner. Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries.

CONRAD, PETER. · 2013 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Thames & Hudson, 2013. 9780500290859. 1st paperback edition. "A scintillating absorbing read..page after page of elegantly calculated, richly allusive prose comparing, contrasting and deconstructing the lives and works of his two operatic giants" (Opera). 23.5cms x 17cms…

The Elgins 1766-1917. A Tale of Aristocrats, Proconsuls and Their Wives.

CHECKLAND, SYDNEY. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1988. 0080363954. 1st edition. "Based on the Elgin archives, which the present Earl of Elgin placed at the disposal of the author, whose extensive research took him as far afield as Canada and Japan." 25.5cms x 19cms. Pp.xiv/303, signed by 11…

Familiar To All. William Lilly and Astrology in the Seventeenth Century.

PARKER, DEREK. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. 022401112X. 1st edition. "A colourful picture of the social life of the time and of astrology's last great stand as a science. In an age ripe with catastrophic forebodings, Lilly watched at close quarters the majority of Londoners flee from epidemics…

The Factor Families of Bermuda.

NORTH BOURNE OF TUCKER. (COMPILER). · 2018 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

Beamreach Printing, 2018. 9781526207609. Signed limited edition. A handful of families, all of whom traced their ancestries far back into English gentry and who were not insignificant landholders, came and setted in Bermuda. "They leave many descendants on the island today. The …

Dartmoor Prisoner of War Depot and Convict Jail. (signed).

JAMES, TREVOR. · 2002 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Chudleigh: Orchard Publications, 2002. 1898964505. 1st edition. "This is a fascinating story of Dartmoor Prison from its origins to the present. The author explains the foundation of Princetown as a village, the creation of the POW camp within double horseshoe walls, the life of…

Book Of Common Prayer And Administration Of The Sacraments, And Other Rites And ceremonies Of The Church... Stereotype Edition .

PRAYER BOOK - LADY PEEL. · 1830 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London : Printed By George Eyre And Andrew Strahan..1830 . 0. A very good full leather binding. Dedication: "Lady Peel Drayton Manor 1835" . 12mo. 5.5" x 3.02 X 1.0". pp.22/pp.510/pp.82 . Original crimson straight-grained morocco. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Spine with gilt…

The Poetical Works of James Chambers, Itinerant Poet, with the Life of the Author.

CHAMBERS, JAMES 1748-1827 . · 1820 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Ipswich (Eng.) : Printed for and sold by the editor, J. Roe, sold also by Cowell, Butter-Market, and all other booksellers, 1820 . 0. A very good early half calf binding. 12mo. 7.0" x 4.5" x 0.5". pp.21/[3pp]/pp.7-166 . Balck corners and spine over soiled marbled boards. Corners…

Atala, René, Le Dernier Des Abencérrages Par Le Vicomte De Chateaubriand.

FLORENCE BAIRD BOOKPLATE BY WILLIAM PHILLIPS BARRETT / CHATEAUBRIAND, FRANçOIS-RENé VICOMTE DE [1768-1848] . · 1842 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

A Bruxelles: Et Dans Les Principales Villes De L'Estranger, Chez Tous Les Libraires, 1842. 0. Engraved bookplate of Florence Baird, signed and dated "Inv. W.P.B. 1900" [William Phillips Barrett] featuring a furnished study with imps taking books from a small bookcase and cherubs…

The Student. By E. L. Bulwer. - In One Volume.

BULWER, E. L. ( BARON EDWARD GEORGE LYTTON [OR, BULWER LYTTON] 1803-1873 ) . · 1835 · Chilton Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Paris: Published By A. And W. Galignani And Co, Rue Vivenne, No. 18, 1835 . 0. A very good half vellum binding. 8vo. 7.0" x 4.5" x 1.0" . [2pp.]/pp.ix. - xi./[5pp.]/pp.343 . Vellum spine and corners over marbled boards. Edges rubbed and bumped. light soiling to the vellum. Spine…

Jeremy Taylor By W. J. Brown, B.D. late Scholar, Exhibitioner and Priestman, University of London, King's College, Director of Religious Education in the Diocese of Wakefield, Canon of Wakefield Cathedral.

`BROWN, W. J. - [ SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR + LETTER ]. · 1925 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge,1925. 0. Signed 1st Edition. Plus later dedicaton from the author and a letter complaing about the scarcity of his book in 1954! A sketch of Taylor's life and times, together with an account of some of his more important theologi…