Here you can browse the 418 titles about England  (and related British topics) that are in stock as of November 8, 2007, at Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hampshire.  We have always enjoyed books about the United Kingdom, and cannot wait until we get to holiday there again. We hope you enjoy browsing our stock. If you would like to order any of these titles, feel free to do so at anytime, thank you, RAY

1. ALBANY - REPRINTED FROM THE SURVEY OF LONDON, London County Council, London, (1963), B&W illustrations, 28pp, plates, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), "Of the present buildings of Albany the 'mansion' (or Albany House) is the former Melbourne House built by Sir William Chambers in 1771-4." This is the history of this property and its architecture in this part of Piccadilly., (Order No: 35338 ), $60.00

2. AN ANALYSIS OF THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE, Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1912, 192pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB with usual markings, Contents include: PART I--A COMPARISON OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND; PART II--CLASSIFICATION OF THE BRITISH DOMINIONS BEYOND THE SEAS., (Order No: 48600 ), $30.00

3. THE CATHEDRALS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, Excalibur Books, New York, (1978), B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 052570261X This book selects over thirty of the most impressive cathedrals, giving a complete guide to each. It discusses the history of the religious changes that have shaped the cathedrals as they stand today--from the magnificent buildings started by the Norman bishops through to the destruction wrought by the Protestant Reformation and the Civil Wars of the seventeenth century., (Order No: 14441 ), $6.50

4. A PICTORIAL AND DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE TO LONDON AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION, 1925, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London, 1925 45th ed., over 100 B&W ill., maps, 272pp, ads, good+, wraps (softcover) nice clean and tight copy, (Order No: 43501 ), $25.00

5. THE ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE 1883-1884, Macmillan and Co., London, 1884, B&W illustrations, 784pp, very good, 3/4 leathers (hardcover), (Order No: 52450 ), $75.00

6. LES MEUBLES ET LA DECORATION EN ANGLETERRE 1680-1800, Librairie Hachette, Paris, early 1900s, B&W illustrations, 205pp, good, olive green cloth (hardcover), Text and photograph captions in French. Wonderful black and white photographs of English furniture and room settings., (Order No: 29746 ), $50.00

7. WELSH IN A WEEK - A RAPID METHOD OF LEARNING WELSH BY MEANS OF CONVERSATION, Evans & Short, Ltd., Tonypandy, n.d. c1970s, 24pp, fine, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 50451 ), $7.50

8. A Gentleman With a Duster, THE GLASS OF FASHION: SOME SOCIAL REFLECTIONS, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1921, B&W illustrations, 176pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 3899 ), $4.00

9. Abbott, Jacob, HISTORY OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, (1877), B&W illustrations, 291pp, very good, decorated blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 52649 ), $7.50

10. Adam, Ruth, A WOMAN'S PLACE: 1910-1975, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, (1977) 1st Amer, 18 B&W plates, 224pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393056228 The author describes the extraordinary course of women's social history in Great Britain from the time of the suffragettes to our own era., (Order No: 14213 ), $7.50

11. Addison, Joseph and Steele, Richard, THE SPECTATOR. NEW EDITION, CAREFULLY CORRECTED FROM THE ORIGINALS ... 9 EIGHT VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Printed for J. Bumpus, London, 1819, good+, 3/4 leather (hardcover) clean & tight, light edgewear, "...WITH HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, AND EXPLANATORY NOTES, CONTENTS, AND A GENERAL INDEX. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, THE LIVES OF THE AUTHORS." A nice clean and tight set, internally very good. Light edgewear to the spines and edges of the boards, previous owner's bookplate in each volume on the front pastedown. Volume I, 477pp; Volume II, 503pp; Volume III, 478pp; Volume IV, 434pp; Volume V, 446pp; Volume VI, 459pp; Volume VII, 500pp; and, Volume VIII, 402pp and General Index. Provides a nostalgic insight into cultural and political aspects of Regency London., (Order No: 50688 ), $350.00

12. Addison, William, THE ENGLISH COUNTRY PARSON, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, (1947), color frontis, 15 B&W ill., 246pp, good (hardcover) no dustjacket, lt cover wear, some pencil marks, (Order No: 19003 ), $5.00

13. Agate, John, BENCHES AND STALLS IN SUFFOLK CHURCHES, Suffolk Historic Churches Tr, Suffolk, UK, 1980, B&W illustrations, 39pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Contents include: The Carvers of the Benches; The Benches, their Layout and Construction; Benchend Decorative Carving; Benchend Figures and Grotesques; Poppyheads; Stalls and Stallwork; and, Misericords., (Order No: 50119 ), $15.00

14. Allan, D. G. C. and Abbott, John L. (edited by), THE VIRTUOSO TRIBE OF ARTS & SCIENCES, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, (1992) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 447pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0820313262 STUDIES IN THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY WORK AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE LONDON SOCIETY OF ARTS. This volume draws together twenty essays by British, American, and European scholars. The essays illuminate the Society's origins, defining its principal features, and suggesting the range of its contributions during its founding century., (Order No: 49439 ), $10.00

15. Allen, Robert and Guirdham, Quentin (edited by) (after Hunter Davies), THE LONDON SPY: A DISCREET GUIDE TO THE CITY'S PLEASURES, Anthony Blond, London, (1971), B&W illustrations, 241pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) previous owners inscrip., ISBN 021851337X The beautiful and the old, the curious and the vulgar, even the boring and horrible, have all been examined; and the finest examples selected for your delectation., (Order No: 34502 ), $10.00

16. Altick, Richard D., TO BE IN ENGLAND: AN AMERICAN LITERARY MAN'S PERSONAL VIEW OF THE ENGLAND HE FOUND WHILE EXPLORING ITS LITERARY SITES, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, (1969) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 294pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The author leads the reader to a variety of literary sites., (Order No: 28217 ), $10.00

17. Annan, Noel, OUR AGE: ENGLISH INTELLECTUALS BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS, A GROUP PORTRAIT, Random House, New York, (1990) 1st ed, 479pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394542959 This book tells the story of the intellectuals formed by Cambridge, Oxford and the London School of Economics between 1920 and 1949, the people who in turn shaped the literature, science and politics of their age-and to some extent ours., (Order No: 10469 ), $10.00

18. Anson, Sir William R. and Guest, A. G., PRINCIPLES OF THE ENGLISH LAW OF CONTRACT AND OF AGENCY IN ITS RELATION TO CONTRACT - TWENTY-FIRST EDITION 1959, Oxford at the Clarendon Pr., London, (1961) 21st ed, 608pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), For over sixty-five years ANSON ON CONTRACT has been recognized as one of hte leading textbooks of English law. In this new edition the book has been completely revised., (Order No: 34567 ), $30.00

19. Ashe, Geoffrey, THE LANDSCAPE OF KING ARTHUR, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1987), B&W and color illustrations, 191pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0805007113 First published in 1987. Advances in archaeology and the re-appraisal of documents have opened up new perspectives for all who go in quest of its rich mythology and absorbing interest., (Order No: 36959 ), $6.00

20. Ashen, John, ROMANCES OF CHIVALRY, Kegan Paul, London, (2003), B&W illustrations, 356pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0710309228 The ROMANCES OF CHIVALRY are not commonly known to the average reader. They were the 'novels' of the thirteenth century to the seventeenth century. This is a carefully selected collection of the finest of these romances presenting the best of an important tradition., (Order No: 41245 ), $100.00

21. Ashworth, Thos.; Gibbons, S. E. (descriptive index by), SKETCHES OF OLD MANCHESTER AND SALFORD EXECUTED BY THOS. ASHWORTH, T. Roworth, Manchester, UK, (1877), 20 B&W plates, unpaginated, good, decorated green cloth (hardcover), Great black and white drawings of the 12th to 15th century houses and business buildings of these two towns., (Order No: 40760 ), $150.00

22. Aydelotte, Frank, VOLUME I, ELIZABETHAN ROGUES AND VAGABONDS, Oxford at the Clarendon Pr., Oxford, 1913, B&W illustrations, 188pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) SEE NOTE, Oxford Historical and Literary Studies, Issued under the direction of C. H. Firth and Walter Raleigh Professors of Modern History and English Literature in the University of Oxford. A complete picture of the life of Elizabethan rogues and vagabonds. - Condition Note - LARGELY UNCUT AND UNOPENED PAGES., (Order No: 46299 ), $30.00

23. Bacon, Dolores, OLD NEW ENGLAND CHURCHES AND THEIR CHILDREN, Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1906, B&W illustrations, 442pp, good, decorated red cloth, teg (hardcover), The author tells the story of New England Churches., (Order No: 49225 ), $15.00

24. Bagust, Harold, LONDON THROUGH THE AGES, Thornhill Press, Cheltenham, (1982), B&W ill., B&W map, 168pp, map, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0904110990 A condensed account of the growth of the City from pre-Roman to modern times., (Order No: 25988 ), $10.00

25. Bagwell, Philip S. & Mingay, G. E., BRITAIN AND AMERICA 1850-1939: A STUDY OF ECONOMIC CHANGE, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1970), B&W figures, tables, maps, 312pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), This book, the first authoritative comparison of economic development in Great Britain and the United States, is a unique study and a pioneering effort in the field of comparative economic history. Utilizing the techniques and resources of two disciplines, the authors compare the two economic systems, explaining and evaluating the factors that promoted change-or the lack of it-within each structure., (Order No: 14127 ), $10.00

26. Bain, G. S. and Bennett, J. D., A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 1971-1979, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, (1985), 258pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0521266998, (Order No: 36707 ), $17.50

27. Baker, Michael H. C. (text by); Williams, Andy (photography by), ENGLAND IN CAMERACOLOUR - DORSET, Town & Country Books, London, (1983), color illustrations, 112pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0863640095, (Order No: 47852 ), $10.00

28. Bancroft, Elizabeth Davis, LETTERS FROM ENGLAND, 1846-1849, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1904 1st ed, 24 B&W ill., 224pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover) light fade to spine, "Most of the letters are in the form of a diary and were addressed to immediate relatives, and none of them were written for publication; but owing to the standing of Mr. Bancroft as a man of letters, as well as his official station, the writer saw London life under an unusual variety of interesting aspects.", (Order No: 18293 ), $10.00

29. Banton, Michael, WHITE AND COLOURED: THE BEHAVIOR OF BRITISH PEOPLE TOWARDS COLOURED IMMIGRANTS, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 1960, B&W tables, 223pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Dr. Banton's propositions about race relations in Britain., (Order No: 17836 ), $10.00

30. Barber, Richard, THE REIGN OF CHIVALRY, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1980), B&W and color illustrations, 208pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312669941, (Order No: 5111 ), $7.50

31. Barran, Francesca (text by); Williams, Andy (photographs by), ENGLAND IN CAMERACOLOUR - LONDON, Town & Country Books, London, (1983), color illustrations, 111PP, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0863640079, (Order No: 47850 ), $10.00

32. Barty-King, Hugh, MAKING PROVISION: A CENTENARY HISTORY OF THE PROVISION TRADE, Quiller Press, London, (1986), B&W and color illustrations, 171pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0907621724 Published to mark the centenary of the United Kingdom Provision Trade Federation, 1887-1987. A fascinating history of the Federation., (Order No: 46055 ), $8.50

33. Bates, H. E., O MORE THAN HAPPY COUNTRYMAN, Country Life Limited, London, (1945) reprint, ill. by C. F. Tunnicliffe, 104pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The author shows in these pages that country life is the best life in the world., (Order No: 42139 ), $14.50

34. Bayne-Powell, Rosamond, ENGLISH COUNTRY LIFE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, John Murray, London, (1937), B&W illustrations, 319pp, good+, red cloth (hardcover), Sections include: Agriculture; The Village and its Government; The Country Gentleman; The Country Parson; The Village Doctor; The Farmer; The Village Tradesman; The Village Schoolmaster; The Labourer; A Labourer Genius; Village Amusements; Sport; Folk-Lore; Travel; Gardens-Nature., (Order No: 38189 ), $30.00

35. Baynton-Williams, Ashley, TOWN AND CITY MAPS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 1800-1855, Studio Editions, London, (1992), color illustrations, 128pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 185170941X This volume shows the towns and cities of Great Britain as they appeared over 100 years ago. Unlike modern maps these engraved plans are intricately illustrated with attractive vignettes of important buildings, monuments and coats of arms relevant to each centre., (Order No: 46806 ), $17.50

36. Bellringer, Alan W. and Jones, C. B. (editors), THE VICTORIAN SAGES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PROSE, Dent, London, (1975), 241pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0874715539 This anthology aims to dispel the image of the Victorian age as one of conservatism, stability and certainty by showing that the Victorians were struggling with the same problems that confront us today, and with no less urgency and commitment., (Order No: 14684 ), $14.50

37. Benes, Peter and Zimmerman, Philip D., NEW ENGLAND MEETING HOUSE AND CHURCH: 1630-1850, Boston University, Boston, MA, (1979), B&W illustrations, 177pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 087270050X A Loan Exhibition held at The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire. This catalogue commemorates the first comprehensive exhibition on the subject of the New England Meeting House and Church., (Order No: 46324 ), $10.00

38. Berry, Erick, THE FOUR LONDONS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, 1964 1st ed, Hogarth illustrations, 232pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "The reader has the privilege of rediscovering Hogarth's brawling streets, his charminly furnished rooms and his spacious gardens alon with the man himself, and will find his London as fresh as when he painted an engraved its portraits.", (Order No: 50671 ), $7.50

39. Betjeman, John and Vaisey, David, VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN OXFORD FROM OLD PHOTOGRAPHS, B. T. Batsford, Ltd., London, (1971), 156 B&W illustrations, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The photographs reflect a city still surprisingly medieval: one where industry played no part, but in which the life of a market town continued parallel with, but distinct from, the life of the University., (Order No: 33396 ), $35.00

40. Birley, Anthony (series edited by Peter Quennell), LIFE IN ROMAN BRITAIN - ENGLISH LIFE SERIES, B. T. Batsford, Ltd., London, (1964), B&W illustrations, 176pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), For nearly four centuries, with the might of their armies and the strength of their administration, the Romans occupied Britain., (Order No: 46923 ), $7.50

41. Black, Adam; and Black, Charles, BLACK'S GUIDE TO WARWICKSHIRE - FIFTH EDITION; ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS, PLANS, & ILLUSTRATIONS, Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1878, B&W illustrations, maps, 218pp, ads, good+, green cloth (hardcover) old repair to front hinge, A nice clean and tight copy which is really very good, but has an old tape repair to the front hinge. The hinge never separated, but someone put tape on it anyway., (Order No: 49537 ), $30.00

42. Blackett, R. J. M., DIVIDED HEARTS: BRITAIN AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (2001) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 273pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807125954 This volume explores the passionate political strife that raged in Britain as a result of the American Civil War., (Order No: 51562 ), $25.00

43. Blake, Edward (edited by) (texts by Robert Blake; Frank Barlow; George Holmes; Michael Maclagan; Hugh Trevor-Roper; et al), THE ENGLISH WORLD: HISTORY, CHARACTER, AND PEOPLE, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Pub., New York, (1982), 306 ill. w/85 in color, maps, 268pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810908654 Starting with the question "Who are the English?" a group of eminent scholars bring their special knowledge to particular areas: migration, conquest, and the mingling of ancient peoples; the foundations of English institutions up to the Tudors; the historic role of the monarchy and aristocracy; the development of Parliament; struggle and defense at home and overseas; settlement and colonization in the New World; the second Empire--India, Africa, and Australia; the English heritage of poetry, drama, and the novel; the native tradition in painting, sculpture, building, and landscape; the social setting of anglicanism and Nonconformity; how the villages, fields, and roads took form; commerce, town life, and the Industrial Revolution; and finally custom and character; the English man and woman at home., (Order No: 22965 ), $15.00

44. Blyth, Henry, THE RAKES, The Dial Press, New York, 1971 1st ptg, 11 B&W ill., 257pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The "rake" was "that dissolute man of fashion who could run through any size fortune, work his wiles through scores of scandalous affairs, and generally live three lives before succumbing to some fatal dissipation usually well before his natural time." The author takes under examination eight lives spanning the over-the- hundred-year period when the rake was most prevalent, from the Stuart Restoration through the reign of Victoria, and who run the gamut of rakish living: John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, the epitome of the rake; Beau Nash, the elegant rake; John Montagu, the political rake; Dennis O'Kelly, the upstart rake; Richard Barry, the eccentric rake; Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, the sadistic rake; and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the potential rake., (Order No: 14161 ), $5.00

45. Blyth, Henry, HELL AND HAZARD: OR WILLIAM CROCKFORD VERSUS THE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND, Henry Regnery Company, Chicago, IL, (1969), B&W illustrations, 214pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In 1828, William Crockford opened Crockford's Club, in the heart of Mayfair. Its members were the cream of Society; its cuisine the best in Europe. And behind this facade of respectability, Crockford accumulated a huge personal fortune and beggared half the aristocracy of England., (Order No: 37970 ), $10.00

46. Bone, Gertrude, CAME TO OXFORD, Oxford University Press, New York, 1953, ill. by Muirhead Bone, 132pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 34330 ), $9.50

47. Bonfanti, Leo, THE PEQUOT-MOHICAN WAR, Pride Publications Inc., Wakefield, MA, 1971, 64pp, very good, wraps (softcover), The Pequot-Mohican War of 1637 is one of the most important chapters in the early history of New England., (Order No: 40202 ), $12.00

48. Borish, Elaine, LITERARY LODGINGS: HISTORIC HOTELS IN BRITAIN WHERE FAMOUS WRITERS LIVED, Fidelio Press, Boulder, CO, (1995) 2nd ed, B&W ill., 355pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0952488108 Takes a look at almost 40 literary connections with 40 separate hotels., (Order No: 32483 ), $5.00

49. Bowle, John, ENGLAND: A PORTRAIT, Frederick A. Praeger, Pub., New York, (1966), 262pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This is history brought sparklingly alive by vivid sketches of Englishmen, drawn from all periods and conditions of life--kings, nobles, and commoners, explorers and poets, artists and inventors., (Order No: 28198 ), $5.00

50. Bradford, Ernle, WALL OF ENGLAND - THE CHANNEL'S 2000 YEARS OF HISTORY, Country Life Limited, London, (1966), B&W illustrations, 112pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Vividly describes how the 350 mile long English Channel has moulded the fate of Britain since, some 8,000 years ago, the Atlantic ride-race eventually severed England from the Continent., (Order No: 41088 ), $10.00

51. Bradshaw, David J. and Ozment, Suzanne (edited by), THE VOICE OF TOIL: NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH WRITINGS ABOUT WORK, Ohio University Press, Athens, OH, (2000) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 793pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0821412922 The editors have collected the central writings from a pivotal place and time, including poems, stories, essays, and a play that reflect four prominent ways in which the subject of work was addressed: Work as Mission, Work as Opportunity, Work as Oppression, and (Separate) Spheres of Work., (Order No: 28572 ), $40.00

52. Bragg, Melvyn, SPEAK FOR ENGLAND: AN ORAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND; 1900-1975 BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH INHABITANTS OF WIGTON, CUMBERLAND, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1977, 32pp of B&W photographs, 499pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0394408551, (Order No: 9981 ), $3.50

53. Branigan, Keith, THE CATUVELLAUNI - PEOPLES OF ROMAN BRITAIN SERIES, Alan Sutton, Gloucester, 1987, B&W illustrations, 225pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner inscription, ISBN 0862992559 This volume contains sections on the Tribal Territory and the pre-Roman Iron Age; the history of the area from A.D. 43-367; communications and urban settlement; rural settlement; religion; industry and the economy., (Order No: 47473 ), $27.50

54. Brasher, N. H., ARGUMENTS IN HISTORY: BRITAIN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1968, B&W ill., 248pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Contents include: LORD LIVERPOOL, Arch-mediocrity?; THE WHIGS, 1830-41 Reformers or Reactionaries?; PEEL AND THE TORIES, Martyr or Renegade?; PALMERSTON AND FOREIGN POLICY, Ginger Beer or Champagne?; GLADSTONE, Statesman or Bigot?; JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, Egotist or Visionary?; THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE, 1846-1900 Progress or Poverty?; WAS THERE A VICTORIAN AGE?, (Order No: 35409 ), $10.00

55. Braun, Hugh, THE ENGLISH CASTLE, B.T. Batsford Ltd., London, (1943) 2nd rev, 121 B&W photographs, 120pp, good, cream cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 11380 ), $8.50

56. Brebner, John Bartlet, NORTH ATLANTIC TRIANGLE: THE INTERPLAY OF CANADA, THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN, Yale Univ Pr/The Ryerson Pr, New Haven, CT/Toronto, (1946) 2nd ptg, B&W and color maps, 386pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, The author's aim was to set forth the interplay between the United States and Canada--the Siamese Twins of North America who cannot separate and live. The United States attained nationhood by rebellion against Great Britain and Canada by gradual growth within the British Empire., (Order No: 51543 ), $7.50

57. Briffault, Robert, THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1938 2nd ptg, 264pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 50023 ), $10.00

58. Briggs, Asa, A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND - NEW EDITION FROM THE ICE AGE TO THE CHANNEL TUNNEL, Penguin Books, Middlesex, England, (1984), B&W and color illustrations, 320pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0140074929 Written by one of England's foremost scholars, this book carries the reader from prehistoric times, and incorporates the research findings of recent years about the society, politics, demography, and economic life of the English people. Sketches, prints, paintings, and photographs form an integral part of this exposition. First published in 1983, this book has been continuously in print., (Order No: 11858 ), $4.00

59. Briggs, Martin S., ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE: AN OUTLINE, Winsor & Newton, Limited, London, UK, n.d. c1930s, Martin S. Briggs, 88pp, good, gray boards (hardcover) some light edgewear, Contents include: The Beginnings of English Architecture; Norman Architecture; Gothic Architecture; The Medieval Parish Church; The Medieval Monastery; Medieval Houses and Castles; Tudor Architecture; Elizabethan and Jacobean Architecture (c.1550-1620); From Inigo Jones to Robert Adam (c. 1620-1800); The Nineteenth Century and After., (Order No: 44045 ), $12.50

60. Brooks, Charles S., ROUNDABOUT TO CANTERBURY, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, (1926), ill. by Julia McCune Flory, 346pp, good w/faded but good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by author, A travel log of "300 miles through Surrey, Kent and Sussex, with all appurtenance of inn and castle, beacon top and valley road, bridge and church, together with such reflections as suggest themselves to idleness.", (Order No: 36668 ), $15.00

61. Brown, Peter, THE CHATHAMITES, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1967, B&W ill., 516pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A STUDY IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITIES AND IDEAS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. The object of this book is to delineate the influence upon politics and society of two famous eighteenth-century statesmen: William Pitt, first Earl of Chatham, and William Petty, second Earl of Shelburne and first Marquis of Lansdowne., (Order No: 35707 ), $15.00

62. Brown, R. Allen, ENGLISH MEDIEVAL CASTLES - THE NEW HERITAGE SERIES, B. T. Batsford, Ltd., London, (1954), B&W illustrations, 208pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Traces the history of castle-building in England from its Norman, motte-and-bailey origins to its decline and extinction in the sixteenth century., (Order No: 50086 ), $10.00

63. Brown, Reginald W., THE WASHINGTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTRY - NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND, Archer & Goodman, Northampton, UK, n.d. c1930, B&W illustrations, 45pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Northamptonshireis the birthplace of the ancestors of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. Contents include: The Ancestral Home of the Washingtons; Washington's Ancestry; Great Brington; Little Brington; The Washington Pedigree; The Spencer Pedigree; Ancestral Home of the Franklinsl Northampton; Routes to Sulgrave, Brington, and Ecton., (Order No: 47085 ), $25.00

64. Bryant, Arthur, THE AGE OF CHIVALRY: THE ATLANTIC SAGA, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, (1963), 576pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This masterly treatment of the high Middle Ages in England covers the violent, romantic era when the tiny realm of the Edwards expanded over Wales and a good part of France., (Order No: 30918 ), $3.00

65. Bryant, Arthur, THE MEDIEVAL FOUNDATION, Collins, London, (1967) 2nd ptg, 288pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), A history of the changing social life, habits and beliefs of an evolving people., (Order No: 45945 ), $7.50

66. Bryant, Julius, THE ENGLISH GRAND TOUR - ARTISTS AND ADMIRERS OF ENGLAND'S HISTORIC SITES, English Heritage, Swindon, UK, (2005), color illustrations, 135pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1850748896 Explores how some of England's most iconic historic sites have inspired artists as diverse as J. M. W. Turner and L. S. Lowry, as well as Victorian photographers, illustrators, modern poster designers, and visitors from all walks of life., (Order No: 51044 ), $27.50

67. Bumpus, T. Francis, THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, T. Werner Laurie Ltd., London, 1926, color frontis, B&W ill., 344pp, good, dark green cloth (hardcover) faded spine, (Order No: 50924 ), $8.50

68. Burke, Thomas, THE ENGLISH INN, Longman, Green and Co., London, 1931, B&W illustrations, maps, 186pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket EX-LIB minimal marks, Chapters include: In the Yard; The Oldest Inhabitant; A Fireside Tour; Tales of Wayside Inns; There Was a Tavern in the Town; Present and Future; and, Index., (Order No: 49833 ), $4.00

69. Burl, Aubrey, PREHISTORIC AVEBURY, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1979, 13 color ill., 107 B&W ill., 275pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300023685 The author carefully sifts the rich archaeological and historical evidence that is available about the Avebury monuments and their builders to present a comprehensive and convincing picture of the life of the primitive communities who erected these massive structures nearly 5000 years ago., (Order No: 13464 ), $7.50

70. by An Ex-Diplomat, THE WHISPERING GALLERY: BEING LEAVES FROM THE DIARY OF AN EX-DIPLOMAT, Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926, B&W illustrations, 288pp, good++ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A noted member of the British Foreign Service gives here frank, indiscreet, sometimes sensational, and always intimate glimpses into the lives, public and private, of the most notable personalities of our generation, mostly English but including some Americans and some Continental Europeans., (Order No: 26269 ), $7.50

71. Byrne, Muriel St. Clare (editor), THE LISLE LETTERS: AN ABRIDGEMENT, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1983) 1st ptg, 21 B&W ill., 436pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0226088006 Here is a one-volume abridgement of the acclaimed six volumes. Muriel St. Clare Byrne transcribed 1,900 letters, weaving them together with her own brilliant commentary to produce a magnificent protrait of family life lived against the background of intrigue, terror, and politics that was the court of Henry VIII., (Order No: 12395 ), $3.00

72. Callender, Geoffrey, THE NAVAL SIDE OF BRITISH HISTORY, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, MA, 1924, B&W illustrations, 305pp, good, blue cloth w/gilt stampings (hardcover), A view of England's history from the sea-angle covering four hundred and forty years., (Order No: 18104 ), $20.00

73. Cannadine, David, THE PLEASURES OF THE PAST, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1989) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 338pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393027562 Reflections on queens, kings, knaves, stately homes, sex, food, and more in modern Britain. Each of the thirty essays here penetrates to the root of a character, a problem, a style, and idea., (Order No: 18902 ), $6.00

74. Cannadine, David, ORNAMENTALISM - HOW THE BRITISH SAW THEIR EMPIRE, Oxford University Press, New York, (2001) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 264pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195146603 David Cannadine looks at the British Empire from a new perspective - thought the eyes of those who created and ruled it - and offers a fresh insight into the driving forces behind the empire., (Order No: 46922 ), $7.50

75. Carter, Harry, WOLVERCOTE MILL: A STUDY IN PAPER-MAKING AT OXFORD, Oxford at the Clarendon Pr., London, 1957, color frontis, B&W ill., 80pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A contribution towards the little-known history of English paper-making and a new chapter in the history of the press at Oxford., (Order No: 34164 ), $35.00

76. Cecil, David, THE CECILS OF HATFIELD HOUSE: AN ENGLISH RULING FAMILY, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1973, 120 B&W ill., 32pp of color, 320pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395171202, (Order No: 3615 ), $6.00

77. Cheyney, Edward P., AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Corner House Publishers, Williamstown, MA, 1971, B&W illustrations, 317pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), First issued in 1901, Professor Cheyney's survey of English history stands out as one of the most readable and popular surveys of English history from its beginnings in prehistoric times through the end of the 19th century., (Order No: 13607 ), $5.00

78. Chick, Martin, INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN BRITAIN 1945-1951: ECONOMIC PLANNING, NATIONALISATION AND THE LABOUR GOVERNMENTS, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, (1998), 221pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0521482917 An archive-based study of the economic planning of the Attlee governments, in which the author seeks to analyse the interaction between the decisions of central planners and the micro-economic effects of those decisions., (Order No: 37696 ), $35.00

79. Churchill, Winston S., THE ISLAND RACE, Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, (1964), B&W and color ill., 312pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 6765 ), $12.50

80. Clair, Colin, A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN BRITAIN, Oxford University Press, New York, 1966, B&W illustrations, 314pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small bump top corners, First general history of printing in England published in the 20th century which is both strong on detail and immensely readable., (Order No: 34229 ), $30.00

81. Clark, Colin (in collaboration with Henryk Frankel; with the assistance of Lynden Moore), THE COMMON MARKET AND BRITISH TRADE, Frederick A. Praeger, Pub., New York, (1962), B&W tables and diagrams, 149pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "The countries of Western Europe are forming the Common Market, and seeking still closer union, with motives which are primarily political, in order to defend themselves and their institutions in a far from peaceful world. The case for Britain's entering the Common Market is also primarily political: by staying out we may imperil the security both of ourselves and of our neighbours.", (Order No: 24473 ), $10.00

82. Clifford, James L. (newly edited from the MS. by) (introduction by S. C. Roberts), DR. CAMPBELL'S DIARY OF A VISIT TO ENGLAND IN 1775, Cambridge at the Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK, 1947, 148pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This edition presents for the first time a complete and accurate text of Campbell's narrative., (Order No: 46909 ), $10.00

83. Cohn, Nik, YES WE HAVE NO: ADVENTURES IN THE OTHER ENGLAND, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1999 1st Amer, 328pp, fine, stiff wraps (softcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0394568702 Forget about cricket, tea with the vicar and the changing of the guard (and about the much-hyped Cool Britannia as well), and encounter a hidden nation--the many millions who've fallen out of the mainstream, or chosen to jump., (Order No: 30831 ), $5.00

84. Cole, G. D. H., THE NEXT TEN YEARS IN BRITISH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY, Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1929, 459pp, good, cloth (hardcover) occassional red underlining, notes, Light wear top of spine, some light underlining in red and marginal notes, and notes on endpapers., (Order No: 33706 ), $10.00

85. Collingwood, G. L. Newnham, A SELECTION FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF VICE ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD: INTERSPERSED WITH MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE, G. & C. & H. Carvill, New York, 1829 1st Amer, fold-out map w/portrait, 422pp, good, 3/4 leather, marbled boards (hardcover) spine wear, "First American from the Fourth London Edition." Admiral Collingwood swiftly rose through the British Naval ranks first during the American War of Independence and the the Napoleonic Wars. He achieved his greatest notoriety as Lord Nelson's second in command at the Battle of Trafalgar. He was awarded a peerage, but died at sea in 1810. CONDITION NOTE - Nice clean and tight copy. Leather on spine is cracked with some tears from being dried out over time., (Order No: 50163 ), $125.00

86. Commemorative Collectors Society, JUBILEE ROYAL - JUBILEE REVIEW OF COMMEMORATIVE SOUVENIRS ISSUED TO MARK THE SILVER JUBILEE OF H. M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II, Commemorative Collectors Soc, Nottingham, UK, 1977, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, good, wraps (softcover), Over 600 commemorative items are described, illustrated and priced., (Order No: 44114 ), $25.00

87. Cook, E. T. (described by); Parsons, Beatrice (painted by), GARDENS OF ENGLAND, A. & C. Black, London, 1911 2nd ptg, color illustrations, 199pp, good, decorated green cloth, teg (hardcover), Contents include: Thoughts on Cottage Gardens; Lavender and Rosemary; The Herb Garden; Thoughts on Gardening, its Healthiness and its Development; The Beautry of Simple Grouping; The Heath Garden; Flowers by Water Side and on the Water Surface; Sping in the Garden; Summer in the Garden; Autumn in the Garden; Winter in the Garden., (Order No: 51123 ), $20.00

88. Cook, Judith, CLOSE TO THE EARTH: LIVING SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, (1984), 33 B&W ill., 196pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0710096348 This book is an affectionate record of a vanishing age, of working communities and working individuals who made their living from the land, the rivers and the sea., (Order No: 17643 ), $7.00

89. Cooper, Leonard, HAVELOCK 1795-1857, The Bodley Head, London, (1957), B&W frontis, 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Henry Havelock was one of the mutiny generals in the Indian Mutiny of 1857. "He died in Lucknow conscious of his duty done, but unaware of the gratitude and admiration of his Queen and countrymen.", (Order No: 50335 ), $15.00

90. Copeland, Ian C., THE MAKING OF THE BACKWARD PUPIL IN EDUCATION IN ENGLAND 1870-1914, Woburn Press, London, (1999), 236pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0713040378, (Order No: 38359 ), $20.00

91. Cornforth, John, THE SEARCH FOR A STYLE - COUNTRY LIFE AND ARCHITECTURE 1897-1935, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1989) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 263pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393027031 This book traces the history of taste in relation to the style, furnishing, and decoration of the English country house. COUNTRY LIFE Magazine's articles on country houses, great and less great, began when the magazine began in 1897. Much of this book is drawn from the magazines' unique and enormous library of photographs., (Order No: 50901 ), $20.00

92. Cornwell, John, EARTH TO EARTH - A TRUE STORY OF THE LIVES AND VIOLENT DEATHS OF A DEVON FARMING FAMILY, The Ecco Press, New York, (1984), B&W illustrations, 174pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 088001069X In September 1975, the death of three people brough to an end six hundred years of rural solitude for the Luxton family of mid-Devon, England., (Order No: 50806 ), $10.00

93. Cousins, Geoffrey, THE STORY OF SCAPA FLOW, Frederick Muller Limited, London, (1965), B&W illustrations, 209pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), During both World Wars the Flow was the chief base of the British Atlantic Fleet, but now the whole conception of naval warfare has been altered by modern weapons and Scapa Flow has relinquished its naval-base status and again become a mere place on the map. This is the story of this historical strait separating the Orkney Islands., (Order No: 38942 ), $60.00

94. Cox, J. Charles, HOW TO WRITE THE HISTORY OF A PARISH: AN OUTLINE GUIDE TO TOPOGRAPHICAL RECORDS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND BOOKS, Bemrose & Sons, Limited, London, 1895 4th ed, 186pp, good+, maroon cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 33920 ), $15.00

95. Cox, R. Hippisley, THE GREEN ROADS OF ENGLAND, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, (1948) 6th ed, B&W illustrations, maps, 154pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book traces the old travel ways of the Stone Age, from the great prehistoric center of Avebury, along the watersheds of the country. The volume also contains a chapter on the South Downs., (Order No: 46902 ), $17.50

96. Critchfield, Richard, AN AMERICAN LOOKS AT BRITAIN, Doubleday, New York, (1990) 1st ed, 496pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385244568, (Order No: 50021 ), $5.00

97. Crouch, Marcus, KENT, B T Batsford Ltd, London, (1966), 42 B&W ill., 1 B&W map, 264pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner inscription, Chapters include: The Kingdom of Kent; Kentish Subtopia; The Western Downs; The Stone Hills; Weald and Marsh; The Medway; The Eastern Downs; The Stour Valley; and, Seaboard and River., (Order No: 22536 ), $7.50

98. Cunliffe, J. W. (with notes on the illustrations by Margaret Barnard Pickel), ENGLAND IN PICTURE SONG AND STORY, D. Appleton-Century Company, New York, (1936), B&W illustrations, 410pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A de luxe guide to scenic, literary, and historic England for the tourist or the arm-chair traveler., (Order No: 39627 ), $15.00

99. D'Auvergne, Edmund B., THE LIGHT SIDE OF LONDON, Edward J. Clode, New York, n.d. c1930s, B&W illustrations, 261pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Contents include: The West End; Bohemians in London; The City; The Flirtatious Londoner; In the Suburbs; The Suburban Pub; Sunday in London; The Londoner's Fairs; Index., (Order No: 42649 ), $20.00

100. Dangerfield, George, THE DAMNABLE QUESTION - A STUDY IN ANGLO-IRISH RELATIONS, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (1976) 1st ed, 400pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316172006 A humane, masterful exploration of the political and social relations between Ireland and England during the period 1800-1922., (Order No: 49137 ), $4.00

101. Darvill, Timothy, PREHISTORIC BRITAIN, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (1987) 1st ptg, 110 B&W ill., 223pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300039514 Using archaeological evidence, the author examines the development of human societies in Britain from earliest times to the Roman Conquest. Darvill gives special attention to six themes that are traced through all phases of prehistory: subsistence, technology, ritual, trade, society, and population., (Order No: 17263 ), $10.00

102. Davies, D. Hywel, THE WELSH NATIONALIST PARTY 1925-1945 - A CALL TO NATIONHOOD, St. Martin's Press, Inc., New York, (1983), 286pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312861907 Examines the nature of the Welsh Nationalist Party from its foundation in 1925 to 1945 - the philosophy and polices it embraced, the methods it used, and its organizational character., (Order No: 36764 ), $15.00

103. Davies, Godfrey (edited by), BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH HISTORY: STUART PERIOD, 1603-1714, Oxford University Press, London, 1928, 460pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) some edgewear, few ink marks, (Order No: 39894 ), $15.00

104. Davies, Philip, THE METROPOLITAN MOSAIC: PROBLEMS OF THE CONTEMPORARY CITY, British Assn for Amer Studie, Durham, UK, (1980), B&W illustrations, 48pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0950460141 Contents include: The Contemporary City; Social Problems in the Cities; Financing City Governments; The Politics of Governmental Fragmentation; Sunbelt Cities and National Policy., (Order No: 44063 ), $15.00

105. Daw, Leslie T., PICTORIAL SOCIAL HISTORIES OF BRITAIN: BOOK I (ENGLAND, 1689 TO 1815), John Crowther (Educational), London, 1946, B&W illustrations, 62pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This collection of pictures with commentaries is presented as a course in social history. The author's aim has been to arouse interest in the documents, prints and models which are to be found in our great libraries and museums and in the social changes that occurred between 1689-1815., (Order No: 33682 ), $12.50

106. Day, Alan Edwin, HISTORY: A REFERENCE HANDBOOK, Linnet Books, Hamden, CT, (1977), 354pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0208015361 This volume contains 787 annotated entries intended to chart the main points in historical study of the English-speaking peoples. The period covered is from the earliest times of which a true historical record exists., (Order No: 35584 ), $10.00

107. Defoe, Daniel (edited with notes and an introduction by George Rice Carpenter), DANIEL DEFOE'S JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR, Corner House Publishers, Williamstown, MA, 1978, 253pp, fine, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, First published in 1895. "Being Observations or Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, as Well Public as Private, Which Happened in London During the Last Great Visitation in 1665.", (Order No: 49303 ), $6.50

108. Denholm-Young, N., THE COUNTRY GENTRY IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE HERALDIC ROLLS OF ARMS, Oxford at the Clarendon Pr., London, 1969, 176pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book displays the country gentry, the unpaid rulers of the shires, in their tournaments and solemn tilts, with all the chevauchees, the spoils of war, the plunder, and the ransoms., (Order No: 33977 ), $25.00

109. Denlinger, Elizabeth Campbell (foreword by Lyndall Gordon), BEFORE VICTORIA: EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN OF THE BRITISH ROMANTIC ERA, NYPL/Columbia Univ. Press, New York, 2005, B&W and color illustrations, 188pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0231136315 Accompanying an exhibition at The New York Public Library, this volume puts women during the Romantic era in the context of their extraodinary revolutionary moment., (Order No: 51482 ), $15.00

110. Denny, Barbara, CHELSEA PAST, Historical Publications, London, (2001), B&W illustrations, 144pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0948667397 This fascinating area is comprehensively described in this well-documented book., (Order No: 43848 ), $25.00

111. Dillon, John M., MOTOR DAYS IN ENGLAND, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1908, B&W illustrations, 283pp, good, decorated blue cloth teg (hardcover) small tear title page, A RECORD OF A JOURNEY THROUGH PICTURESQUE SOUTHERN ENGLAND WITH HISTORICAL AND LITERARY OBSERVATIONS BY THE WAY., (Order No: 42803 ), $25.00

112. Dobson, E. J., ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION 1500-1700: VOLUME I, SURVEY OF THE SOURCES, Oxford University Press, London, 1957, 444pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Volume I is an explanatory, critical, and historical account of the writings on pronunciation of the English 'orthoepists' or 'grammarians', who have often been studied in isolation but never thus connectedly since Ellis's pioneer work; in particular it describes the early movement for English spelling reform and the development of phonetic studies before 1700., (Order No: 48761 ), $75.00

113. Dodds, John W., THE AGE OF PARADOX: A BIOGRAPHY OF ENGLAND, 1841- 1851, Rinehart & Company, Inc., New York, (1952) 1st ed, 192 B&W figures, 509pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A detailed report on what this decade meant to the average Englishman who lived in it--a record of everything that engaged his interest and attention, from the Irish famine to the latest addition to the Royal Nursery; from the Rowland Macassar oil with which he groomed his locks to the advertising in his newspapers; from religion to the current stage hit; from the weather to working conditions., (Order No: 18211 ), $5.00

114. Draper, Jo, DORCHESTER: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, The Dovecote Press, Dorset, (1992), B&W illustrations, 94pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1874336040 Dorchester is a happy example of an old-fashioned county town in England, a proper market centre for the still-rural county., (Order No: 52342 ), $15.00

115. Drew, Mary, MRS. GLADSTONE, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1920, B&W illustrations, 294pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "The narrative presents a selection, made almost at random, from scenes and incidents from the experiences and happenings of my Mother's long life, of which her daughter had personal knowledge.", (Order No: 25586 ), $8.50

116. Dunbar, Charles, THE RISE OF ROAD TRANSPORT 1919-1939, Ian Allan, Ltd., London, (1981), B&W illustrations, 144pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0711010889 A history of the road haulage industry (trucking) in England during this period., (Order No: 43102 ), $20.00

117. Dunham, William Huse and Pargellis, Stanley (arranged with introductions by), COMPLAINT AND REFORM IN ENGLAND: 1436-1714, Octagon Books, Inc., New York, 1968, 925pp, very good+, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, First published in 1938. Fifty writings of the time on politics, religion, society, economics, architecture, science and education., (Order No: 33380 ), $15.00

118. Eagle, Dorothy and Carnell, Hilary (compiled and edited by) (revised by Dorothy Eagle), THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED LITERARY GUIDE TO GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Crescent Books, New York, (1985), B&W and color ill., maps, 316pp, maps, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), THE TOWNS, VILLAGES AND LANDMARKS ASSOCIATED WITH GREAT WRITERS AND THEIR WORKS. Altogether there are over 1,200 entries on places associated with 913 authors., (Order No: 21384 ), $7.50

119. Eagle, Dorothy and Carnell, Hilary (compiled and edited by), THE OXFORD LITERARY GUIDE TO THE BRITISH ISLES, Oxford University Press, Oxford, (1977), B&W maps, 413pp, maps, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0198691238 This book is a companion to the literary associations of Great Britain and Ireland. Entires range from Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott, to Zennor, the Cornish village where D. H. Lawrence and his wife lived in 1916-17., (Order No: 23398 ), $6.00

120. Ebin, Lois A., ILLUMINATOR MAKAR VATES: VISIONS OF POETRY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, (1988), 253pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0803218125 Study of the period between Lydgate (fl. 1410-40) and Skelton (fl. 1483-1528), among the most neglected in English literary history. Throughout the century, the poets of this age refine and extend the vision of the poet as an "enluminer" whose writing enlightens and leads humanity to wisdom, harmony, and political order, and the corresponding style linked with these views., (Order No: 14357 ), $8.00

121. Eldridge, C. C., VICTORIAN IMPERIALISM, Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, NJ, (1978), B&W illustrations, 248pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0391008234 Dr. Eldridge examines many of the controversies of the period--mainly 1837 to 1901- -and when possible lets the Victorians speak for themselves., (Order No: 47407 ), $12.50

122. Ellis, Aytoun, THE PENNY UNIVERSITIES - A HISTORY OF THE COFFEE-HOUSES, Secker & Warburg, London, 1956 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 290pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "It is now nearly 200 years since the last of the seventeenth and eighteenth century coffee-houses closed down or became a club, chop-house or tavern. Here for the first time is the full story of their great influence on politics and literature and on the social and commercial life of those times. Open to any many who paid his penny on entry and agreed to observe the rules that were posted on the walls, they were the home of democracy and even the ragged apprentice was free to take any vacant seat without question ... Each of the leading coffee-houses is described, not only in London and at the Universityes, but also in the provinces and Scotland, Ireland and N. Wales.", (Order No: 43745 ), $150.00

123. Ellis, Megan (introduction by), WELSH COSTUME AND CUSTOMS, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, (1958), 20 B&W and color ill., very good, wraps (softcover), First published in 1951., (Order No: 39102 ), $15.00

124. Ensor, R. C. K., ENGLAND 1870-1914, Oxford University Press, Oxford, (1952), 7 maps, 634pp, good+, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), First published in 1936., (Order No: 9933 ), $7.50

125. Esdaile, Katharine A. (introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell), ENGLISH CHURCH MONUMENTS, 1510 TO 1840, B. T. Batsford Ltd., London, (1946), color frontis, B&W ill., 144pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A leading authority on English Renaissance Sculpture covers every aspect of English church monuments over three hundred years--from the sources of the vaious materials to the different types of epitaphs., (Order No: 17631 ), $10.00

126. Evans, Joan, ENGLISH ART, 1307-1461, Oxford at the Clarendon Pr., London, 1949, B&W ill., 272pp, ill., good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Sets out chronologically the development of the visual arts as part of the general history of England., (Order No: 34496 ), $25.00

127. Fay, C. R., LIFE AND LABOUR IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, Cambridge at the Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1947 4th ed, 320pp, good, tan cloth (hardcover) occasional underlining about 4 pages, First published in 1920. BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF LECTURES DELIVERED AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY IN THE YEAR 1919 TO STUDENTS OF ECONOMICS, AMONG WHOM WERE OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND STUDENTS FROM THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES., (Order No: 34923 ), $30.00

128. Fay, Stephen, PORTRAIT OF AN OLD LADY: TURMOIL AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Viking, Middlesex, England, (1987), 208pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670819344 A portrait of an institution which has always preferred to stay out of the limelight., (Order No: 30064 ), $9.50

129. Ferguson, T. and Cunnison, J. (with a foreword by Sir Hector Hetherington), THE YOUNG WAGE-EARNER: A STUDY OF GLASGOW BOYS, Oxford University Press, London, 1951, B&W tables, 195pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The result of an investigation carried out on a group of Glasgow boys over a period of three years, from January 1947 to January 1950., (Order No: 33886 ), $15.00

130. Finer, Herman, GOVERNMENTS OF GREATER EUROPEAN POWERS, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, (1956), B&W tables, maps, 931pp, appd., good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "A Comparative Study of the Governments and Political Culture of Great Britain, France, Germany, and the Soviet Union." The author has selected bits of history, social structure, economics and so forth in each country which have direct relevance to the political institutions., (Order No: 15418 ), $20.00

131. Fletcher, Hanslip, LONDON PASSED AND PASSING - A PICTORIAL RECORD OF DESTROYED & THREATENED BUILDINGS, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd, London, 1908, 69 B&W plates, 240pp, very good, tan cloth, teg (hardcover), A fascinating look at old London., (Order No: 11731 ), $50.00

132. Fletcher, Geoffrey S., LONDON AFTER DARK, Arco Publishing Co., Inc., New York, (1969), 40 drawings by the author, 104pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Fletcher captures drawings capture an essence of London in the night characteristic of the 1890s., (Order No: 12275 ), $5.00

133. Fletcher, Anthony, GENDER, SEX AND SUBORDINATION IN ENGLAND, 1500-1800, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1995, 25 B&W ill., 442pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300065310 Men and women in early modern England lived their lives within a social and gender framework inherited from biblical time. Patriarchy-- the social and cultural dominance of the male--has long been a fundamental feature of western civilization, yet has only recently begun to be systematically investigated by historians. This book attempts to provide a rounded portrait of its workings over a long stretch of the English past., (Order No: 23937 ), $25.00

134. Fletcher, C. R. L.; and, Kipling, Rudyard, KIPLING'S POCKET HISTORY OF ENGLAND - ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS A HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Greenwich House, New York, (1983), 308pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517402459 First published in 1911., (Order No: 50022 ), $6.50

135. Forbes, Duncan, BRITISH FOSSILS - BLACK'S YOUNG NATURALIST'S SERIES, Adam and Charles Black, London, (1951), 23 B&W plates, 13 drawings, 96pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 34170 ), $10.00

136. Ford, Charles Bradley, THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE IN COLOUR: A SHORT SURVEY OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE AND ITS ANTIQUITIES, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1938, 92 color ill., 118pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Contents include: Northern England; Midland England; East Anglia; The Home Counties and the South-East; The West Country; The Colour of English Landscape and its Photography., (Order No: 24675 ), $15.00

137. Fowles, John (introduced and edited by) and Draper, Jo (written by), THOMAS HARDY'S ENGLAND - OUR ENGLAND, 100 YEARS AGO, Jonathan Cape, London, (1984), sepia illustrations, 192pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0224029746 John Fowles, who like Hardy is a resident and lover of Dorset, was enthralled by the photographs and their unique documentary quality. He has collaborated with Jo Draper to produce a fascinating interpretation of an England only a century past, and yet with now seems a millennium gone, and irretrievably lost., (Order No: 52699 ), $14.50

138. Fox, David Scott, MEDITERRANEAN HERITAGE, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, (1978), color frontis, B&W ill., 179pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 071008840X English culture is unique, but it is not home-grown. It has many roots, and the deepest and most sustaining of these has been in the civilizations of the Mediterranean., (Order No: 26967 ), $7.50

139. Fyvel, T. R., THE INSECURE OFFENDERS: REBELLIOUS YOUTH IN THE WELFARE STATE, Chatto and Windus, London, 1961, 347pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The author examines Teddy Boy habits and habitats, quoting case histories and the views of the authorities concerned., (Order No: 38793 ), $14.50

140. Garfield, Leon, THE HOUSE OF HANOVER: ENGLAND IN THE 18TH CENTURY, The Seabury Press, New York, (1976) 1st Amer, 50 B&W ill., 8pp color ill., 128pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 081643168X An examination of the artistic achievement of this unusual and varied age, as reflected in the lives and works of such personalities as Swift and Defoe, Samuel Johnson, John Gay, Alexander Pope, William Hogarth, and above all, George Handel., (Order No: 14231 ), $6.00

141. Garratt, Thomas (editor); Willins, Edward Preston, SOME OF THE OLD HALLS AND MANOR-HOUSES IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK BY THE LATE EDWARD PRESTON WILLINS, ARCHITECT, Jarrold & Sons, London, 1890, 50 B&W illustrations, good+, blue cloth, aeg (hardcover), Fine detail of these English Manor-Houses with a map of the County of Norfolk showing the position of the Old Halls & Manor Houses that are illustrated and the principal adjacent towns., (Order No: 36778 ), $125.00

142. Gaunt, W. (written and illustrated by), LONDON PROMENADE, William Edwin Rudge, New York, 1930, B&W and Color illustrations, 136pp, good+, w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), teg, Mr. Gaunt entertains us with his own version of London, shown in a series of sensitive and witty drawings accompanied by a running fire of comment on London life, which is as shrewd and brilliant as the drawings themselves., (Order No: 42706 ), $25.00

143. Gay, John (with introduction and notes by W. H. Williams), TRIVIA: OR, THE ART OF WALKING THE STREETS OF LONDON, Daniel O'Connor, London, 1923, B&W illustrations, 92pp, very good, cream cloth, teg (hardcover) light soiling to cloth, Facsimile of the first edition odf 1716. The 18th-century was an age of "Arts," and here Gay presents the art of walking in three books: I. Of the Implements for Walking the Streets, and Signs of the Weather; II. Of Walking the Streets by Day; and, III. Of Walking the Streets by Night., (Order No: 51261 ), $30.00

144. Gernsheim, Helmut (foreword by James Pope-Hennessy), BEAUTIFUL LONDON, Phaidon Press, London, (1950) 1st ed, 103 photos by H. Gernsheim, 124pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 6148 ), $12.50

145. Gibbins, H. de B., THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, (1913) 19th ptg, color maps, B&W diagrams, 258pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), This little book is an attempt to relate in a short, concise, and simple form the main outlines of Enlgand's economic and industrial history., (Order No: 40241 ), $10.00

146. Gill, Richard, HAPPY RURAL SEAT: THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE AND THE LITERARY IMAGINATION, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1972, B&W illustrations, 305pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300015240 A study of the English country house as a recurring motif in modern fiction from the end of the nineteenth century to World War II., (Order No: 36082 ), $7.50

147. Gilliatt, Mary; photography by Christine Hanscomb, ENGLISH COUNTRY STYLE, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (1986) 1st ed, color photographs, 224pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316313823 The author shows not only how the English country style has evolved over the centuries but also how the English country look can be achieved successfully in your own home., (Order No: 17556 ), $15.00

148. Gipson, Lawrence Henry, A GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPTS: RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, 1748-1776, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1970 1st ed, 490pp, index, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This Volume XV is the final volume of the series THE BRITISH EMPIRE BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. It should be used in conjunction with Volume XIV, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, 1748-1776, since the earlier volume will help to indicate what manuscripts have already found their way into print., (Order No: 44684 ), $15.00

149. Girouard, Mark, THE RETURN TO CAMELOT: CHIVALRY AND THE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1981 2nd ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 312pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300027397 Toward the end of the eighteenth century, England was witness to a fascinating phenomenon: the revival of the mediaeval code of chivalry. In this readable and often witty volume, Mark Girouard traces the impact of the rivival of chivalry in all its various aspects including: politics, sport, literature, art, love and war., (Order No: 2333 ), $7.50

150. Girouard, Mark, TOWN AND COUNTRY, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1992, 200 B&W ill., 50 colorplates, 274pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300051859 Author writes of places he has visited in town and country. Mixing erudition with anecdote, he offers fascinating insights into both buildings and their inhabitants., (Order No: 8070 ), $12.50

151. Girouard, Mark, THE ENGLISH TOWN: A HISTORY OF URBAN LIFE, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1990, B&W and color illustrations, 330pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300046359 Mark Girouard traces the development of these towns through the centuries., (Order No: 44459 ), $14.50

152. Gleeson, Gertrude, LONDON ZOO: THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, National Travel Club, New York, 1933, B&W illustrations, 323pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 39610 ), $12.00

153. Gomme, G. Laurence, LONDON: IN THE REIGN OF VICTORIA (1837-1897) - THE VICTORIAN ERA SERIES, Herbert S. Stone & Company, Chicago, IL, 1898, 248pp, good+, red cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, The author represents the London of Queen Victoria's reign as a London struggling to become worthy of her place., (Order No: 24494 ), $25.00

154. Gosse, Philip, HAWKINS: SCOURGE OF SPAIN, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1930, B&W illustrations, 290pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), A portrait of a great Englishman., (Order No: 42592 ), $20.00

155. Gough, Richard (edited with an introduction and notes by David Hey), THE HISTORY OF MYDDLE, Dorset Press, New York, (1981), B&W illustrations, 335pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0880290811 The history of the Parish of Myddle., (Order No: 38144 ), $8.50

156. Grigson, Geoffrey, ENGLISH VILLAGES IN COLOUR, B. T. Batsford, Ltd,, London, (1958), color photographs, 95pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "The British Heritage in Colour" series., (Order No: 16117 ), $6.50

157. Guilmant, Aylwin, BYGONE RYE AND WINCHELSEA, Phillimore, Sussex, UK, (1984), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0850335345 RYE AND WINCHELSEA are now quiet backwaters that remember a very different past, of busy and bustling maritime importance as members of the Confederation of Cinque Ports. This book is different in that it deals with the period since the invention of the camera., (Order No: 44886 ), $20.00

158. Haddon, Celia, GREAT DAYS AND JOLLY DAYS: THE STORY OF GIRLS' SCHOOL SONGS, Hodder and Stoughton, London, (1977), B&W illustrations, 128pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) wear on bottom edge, ISBN 0340222301 Recaptures the world of girls' education over a hundred years and more, reflected in the lines they sang., (Order No: 38486 ), $14.50

159. Hallam, Henry, THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF HENRY VII TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE II - THREE VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Co., Boston, MA, 1861, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), Volume I, 409pp; Volume II, 442pp; and, Volume III, 436pp. Nice clean and tight set., (Order No: 52650 ), $45.00

160. Halliday, F. E., AN ILLUSTRATED CULTURAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Crescent Books, New York, (1981), 374 B&W plates, 320pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517341700 First published in 1967. The author describes the building of Stonehenge, the bronze work of the Celts, the art of the Romans, Norman cathedrals, medieval stained glass, the Arthurian romances, Hilliard's miniatures, Skelton's verse, as well as the work of T.S. Eliot, Henry Moore, W.H. Auden, and Benjamin Britten., (Order No: 15087 ), $5.00

161. Hamilton, Ronald, NOW I REMEMBER: A HOLIDAY HISTORY OF ENGLAND, The Hogarth Press, London, (1984), B&W illustrations, 224pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0701205709 This book allows us to relate the architecture to the period--the kings and queens, the events great and small, the styles of dress--and does so in an informative and highly entertaining way., (Order No: 44743 ), $5.00

162. Hammond, J. L. and Hammond, Barbara, THE VILLAGE LABOURER, 1760-1832: A STUDY IN THE GOVERNMENT OF ENGLAND BEFORE THE REFORM BILL, Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1920 new ed, 339pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover), First published in 1911. Contents include: The Village Before Enclosure; Enclosure; The Village After Enclosure; The Labourer in 1795; The Remedies of 1795; After Speenhamland; The Isolation of the Poor; The Village in 1830; The Last Labourers' Revolt., (Order No: 45551 ), $7.50

163. Hardie, Frank, THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF THE BRITISH MONARCHY, 1868-1952, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1970) 1st US, 224pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Hardie concentrates on the political influence, exercised for the most part in private, of successive Sovereigns. It tells the story from the reign of Elizabeth II's great-great-grandmother to that of her father., (Order No: 43662 ), $7.50

164. Harth, Phillip, PEN FOR A PARTY: DRYDEN'S TORY PROPAGANDA IN ITS CONTEXTS, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1993) 1st ptg, 341pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0691069727 This book traces the halting process by which the government of Charles II developed propaganda as an effective instrument for gradually winning the public's acquiescence in its divisive policies. It likewise shows how Dryden fashioned his own works to meet the needs of this propaganda campaign in each of its successive phases., (Order No: 15296 ), $10.00

165. Hastings, Scott E., MISS MARY MAC ALL DRESSED IN BLACK: TONGUE TWISTERS, JUMP-ROPE RHYMES AND OTHER CHILDREN'S LORE FROM NEW ENGLAND, August House Publishers, Inc, Little Rock, AR, (1990), B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good++, wraps (softcover) owner's name, ISBN 0874831563 A rich collection of regionally collected lore for the enjoyment of nostalgia readers, teachers, counselors, and especially children., (Order No: 52141 ), $30.00

166. Hawkins, Kevin, BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: 1945-1975, Barrie & Jenkins, London, (1976), 223pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0214202739 This book traces the development of British industrial relations from the end of World War II to the mid-1970s, and shows how the system of industrial relations has been re-shaped in response to broader, long-term changes in Britain's economy and society., (Order No: 14742 ), $7.50

167. Hayward, Arthur L., THE DAYS OF DICKENS: A GLANCE AT SOME ASPECTS OF EARLY VICTORIAN LIFE IN LONDON, Archon Books, Hamden, CT, (1968), B&W illustrations, 280pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) 3 small chips on dustjacket, First published in 1926. These chapters deal with the life of London from the early 1830's to the mid-1860's. The greater part of the book is devoted to the pleasures of the times., (Order No: 45112 ), $25.00

168. Hayward, Charles H., ENGLISH ROOMS & THEIR DECORATION AT A GLANCE 1066-1800, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1926, 94 B&W line drawings, 289pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "A simple review in pictures of English rooms and their decoration from the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries." Book illustrates the development of the interior of the English house over a period of 500 years, from the early Gothic period until the close of the Eighteenth century., (Order No: 7998 ), $10.00

169. Haywood, Charles F., YANKEE DICTIONARY: A COMPENDIUM OF USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING EXPRESSIONS INDIGENOUS TO NEW ENGLAND, Jackson & Phillips, Inc., Lynn, MA, (1963), 207pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, (Order No: 6918 ), $7.50

170. Hencken, H. O'Neill, THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND SCILLY, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, (1932), B&W illustrations, 340pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) some spotting to spine/rear board, Contents include: Introduction: The Stone Age; Great Stone Monuments; The Bronze Age; The Iron Age; The Prehistoric Tin Trade; The Romano-British Period; The Dark Ages; Addenda; Archaeological Gazetteer; A List of Collections Containing Cornish Material; Lists of Chambered Barrows in the Scilly Isles, Burial-Chambers on the Cornish Mainland, Stone Circles, and Large Cists; The Bishops of Cornwall., (Order No: 52379 ), $45.00

171. Hennessey, R. A. S., FACTORIES, B. T. Batsford Ltd., London, (1969), B&W illustrations, 96pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) top corner 'light' chew, The author traces the history of the Industrial Revolution from its small beginnings in the cotton and iron industries to the vast industrial estates of our own day, and shows how almost all manufacturing processes have been transformed by factory methods, the skilled craftsman giving way to the machine hand., (Order No: 18859 ), $20.00

172. Henry Lord Brougham, WORKS OF HENRY LORD BROUGHAM: MEN OF LETTERS OF THE TIME OF GEORGE III, AND STATESMEN OF THE TIME OF GEORGE III AND IV, Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1872, very good+, 3/4 leather, teg, marbled boards (hardcover), Offered as a set, four volumes of the WORKS OF HENRY LORD BROUGHAM, including: Volume II, MEN OF LETTERS OF THE TIME OF GEORGE III, 438pp; and, STATESMEN OF THE TIME OF GEORGE III AND IV, a three volume set comprising Volumes III, IV, and V of "the works." Spine labels read I, II, and III and consist of 442pp, 444pp, and 497pp respectively. A very handsome set with red and black spine labels, six spine compartments and gold tooling. Complete and unto itself an unread set for your fine library., (Order No: 50964 ), $500.00

173. Hibbert, Christopher, KING MOB: THE STORY OF LORD GEORGE GORDON AND THE RIOTS OF 1780 (THE LONDON RIOTS OF 1780), Dorset Press, New York, (1989), color illustrations, 184pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0880293993 An alarming study of mob violence and an absorbing and exciting account of one of the strangest episodes in English history., (Order No: 27875 ), $6.50

174. Hichborn, William, TRIP OF THE ANCIENTS: A MEMOIR OF EVENTS, Malden, n.p., 1897, B&W illustrations, 150pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, AND IMPRESSIONS RECEIVED, ON THE VISIT OF THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY OF BOSTON TO THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY OF LONDON IN THE SUMMER OF 1896., (Order No: 49567 ), $12.50

175. Hill, B. J. W., WINDSOR AND ETON: BRITISH CITIES AND TOWNS, B. T. Batsford Ltd., London, (1957), 35 B&W ill., 199pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), From the preface, "In writing yet another book on these two ancient foundations I have tried to tell the story plainly and to fix Windsor and Eton in focus with the events of history with which they have been connected. I have also wished to emphasise that both foundations are no mere museums, but are living organisms constantly subject to change and continually exercising a profound influence on English life.", (Order No: 17579 ), $7.50

176. Hill, Christopher, REFORMATION TO INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF BRITAIN 1530-1780, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, (1967), 254pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In 1530 England was a backward economy, not even one of the more advanced European countries. In 1780 she possessed a world empire and was just about to become the first industrialized power in the world. This book deals with the intervening 250 years, and tries to explain how England won her unique position., (Order No: 36741 ), $15.00

177. Hill, Douglas, THE ENGLISH TO NEW ENGLAND, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, (1975) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 119pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517521466 Contents include: Plymouth Company; 'They Knew They Were Pilgrims'; The Puritan Flight; Interregnum: Expansion and Oppression; Eighteenth Century: Alarums and Excursions; Second Colonization; Selected Bibliography; Index., (Order No: 50880 ), $7.00

178. Hobhouse, Christopher, OXFORD AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS TO-DAY, Oxford University Press, New York, n.d. (c1940), color frontis, B&W ill., 120pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Contents include Medieval Oxford, Renaissance Oxford, Reformation Oxford, Classical Oxford, Nineteenth-Century Oxford, Modern Oxford, and, Oxford and the Future., (Order No: 34159 ), $4.50

179. Hoffman, J. D., THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN OPPOSITION, 1945-51, Macgibbon & Kee, London, 1964, 288pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Concentrates on the three major themes of the six-year period of Tory Opposition--the party reorganization, the reformulation of party policy, and the Conservative Party's activities as a parliamentary opposition., (Order No: 37884 ), $14.50

180. Hollingsworth, Alan (text by); Bloemendal, F. A. N. (photographs by), ENGLAND IN CAMERACOLOUR - COTSWOLDS AND SHAKESPEARE COUNTRY, Town & Country Books, London, (1983) 2nd ptg, color illustrations, 112pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0863640028, (Order No: 47853 ), $10.00

181. Holt, J. C., ROBIN HOOD, Thames and Hudson, London, (1983), 51 B&W ill., 4 B&W maps, 208pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0500273081 People's hero or lawless marauder? Who was the 'real' Robin Hood--or was there none? And how did the legends of a violent era become the romantic tales of today?, (Order No: 24580 ), $3.00

182. Hone, Nathaniel J., THE MANOR AND MANORIAL RECORDS, Methuen & Co., London, (1906), 54 B&W ill., 358pp, ads, good, maroon cloth (hardcover) some light foxing and edgewear, The author portrays the main features of the English manor., (Order No: 33998 ), $20.00

183. Hopkins, Mary Alden, DR. JOHNSON'S LICHFIELD, Hastings House Publishers, New York, (1952), 16 B&W plates, 256pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A charming, ironic portrait of the Cathedral town of Lichfield, where Johnson was born, spent his unhappy, poverty- stricken youth, and to which he returned in later life on frequent visits--once with Boswell, and once with his London friends, the Thrales., (Order No: 24676 ), $4.50

184. House, Jack, DOWN THE CLYDE, W. & R. Chambers Ltd., Edinburgh, (1959), B&W illustrations, 184pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on jacket, The first part of the book consists of "You are Here" maps by Tom Taylor, with Jack House's commentary running opposite. The second deals in detail with some of the finer features of the route and is fully illustrated with photographs., (Order No: 45682 ), $7.50

185. Howells, W. D., CERTAIN DELIGHTFUL ENGLISH TOWNS, WITH GLIMPSES OF THE PLEASANT COUNTRY BETWEEN, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1906 1st ed, B&W ill., 290pp, very good++, sage cloth, gilt and red stampings, teg (hardcover), BAL 9774., (Order No: 12127 ), $12.50

186. Howells, W. D., LONDON FILMS, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, (1905), B&W illustrations, 240pp, very good, decorated green cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 43727 ), $10.00

187. Huish, Robert, MEMOIRS OF GEORGE THE FOURTH, DESCRIPTIVE OF THE MOST INTERESTING SCENES OF HIS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIFE... TWO VOLUMES, T. Kelly, Fisher, Son, London, 1830, B&W engravings, very good, 3/4 leather, spine compartments, marbled boards, Handsome two volume, leather-bound set with only the lightest of edgewear. Six gilted spine compartments, title labels in green leather, volume number labels in red leather. Volume I, 572pp; Volume II, 427pp., (Order No: 36457 ), $250.00

188. Humpherys, Anne, TRAVELS INTO THE POOR MAN'S COUNTRY: THE WORK OF HENRY MAYHEW, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, (1977), B&W frontis, 240pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0820304166 This volume explores in detail both Mayhew's life and his surveys of the London poor and posits a theory of his personality to explain the erratic pattern of his work and career., (Order No: 43045 ), $12.50

189. Hunt, E. H., BRITISH LABOUR HISTORY, 1815-1914, Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, NJ, (1981), 428pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0391022091 Dr. Hunt gives a comprehensive survey of the changing life and labor of the British workforce and changes in the British labor market in the century before the First World War. The labor force of 1815 presents a remarkable contrast with that of a century later., (Order No: 16507 ), $17.50

190. Hunt, J. Eric, A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF ST DAVIDS CATHEDRAL, The Talbot Press (S.P.C.K.), Saffron Walden, Essex, UK, (1965), B&W illustrations, 39pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 50452 ), $10.00

191. Hurle, Pamela, THE MALVERNS, Phillimore & Co., Ltd., Chichester, Sussex, UK, (1992), B&W and color illustrations, 118pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0850338190 A fascinating and readable account of this fascinating area of England., (Order No: 46496 ), $20.00

192. Hutchings, W. W., LONDON TOWN PAST AND PRESENT - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Cassell and Company, Ltd., London, 1909, B&W illustrations, 2 vols, 1132pp, good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover) light edgewear to the cloth, With a Chapter on the Future in London by Ford Madox Hueffer., (Order No: 49469 ), $65.00

193. Hyams, Edward (introduction by), ENGLISH HERITAGE: IN COLOR, Hastings House Publishers, New York, (1963), color plates, 95pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Part of the Batsford Colour Book series covering both Britain's landscape and her ancient buildings., (Order No: 16843 ), $7.50

194. Hyams, Edward (translated with an introduction by), TAINE'S NOTES ON ENGLAND, Thames and Hudson, London, (1957), B&W ill., 296pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A nineteenth-century Frenchman's view of the manners--and morals--of the English., (Order No: 35299 ), $10.00

195. Hyland, Stanley, CURIOSITIES FROM PARLIAMENT, Allan Wingate, London, (1955), B&W illustrations, 211pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The sedate legislator who drops in for a quiet after-lunch reverie in the Library of the House of Commons might be surprised at some of the stories which lurk behind the equally sedate rows of calf bindings which line its shelves. For four and a half years the author of this book worked as a research assistant in that Library and managed to unearth some remarkable finds, the first batch of which is presented in this volume., (Order No: 26627 ), $7.50

196. Inge, William Ralph, ENGLAND: THE MODERN WORLD - A SURVEY OF HISTORICAL FORCES; VOLUME VII, Ernest Benn Limited, London, 1926, 302pp, good, green cloth (hardcover), "The aim of the volumes in this series is to provide a balanced survey, with such historical illustrations as are necessary, of the tendencies and forces, political, economic, intellectual, which are moulding the lives of contemporay states.", (Order No: 25537 ), $5.00

197. Inge, William Ralph, THE VICTORIAN AGE: THE REDE LECTURE FOR 1922, Cambridge at the Univ. Press, London, 1922, 54pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), I have no doubt that the Elizabethan and the Victorian Ages will appear to the historian of the future as the twin peaks in which English civilisation culminated.--Dean Inge, (Order No: 34819 ), $15.00

198. Jameson, William S. (with a foreword by G. W. G. Simpson), SUBMARINERS V.C., Peter Davies, London, (1962), B&W ill., B&W maps, 208pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book is a record, based on Admiralty documents, of the stirring events which led to the award of the Victoria Cross to fourteen British submariners., (Order No: 20270 ), $30.00

199. Jane, Fred T., THE BRITISH BATTLE FLEET - ITS INCEPTION AND GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES TO THE PRESENT DAY - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, The Library Press, Ltd., London, 1915 new ed., B&W and color illustrations, good, blue cloth (hardcover) bumped lower corners light foxing, Two volume set: 322pp and 288pp. Many illustrations by W. L. Wyllie. Fred T. Jane was author of FIGHTING SHIPS, ALL THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT, etc. Fascinating history including "The Invention of Portholes.", (Order No: 19611 ), $50.00

200. Jarvis, H. Wood, LET THE GREAT STORY BE TOLD - THE TRUTH ABOUT BRITISH EXPANSION, Staples Press Limited, London, (1957) 3rd ptg, 304pp, good+, maroon cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 50024 ), $8.50

201. Jenkins, Hugh (foreword by Tony Benn), RANK AND FILE, Croom Helm, London, (1980), 181pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0709903316 The labour party is discussed with what the people think and why they are involved in politics., (Order No: 36740 ), $10.00

202. Jennings, Lawrence C., FRENCH REACTION TO BRITISH SLAVE EMANCIPATION, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (1988), 228pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807114294 A detailed examination of the Anglo-French antislavery connection and of the French reaction to British slave liberation in the 1830s and 1840s. Focusing primarily on France, Jennings sheds new light on the development of French emancipationism as part of a renascent humanitarian movement., (Order No: 16524 ), $8.50

203. Jones, Jack D., THE ROYAL PRISONER - CHARLES I AT CARISBROOKE, Lutterworth Press, London, 1965, B&W illustrations, 168pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 1293 ), $6.00

204. Jones, Sydney R., THAMES TRIUMPHANT, The Studio Publications, London, (1943), B&W illustrations, 272pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dj, lacks front free endpaper, (Order No: 18248 ), $7.00

205. Jones, Whitney R. D., DAVID WILLIAMS: THE ANVIL AND THE HAMMER, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, AL, (1986), B&W frontis, 266pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0817303480 David Williams was a colorful and combative personality, who outraged the establishment of late eighteenth-century Britain both in his publications and by his personal disregard of convention., (Order No: 29324 ), $7.50

206. Jopp, James, HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM OF ENGLAND..., Printed for J. Hatchard, London, 1812, 441pp, errata, good, 1/2 leather, marbled boards (hardcover) very light foxing, "...WITH REFERENCE TO THE POPULAR PROPOSITIONS FOR A REFORM OF PARLIAMENT.", (Order No: 40312 ), $250.00

207. Judd, Denis, THE VICTORIAN EMPIRE - A PICTORIAL HISTORY 1837-1901, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1970), B&W illustrations, 223pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "At the end of Victoria's long reign, the British Empire reflected both the grandeur and the complexities of British power.", (Order No: 48104 ), $7.50

208. Jusserand, J. J. (translated by Lucy Toulmin Smith), ENGLISH WAYFARING LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES (XIVTH CENTURY), G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, [1891], B&W illustrations, 451pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), Originally published in 1888, Jusserand's work is one of the first major efforts to portray Medieval England as the common man lived it. Here are the wandering workmen and peasants out of bond, itinerant merchants, pedlars, charlatans, herbalists, minstrels, jugglers and tumblers; the messengers, outlaws, wandering preachers and friars; the pilgrims and pilgrimages. Included is a full study of the roads and bridges of England and their security, and the difficulties and hardships experienced by the ordinary traveller., (Order No: 14546 ), $10.00

209. Kaye, Elaine (with an appendix by Nathaniel Micklem), THE HISTORY OF THE KING'S WEIGH HOUSE CHURCH: A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF LONDON, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, (1968), 176pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book makes a contribution towards the understanding of the place of Nonconformity in the social and religious life of England., (Order No: 34291 ), $10.00

210. Keesey, W. M. (illustrated by), TALES OF OLD INNS - THE HISTORY, LEGEND AND ROMANCE OF SOME OF OUR OLDER HOSTELRIES, Trust Houses Limited, London, 1927, sepia toned illustrations, 156pp, very good, gray cloth spine (hardcover), The book is arranged "around the great main roads from London." Chapters include: The Charm of Old Inns; Some Inns of the Southern Roads; Some Inns of East Anglia; Some Inns of the West; Some Inns of the Northern Roads; and An Old London Tavern., (Order No: 51852 ), $7.50

211. Kenin, Richard (Cooke, Alistair - introduction by), RETURN TO ALBION: AMERICANS IN ENGLAND 1760-1940, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, (1979) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 288pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0030428610 American expatriates who lived in and left an indelible mark on England. A study of those aspects of British culture which throughout history have lured some Americans from their homeland. Each chapter deals with a different group of individuals., (Order No: 2472 ), $8.50

212. Kersting, A. F. (photographs by) and Dick, Marcus (text by), PORTRAIT OF OXFORD, B. T. Batsford Ltd, London, (1956), B&W photographs, 96pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A record of the University's buildings., (Order No: 34329 ), $14.50

213. Kightly, Charles, STRONGHOLDS OF THE REALM: DEFENSES IN BRITAIN FROM PREHISTORY TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Thames and Hudson, London, (1979), 193 ill. 20 in color, 208pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0500250634 An exciting collaboration between one of the liveliest of the younger generation of British historians and a photographer who has traveled throughout the country to make a unique visual record tracing the overall role played by defenses in the history of Britain., (Order No: 35748 ), $12.00

214. King, Edmund, MEDIEVAL ENGLAND FROM HASTINGS TO BOSWORTH, Tempus Publishing Limited, Stroud, Gloucestershire UK, (2005), B&W and color illustrations, 287pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0752429795 Presents in a broad panorama the political and cultural development of English society from the Norman Conquest to the end of the Wars of the Roses., (Order No: 51071 ), $12.50

215. Kingston, H. P., THE WANDERINGS OF CHARLES II IN STAFFORDSHIRE AND SHROPSHIRE AFTER WORCESTER FIGHT, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1651, Cornish Brothers Ltd, Birmingham, 1933, B&W illustrations, 82pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Primarily an account of the flight of Charles II, as it concerns the two counties of Staffordshire and Shropshire., (Order No: 49903 ), $20.00

216. Kinross, John, WALKING & EXPLORING THE BATTLEFIELDS OF BRITAIN, Hunter Publishing Inc., Edison, NJ, (1989), B&W and color ill., maps, 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1556501560 Interesting and unusual area of walking, which will stimulate interest in Britain's historic battles. More than sixty of the greatest British battles are explained. Detailed maps and illustrations help the walker get the most from their walks., (Order No: 34403 ), $14.50

217. Kittermaster, Fred W., SHROPSHIRE ARMS AND LINEAGES: COMPILED FROM THE HERALDS' VISITATIONS AND ANCIENT MSS., William Macintosh, London, 1869, 74pp, XXXV app, good, green cloth w/light wear top of spine (hardcover), (Order No: 36232 ), $75.00

218. Kynett, Harold H., THE FACE OF CHANGE - FLIPPANCIES FOR THE FUTURE, published by the author, n.p., 1960, color frontis, B&W ill., 262pp, very good, green spine (hardcover), Privately printed by the author as a Christmas gift in 1960 detailing the families trips in England., (Order No: 50025 ), $10.00

219. Laing, Lloyd and Laing, Jennifer, THE ORIGINS OF BRITAIN - BRITAIN BEFORE THE CONQUEST, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, (1980), B&W illustrations, 197pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0710004311, (Order No: 45926 ), $7.50

220. Lander, J. R., THE WARS OF THE ROSES, Grange Books, London, (1997), B&W and color illustrations, 244pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1840130016 First published in 1990. This scholarly account sets out to shatter the image of the Wars of the Roses as the bloody, turbulent period Shakespeare and subsequent tradition have depicted. A review of the contemporary sources linked by detailed interpretation based on modern research reveals a nation less disrupted by civil war than by petty local disputes or the wide-ranging repercussions of the Black Death., (Order No: 16203 ), $5.00

221. Lang, Andrew, OXFORD, The Cornhill Publishing Co., Boston, MA, c. 1910, ill. by George F. Carline, 224pp, very good+, pictorial olive green cloth (hardcover), Contents include: The Town Before the University; The Early Students -- A Day with a Medieval Undergraduate; The Renaissance and the Reformation; Jacobean Oxford; Some Scholars of the Restoration; High Tory Oxford; Georgian Oxford; Poets at Oxford, Shelley and Landor; General View; Undergraduate Life -- Conclusion., (Order No: 45873 ), $15.00

222. Latham, R. G., THE ETHNOLOGY OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS, John van Voorst, London, 1852, 260pp, ads, good+, dark brown cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB faint, minimal marks, An anthropologic look at the British Isles. Nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 50549 ), $125.00

223. Le Clair, Robert Charles, THREE AMERICAN TRAVELLERS IN ENGLAND: JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, HENRY ADAMS, HENRY JAMES, Greenwood Press Publishers, Westport, CT, (1978), 223pp, very good++, blue cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0313201900 First published in 1945. Between 1850 and 1885, James Russell Lowell, Henry Adams, and Henry James became three of the most outstanding American travellers and residents in England., (Order No: 43841 ), $15.00

224. Leaming, Thomas, A PHILADELPHIA LAWYER IN THE LONDON COURTS, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1911, B&W illustrations, 199pp, very good, red cloth, teg (hardcover), "The nucleus of this volume was an address delivered before the Pennsylvania State Bar Association which, finding its way into various newspapers in the United States and England, received a degree of favorable notice that seemed to warrant further pursuit of a subject heretofore apparently overlooked.", (Order No: 25911 ), $14.50

225. Leeming, Glenda, BRONTE COUNTRY, Grange Books, London, (1994), color illustrations, 128pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1856273385 First published in 1988. The Bronte sisters' novels were inspired by the beauty and grandeur of the Yorkshire countryside. Living in the remote village of Haworth, in the South Pennines, Charlotte, Emily and Anne were deeply attached to the moors around them. The photographs in this book bring out the immense variety of that countryside illustrating the atmosphere and moods of the moors, valleys, hills, lakes, streams and seasons., (Order No: 37127 ), $20.00

226. Lefebure, Molly, THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT, Hastings House, Publishers, New York, (1964), B&W illustrations, 224pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book deals with the Lakes from the point of view of the native rather than the visitor., (Order No: 52390 ), $10.00

227. Legg, L. G. Wickham (edited by), THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY: 1931-1940, Oxford University Press, London, (1950) 2nd ptg, 968pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover), First published in 1949. Contains the names of King George V and 729 of his subjects who died during the decade from 1931 to 1940., (Order No: 8598 ), $25.00

228. Lennard, Reginald, RURAL ENGLAND, 1086-1135: A STUDY OF SOCIAL AND AGRARIAN CONDITIONS, Oxford University Press, London, (1966), 437pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book is concerned with the social and economic conditions of life in rural England at the time of the Domesday Inquest and during the next half-century., (Order No: 22371 ), $10.00

229. Lennox-Boyd, Arabella (text by); photographs by Clay Perry (foreword by Graham Stuart Thomas), TRADITIONAL ENGLISH GARDENS, Rizzoli, New York, (1987), color illustrations, 160pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0847808297 Published in Association with the National Trust. This volume explores the English style in twenty-eight gardens in the care of the British National Trust., (Order No: 28943 ), $12.50

230. Levine, David, REPRODUCING FAMILIES: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENGLISH POPULATION HISTORY, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, (1987), 251pp, very good, purple cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0521332567 Contents include: Feudalism and the peasant family; Agrarian capitalism and rural proletarianization; The industrialization of the cottage economy; The decline of working-class fertility., (Order No: 36715 ), $35.00

231. Little, Bryan, THE STORY OF BRISTOL FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO TODAY - [BRISTOL, ENGLAND], Redcliffe Press Ltd, Bristol, UK, (1991), B&W illustrations, 108pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1872971407 A wide ranging history of Bristol from its early beginnings as a small settlement on the north bank of the river Avon describing Bristol's growth as a trading and maritime city to become second only to London., (Order No: 48148 ), $20.00

232. Littlewood, Kevin and Butler, Beverley, OF SHIPS AND STARS: MARITIME HERITAGE AND THE FOUNDING OF THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM GREENWICH, The Athlone Press, London, (1998), B&W illustrations, 275pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0485115379 The museum's founding in 1934 was the consequence of a growth in naval and maritme historical interest, linked to technicao change and late imperial rivalries., (Order No: 38360 ), $25.00

233. Lobel, Mary D. and Crossley, Alan (edited by) Pugh, R. B. (series edited by), A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF OXFORD - VOLUME IX BLOXHAM HUNDRED: THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, Oxford University Press, London, (1969), B&W ill., B&W maps, 205pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This volume contains the histories of eleven north Oxfordshire parishes and of Bloxham hundred, to which those parishes belonged., (Order No: 33924 ), $65.00

234. Longford, Elizabeth, THE ROYAL HOUSE OF WINDSOR, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, (1974), B&W and color illustrations, 288pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0297768298, (Order No: 5825 ), $5.00

235. Lord Longford (with an introduction by Elizabeth Longford), A HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, Collins, London, 1988, B&W illustrations, 224pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) SEE NOTE, ISBN 000217989X Lord Longford has sat in the House of Lords for forty years. There is no one better qualified to write a history of the House of Lords which combines scholarship with entertainment and the perceptions that only an insider can bring. NOTE -- Couple pencil notes on half-title page., (Order No: 23384 ), $7.00

236. Lucas, E. V. (sixteen illustrations by Nelson Dawson), A WANDERER IN LONDON, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1924 24th ed, B&W illustrations, 287pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), First published in 1906., (Order No: 39595 ), $7.50

237. Lustgarten, Edgar, THE WOMAN IN THE CASE, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1955 1st ed, 218pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "Four famous murder trials examined by the foremost British crime expert." Contents include: The Acquitted: Alma Rattenbury; The Witness: Helen Lambie; The Victim: Harriet Staunton; and, The Enigma: Madeleine Smith., (Order No: 50811 ), $7.50

238. Lyall, Gavin (editor), THE WAR IN THE AIR: THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN WORLD WAR II, William Morrow & Co., Inc., New York, (1969), B&W photo section, 422pp, good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 8217 ), $7.50

239. Macdonald, Alasdair (signed by the author, STOWE: HOUSE AND SCHOOL, W. S. Cowell Ltd, London, (1951), B&W illustrations, 79pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) small stain on foreedge, Contents include: The Family; The House; The Gardens And Grounds; The First Lustre; Ten Years' Grace; War And Peace., (Order No: 52303 ), $50.00

240. Mackworth-Young, Robin, THE HISTORY & TREASURES OF WINDSOR CASTLE, Pitkin Pictorials, Andover, Hants, (1994) rev ed, B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0853724024 First published in 1982. Here, for the first time ever, by permission of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is a book that allows readers to tour all of Windsor's rooms of state in a sequence of brilliant images reproduced in full colour., (Order No: 39230 ), $20.00

241. Macqueen-Pope, W., 'GOODBYE PICCADILLY', Drake Publishers Inc., New York, (1972), 35 B&W ill., 344pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In this book, the story of Piccadilly Circus is told., (Order No: 13548 ), $9.50

242. Mander, John, OUR GERMAN COUSINS: ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES, John Murray, London, (1974), 273pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0719528941 Examines the relations between Anglo-Saxons and Germans in the past., (Order No: 35291 ), $25.00

243. Margary, Ivan D., ROMAN ROADS IN BRITAIN: VOL I - SOUTH OF THE FOSS WAY-BRISTOL CHANNEL AND VOL II - NORTH OF THE FOSS WAY-BRISTOL CHANNEL, Phoenix House, Ltd., London, (1957), B&W illustrations, maps, good w/good dustjackets (hardcover), Comprehensive survey of the Roman roads in Britain. Volume I - SOUTH OF THE FOSS WAY - BRISTOL CHANNEL, (1957) 3rd printing, 255pp, colored fold out map; Volume II - NORTH OF THE FOSS WAY - BRISTOL CHANNEL (INCLUDING WALES AND SCOTLAND), (1957) 1st printing, 288pp, colored fold-out map., (Order No: 47623 ), $125.00

244. Marks, Arthur Houlton, HISTORICAL NOTES ON LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, Hertford Record Co., Ltd., London, (1922), B&W illustrations, 103pp, good+, red cloth (hardcover), "Lincoln's Inn Fields, one on London's most interesting sites, has been described as the topographical centre of London. Its historical and political associations are so intermingled with the Legal profession, as to warrant another description given it as being the Legal Centre of England.", (Order No: 50471 ), $10.00

245. Marsden, Christopher, THE ENGLISH AT THE SEASIDE - BRITAIN IN PICTURES - NUMBER 112, Collins, London, 1947, B&W and color illustrations, 48pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), By the middle of the 18th century more than a dozen Seaside Resorts were in full swing in England., (Order No: 49770 ), $5.00

246. Martin, David & Macrae, D. G. (intro by), A SOCIOLOGY OF ENGLISH RELIGION, Basic Books, Inc., New York, (1967), 158pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), This book is basically concerned with English (and Welsh) religious culture-in a sense parallel to the studies by Rose, Runciman, Beer and McKenzie of English political culture., (Order No: 14118 ), $7.50

247. Martin-Clarke, D. Elizabeth, CULTURE IN EARLY ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND: A STUDY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD, 1947, B&W illustrations, 100pp, plates, very good, gray cloth (hardcover) a few faint pencil marks, Contents include: The Age of Bede, Beowulf and the Arts; Anglo-Saxon Sculpture: The Ruthwell Cross; The Epic Beowulf and its Setting; Technicalities: Archaeological, Literary and Linguistic; A Ship-burial in Seventh-Century England: the Sutton Hoo Excavations and Craftsmanship. The reviewer's (Henry Bosley Woolf) copy with is signature, bookplate, and an offprint of his review in SPECULUM - A JOURNAL OF MEDIAEVAL STUDIES. - Some faint pencil marks., (Order No: 45547 ), $17.50

248. Maskell, Henry P. and Gregory, Edward W., OLD COUNTRY INNS OF ENGLAND, L. C. Page & Company, Boston, MA, 1911, B&W illustrations, 294pp, good+, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover) EX-LIB minimal mark, "In the following pages we have attempted a classification and description of the inns, which not only sheltered our forefathers when on their journeys, but served as their usual places for meeting and recreation." CONDITION NOTE CONTINUED - lacks front free endpaper., (Order No: 46212 ), $18.50

249. Maurois, Andre, THE EDWARDIAN ERA, D. Appleton-Century Company, New York, 1933 3rd ptg, 8 B&W ill., 391pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 9977 ), $3.00

250. Maurois, Andre (translated by Hamish Miles), THE MIRACLE OF ENGLAND - AN ACCOUNT OF HER RISE TO PRE-EMINENCE AND PRESENT POSITION, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1937 7th ed, B&W illustrations, 500pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 43286 ), $6.00

251. McFeely, Mary Drake, LADY INSPECTORS: THE CAMPAIGN FOR A BETTER WORKPLACE 1893-1921, Basil Blackwell, New York, (1988), B&W illustrations, 200pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1557860025 In Victorian Britain, unskilled women workers were at the mercy of their employers. In 1893, the government finally appointed two women as factory inspectors. They set out to right the wrongs. This is the story of the shaping of their occupation., (Order No: 3951 ), $9.50

252. McIlroy, John, TRADE UNIONS IN BRITAIN TODAY, Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK, (1988), 261pp, very good+, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0719026547, (Order No: 36716 ), $10.00

253. McLaughlin, Redmond & Horrocks, Brian (edited by), THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, Leo Cooper Ltd., London, (1972), B&W illustrations, 121pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0850520916 Part of the Famous Regiments series, this book is the first comprehensive history of the Royal Army Medical Corps., (Order No: 13973 ), $25.00

254. McLean, Antonia, HUMANISM AND THE RISE OF SCIENCE IN TUDOR ENGLAND, Neale Watson Academic Pub., New York, (1972), B&W illustrations, 258pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0882020013 During the sixteenth century England reached a turning point. This book is an attempt to show, in particular, how the expansion of knowledge brought about by the invention of printing resulted in an intellectual breakthrough., (Order No: 35355 ), $7.50

255. McLeod, Kirsty, DRUMS AND TRUMPETS: THE HOUSE OF STUART, Andre Deutsch, London, (1977), 60 B&W ill., 8pp color ill., 144pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 023396861X The Mirror of Britain Series. This volume describes seventeenth-century Stuart England, an era of constant change and excitement that encompasses some of the most turbulent and decisive years in English history., (Order No: 14232 ), $7.50

256. McNay, Walter L. (compiled by), OLD LONDON: A SERIES OF FIFTY REPRODUCTIONS OF OLD ENGRAVINGS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LONDON OF OUR ANCESTORS, Alexander Moring Ltd., London, n.d. c1920s, 50 sepia toned illustrations, unpaginated, good, brown cloth spine (hardcover) light edgewear, (Order No: 45467 ), $15.00

257. Meacham, Standish, TOYNBEE HALL AND SOCIAL REFORM 1880-1914: THE SEARCH FOR COMMUNITY, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (1987), 8 B&W figures, 211pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300038216 Toynbee Hall, founded in the slums of London's East End in 1884 by the Reverend Samuel Barnett, was the first Settlement House established in England or America and remains one of the best known. This book traces the history of the Toynbee Hall ethos of community., (Order No: 13371 ), $14.50

258. Meacham, Standish, A LIFE APART: THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS, 1890- 1914, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1977, B&W illustrations, 272pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0674530756 Contents include: The working class; House, neighbourhood and kin; Women at home; Working wives and mothers; Husbands and fathers; Children; and, A View of life., (Order No: 48599 ), $8.50

259. Meisel, Joseph S., PUBLIC SPEECH AND THE CUTURE OF PUBLIC LIFE IN THE AGE OF GLADSTONE, Columbia University Press, New York, (2001) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 382pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 023112144X Meisel examines the public speeches made in three common arenas: Parliament, the pulpit, and the courtroom., (Order No: 39540 ), $35.00

260. Meredith, H. O., OUTLINES OF THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND: A STUDY IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London, (1908), B&W illustrations, 366pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Medieval England, 1066-1272; The English Nation, 1272-1603; The Antecedents of the Industrial Revolution, 1603-1760; and, The Industrial Revolution and Its Consequences, 1760-1900., (Order No: 39907 ), $15.00

261. Meynell, Esther, SUSSEX - THE COUNTY BOOKS, Robert Hale Limited, London, (1947) 2nd ptg, 49 B&W ill., 1 B&W map, 264pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), An intimate and personal account of a highly individual county by an author who has lived for the greater part of her life in Sussex., (Order No: 22535 ), $5.00

262. Minchinton, W. E. (edited with an introduction by), THE GROWTH OF ENGLISH OVERSEAS TRADE IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES, Methuen & Co Ltd, London, (1969), 196pp, good++, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, fade to spine, This collection of essays considers three issues: the level and character of English overseas trade between 1600 and the 1770s, including a more detailed account of the trade with Portugal; a discussion of the statistical sources on which such accounts have to be based; and, thirdly, an examination of the connection between the course of English overseas trade and the process of industrialization., (Order No: 51245 ), $10.00

263. Mingay, G. E., ENGLISH LANDED SOCIETY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, (1976) 4th ptg, 292pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) lacks FFEP, ISBN 0710045573 In the eighteenth century, at the height of their political and economic power, English landowners dominated the society of which they formed the apex., (Order No: 50156 ), $25.00

264. Mitton, G. E., ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, Adam & Charles Black, London, 1914, 12 color ill., 64pp, good, decorated blue cloth (hardcover) w/lt edgewear and foxing, Part of the Beautiful Britain series., (Order No: 25413 ), $10.00

265. Molesworth, H. D., SCULPTURE IN ENGLAND: MEDIAEVAL, Longmans, Green and Co, London, (1951), B&W plates, 19pp, plates, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 34488 ), $8.50

266. Morley, Frank, THE GREAT NORTH ROAD: A JOURNEY IN HISTORY, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1961 1st ptg, 331pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Here are new glimpses of the Viking raids, the Arthurian legends and the Norman Conquest, the Elizabethans, the Great Rebellion, Cromwell, and the Industrial Revolution., (Order No: 38143 ), $5.00

267. Morris, Christopher, POLITICAL THOUGHT IN ENGLAND - TYNDALE TO HOOKER, Oxford University Press, London, (1965) 2nd ptg, 220pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 52647 ), $5.00

268. Mowat, R. B., THE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES, Longmans, Green & Co., New York, 1925, 350pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) few ink marks/underlines, (Order No: 39890 ), $15.00

269. Muggeridge, Malcolm, THE THIRTIES: 1930-1940 IN GREAT BRITAIN, Hamish Hamilton, London, (1940), 327pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1940., (Order No: 18285 ), $12.50

270. Muir, Richard, THE ENGLISH VILLAGE, Thames and Hudson, New York, (1980), B&W and color illustrations, 208pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0500241066 New research has shown that the English village and its setting are both much older and much more complex than had been thought., (Order No: 42997 ), $10.00

271. Mullins, Edwin (ed), THE ARTS OF BRITAIN, Phaidon, Oxford, (1983), 380 ill., 80 in color, 288pp, f w/vg dj, Articles by experts no only on the major arts (painting, architecture, glass, etc), but the minor arts as well; such as: book illustration, musical instruments, armour, clocks, garden design, etc., (Order No: 5942 ), $30.00

272. Neale, J. E., ELIZABETH I AND HER PARLIAMENTS, 1559-1581, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1958, B&W illustrations, 434pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Elizabeth I never showed her qualities to greater advantage than in Parliament, and she is as essential a part of the story as Hamlet is of Shakespeare's play., (Order No: 33884 ), $8.50

273. Neale, J. E., ELIZABETH I AND HER PARLIAMENTS 1584-1601, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1958, B&W illustrations, 452pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 40810 ), $10.00

274. Nicholson, Marjorie, THE TUC OVERSEAS: THE ROOTS OF POLICY, Allen & Unwin, London, (1986), 329pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0043311032 Traces the decisions made by the Trades Union Congress in response to domestic and external influences and events, from its establishment of a joint international committee with the Labour Party in 1917 to the first congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions in 1945., (Order No: 36736 ), $16.50

275. Nicolson, James R., HAY & COMPANY: MERCHANTS IN SHETLAND, Hay & Company (Lerwick) Ltd., n.p., 1982, B&W illustrations, 228pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), So widely has Hay & Co. been involved in practically every facet of Shetland life and commerce that a history of the firm is literally a detailed and extremely interesting record of Shetland's economic and even social life from the early 19th century to the present time., (Order No: 48576 ), $45.00

276. Norrie, Mavis and Norrie, Ian (edited by) (photographs by Christopher Oxford; Colin Penn; L. H. Reader; and, Edwin Smith, THE BOOK OF HAMPSTEAD - REVISED EDITION, High Hill Press, Hampstead, (1968) 2nd rev, ill. by Ronald Saxby, 185pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) (one small chip on dj), "Distinguished inhabitants of today celebrate their many predecessors and regale us with amusing or nostalgic sketches of Hampstead past and present.", (Order No: 26034 ), $12.50

277. Norwich, John Julius (edited by), BRITAIN'S HERITAGE, Continuum, New York, (1983), B&W and color illustrations, 207pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0826402348 John Julius Norwich has brought together a team of the most highly regarded authorities in their particular fields: historians, art historians, architects, educationists, archaeologists, antiquarians, sportsmen, broadcasters and writers., (Order No: 46339 ), $10.00

278. Palmer, W. T., THE ENGLISH LAKES, A & C Black, Ltd., London, (1925), 32 color illustrations, 192pp, ads, good++, blue cloth, light occasional foxing (hardcover), First published in 1905. Color illustrations from paintings by A. Heaton Cooper., (Order No: 17241 ), $12.50

279. Parker, Rowland, MEN OF DUNWICH: THE STORY OF A VANISHED TOWN, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, (1978), B&W ill., B&W maps, 272pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), From the information he discovered in long misplaced or forgotten manuscripts--Court Records, Patent Rolls and Inquisitions, the Red Book of the Exchequer--Rowland Parker has recreated the vibrant community of Dunwich, as it was during the Middle Ages., (Order No: 17723 ), $6.00

280. Parkinson, C. Northcote (edited by) (by C. Ernest Fayle, A. C. Wardle, C. M. MacInnes, Basil Lubbock, J. A. Nixon, et al), THE TRADE WINDS, George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London, (1948), B&W illustrations, 336pp, good+, gray cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, A STUDY OF BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE DURING THE FRENCH WARS 1793-1815., (Order No: 51152 ), $20.00

281. Parsons, F. G., THE EARLIER INHABITANTS OF LONDON, Kennikat Press, Port Washington, NY, (1971), B&W illustrations, 240pp, very good+. green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket as published), ISBN 0804612404 First published in 1927. Contents include: Palaeolithic and Neolithic Man; The Breaker Folk and the Coming of Bronze; On Colouration and the Coming of the Celt; Caesar and London; The Beginnings of London; London Under the Roman; The Picts, Scots and Saxons; Saxon London; and, London and the Danes., (Order No: 29366 ), $10.00

282. Patten, John (edited with an introduction by), PRE-INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND: GEOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS, Wm Dawson & Sons, Ltd., Kent, England, (1979), B&W maps, 245pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0712908242 This collection of reprinted essays illustrates themes in the historical geography of England and Wales between roughly 1500 and 1700. The papers include studies of the distribution of wealth in England in the early sixteenth century, innovations in arable and livestock farming, the migration of labor and residential patterns in cities in both rural and industrial hinterlands, and an assessment of the role of London in the English economy., (Order No: 18703 ), $15.00

283. Pennell, Joseph; Squire, J. C. (introductory essay and notes by), A LONDON REVERIE: FIFTY-SIX DRAWINGS BY JOSEPH PENNELL, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1937, B&W ill. follow text, 30pp of text, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 12634 ), $10.00

284. Pevsner, Nikolaus, THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND - SHROPSHIRE, Penguin Books, Middlesex, UK, (1958), B&W illustrations, 368pp, very good, wraps (softcover) with a good+ dustjacket, Gives full particulars of the architectural features of all ecclesiastical, public, and domestic buildings of interest in each town and village of the county., (Order No: 50601 ), $10.00

285. Pevsner, Nikolaus (with notes on the Roman antiquities by Ian A. Richmond), NORTHUMBERLAND - THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND SERIES, Penguin Books, Middlesex, UK, (1957), B&W illustrations, 368pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This is the first joint volume of The Buildings of England Series., (Order No: 43886 ), $20.00

286. Pickrill, D. A., MINISTERS OF THE CROWN, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, (1981), 135pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 071000916X A comprehensive work of reference listing the holders of public offices under the Crown, from the earliest available records to the present day., (Order No: 38207 ), $18.50

287. Pike, E. Royston, BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTERS FROM WALPOLE TO WILSON, Odhams Books, Feltham, Middlesex, (1968), B&W illustrations, 487pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Here in one volume vast in its scope and absorbing in its narrative is the story of the Prime Ministers., (Order No: 48684 ), $10.00

288. Piper, David, LONDON: AN ILLUSTRATED COMPANION GUIDE, Collins, London, 1980, B&W and color illustrations, 286pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0002162873 This is the first fully illustrated edition of David Piper's masterly COMPANION GUIDE TO LONDON, a book which has strong claims to be among the best guide books ever written., (Order No: 39691 ), $14.50

289. Plumb, J. H., GEORGIAN DELIGHTS, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (1980) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316711284 A highly entertaining account of life in Georgian England, in which distinguished historian J. H. Plumb captures all the charm and humanity that characterized the age., (Order No: 44498 ), $10.00

290. Plumptre, George, SOTHEBY'S - THE COUNTRY HOUSE GUIDE: HISTORIC HOUSES ASSOCIATION, A Ward Lock Book, London, (1996), color illustrations, 288pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 070637519X This indispensable guidebook lists all the Historic Houses Association properties that are open to the public--over 200 of the finest properties in Britain., (Order No: 46403 ), $12.50

291. Porteous, J. Douglas, PLANNED TO DEATH: THE ANNIHILATION OF A PLACE CALLED HOWDENDYKE, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, (1989), 23 B&W figures,26 B&W plates, 254pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802026613 Since the late 1960s the village of Howdendyke has been slowly planned to death. This book attempts to answer three simple questions which any observer of the above scenario might ask. Why, and by what process, is the village being destroyed? What was it like to live there before the process of annihilation began? And how did it grow to be like that?, (Order No: 13185 ), $14.50

292. Porter, Stephen, THE GREAT PLAGUE, Sutton Publishing, Gloucestershire, (2000), B&W illustrations, 213pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 075092571X This well-illustrated study examines the nature of the disease and contemporary opinions regarding its cause together with the measures taken by both national and local government to restrict its spread and to deal with its victims., (Order No: 51481 ), $5.00

293. Priestley, J. B. (introduced by), THE BEAUTY OF BRITAIN: A PICTORIAL SURVEY, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935, 109 B&W ill., color frontis, 248pp, good++ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The purpose of this book is to reveal some aspects of Britain's beauty which may not appear in tourist brochures., (Order No: 13840 ), $10.00

294. Priestley, J. B., THE ENGLISH, The Viking Press, New York, (1973), B&W and color illustrations, 256pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670296309 The author takes a long, critical look at the English temperament as it has developed since the Middle Ages. He is concerned with what he regards as essentially English characteristics. In true-born Englishmen and women he finds very special qualities of mind, purpose, and imagination., (Order No: 16384 ), $10.00

295. Priestley, Harold, LONDON: THE YEARS OF CHANGE, Barnes & Noble, Inc., New York, (1966), B&W illustrations, 243pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), This work relates how and why for London the seventeenth century transitioned from a small, compact medieval community to an untidy urban sprawl of half a million people., (Order No: 28048 ), $7.50

296. Professor Arber (with an introduction by C. H. Firth), STUART TRACTS 1603-1693: AN ENGLISH GARNER, Cooper Square Publishers, New York, 1964, 514pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), The tracts which stand first in this volume describe the accession of James I and the rejoicings which accompanied his progress from Scotland to London. To them is prefixed, in order to explain the narratives followed, Sir Robert Carey's account of the circumstances of Queen Elizabeth's death, and the mannin in which he brought the news to Edinburgh. The texts containe are preprinted from the ENGLISH GARNER issued in eight volumes (1877-1890) by Professor Arber., (Order No: 37081 ), $30.00

297. Pudney, John, BRISTOL FASHION: SOME ACCOUNT OF THE EARLIER DAYS OF BRISTOL AVIATION, Putnam, London, (1960), ill. by David Gentleman, 102pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The author depicts some of the characters and events which figured in the first twenty-five years of this romantic Bristol enterprise--from trams to the Boxkite, the famous Bristol Fighter of the first World War (the Brisfit) up to the first prototype Blenheim, that later made its name in the second World War., (Order No: 17725 ), $20.00

298. Purdy, William, LONDON BANKING LIFE - PAPERS ON TRADE AND FINANCE, Lovell, Adam, Wesson & Co., New York, [1876], 243pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover tear) p130 lacks rear free endpaper, (Order No: 23503 ), $85.00

299. Putnam, Clare (introduction by W. O. Hassall), FLOWERS AND TREES OF TUDOR ENGLAND, New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, CT, (1972), 32 color illustrations, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, ISBN 0821205099 The 32 colour plates in this volume reproduce illustrations of common herbs and plants from one of the loveliest "pattern books" preserved from 16th century Britain, with botanical identifications and historical notes., (Order No: 49965 ), $12.50

300. Quennell, Peter, CASANOVA IN LONDON, Stein and Day/Publishers, New York, (1971), 198pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0812813685 A collection of delighful mini-biographies. Each biography is a vivid portrait which shows the close connection between an artist's personal life and the work he left behind him., (Order No: 22282 ), $6.00

301. Quennell, Peter (edited by) and Mayhew, Henry (selected from 'London Labour and the London Poor'), MAYHEW'S CHARACTERS, Spring Books, London, n.d. c1960s, B&W illustrations, 360pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), All the colour, comic gusto and bitter tragedy of the streets of Victorian London are reflected in these pages., (Order No: 48617 ), $7.50

302. Quiney, Anthony; photographs by Robin Morrison, THE ENGLISH COUNTRY TOWN, Thames and Hudson, London, (1987), color ill., 192pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0500014051 The famous treasures are here--Ludlow and Totnes, Alnwick and Lewes, Saffron Walden and Beverley--as well as many less celebrated towns, all of which possess distinctive architectural ensembles, created by communities which have for well over a thousand years been closely bound to the surrounding countryside., (Order No: 36180 ), $12.50

303. Raynor, Henry, MUSIC IN ENGLAND, Robert Hale, London, (1980), B&W ill., music examples, 256pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0709183569 Contents include: English Music; The Middle Ages; Music and the Tudors; The Golden Age; Music and Political Turmoil; The Restoration; Handel and Hanoverian England; Concerts, Clubs and Social Classes; The Land Without Music; Popular Music in the Nineteenth Century; Victorian Composers; The Renaissance; The Time of Expansion; Consolidation?, (Order No: 35667 ), $15.00

304. Rees, D. Ben, LOCAL AND PARLIAMENTARY POLITICS IN LIVERPOOL FROM 1800 TO 1911, The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY, (1999), B&W illustrations, 153pp, good, pictorial boards (hardcover) light soil to white cloth, ISBN 0773479902 Contents include: Liberals and Conservatives in Nineteenth Century Liverpool; The Birthplace of a Prime Minister; Bribery, Electioneering and Municipal Responsibilities; A Galaxy of Politicians: From Finch to the Fenians; A Mixed Bag of Socialists, Trade Unionists and others; Liverpool Politics in the Eighteen Nineties; and, The Dawn of a New Century., (Order No: 38250 ), $60.00

305. Reeve, F. A., CAMBRIDGE, B. T. Batsford Ltd., London, (1976), 23 B&W ill., 2 B&W maps, 184pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 071343225X For centuries, Cambridge and its University have co-existed, each suspicious of the other when not actively condescending or antagonistic, yet each unable to escape a high degree of mutual dependence., (Order No: 25244 ), $7.50

306. Reid, T. W. (compiled by) (third edition revised by William Hussey Graham; fourth edition edited by R. R. D. Adams), THE BOOK OF THE CHEESE: BEING TRAITS AND STORIES OF "YE OLDE CHESHIRE CHEESE" WINE OFFICE COURT, FLEET STREET LONDON, E.C., T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1901 4th ed, B&W illustrations, 200pp, very good+, maroon cloth (hardcover), Traits and stories of a Johnsonian Haunt. The story of Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, the old Fleet Street house., (Order No: 24756 ), $45.00

307. Reynolds, James, SOVEREIGN BRITAIN, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1955), B&W illustrations, 368pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 39080 ), $5.00

308. Rice, D. Talbot, ENGLISH ART, 871-1100, Oxford at the Clarendon Pr., London, 1952, B&W ill., B&W map, 280pp, ill., very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This volume is Volume II and the second to appear in the series The Oxford History of English Art., (Order No: 34446 ), $25.00

309. Riddell, James (photographs by) and Gaunt, William (introductory text and notes on the illustrations by), LONDON IN COLOUR, B. T. Batsford Limited, London, (1956) 2nd ptg, 40 color ill., B&W map, 111pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A book which successfully conveys so much of the essential color and atmosphere of historic London., (Order No: 17105 ), $7.50

310. Ridley, Jasper, STATESMAN AND SAINT: CARDINAL WOLSEY, SIR THOMAS MORE, AND THE POLITICS OF HENRY VIII, The Viking Press, New York, (1982), B&W illustrations, 338pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670489050, (Order No: 4690 ), $3.00

311. Roberts, Cecil, GONE RAMBLING, D. Appleton-Century Company, New York, 1935 1st ed, B&W and color ill., 328pp, good, tan cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 32412 ), $7.50

312. Roberts, Nesta (text by); Bloemendal, F. A. H. (photographs by), ENGLAND IN CAMERACOLOUR - LANCASHIRE, Town & Country Books, London, (1983), color illustrations, 112pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0863640109, (Order No: 47851 ), $10.00

313. Roberts, Nesta (text by); Williams, Andy (photographs by), ENGLAND IN CAMERACOLOUR - DERBYSHIRE, Town & Country Books, London, (1984), color illustrations, 112pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0863640141, (Order No: 47854 ), $10.00

314. Robertson, William, OLD AND NEW ROCHDALE AND ITS PEOPLE, published by the author, Rochdale, (1881), B&W illustrations, 376pp, ads, good, red cloth with some light wear (hardcover), Being a Companion Volume to "Rochdale Past and Present.", (Order No: 36273 ), $75.00

315. Robertson, C. Grant, ENGLAND UNDER THE HANOVERIANS, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1917 3rd ed, maps, 532pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover), Volume VI of A HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN SEVEN VOLUMES, Charles Oman, Editor., (Order No: 49606 ), $4.00

316. Robinson, Charles Napier, Leyland, John (introductory chapters by), THE BRITISH TAR IN FACT AND FICTION: THE POETRY, PATHOS, AND HUMOUR OF THE SAILOR'S LIFE, Harper and Brothers, London/New York, 1909, about 130 B&W ill., 520pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), "With introductory chapters on the place of the sea officer and seaman in naval history and historical literature... Illustrated with frontispiece in colour and about one hundred thirty reproductions of old prints, engravings, and woodcuts depicting the character, costume, and customs of the sailor afloat and ashore, as described by the historians, the poets, the novelists and the playwrights.", (Order No: 19403 ), $60.00

317. Robinson, H. J. (compiled and arranged by), COLONIAL CHRONOLOGY, Lawrence & Bullen, London, 1892, color maps, 304pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB w/usual markings, spine fade, A CHRONOLOGY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE ENGLISH COLONIES AND INDIA FROM THE CLOSE OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT TIME. "In COLONIAL CHRONOLOGY an attempt has for the first time been made to give, within the compass of a single volume, a bird's-eye view of the history of our Colonial Empire.", (Order No: 48594 ), $50.00

318. Rogers, Kenneth, SIGNS & TAVERNS ROUND ABOUT OLD LONDON BRIDGE: INCLUDING