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 7500    Bartoletti, Susan Campbell Black Potatoes: The Story Of The Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 Houghton Mifflin 2001 0618548831 Soft Cover Fifth Printing Winner of the 2002 Robert F. Sibert Award. Unread, as new with B&W illustrations by the author. 184 pp. $15 Add to Cart

 10988    Beacham, Peter et al Archaeology of the Devon Landscape: Essays on Devon's Archaeological Heritage County Planning Dept., Devon County Council 1980 0861142861 Soft Cover 1st Edition A collection of essays by such as D.L. B. Thomas, Michael Swanton, Andrew Fleming, Ian Burrow, Paul Bidwell, Peter Beacham and others on various archaeological structures and diggings in the vicinity. Illustrated with B&W photos and drawings. Very good plus with minor edgewear. 142 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 11426    Bernen, Robert The Hills: More Tales from the Blue Stacks Hamish Hamilton 1983 0241110033 Hardcover 1st Edition Green cloth, gilt titles. A young Harvard classics prof relocates to a remote pre-industrial Irish village. These are apparently true stories of his life there. Book very good plus with significant aging to cheap paper. DJ also very good plus with dents, rubbing. Original receipt from UK (Ireland) bookshop laid in. 147 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 9638    Bryant, Arthur Samuel Pepys: The Years of Peril Collins 1949 Hardcover Second Edition Blue cloth binding, gilt titles, map endsheets. Third printing of this edition. Book very good plus with edge soil, slight fading to cloth. DJ very good minus with one 4" diagonal tear, taped on reverse, to front panel and one 1" tear/hole at back panel. Price of 15s intact. 466 pp. $35 Add to Cart

 10309    Cayzer, Elizabeth Changing Perceptions: Milestones in Twentieth-Century British Portraiture Sussex Academic Pr 1998 1898595305 Soft Cover 1st Edition Second printing. Artists included in this study are John Singer Sargent, Sir Stanley Spencer, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Augustus John, Sir John Lavery and Vanessa Bell, among others. Paintings reproduced mostly in color. Very good plus with slight shelfwear. 127 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 7991    Churchill, Winston A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Vol 3 (The Age of Revolution) Dodd, Mead 1957 Hardcover First Edition Black cloth spine over grey cloth boards, red/gilt titles & facsimile signature to front board, red topstain. Book near fine with 1" tear to half-title at foreedge. Stated first edition. Does not look read. DJ very good with price clipped, several short tears mostly to back panel, partly sunned at spine, other edgewear. 402 pp $45 Add to Cart

 9719    Dyos, H.J.;Wolff, Michael The Victorian City: Images and Realities 2-Vol Set Routledge & Kegan Paul 1973 0710073844 Hardcover First Edition Oversized quarto. Oatmeal linen bindings, elaborate purple/gilt titles block at spines, purple topstain, fuchsia endsheets. This amazing 2-volume set contains essays, period photographs/drawings/memorabilia examining Victorian cities in the UK, through essays on public policy research, perod fiction, sociological studies, etc. The photoplates are reproduced on coated paper. Near fine with a couple of spots to cloth at top edge and some fading to topstain at binding edge. DJ also near fine. 957 total pages. $250 Add to Cart

 6786    Hyams, Edward The English Garden Edwin Smith Harry N. Abrams 1964 Hardcover First Edition Green cloth, gilt titles. 188 photos, 17 in color, tipped-in. Book very good minus with some spotting to cloth, two paint splotches at heel of spine. Boards slightly bowed, text block aged. DJ wrinkled, slightly soiled, two 1" tears at front panel. 287 pp. $45 Add to Cart

 10361    Knox, Cleone The Diary of a Young Lady of Fashion in the Year 1964-1765 Thornton Butterworth 1925 Hardcover 1st Edition First printing (FP). Tan/grey cloth with black titles at spine and front, pub's colophon embossed to front board. The diary of a young lady, seemingly having an excellent time travelling and living the life of idle pleasure, but after publication, discovered to be a work of fiction written in the present. Still very entertaining, however. Book very good minus with one split at mid-spine, not affecting overall integrity of binding. Printed on heavy textured vellum. DJ mostly present, missing the bottom 3 inches at spine but has been reconstructed with tape and parchment paper. Other tears also repaired on reverse. Uncommon with DJ. 245 pp. $75 Add to Cart

 8551    Latham, Robert, Ed. The Illustrated Pepys: Extracts from the Diary Bell & Hyman 1978 0713517506 Hardcover First Edition Quarto. Turquoise cloth, gilt titles. Map endpapers at back. Illustrated in color and (mostly) B&W. Book near fine with owner bookplate to ffep. DJ with wraparound color illustration also very good with slight shelfwear. Price of UK 8.50 intact. 240 pp. Fasinating ephemera included: staplebound 8-pp typewritten pamphlet from the Samuel Pepys Commemoration on 06/02/83 at St. Olave Hart St., London. Contains paper entitled "Pepys and the Navy" by Captain Sir David Tibbits, DSC, RN. Pamphlet near fine. $85 Add to Cart

 10721    McCartney, Donal;Parnell Society (Ireland) Parnell: The Politics of Power Wolfhound Press 1991 0863273211 Soft Cover 1st Edition Based on the papers read to the Parnell Society at Avondale. Focuses on Parnell's ideology and stance on the issues. Includes chapter-by-chapter references and some B&W illustrations. Very good plus copy with small stain at foreedge. Reasonably scarce. 192 pp. $40 Add to Cart

 4346    Moorcock, Michael The Retreat from Liberty: The Erosion of Democracy in Today's Britain Zomba Books 1983 Soft Cover First Edition Essay published on the eve of 1984 under the Thatcher Administration. In French wraps with sticker residue to front and a couple of soil spots. Text block unread, near fine. 95 pp. $50 Add to Cart

 8436    Page, R.I. Runes Cuneiform to the Alphabet The British Museum Press 1987 0714180653 Soft Cover Reprint 10th printing, 2001. Unread, as new with very slight bump at bottom foreedge. 64 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 6766    Pritchett, V.S. London Perceived Evelyn Hofer Harcourt, Brace 1962 Hardcover First Edition Quarto. Blue cloth binding, gilt titles. Book very good with fading/aging to boards at edges; tape marks at foreedge. Stated first edition. Text block near fine. DJ also very good with edgewear and discoloration, one 3/4" tear at bottom back fold, one surface tear at back gutter fold, modest edgewear at head & heel of spine, waterstain to reverse at bottom but owing to DJ lamination does not show through. Price of $15 intact. 116 pp. $125 Add to Cart

 558    Renwick, Robin Fighting with Allies: America and Britian at Peace and at War Random House 1995 0812927095 Hardcover First Edition First edition, first printing. Photo plates on coated paper. Wrinkle-tear to DJ at top of flap; else unread, as new. 450 pp. $25 Add to Cart

 1215    Rowse, A.L. Oxford in the History of England Putnam 1975 0399115706 Hardcover First Edition Stated first edition. Blue cloth binding, gilt titles & decoration. Illustrated in color & B&W. Book near fine with some minor soil to top edge. DJ curled at edges, sunned at spine. 256 pp, $25 Add to Cart

 9162    The Whole Company of Heaven The Great East Window (of York Cathedral) The Whole Company of Heaven 1972 Soft cover Staplebound pamphlet, half-sheet. Contains a brief discussion of the window panels and fuill-page color reproductions of the panels. Spotted at back cover, creased at bottom foreedge. Rare. 12 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 2100    Tobias, J.J. Urban Crime in Victorian England Schocken Books 1972 0805203362 Soft Cover 1st Edition First pb printing. Trade paperback. Introduction by Edwin M. Schur. A well-documented and footnoted study with Appendix and Bibliography. Near fine, unread. Not much aging. 288 pp. $25 Add to Cart

 9937    Victoria and Albert Museum;Hamilton, Jean;Lambourne, Lionel British Watercolours in the Victoria and Albert Museum: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the National Collection Sotheby Parke Bernet 1980 0856671118 Hardcover First Edition Mustard cloth, gilt titles, orange topstain. Endsheets reproduce in color a Thomas Rowlandson watercolor. Thumbnails of paintings in B&W accompanied by pertinent statistics, brief statement of artist's identity. Indeces include Topographical, Sitters, Characters/Subjects. Printed on coated paper. Near new in like DJ. 455 pp. $85 Add to Cart

 11381    Whiting, Roger The Spanish Armada Sutton Pub Ltd 2004 0750936479 Soft Cover 1st Thus Readable account of the Armada by the author of A House of Correction, Prison Reform in Gloucestershire and other titles. Near fine. 212 pp. $12 Add to Cart

 549    Williams, Heathcote The Speakers Grove Press 1964 Hardcover 1st Edition Green cloth binding, gilt titles, stated first printing. Full-page B&W photos throughout text. First US edition. A portrait of the public 'speakers' in London's Hyde Park. DJ slightly soiled, small tear at back panel, rubbed. Top corner of front pastedown torn off; book else near fine. 208 pp. $25 Add to Cart

 6783    Wilson, Angus England Edwin Smith Viking Press 1971 Hardcover First Edition Small folio. Blue cloth binding, gilt titles. Text by Wilson; B&W photos by Edwin Smith. Book near fine with slight aging to paper, edge soil. DJ very good with edge curling, one short wrinkle-tear at top, shelfwear. Price of $16.95 intact. 224 pp. $65 Add to Cart

 6866    Wilson, Ben The Making of Victorian Values: Decency and Dissent in Britain, 1789-1837 The Penguin Press 2007 9781594201165 Soft Cover First Edition Advance uncorrected softcover proof. Unread, as new with notes, references & bibliography. 428 pp. $25 Add to Cart