Elegant Folio Society edition comprising of Macaulay's various writings on the history and politics of the from the reigns of Henry VII and VIII up until Charles II; including biographical chapters on Milton, Bunyan etc. Compiled and arranged by Rowland into a [more...]
Account of means and methods by which art was created over the years, with numerous b/w images. No DJ. With a newspaper clipping of a review of the book. The clipping has left some toning to a couple of pages. Toning to spine. Contents clean and sound. G [more...]
Collection of short biographies of notable 16th century figures including Shakespeare, Walter Raleigh, Phillip Sidney, Thomas More, Francis Bacon and Edmund Spencer. Top edge gilt, decorative cloth. Bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and sound. G [more...]
Elegant Folio Society edition of della Valle's account of his journeys through Asia Minor, Persia and India during the seventeenth century. With terrific full page b/w illustrations taken from the Dutch edition published in 1665. Complete with slipcase and i [more...]
Early Folio Society edition of White's great account of Selborne, a collection of observations, letters and reports. Written in 1789, it is valuable as a document of pre-industrial England as well as an early example of ecological study. With illustrated by [more...]
No date but c. 1970. Heron's Centennial edition of Dickens' entertaining and engaging history of England, intended for his own Children. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Decorated end-papers. Features illustrations by Hutton Mitchel and more. Som [more...]
A 'straightforward' exploration of the work of six of the most important british dramatists of the last few decades. Wu charts how each writer responded to social and political changes. Also includes an interview with Ayckbourn and a preface discussing Stopp [more...]
Reprinted from Five years Work in Librarianship 1956 - 1960, chapter 29. Some toning and marking to covers. Foxing to top edge. contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Reprint. Collection of verse on key moments in English history including Waterloo, Fire of London etc. Including many traditional ballads. Small portion missing from title page. Mild shelf-wear to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Interesting soft cover edition with adverts to rear cover and prelims. rubbing and creasing to spine. Toning to page edges. Contents clean and binding holding. Fair/good. [more...]
Decorative edition of Trevelyan's biography of the controversial whig politician. Bumping and rubbing to edges. No date but c. 1910. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
From the English Men of Action Series. With frontisportrait. Some sunning to spine. previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Mild foxing to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Topographical description of Anglo-saxon sites and heritage in essex. With b/w photographs by Mark Galloway. Some light tanning to page edges. Contents crisp and clean. Near fine. [more...]
Wide-ranging historical, architectural and topographical history of Essex, with b/w images. Toning to spine, rubbing to edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Selection of lively essays on english history including the Black death, the Friars in England, the foundation of Cambridge university and others. Dust jacket has some tears with loss to top of spine. Tanning to page edges, otherwise contents clean and tight [more...]
'Being a further selection of Brief Lives, together with excerpts from his writings on antiquities and science'. Selected and edited by Richard Barber. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Some shelfwear and marking to slipcase. Light rubbing to label [more...]
