ASPECTS OF IRISH ART; A LOAN EXHIBITION
National Gallery of Ireland Dublin 1974. First Edition. Original Paper Wrps. Besides examples of major Irish art, there are brief biographies of the major Irish artists at the back of the book. 113p. More
England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales History
Atlas to the Memoirs of John, Duke of Marlborough: Containing Maps and Plans Illustrative of the Campaigns, Fac-simile Autographs, Armorial Bearings, etc.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1848. Quarto. Frontispiece,[3]pp. list of maps, references of the battle of Blenheim and references to battle of Malplauet. [4] full page engravings of Marlborough’s arms and [7]pp. facsimile letters, along with 17 hand-colored maps of which 6 are full page (one was carefully mounted), the remaining..... More
The Boers and the British; a History of the Events Leading to the Hositilies in South America
Melbourne and London: A.N. Smith, 1899. Original Paper Wrps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 139p. Map is laid in. The account is contemporary on the event of the Boer War. Spine has been reglued, clipped corner but text is clean and housed in clam shell box... More
The Dome; an Illustrated Monthly Magazine (Vol. 4, Aug-Oct) Yeats, W.B. "Death Hath Closed"
London: Unicorn Press, 1899. Small Quarto. 244p. p. 161-166 contains W.B. Yeat's "Death hath closed Helen's eyes" from which comes the line: "beauty is but a flower" and one of his richest Celtic images. Also besides Laurence Housman, a series of short essays on Chopin. Bound in blue cloth lettered..... More
The Key to London and All England; an Illustrated Magazine (August 1926)
1926. 124p. p. 70 Fred and Adele Astaire in "Lady Be Good"; Article on London's golf courses noting the scores of Bobby Jones; picture of Gene Hagen as well as the Prince of Wales playing polo. A number of nice pictures of London in the 1920's before the onset of..... More
Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend, 1887-1891 (5 volumes) ,all Published
London; 1887-1891: Walter Scott. Small Quarto. In five volumes (with index in volume V). Very nicely illustrated. The Monthly Chronicle was commenced in 1887 with the object and preserving the great wealth of history and tradition, legend and story, poetry and song, dialect and folk-lore which abounds in the ancient..... More
Pictorial Scotland and Ireland: Containing Upwards of Three Hundred and Twenty Copyright Illustrations
New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1903. Small Oblong Octavo. 320 pages. The list of Scottish and Irish scenes in the preliminary pages will help the reader in locating both the historic sites as well as the towns and cities that have changed dramatically from what existed at the beginning..... More
Royal Blue Book 1969: Leaders of the English-Speaking World
Chicago: St. James Press, 1969. First Printing. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 346pp. A book of whos-who, for all those in the know (in western civilization).. In navy blue boards, in blue printed dust jacket. More
Shropshire Parish Register Society
1920. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 156pp. Diocese of St. Asaph. contents, volume VIII., part 2 St. Martins, 1601-1735. More
Songs of Honour & Glory / Platoon on Tour. As Performed By Platoon Roadshow.
Ulster. Stapled Wrap. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 23pp. 23 songs, from "her Lies a Soldier" to "Ulster Girl." In orange paper wraps printed black. More
LIST OF ETON COLLEGE - MICHAELMAS 1903 TO MICHAELMAS 1906
Eton: The College Press, 1906. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 447 pp. Though a Huxley and a Sassoon are included, not further identified. More
May Fair: Being an Entertainment Purporting to Reveal to Gentlefolk the Real State of Affairs Existing in the Very Heart of London During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of His Majesty, King George the Fifth....(signed and Limited).
New York; (1925): George H. Doren Company. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 550 copies. The present copy is #240 signed by the author. Large paper edition. 369 pages. After the Green Hat Michael Arlen dealt with the theme of the youth culture which blossomed in post-World War I London in..... More
The Story of the Household Cavalry (2 Volume set) with Vol. 3 Which Was Issued 17 Years Later By a Different Publisher
London; 1909, 1909 and 1926: Archibald Constable and Co./William Heinemann. Small Thick Quarto. Portrait frontispieces, half-titles, [xviii, 400, [4], [401-777pp.], index.. The definitive work on the Household Cavalry through the end of World War I. Both volume I and II are in the original brown cloth binding with the gilt..... More
The Essays, or, Councils, Civil and Moral with a Table of the Colours of Good and Evil and a Discourse on the Wisdom of the Ancients to Which is Added in This Edition the Character of Queen Elizabeth
London: Printed by H. Clark, for R. Chiswell, 1706. Octavo. . hand-colored frontispiece, and nine other hand colored plates, pictorial title page in red and black, xii, 308 pages. In the middle of the 19th century, there was a taste for humor with issues of Punch and in books by..... More
CITIZENSHIP AND CONSCIENCE A STUDY IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF RELIGIOUS TOLERATION IN ENGLAND DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1962. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Inscribed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 348pp, price-clipped dust jacket with a small tear and edge chip at top edge. More
Tryal and Conviction of Sr. Sam Bernardison, Bart. For Highmisdemeanor at the Session of Nisi Privs, Holden at Guild- Hall, London .....Laurence Braddon and Hugh Speke...John Hambden.(Whiggish Plot, Three trials);.
London: For Benjamin Tooke, 1684. First Edition. Small Folio. The three tryals (trials) are bound together in a single volume since their lives were intertangled. Each with their own title page; 34pp, 78pp. and 56pp. In the development of English law, the Crown successfuly accused Sir Samuel Bardardiston of writing..... More
A Short History of the Last Parliament
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judges-Head Near the Inner Temple-gate in Fleetstreet, 1699. 64 pages. Blackmore was both a poet and physician to King William. Many felt that the English throne was on slippery grounds since William's health was precarious. Dryden wrote about this. Blackmore has written a...... More
MERSEY - ANCIENT AND MODERN
Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1878. Good. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 88 pp. 26 illus. in text. Some soiling, light wear, cover cloth slightly raised from humdiity. More
Britain's Sea Soldiers. A Record of the Royal Marines During the War 1914-1919
Devonport, Nd(ca.1927): Swiss and Co. Thick Quarto. Half-title, color frontispiece, xxii, (1) pp. 492pp., with an index and a chronological index, illustrations and plans, 7 folding maps in rear pocket. The introduction explains why the text was set up in 9 parts and appendices which includes the casualties, services of..... More
My Diaries; Being a Personal Narrative of Events, 1888-1914 (2 Vol set)
London; nd(ca.1919-1920): Martin Secker/ Printed by the Chiswick Press. Octavo. 2nd impression. In two volumes. Part One, 1888 to 1900: 512pp. Begins with his travels, first to Greece, Egypt, on to the Boar War. Spencer Part II, 1900 to 1914, 511 pages, index, begins with Death of Queen Victoria in..... More
The Life of Mrs. Jordan; Including Original Private Correspondcence, and Numerous Anecdotes of Her Contemporaries
London: Edward Bull, 1831. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes, extra-illustrated with 36 extra-plates and portrait of which one is in color and one is folding of with protective oversheets (paper not tissue) Handsomely bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands with compartments lettered and..... More
Life of The Lady Arabella Stuart
London: Richard Bently and Son, 1889. Octavo. In two volumes. 274 and 300pp. The story of Arabella Stuart is quite intriguing. She should have become Queen. She as the cousin to James VI of Scotland, niece of Mary Queen of Scots and a distant cousin to Queen Elizabeth I of..... More
The Bridge; A chapter in the History of Painting
London; (1926): J. Lane. First Edition. Quarto. 249 pages, index. 25 paintings in color, 22 in black and white. His master from the age of the Pre-Raphaelites to Pop Art showed his early mastery of truth in art. He did not object to new phases in art history as long..... More
A History of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and Their Predecessors, 1685-1980
Catterick: The Regiment, 1982. Quarto. . xiii, 494 pages, 62 unnumbered pages of plates, maps, music, plans, portraits, index. Includes a 2 p. subscribers list, regimental traditions and customs along with nicknames. There are 94 plates with a number richly colored. This copy is bound by the Cottage Bindery in..... More
Narratives of Some Passages in the Geat War with France from 1799-1810
London: Richard Bentley, 1854. Octavo. xxiv, 471 pages. with maps. Sir Henry Banbury's work is both brilliant and perceptive (Piers Makesy in Army Historical Research, 2001). The two narratives are of both the North Holland expedition of 1799 and the Egyptian Campaign of 1801 which he had been briefed by..... More