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CROMWELLIANA, A chronological detail of events in which Oliver Cromwell was engaged; from the year 1642 to his death 1658: with A Continuation of other Transactions to the Restoration.
Westminster: Machell Stace, 1810. 196 pages. Issued with five engravings of which one is folding, with an additional eighty-three others, some coloured. Original red straight-grain morocco gilt. All edges gilt. Small folio. Spine repaired; some offsetting from plates; an occasional mark; else a very good copy with a great number of additional illustrations. Armorial bookplate of Godfrey Wentworth, Woolley Park.
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Cruelties in Wexford: being an Authentic Narrative of the Sufferings and providential Escape of a Young Gentleman, Late Resident of Wexford; including an account of the outrages committed by the rebels in that town, While in their Possession. Written by Himself.
Liverpool: Printed by H. Forshaw, 1800. [Price Sixpence. 40 pages. 160 x 100 mm. Spine repaired and re-sewn; finger-marked and lightly soiled; some turning of corners; else a very good copy of this chapbook. Rare: ESTC records one copy only. Concerns the Irish rebellion of 1798.
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DESIDERATA CURIOSA or, a Collection of Divers Scarce and Curious Pieces Relating Chiefly to Matters of English History consisting of Choice Tracts, Memoirs, Letters, Wills, Epitaphs, &c. Transcribed, many of them, from the originals themselves, and the rest from divers antient ms. Copies, or the ms. Collections of sundry famous antiquaries and other eminent persons, both of the last and present age: the whole, as near as possible, digested into an order of time, and illustrated with ample notes, contents, additional discourses, and a complete index. By Francis Peck, M.A. Rector of Godeby near Melton in Leicestershire. Adorned with cuts. A new edition, greatly corrected, with some memoirs of the life and writings of Mr. Peck.
London: Printed for Thomas Evans in the Strand, 1779. 2 Vols bound as 1. xvii, [7], 238, [10]: vi, [10], 239-581, [9] Pages. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 9 plates. Bound in recent quarter calf over marbled boards with vellum tips. Quarto. Frontispiece laid down; lacks half title; some light browning; impressed library stamp to title-page of volume I; else a very good copy.
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DICTIONAIRE HISTORIQUE ET CRITIQUE. Troisieme Edition, revue, corrigée, et augmentéee par l’auteur.
Rotterdam: Michel Bohm, 1720. 4 folio volumes. Over 3000 pages. With 4 identical titlepage vignettes by W. de Boen after A. van der Werff, and a portrait of the duc d'Orleans by Bernard Picart in the dedication. Bound in recent quarter calf with gilt banding to the spines and red title labels, vellum corners; original endpapers retained. Folio. Ex library with small stamps to the blank versos of the titles, and occasional blind stamps in the text. Armorial bookplates to all pastedowns; name of ‘Grumston 4 Voll.s 7.7.0. 1723’ to first flyleaf; other volumes bear his or her signature on the first flyleaf. Last few leaves of Vol’ 4 have some light worming to the blank margins. A very clean and handsome set.
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DOCUMENTS ON GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY 1918-1945. Series D Volume XII. The Ware Years February 1, 1941 – June 22, 1941.
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. 1109 pages; folding map at end. Octavo. A near fine copy in a like Unprice-clipped dust-wrapper. This book is heavy and will incur extra postal charges. Please contact us directly for a shipping quote.
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DRESS and UNDRESS A history of women's underwear.
London: Bibliphile, 1981. Hardcover. Pictorial dust-wrapper. 4to. A very good copy in a price-clipped dust-wrapper.
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ENGLAND, EUROPE & THE UPPER NILE. 1882 - 1899. A Study in the Partition of Africa.
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1965. xiv, 456 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth, gilt. Pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A fine copy in a like unclipped wrapper.
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FORGOTTEN CHILDREN. Parent-child relations from 1500 to 1900.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Softcover. A fine copy.
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German Democratic Republic.
Dresden: Verlag Zeit im Bild, 1984. 400 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original white art vellum gilt with red title label to spine. Original card slipcase. Near miniature size: 74 x74 mm. Slipcase worn and splitting at joints; else fine.
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GREAT EVENTS FROM LITTLE CAUSES. Or, a Selection of Interesting and Entertaining Stories, Drawn from the Histories of different Nations. Wherein Certain Circumstances, seemingly inconsiderable, are discovered to have been apparently productive of very Extraordinary Incidents. Translated from the French of A, Richter, by whom it was dedicated, by Permission, to her most serene Highness the late Duchess of Orleans.
London: F. Newbery, 1767. x, viii, 232 pages. Contemporary sheep with red label to the spine and simple gold banding. 12mo. First edition. Spine cracked at both joints, and worn at head & heel; ownership name on endpaper; else a very good, clean copy. Roscoe A441(1).
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HEDENDAAGSCHE HISTORIE, OF TEGENWOORDIGE STAAT VAN GROOT BRITTANNIE. Eerste Deels eerste Stuk: Eene Beschryving van's Lands Gelengenheid;.
Amsterdam: Isaak Tirion,1754. Two volumes. Volume I: [vi], 712, [12 index]pp. Engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map of Great Britain and Ireland, Engraved portrait of George the Second, folding map of London, folding plate with two views of the Thames, folding plate of Somerset House, folding plate of Mansion House, folding plate of Royal exchange. Volume II: vi, 712, [12 index]pp. Engraved frontispiece of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, folding plate of Chelsea Hospital, folding plate of Windsor castle, folding map of Scotland, folding map of Ireland, folding map of British plantations in North America. Contemporary full vellum with manuscript titles to the spines. First edition. Some light browning here & there; vellum a little discoloured, particularly so on spines; else an excellent set.
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HISTORIA DELLE GUERRE CIVILI DI FRANCIA, Nella quale si contengono le operationi di quattrore re Francesco II. Carlo IX. Henrico III. & Henrico IIII. Cognominato il Grande….
Venetia.Presso Paolo Baglioni. 1638. [31], [1], 1054pp. Recent quarter morocco gilt, with decorative raised bands, over marbled boards with vellum tips. Octavo. A handsome copy.First published in Venice in 1630.
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HISTORY OF THE WALLOON & HUGUENOT CHURCH AT CANTERBURY. Vol. XV of the Huguenot Society of London.
1898. Vii, [1], 272 pages. Illustrated with five plates. Original black buckram gilt. Quarto. Number 332 of a limited edition of 475 copies. First edition. Small split at head of spine; signature of the Kent historian Philip Rogers to endpaper. A very good copy of a scarce publication.
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IN SEARCH OF GRAVESTONES OLD AND CURIOUS. With One hundred and Two Illustrations.
London: Mitchell & Hughes, 1896. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. xii, 114, [6 ad's] pages. Illustrated throughout. Original brown cloth, gilt. Top edge gilt. First edition. This book is notoriously difficult to find in anything like good condition as the text block is glued rather than sewn. This copy has been completely re-glued, and, apart from some light spotting to the upper board, is in excellent condition.
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KENTISH VISITATIONS OF ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM WARHAM AND HIS DEPUTIES, 1511 – 1512. Kent Archaeological Society. Kent Records Volume XXIV.
Maidstone: Kent Archaeological Society, 1984. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. First edition. A fine copy.
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LES SOUVENIRS D'UN JEUNE PRISONNIER, ou Mémoires sur les prisons de la force duplessis, pour servir a l'histoire de la Revolution.
Paris: Chez les Marchands de Nouveautés. Et chez tous les Libraries des Départemens, An III de la République [1795]. 140 pages. Bound in 19th century full calf, gilt. 14 x 9cm. Binding expertly restored at spine; bookplates; fore-edges untrimmed. A very good copy.
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LETTER TO A GIRL ON THE FUTURE OF CLOTHES.
London: Home & Van Thal Ltd, 1946. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. 34 pages. A very nice copy.
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LIST OF PARISH REGISTERS and other Genealogical Works Edited by Frederick Arthur Crisp.
London: Printed at the Author's Private Press, 1902. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 96 pages. First edition, limitation not stated. Original quarter art vellum-backed boards. Name on endpaper; free endpapers browned; small corner lost from lower outer corner of rear board; binding generally a little worn; else a very good, clean copy.
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LITERARY AND HISTORICAL MEMORIALS OF LONDON. First and Second Series. Two volumes.
London: 1901. Hardcover. The first series has two portraits and five illustrations; the second has two portraits and five illustrations. Original red decorative cloth gilt. Octavos. Complete, but part of a much larger set issued by Nimmo called Jesse's Historical Memoirs.
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Lives of the Friends and Contemporaries of LORD CHANCELLOR CLARENDON: illustrative of portraits in his gallery. In three volumes. With portraits.
London: John Murray, 1852. Three volumes; all rebound sometime in the twentieth century in red cloth gilt. Octavos. First edition. Each volume is foxed at the start – to the portrait frontispiece and to the title; ownership name on front endpaper of vol. III; lacks half-titles; else a good solid working set.
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