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Books listed alphabetically in order by Author
1. Aldor, Francis (Editor) & Hofbauer, I. (Art Editor). THE GOOD TIME GUIDE
TO LONDON. London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951. 1st. Hardcover - cloth,
12mo. Very good condition in lightly worn, chipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Covers lightly soiled/faded. Color tinted
drawings/photos. Pictorial endpapers. With coloured Underground map & 6
double page full color maps. Over 250 plates by famous artists. "Total"
London Guide. Landmarks & other "places of interest", plus seamier features &
districts. Guide through customs, into a hotel, to shrines, galleries & other
centres of culture. Restaurants, cinemas, sports, night clubs from the most
glamorous spots to the bohemian. Well-written, ironically written. With Short
History & Oddities of London. Good tight copy. 319 pages......$20.00
2. Aline, Countess of Romanones. THE SPY WENT DANCING: MY FURTHER ADVENTURES
AS AN UNDERCOVER AGENT. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in lightly rubbed
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photographs.
America's most captivating secret agent reveals how she recruited the Duchess
of Windsor. True espionage & intrigue among the European aristocracy. Good
tight copy. 319 pages......$12.00
3. Allsop, Kenneth. THE ANGRY DECADE: A SURVEY OF THE CULTURAL REVOLT OF THE
NINETEEN FIFTIES. London, Peter Owen Limited, 1958. 2nd impression. Hardcover
- cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Edges bumped. Signature endpaper. Story of the
Angry Young British Men of the 50s including their literary leaders: Kingsley
Amis, Colin Wilson, John Osborne, etc. Indexed. Good tight copy. 212
pages......$16.50
4. Armstrong, Margaret. TRELAWNY: A MAN'S LIFE. New York, Macmillan, 1940.
1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Very light cover
wear. Owner plate endpaper. Decorated endpapers. Factual saga of Edward
Trelawny - based on his writings, reliable sources. Includes details of his
friendships with Shelley & Byron. Good tight copy. 379 pages......$16.50
5. Bacon, Francis. THE ESSAYS OR COUNSELS, CIVIL AND MORAL, OF FRANCIS LD.
VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS (or THE ESSAYS OF FRANCIS BACON). New York,
Peter Pauper Press, (1960?) No date. New Edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition. Corners lightly worn/bumped.
Owner's stamp endpapers. With Introductory by Bacon to The Duke of
Buckingham. Over 50 essays by Bacon on a variety of topics including...
Truth, Death, Adversity, Prophecies, Goodness, Nobility, Superstition,
Marriage, Travel, Friendship, Masques, Fortune, Ceremonies - and many others.
With Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases. Good tight copy. 230
pages......$20.00
6. Barber, Noel. THE BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA. Houghton Mifflin, 1965. 1st/4th
printing. Decorated cloth, octavo. Very good+ in lightly worn/chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Photographic endpapers/maps. Detailed
story of the seige of Fort William in 1756 - the British East India Company's
stronghold in Calcutta... ..by overwhelming Moslem forces..day by day
description of the conditions in the doomed garrison - plus vivid description
of the horrors experienced by the English prisoners who were forced to endure
a night in "The Black Hole of Calcutta." Good tight copy. 254
pages......$20.00
7. (Basileon) With Introduction by Tennyson, Sir Charles. BASILEON: A
MAGAZINE OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE 1900-1914. London, Scholar Press, 1974.
1st thus edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition. Some
cover/edge wear. Inked "P" bottom page edges. Black & white
photos/drawings/cartoons. Facsimile reproductions of Basileon Magazine.
Includes foldout sketch of King's College. With Biographical Note & Index.
Tight well-bound volume. 363 pages......$30.00
8. Behrendt, Stephen C. SHELLEY AND HIS AUDIENCES. Lincoln NE/London,
University of Nebraska Press, 1989. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo.
Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Major contribution
bridging the gap between Shelley's political poems and essays and her
personal life. Detailed study of how Shelley employed consistent rhetorical
and thematic devices toward the end of humanitarian reform. Significant
reassessment of author-audience relations during the Romantic period in
England. Good tight copy. 295 pages......$25.00
9. Bill, Alfred H. ASTROPHEL: OR THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE RENOWNED SIR
PHILIP SYDNEY. New York, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1937. 1st. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Lightly bumped. Slight cover wear/fading.
Black & white frontis & plates. Good tight copy. 372 pages......$14.00
10. Blackburne, Sir Kenneth (With Message from H.R.H. Princess Alice,
Countess of Athlone. Foreword by Sir Gerald Templer, K.G). LASTING LEGACY: A
STORY OF BRITISH COLONIALISM. London, Johnson Publications, 1976. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Very slight cover wear. Black & white photo
frontis. Decorated endpapers. Detailed analysis of Britain's success as a
colonial power. Indexed. Good tight copy. 206 pages......$15.00
11. Blake, George, Murray, W.H., Grant, J.S., Gordon, Seton, Weir, Tom,
Allan, John R., McLaren, Morey. SCOTLAND'S SPLENDOUR. Glascow, Collins
Publishers, 1965. Repr. 1961 edition. Decorated cloth, Small Quarto. Very
good condition. Gift inscription front endpaper. Color & Black & white
photographs. Decorated endpapers. The charm & splendour of Scotland captured
in photograph & text. Magnificent illustrations. With Pictorial Map, Map of
Southern Scotland, Map of Northern Scotland, Key Maps to Illustrations. Main
sections: Glasgow and the South-West, The West, The Hebrides, The North, The
North-East, The Central Highlands, Edinburgh, Fife and the Borders.
Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 230 pages......$30.00
12. Boulton, William B. THE AMUSEMENTS OF OLD LONDON (Volume One of a
two-volume set). London, John C. Nimmo, Publisher, 1901. Decorated cloth,
Large octavo. Good condition. Some wear/light blistering to covers. Spine
ends frayed. Color plates. Light corner wear. Front hinge starting. "With 12
illustrations from contemporary sources, all coloured by hand". Blue cloth
covers with gilt edging and gilt castle cover design. "Being a survey of the
sports and pastimes, tea gardens and parks. playhouses and other diversions
of the people of London from the 17th to the beginning of the 19th Century".
Illustrations include bear-baiting, bull-baiting, cock fighting, boxing,
gambling. Tight well-bound volume. 272 pages......$40.00
13. Bowen, Catherine Drinker. FRANCIS BACON: THE TEMPER OF A MAN. Boston,
Little, Brown & Co, 1963. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition.
Corners lightly bumped. Slight foxing endpapers. Black & white frontis &
plates. Excellent personal & literary biography of Sir Francis Bacon.
Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 245 pages......$18.00
14. Boyle, Andrew. THE FOURTH MAN: THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF KIM PHILBY, GUY
BURGESS, & DONALD MCCLEAN & WHO RECRUITED THEM TO SPY FOR RUSSIA. New York,
The Dial Press/James Wade, 1979. 1st U.S. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. The first full
account of the cause & origins, the control & running, of the three most
notorious traitors in modern history. With Notes, extensive Index. Good tight
copy. 503 pages......$15.00
15. Bragg, Melvyn. SPEAK FOR ENGLAND: AN ORAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND: 1900-1975 -
BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH INHABITANTS OF WIGTON, CUMBERLAND. N.Y, Alfred A.
Knopf, 1977. 1st American. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very
good condition in worn, chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Slight cover fading & edge wear. Black & white photos. Good tight copy. 498
pages......$15.00
16. Brandon, Russell. ROY THOMSON OF FLEET STREET. London, Collins, 1965.
1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Light cover/edge wear.
Spine slightly bumped. Black & white photos. Well-documented biography of
Lord Thomson of Fleet Street. Good tight copy. 397 pages......$15.00
17. Brandt, Bill (photographer). LITERARY BRITAIN: LANDMARKS, LANDSCAPES AND
HOUSES OF THE GREAT WRITERS AND POETS. New York, Aperture, 1986. Repr. 1951
edition.. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in
edgetorn/taped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Full page Black &
white photos. Good tight copy. Np......$15.00
18. Burke, John. LIFE IN THE CASTLE IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND. New York, Dorset
Press, 1992. Boards, Imperial octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Black & white plates. Reprint Batsford 1978
London Edition. Lavishly illustrated with over 100 photographs and
contemporary illustrations. Detailed picture of life in a medieval castle -
amenities, discomfort, pageantry, warfare & administration. Also clear
picture of castle development from early motte & bailey forts through the
great Norman & high medieval period to the castle's transformation into the
manor house. Elegant volume. With Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 120
pages......$22.50
19. Byrne, Muriel St. Clare (Editor) Selected and Arranged by Boland,
Bridget. Foreword by Trevor-Roper, Hugh. THE LISLE LETTERS: AN ABRIDGEMENT.
Chicago IL, University of Chicago Press, 1983. 1st. Decorated cloth, Large
octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white plates. Extraordinary historical work - a vast tapestry of Tudor life.
From 1,900 letters originally assembled to be used in evidence... in the
trial for treason of Arther Plantagenet, Lord Lisle. Selected from the
original six-volume set. Written from 1533 to 1540, culminating in Lord
Lisle's being sent to the tower of London. With extensive Notes & Commentary
Well-indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 436 pages......$25.00
20. Carsten, F. L. WAR AGAINST WAR: BRITISH AND GERMAN RADICAL MOVEMENTS IN
THE FIRST WORLD WAR. Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1982. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Very light cover/edge wear. radical & antiwar movements
before & during World War I. Well-documented. With Bibliography, Index. Good
tight copy. 285 pages......$15.00
21. Chamberlin, J. E.. RIPE WAS THE DROWSY HOUR. N.Y, Seabury Press, 1977.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Near fine in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Victorian England. Good tight copy. 222
pages......$12.00
22. Chamberlin, Russell (With photographs by McBride, Simon). THE TOWER OF
LONDON: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY. London, Webb & Bower, 1989. 1st. Hardcover -
cloth, Oblong octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Small paperclip mark upper edge endpapers to title. Color &
Black & white photos/drawings. Light edgewear. Decorated endpapers. Profusely
illustrated, detailed history of the Tower of London from 1089 to the
present. Magnificent, specially commissioned photographs, including many of
areas not open to the public. An elegant volume profiling key moments,
unsolved mysteries and lesser-known stories from the Tower's immense past.
With Bibliography. Index. Good tight copy. 128 pages......$20.00
23. Chesterfield, Earl of. LETTERS TO HIS SON: BY THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD -
ON THE FINE ART OF BECOMING A MAN OF THE WORLD AND A GENTLEMAN (Volume II).
New York/London, M. Walter Dunne, Publisher, 1901. 1st thus edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Good condition+. Spine plate faded. Front
hinge loosened. Light cover fading. Color frontis/Black & white plate. From
the Universal Classics Library. Illustrated with Photogravures on Japan
Vellum & full page portraits of authors. Letters CXL - CCCXX (1751 - 1770).
With Juvenile Section: Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his Son - written when
the latter was between five and fourteen years of age - 1732 - 1741. 435
pages......$16.00
24. Chilton, Eleanor Carroll and Agar, Herbert. THE GARMENT OF PRAISE: THE
NECESSITY FOR POETRY. New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Very light
cover wear. Corners lightly bumped. Important presentation of Poetry as an
enobling and edifying force in the world. How poetry "spiritualizes" the
material... while giving form to and making tangible the spiritual. Three
main sections: The Nature of Poetry - English Poetry and English History -
Poetry and the World Today. With Index of Authors, Index of Titles. Tight
well-bound volume. 401 pages......$40.00
25. Churchill, Sarah. THE EMPTY SPACES: THE POEMS OF SARAH CHURCHILL. New
York, Dodd Mead, 1966. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition in
lightly edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
photo frontis. First publication of poetry by Sarah, Lady Audley, Churchill -
second daughter of Sir Winston Churchill. With First Line Index. Good tight
copy. 96 pages......$16.00
26. Cohen, Michael. ENGAGING ENGLISH ART: ENTERING THE WORK IN TWO CENTURIES
OF ENGLISH PAINTING AND POETRY. Tuscaloosa/London, University of Alabama
Press, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Bottom corners very slightly
bumped. Black & white plates. Aesthetic techniques employed by English
writers & artists - common to poetry & painting - for engaging readers &
observers... or "capturing" them intellectually, emotionally, or morally -
circa 1680 to 1880. Fascinating study. With Notes, Bibliography, Index. Tight
well-bound volume. 228 pages......$25.00
27. (Colour Library Books) With Foreword by Mayne, Michael - Dean of
Westminster. Introduction by Miles, Duke of Norfolk. THE BOOK OF THE ROYAL
WEDDING. Guilford, Surray, England, Colour Library Books Ltd, 1986. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color photographs. Lavishly illustrated
photo-coverage of the 1986 Royal Wedding between Andrew, Duke of York and
Sarah, Duchess of York. 124 pages......$20.00
28. Costello, John. MASK OF TREACHERY: THE FIRST DOCUMENTED DOSSIER ON
ANTHONY BLUNT'S CAMBRIDGE SPY RING. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1988. 2nd
printing. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good+ in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photographs. Detailed,
intimate biography of Anthony Blunt and the tangled lives of the Cambridge
spies. With Index. Good tight copy. 763 pages......$13.50
29. (Country Life Ltd.). PICTURE BOOK OF BRITAIN: IN COLOUR (Combining
Volumes I & II). London, Country Life, Ltd, 1966. 1st/5th printing. Hardcover
- cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in lightly edgetorn dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Corners lightly bumped. Color photos. Owner
stamp endpaper. Spectacular full color photo tour of Britain. Practically
every country & aspect of Britain displayed. Taken by the country's finest
landscape photographers, from Cornwall to Devon, to Skye & Ross & Cromarty,
from Pembrokeshire & Caernarvonshire to Norfolk & Suffolk. Including London
to village scenes, country houses, cottages, mountains, lakes, rivers &
seashore. Nearly all pictures are of identifiable places. Tight well-bound
volume. 110 pages......$30.00
30. (Country Life Ltd.). THE SECOND COUNTRY LIFE PICTURE BOOK OF BRITAIN - IN
COLOUR. London, Country Life Ltd., Publisher, 1966. 1st/3rd printing.
Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in lightly chipped
price-clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color photos. With
53 full page full color plates. Splendid pictorial tour with text of the best
of Britain. To London & back. From the Home Countries of Kent, Sussex, Surrey
& Berkshire, through Hampshire & Oxfordshire to the West Country.. 105
pages......$20.00
31. Court, A. N. (Text). COLOURFUL LONDON. Norwich, Jarrod & Sons Ltd, 1969.
Decorated cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in lightly chipped/clipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Gift inscription half-title. Color
photographs. Lavishly photo-illustrated pictorial - with text - of London.
With pictorial map. Good tight copy. Not Paginated......$15.00
32. Creston, Dormer. ANDROMEDA IN WIMPOLE STREET: THE ROMANCE OF ELIZABETH
BARRETT BROWNING. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1931. 1st/5th printing. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Signature front endpaper. Frontis
portrait & plate. With paste-down cover & spine title plates. The romance
between Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. Indexed. Good tight copy. 281
pages......$15.00
33. Cullen, Tom. A PLAYFUL PANTHER: THE STORY OF J. MAUNDY GREGORY, CON MAN.
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1975. 1st American. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Very lightly bumped. Black & white photos. True story of the British Prince
of Rogues, owner of the Ambassador Club, seller of titles - & his links to
Lloyd George. With Index. Good tight copy. 256 pages......$16.00
34. Curtis, Mary I. ENGLAND OF SONG AND STORY. Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 1932.
Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Bookplate endpaper. Black &
white photographs & drawings. A picture of life in England and a background
for English Literature of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Contents
include: Holidays and merry-makings.. Beggars, rogues, and rascals.. Three
old landmarks.. Early monasteries and the church.. Some famous English
schools.. Manners and customs of the court.. Feasts and ceremonial banquets..
Witches, superstitions, medicine and magic.. Pageants, masques, and the drama
- and much more. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 510 pages......$25.00
35. Daiches, David and Flower, John. LITERARY LANDSCAPES OF THE BRITISH
ISLES: A NARRATIVE ATLAS. New York, Facts on File, Inc, 1980. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Black & white photos, engravings, maps. Handsomely
illustrated with more than 60 engravings & photographs. With original essays
and specially tailored maps. Brilliant literary tour of the British Isles
(Including Ireland). Geoliterary scholarship. Wonderful travel guide for
those who visit the British Isles in reality or imagination. With Gazatteer,
Index. Good tight copy. 287 pages......$13.50
36. Dash, Helen. BRISBANE, OUR TOWN: A CENTURY OF PHOTOGRAPHS. Queensland
Australia, Univ. of Queensland Press, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
Large square octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Light edge crease half-title page. Full page Black & white
photographs. Entertaining and evocative photographic tour of the life of
Brisbane from the 19th Century to the present. Tight well-bound volume. 217
pages......$30.00
37. Denkinger, Emma Marshall. IMMORTAL SIDNEY. New York, Bretano's, 1931.
1st. Decorated cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Light cover & edge wear.
Black & white plates. Definitive Biography of Sir Philip Sidney. With Index.
Elegant well-bound volume. 317 pages......$16.00
38. Deon, Michel (Text, Captions) Kleber Haedens (Introduction) Elfer, Arpad
(Photographs) Fermaud, Ruth (Translator). THE LONDON I LOVE. New York, Tudor
Publishing Co, 1971. Engraved cloth, Small sq quarto. Very good condition in
lightly edge-scraped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color &
Black & white photographs. With 130 gravure photographs - 12 in full color.
Delightful, evocative photo-illustrated tour of London. With maps, "The Great
Hours in London's History", Table of Illustrations.. 135 pages......$17.50
39. Derry, T.K. and Jarman, T.L. THE MAKING OF MODERN BRITAIN: LIFE AND WORK
FROM GEORGE III TO ELIZABETH II. New York, New York Univ. Press, 1956. 1st
U.S. edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in worn edgetorn
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light corner/edge wear. Black &
white plates. Well-illustrated (50 Black & white plates) social history of
Britain... from the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution to the modern
Welfare State - and the attempt to catch up and cope with some of the human
problems resulting from industrialization. Indexed. Good tight copy. 308
pages......$11.00
40. Dixon, Theron S.E. FRANCIS BACON AND HIS SHAKESPEARE. Chicago, The
Sargeant Publishing Co, 1895. 1st edition. Decorated cloth, Small octavo.
Very good condition. Covers & spine lightly worn/scraped. The author's
brilliant, detailed analysis showing - "beyond a reasonable doubt" - that
Bacon wrote the Shakespearian plays. Presentation includes: Parallelism, The
"New Birth", The Alhabet of the Plays, Their Primer, Julius Caesar, The
Impulse, The Style, The Thought, Bacon's Work - and more. Tight well-bound
volume. Scarce. 461 pages......$75.00
41. Drogheda, Lord, Davison, Ken, Wheatcroft, Andrew. THE COVENT GARDEN
ALBUM: 250 YEARS OF THEATRE, OPERA AND BALLET. London, Routledge & Kegan
Paul, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good+ in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photographs. Lavishly
illustrated history of the Royal Opera House covent Garden. Tight well-bound
volume. 208 pages......$25.00
42. (Dunne, M. Walter, publisher). ENGLISH BELLES-LETTRES FROM A.D. 901 TO
1834 (UNIVERSAL CLASSICS LIBRARY). Washington & London, M. Walter Dunne,
1901. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Front hinge
starting. Photogravures, etchings. Photogravures on Japan Vellum, Etchings,
Hand painted India- plate repros & full page author portraits. Contents
include: Biographia Literaria - Coleridge.. Poems - Chattterton.. Apologie
for Poetrie - Sidney.. Consolation of Philosophy - Boethius (Translated by
Alfred the Great).. Hydriotaphis (Urn-Burial) - Sir Thomas Browne - and much
more. 403 pages......$20.00
43. Duveen, James Henry. THE RISE OF THE HOUSE OF DUVEEN. New York, Alfred A.
Knopf, 1957. 1st American. Engraved cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Signature endpaper.
Black & white photos. Story of famous family of art dealers - beginning in
Victorian era. Good tight copy. 299 pages......$15.00
44. Faber, Richard. YOUNG ENGLAND. London, Faber & Faber, 1987. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Black & white frontis montage. Story of the Young England
Movement, launched in the 1840s by a group of young aristocrats to strengthen
Crown & Church. With Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 276
pages......$16.00
45. Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jane. HISTORIC GARDENS: A GUIDE TO 160 BRITISH
GARDENS OF INTEREST. London, Grange Books, 1993. Repr. 1990 edition.
Pictorial boards, Imperial octavo. As new in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Full color photographs. Elegant volume. Detailed
photo-illustrated guide to outstanding gardens spanning the length & breath
of the British Isles. Including Scotland & Wales. Includes section on Gardens
in History - from Medieval Monasteries to Tudor Mansions. Withs the winners
of the Christie's Historic Houses Garden of the Year Award. Plus special
listings of Components, Buildings & Structures, Plants, Livestock Water
Features & much more. Full-color photographs - synopsis of information on
each garden. Extensive Index. Tight well-bound volume. 160 pages......$20.00
46. Fedden, Robin and Joekes, Rosemary (Editors). THE NATIONAL TRUST GUIDE TO
ENGLAND, WALES, AND NORTHERN IRELAND. New York, W.W. Norton & Co, 1977. 2nd
revised edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corners lightly bumped. Signature
rear endpaper. Color & Black & white photos. Lavishly photo-illustrated.
Comprehensive official guide to the properties of the National trust... third
largest landowner in Britain, caring for over one acre in every hundred of
the countryside - including 350 miles of unspoilt coastline. Properties
include more than 200 historic buildings of architectural & historic
importance, from cottates & farms to princely country houses. Late
acquisitions include Dunster Castle, Cragside, Castle Drogo, Plas Newydd,
Erddig & Claremont Garden. Magnificent guide with maps, Glossary, Listing of
Properties (with directions), Extensive Index. Good tight copy. 608
pages......$30.00
47. Feldberg, Katharine (Editor). OF MEN AND MANNERS: THE ENGLISHMAN AND HIS
WORLD. Coral Gables FL, University of Miami Press, 1965. 1st U.S. edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn/clipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. "A collection of writings that give
brilliant insight into the English personality and way of life". Essays by
Graham Greene, T.S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, J.B.
Priestley, A. A. Milne, Joseph Conrad, George Bernard Shaw - and many more.
With section "About the Authors". Good tight copy. 240 pages......$20.00
48. Finch, Jeremiah S. SIR THOMAS BROWNE: A DOCTOR'S LIFE OF SCIENCE & FAITH.
New York, Henry Shuman, 1950. 1st printing. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo.
Very good condition in worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Corners lightly bumped. Black & white frontis & plates. Excellend biography
of Sir Thomas Browne, author of Religio Medici. With extensive Bibliography,
Index. Good tight copy. 319 pages......$16.00
49. Fletcher, Raffaella and Mayle, Peter. DANGEROUS CANDY: A TRUE DRUG STORY,
BY SOMEONE WHO DID THEM AND KICKED THEM. London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1990.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. A true story about drug addiction - inside
story of going from a happy middle-class home to the gutter... from normality
to a constant nightmare. Good tight copy. 88 pages......$15.00
50. Fresco, Monty. PHOTOGRAPHS ARE MY LIFE. New York, Arco Publishing, 1983.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Faint edgewear. Small edgemark. Black &
white photographs. The photographs and the stories behind them by the world
famous photographer. Good tight copy. 128 pages......$15.00
51. Fry, Christopher. CAN YOU FIND ME: A FAMILY HISTORY. Oxford, Oxford
University Press, 1978. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Tinted photos. Playwright
Fry's autobiography & story of the Fry family - including letters, diaries &
photographs. With Family Trees. Good tight copy. 267 pages......$15.00
52. Garrod, H. W. WORDSWORTH: LECTURES AND ESSAYS. London, Oxford University
Press, 1923. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Spine plate faded.
Owner inscription. Upper pg edges bumped. With biographical sketch. Contents
include: Descriptive Sketches.. Godwin & Godwinism.. 1793.. Elements... The
'Immortal Ode'.. Sense and Imagination.. Guilt and Sorrow: The Borderers..
'The Waters Sleep'.. Preface to Lyrical Ballads.. The Composition of the
Prelude. Tight well-bound volume. 211 pages......$25.00
53. Gilman, Richard. DECADENCE: THE STRANGE LIFE OF AN EPITHET. New York,
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. 1st edition. Decorated cloth, Small octavo.
Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Illuminating exploration in cultural history and first-rate piece of
literary criticism... especially relating to the world of Swinburne, Wilde,
Beardsley, etc. Good tight copy. 180 pages......$15.00
54. Glatt, John. THE CHIEFTAINS (THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY). New York, St.
Martin's Press, 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very
good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
photographs. True story of Ireland's most celebrated Celtic Band. With
Discography. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 331 pages......$15.00
55. Glendinning, Victoria. REBECCA WEST: A LIFE. New York, Alfred A. Knopf,
1987. 1st American. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in
lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black and white
photographs. Detailed biography of Rebecca West. With Notes, Index. Good
tight copy. 300 pages......$12.00
56. Glueck Sheldon & Eleanor. AFTER CONDUCT OF DISCHARGED OFFENDERS: A REPORT
TO THE DEPARTMENT. London, Macmillan, 1945. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Small
octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Slight edgewear. Light foxing endpaprs. British Law Enforcement.
Foreward by Dr. Felix Frankfurter. Good tight copy. 114 pages +
ads......$11.50
57. Gray, W. Forbes. SCOTT IN SUNSHINE & SHADOW: THE TRIBUTE OF HIS FRIENDS.
London, Metheun & Co, 1931. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition. Edges lightly worn/bumped. Owner plate. Hinge just starting. 12
Black & white plates/frontis. Engaging portraits of the friends of Sir Walter
Scott -with Scott as the common backdrop. 312 pages + ads......$20.00
58. Green, John Richard (Revised & Enlarged, with Epilogue by Green, Alice
Stopford). A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE: WITH EPILOGUE. New York,
American Book Company, 1916. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good
condition. Edges very lightly bumped. Black & white maps and tables. A
classic. Exhaustive history of the English People - through 1914. With
marginal notes, dates. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 1039 pages......$22.50
59. Green, Martin. THE VON RICHTHOFEN SISTERS: THE TRIUMPANT AND THE TRAGIC
MODES OF LOVE. New York, Basic Books, 1974. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Slight cover wear. Owner stamp half-title page. Black & white
photos. Biography of the Von Richtofen sisters & their liasons with D.H.
Lawrence & Max Weber. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 396 pages......$16.00
60. Griffith, Wyn. WALES IN COLOUR: A COLLECTION OF COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS (With
an introductory text & Notes on the Illustrations). London, B.T. Batsford
Ltd, 1958. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Full
page color photos. Magnificent full-color photographs of Wales, including
lush countryside, Celtic castle & Druid ceremony. Good tight copy. 95
pages......$20.00
61. Guedalla, Philip. MASTERS AND MEN (With Portraits). New York/London, G.
P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very
good condition. Light fading to gilt spine lettering. Black & white
photographs. Biographical sketches of the great, memorable & infamous.
Contents include: The Egoists.. The Soldiery.. Masters of Arts... Ministers
of State.. A Fabian.. A Jurist.. Men of Letters.. Men of War.. Men of Mark -
and more. Tight well-bound volume. 171 pages + ads......$25.00
62. Habgood, Noel. IRELAND IN COLOUR. London, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1978. 2nd
American. Hardcover - cloth, quarto. Near fine in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Full page color photos. Introduction & commentaries by
Terence Sheehy. Photographs by Noel Habgood. 79 pages......$15.00
63. Hall, A. George, Editor. LONDON'S FESTIVAL BALLET ANNUAL 1956-1957.
London, Grays Inn Press Publications, Not dated. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto.
Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Light wrinkling to endpapers. Black & white photographs. Lavishly
photo-illustrated record of the company's 1956-57 season. With reviews,
individual profiles... and especially coverage of their tour which included
the wedding of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace, a triumphant visit to
Spain, an appearance at the Bordeaux Festival - and much more. Tight
well-bound volume. 151 pages......$30.00
64. Hall, Trevor (Text) Designed by Clucas, Philip, MSIAD. Produced by Smart,
Ted and Gibbon, David. BORN TO BE KING: PRINCE WILLIAM OF WALES. Guilford
England, Colour Library Books, 1982. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto.
Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Light edgewear. Lt creasing endpapers. Color & Black & white
photographs. Well-written. Lavishly illustrated. Fully documented record of
the Royal Birth - from the early weeks to the final months. With over 330
photographs, including the Official 21st birthday photographs of the Princess
of Wales by Lord Snowdon. Includes the horoscope & the Christening of Prince
William of Wales. Decorated endpapers - with Royal family tree. Good tight
copy. 128 pages......$15.00
65. Hamilton, F. E. Ian (Editor). THE FIRST BRITISH-SOVIET GEOGRAPHICAL
SEMINAR. Oxford/New York, Pergamon Press, 1981. 2nd printing. Laminated
boards, Small Quarto. Very good condition. Foredge/corners lightly bumped.
With list of Participants, Index. Good tight copy. 357 pages......$20.00
66. Hankey, Muriel. J. HEWAT MCKENZIE: PIONEER OF PSYCHICAL RESEARCH. London,
The Aquarian Press, 1963. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn/clipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white frontis portrait. For the first time, the full story
of McKenzie and his British College of Psychic Science which was active
between the wars... and associated with some of the most famous mediums of
that era. Includes details of McKenzie's involvement in spiritualism and
psychic matters, his researches and experiments, plus contacts with the many
prominent researchers and sensitives of those eventful years. Fascinating
account of a man whose influence is still apparent in psychic circles today.
Good tight copy. Hard to find. 157 pages......$20.00
67. Hardwick, Joan. AN IMMODEST VIOLET: THE LIFE OF VIOLET HUNT. London,
Andre Deutsch Publisher, 1990. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edge stripe.
Black and white photographs. Biography of Hunt, one of Britain's most
fascinating turn of the century literary figures. With Notes, Index. Good
tight copy. 205 pages......$11.00
68. Hardy, Thomas. WINTER WORDS: IN VARIOUS MOODS AND METRES. New York,
Macmillan, 1928. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Good condition. Covers/spine
mottled. Corners bumped. Inscription endpaper. Inked check marks on 3 pages.
Hardy's last work - large selection of new poems. The volume, though prepared
for press, would have undergone further revision had the author lived to
issue it on the birthday, whose number he left uninserted in the Introductory
Note. Good tight copy. 184 pages......$25.00
69. Hearnshaw, F.J.C., M.A., LL.D. THE SOCIAL & POLITICAL IDEAS OF SOME
REPRESENTATIVE THINKERS OF THE VICTORIAN AGE. New York, Barnes & Noble, 1950.
Repr. '30 edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Slight
edge wear. "A series of lectures delivered at King's College University of
London during the Session 1931-1932." Good tight copy. 271 pages......$12.50
70. Heath, Edward. SAILING: A COURSE OF MY LIFE. New York, Stein & Day, 1976.
1st U.S. Hardcover - cloth, Imperial octavo. Very good condition in chipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light cover wear. Color & Black
& white photos. Photographic endpapers. Edward Heath's - one of Britain's
most successful & accomplished yachtsmen - sailing autobiography. Lavishly &
superbly illustrated with both colour & Black & white photos & paintings,
many hitherto unpublished. With Chronology of sailing events, Index. Tight,
well-bound volume. 185 pages......$20.00
71. Herbert, Carrie M. H. TALKING OF SILENCE: THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF
SCHOOLGIRLS. London/Philadelphia, The Falmer Press, 1989. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Comprehensive study of sexual harassment of schoolgirls in Great
Britain. With case histories and detailed research data. Bibliography, Index.
Good tight copy. 200 pages......$25.00
72. Hewison, Robert. UNDER SIEGE: LITERARY LIFE IN LONDON 1939-45. New York,
Oxford University Press, 1977. 1st American. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white photos. London's artists, writers, poets - their lives
& works under siege in World War II London. Well-indexed. Good tight copy.
219 pages......$15.00
73. Hildesheimer, Wolfgang (Translated from the German by Crampton,
Patricia). MARBOT: A BIOGRAPHY. New York, George Braziller, 1983. 1st
printing. Decorated cloth, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Bookplate front endpaper. emainder stripe. Black & white
plates. Biography of Sir Andrew Marbot, pioneer in Art Criticism, & friend of
Wordsworth, Coleridge, De Quincey, Goethe, Byron. With Index. Good tight
copy. 246 pages......$10.00
74. Hillquit, Morris. SOCIALISM IN THEORY AND PRACTICE. New York, Macmillan,
1913. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition. Light shelfwear.
Corners bumped. Bookplate endpaper. Includes Historical Sketch of the
Socialist Movement - in various countries around the world. With index. Good
tight copy. 361 pages + ads......$20.00
75. Holden, Anthony. KING CHARLES III. New York, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988.
1st American. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos.
Definitive detailed biography of Charles, Prince of Wales. With Chronology of
significant events, Index. Good tight copy. 242 pages......$10.00
76. Holmes, C. J.. SELF & PARTNERS (MOSTLY SELF) : BEING THE REMINISCENCES OF
C. J. HOLMES. N.Y, Macmillan, 1936. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo.
Very good condition. Black & white photos & drawings. Well indexed. Good
tight copy. 404 pages......$20.00
77. Holroyd, Michael. LYTTON STRACHEY: A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY: Vol 1-THE
UNKNOWN YEARS (1880-1910)-Vol 2-THE YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT 1910-1932 (BOXED
SET). New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968. 1st edition. Decorated cloth,
octavo. Both volumes Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Color frontis each volume. Elegant 2 volume boxed set. Box
lightly edgeworn/soiled. Tight well-bound volumes. 475+754 pages......$30.00
78. Holzer, Hans. THE LIVELY GHOSTS OF IRELAND. New York, Wings Books, 1967.
Reprint edition. Wrapped boards, Small octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Small remainder dot. Black & white plates. Guided
tour or Ireland's spectacular spectral landscape. Good tight copy. 182
pages......$10.00
79. Housman, Laurence (Illustrated by Shepard, Ernest H.). GRACIOUS MAJESTY.
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo.
Very good condition. Light corner wear. Spine faded. Black & white drawings.
Housman's short plays about Queen Victoria. Good tight copy. 222
pages......$15.00
80. Howard, Ronnalie Roper. THE DARK GLASS: VISION AND TECHNIQUE IN THE
POETRY OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSETTI. Athens Ohio, Ohio University Press, 1972.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Small inked edge mark. Fascinating study of
Rosetti's work, demonstrating that the poet possessed a clearly defined
central vision... which has a validity both for Rosetti's own age and ours.
With Notes, Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 218 pages......$18.00
81. Howell, Roger. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY: THE SHEPHERD KNIGHT. Boston, Little,
Brown & Co, 1968. 1st American. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition. Black & white frontis of Sydney. Excellent biography of Sidney.
Good tight copy. 308 pages......$12.50
82. Hudson, Gertrude Reese. ROBERT BROWNING'S LITERARY LIFE: FROM FIRST WORK
TO MASTERPIECE. Austin TX, Eakin Press, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Black & white plates. Complete story of Browning's slow rise
to fame. Volume details accounts of his literary activities, the critical
reception of his poetry, plus aspects of the intellectual & spiritual
movements of the mid-century. Material derived from an extensive body of
material, including letters, memoirs, diaries & a large number of reviews.
Extensive Notes, Index. Tight well-bound volume. 638 pages......$30.00
83. Huxley, Aldous (Edited by Bradshaw, David). BETWEEN THE WARS: ESSAYS AND
LETTERS. Chicago, Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 1994. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Essays on art & literature, letters to Mencken & H.G. Wells, social
& political writings from the early & later 30's- & more. Well-indexed. Good
tight copy. 255 pages......$13.50
84. Hyde, Douglas. I BELIEVED: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FORMER BRITISH
COMMUNIST. London, The Reprint Society, 1950. Reprint. Hardcover - cloth,
12mo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Black & white frontis & photographs. Powerful autobiography.
"Best account yet published of how the Communist Party works in England..20
years of communist history". With portraits of the British Communist leaders.
Good tight copy. 285 pages......$15.00
85. Johnson, Dr. Samuel (Edited by McAdam, E. L., Jr. & Milne, George). A
JOHNSON READER. New York, Pantheon Books, 1964. 1st printing. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Small owner stamp endpaper/upper page edg. The
definitive Johnson anthology. Including the most famous of his works..the
lives of Savage and Milton.. Rasselas.. the Preface to the Dictionary.. the
Preface to Shakespeare.. and samples of Johnson's poetry - both light and
serious. Plus less known pieces, including.. Johnson against war.. Johnson on
slavery.. Johnson on the current political scene.. as well as samples of
Johnson's letters & a section of quotations from Boswell that illustrate
"Johnson talking.". 464 pages......$22.50
86. Johnstone, William. CREATIVE ART IN BRITAIN: FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO
THE PRESENT. London, Macmillan, 1950. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
Imperial octavo. Very good condition in worn, edgetorn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Corners lightly bumped. Color & Black & white
plates. Elegant volume with over 200 color & Black & white plates. Revised,
enlarged version of "Creative Art in England"... with further illustrations &
an Index. Impressive presentation, demonstrating that the British Tradition
in art - from the Celtic to the present - is one of the supreme achievements
of the world. With Appendices including: General Principles - The Future of
Art in England: Art and Education - Basis of a British Art. Tight well-bound
volume. 292 pages......$40.00
87. Jones, Alun R. THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF THOMAS ERNEST HULME. Boston,
Beacon Press, 1960. Engraved cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in
lightly worn/clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Lower edges
lightly bumped. Critique & biography of T.E. Hulme. With analysis of his
aesthetics, politics, philosophy & theories of art & poetry. Also, how his
theories influenced poets such as Eliot, Pound & Jacob Epstein. Includes a
collection of all Holme's extant poetry - plus 2 articles & letters. With
Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 233 pages......$18.00
88. Jones, Kathleen. LEARNING NOT TO BE FIRST: THE LIFE OF CHRISTINA ROSETTI.
New York, St. Martin's Press, 1992. 1st U.S. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo.
Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white photos. Biography of Pre-Raphaelite writer, Christina Rosetti. With
References, Bibliography, Index. Tight copy. 252 pages......$14.00
89. Junor, John. LISTENING FOR A MIDNIGHT TRAM: MEMOIRS - JOHN JUNOR. London,
Chapmans, 1990. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition
in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Memoirs of John
Junor. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 341 pages......$16.00
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