Category: Britain - History, Politics & Topography

Orkney

Price: $9.95

Publisher: United Kingdom, David & Charles : 1974

Seller ID: 056167

ISBN-13: 9780715350003

Condition: Near Fine

Island Guide to Orkney, an island off the north coast of Scotland. A volume in David & Charles 'The Islands Series'. 245 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Bright, clean and unmarked, near new. Mild bumnps to top corner, front panel. Price-clipped dustjacket is similar. Unpacked weight, 553g. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. WE use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images are available. Shipped well packed. USA postag...
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Baily's Hunting Directory 1903-1904

By: BAILY'S

Price: $55.00

Publisher: London, Vinton & Co. : 1903

Seller ID: 14992

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Diretory o all aspects of Hunting in Great Britain - Foxhounds, harriers, Staghounds, Draghounds, otterhounds, Bloodhounds, Hotels, Town near Hunts, Obituaries, Records, Folding Maps, etc etc. xxxviii, 448pp, adverts - Bollinger's, in colour, to inside of rear board. Clean, unmarked interior, bright, white pages. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with gilt titles etc. Spine is sun-faded as are parts of the front and rear boards [margins]. Solid, sound copy. Unpacked weight, 708g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based...
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Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire

By: BAIRD, Julia

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, Random House : 2016

Seller ID: 056846

ISBN-13: 9781400069880

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

From International New York Times columnist Julia Baird comes a magnificent biography of Queen Victoria. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, 'Victoria: The Queen' is a stunning new portrait of the real woman behind the myth--a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience. [Publisher]. xlvii, 696 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm. An 'as new' copy in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada Post, the Unit...
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Medieval London

By: BAKER, Timothy

Price: $13.50

Publisher: New York, Praeger Publishers : 1970

Seller ID: 20217

Binding: Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles

Condition: About Fine

History and description of the City of London, England, during the Middle Ages when the foundations of the modern City were laid. 260pp, illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. No wear to bright, blue cloth boards. Minor wear to dustjacket, at edges. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 850g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rate...
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The Standard: March 16, 1830

By: BALDWIN, Charles - Publisher

Price: $18.50

Publisher: London, Charles Baldwin : 1830

Seller ID: 050960

Binding: Newspaper

Condition: VG+

Single issue of an Antique Newspaper from London, England, for Friday, March 5, 1830. News of the Day from Britain, Europe and the World, Advertising, Fashion, Sports, Social Events etc. 4pp. Bright, clean copy from a disbound volume. Pages not separated. Fore-edge straight. Original horizontal fold at centre. Rag paper. Scarce title.
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The Standard: March 5, 1830

By: BALDWIN, Charles - Publisher

Price: $18.50

Publisher: London, Charles Baldwin : 1830

Seller ID: 049680

Binding: Newspaper

Condition: VG+

Single issue of an Antique Newspaper from London, England, for Friday, March 5, 1830. News of the Day from Britain, Europe and the World, Advertising, Fashion, Sports, Social Events etc. 4pp. Bright, clean copy from a disbound volume. Pages not separated. Fore-edge straight. Original horizontal fold at centre. Rag paper. Scarce title.
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A Message to Youth of the Empire: An Address by Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin

By: BALDWIN, Rt. Hon. Stanley

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Vancouver, Vancouver Daily Province : 1937

Seller ID: 20248

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: Good VG

An address by Stanley Baldwin to the Youth of the Empire given at the Empire Youth Rally at Albert Hall, London, May 18, 1937. Reprinted from the Vancouver Daily Province. 8pp, photo illustration of Baldwin to front cover. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a faint horizontal crease to centre where once folded. Weight, 10g. Ships at cost via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail.
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A Message to Youth of The Empire: An Address By Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin

By: BALDWIN, Rt. Hon. Stanley

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Vancouver, Vancouver Daily Province : 1937

Seller ID: 20416

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: VG+

Reprinted from the Vancouver Daily Province newspaper of June 1, 1937. An address given by the British Prime Minister at the Empire Youth rally at Albert Hall, London, May 18, 1937. 8pp, photo of Baldwin on front wrap. Bright, clean copy. Weight, 10g. Eligible for inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates to Canada and the USA ; other Countries somewhat more.
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Service of Our Lives: Last Speeches as Prime Minister

By: BALDWIN, Stanley

Price: $6.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton : 1937

Seller ID: 28119

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Good VG, or Better

Fourth and last volume of Baldwin's speeches (published separately). 167pp. Clean copy with a bright interior and sound binding. Weight, 410g.
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Service of Our Lives: Last Speeches as Prime Minister

By: BALDWIN, Stanley

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton : 1937

Seller ID: 039084

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG, or Better

Fourth volume of Baldwin's speeches, published separately. Book is tight and clean. Only defect is a tiny corner clip to ffep. DJ is somewhat worn with moderate edge wear and rubbing. Weight, 392g.
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The Bailiwick of Jersey

By: BALLEINE, G. R. With STEVENS, Joan

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Hodder and Stoughton : 1970

Seller ID: 24012

Binding: Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles

Condition: About Fine

A volume in the series 'The Queen's Channel Islands'. 211pp, photo illustrated, endpaper maps. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a tight, square binding. Unclipped dustjacket has two, taped tears, each 2-3 inches long, but is otherwise bright and clean. Weight, 510g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. USA postage usually $6.50 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Maximum postage to anywhe...
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Royal Visit to Bangor, 27th July, 1903; Invitation/Admission to Grand Stand

By: BANGOR CORPORATION [?]

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Britain, W. & G. Baird [Printers, Belfast] : 1903

Seller ID: 043623

Binding: Card

Condition: VG+

This item is a printed card bearing an Invitation/Admission Ticket to the Grand Stand in Esplanade, in Bangor, Northern Ireland for the Royal Visit of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Printed on one side only. Clean and unmarked. Weight, 7g.
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Old English Towns

By: BANKS, F. R.

Price: $9.95

Publisher: London, B. T. Batsford : 1964

Seller ID: 14106

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Near Fine

History and description of some of the Old Towns of England. 240pp, photo illustrated. Bright copy, unmarked, with a very sound binding. Dustjacket has edge wear, chips etc, but front panel is bright and clean. Weight, 620g.
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The court and times of George IV, King of England

By: BANVARD, John

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Hurst & Co.

Seller ID: 036863

Binding: Cloth, Illustrated

Condition: VG+

Biography of George IV [1762-1830] - with 'corroborative authorities drawn from the secret archives of the Chartists, and authentic documents in the British Museum'. 590pp. Clean copy with a tight, square binding. Atractive front panel showing only minor wear. Litho illustration of a pretty woman pasted to the front. Weight, 480g.
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Broughton : from Wellington to Airbus

By: BARFIELD, Norman

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Stroud, UK, Tempus Publishing : 2007

Seller ID: 039409

ISBN-13: 9780752441849

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Almost 'As New'

factory was built at Broughton to construct Wellington Bombers for the RAF's expansion and wartime needs. Situated near Chester, the factory has remained part of the British aviation industry while older, traditional sites have come and gone. This book deals with the phenomenal success of this Welsh factory. 160 p. : ill, ; 24 cm. Gift inscription t the htp, otherwise the book is 'as new' - bright, fresh and unmarked with no spine creases. Weight, 360g.
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Grivas. Portrait of a Terrorist

By: BARKER, Dudley

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Cresset Press : 1959

Seller ID: 049608

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Biographical portrait of George Grivas [1898-1974], known also as Digenis, a Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army, leader of the EOKA guerrilla organisation and EOKA B paramilitary organisation. OCLC Number: 752877734. 202pp, photo illustrated. The book is very bright and and clean. There is an old owner's siganture [from Cyprus] to the ffep otherwise the book is unmarked. The binding is tight and square.There is a 'bump' to the bottom of the spine, not visible from the exterior. Theunsclipped dustjacket is also very bright and clean still crisp showing only very minor wear. Weight, 380g.
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British Staesmen

By: BARKER, Ernest

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Collins : 1941

Seller ID: 042405

ISBN-13: 9781851701179

Binding: Stiff Card Boards

Condition: VG+

Brief biographies of British statesmen. Includes figures such as Burghley, Elizabeth I, Cromwell, Walpole, Pitt, Castlereagh, Canning, Gladstone, Balfour, Churchill and Smuts. One of the 'Britain in Pictures' series.The 1941 original edition . Hardcover with pictorial boards, and with dustjacket. 8vo, 46pp, 12 plates in colour and 17 illustrations in b&w.Near Fine. Dustjacket is bright and clean showing only minor edge wear and a small missing piece to the head of the spine. Weight, 243g.
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London from the Air

By: BARKER, Felix; HAWKES, Jason

Price: $14.00

Publisher: London, Ted Smart/harper Collins : 1999

Seller ID: 22472

ISBN-13: 9780091788087

Binding: Laminated Pictorial Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Panoramic, bird's-eye views of London from the air. Photographs by Jason Hawkes; Text by Felix Barker. 160pp, all colour photographs. Bright, clean copy, inside and outside. Gift inscription to the ffep otherwise unmarked. No wear tothe boards. Unclipped dustjacket is close to new condition. Heavy book weighing 1.204kg We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Canadian GST included. Images always available.
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Agincourt: The King; the Campaign; the Battle

By: BARKER, Juliet

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Abacus : 2009

Seller ID: 720

ISBN-13: 9780349119182

Binding: Softcover

Condition: VG+

One of the most successful history books of recent years, Agincourt is reissued with a new introduction by Bernard Cornwell and a new preface by Juliet Barker to mark the 600th anniversary of the battle. xxix, 494, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. Clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, very light spine creases. Slight wearto covers. NB - too thick to qualify for Canada Post Lettermail. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always a...
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Yorkshire Villages

By: BARKER, Paul: BIRDSALL, James

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Parkgate Books : 1999

Seller ID: 039022

ISBN-13: 9781902616315

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: About Fine

A volume in the series 'Classic country companions'. Superb collection of colour photos of Yorkshire Villages. 156 p. : col. ill. ; 19 x 25 cm. Gift inscription to the htp, otherwise, bright, clean and unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Almost 'as new'. Weight, 506g.
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Category: Britain - History, Politics & Topography