The advent of total war witnessed the rapid expansion of the diplomatic agenda and saw the transformation of overseas policy into wartime policy. This book provides a survey of diplomats and their responses to the vicissitudes of war. 'History of international relations, diplomacy, and intelligence', Volume 3. xiii, 304pp. Bright, cleam interior, still fresh. Tight, square binding, sound hinges. Unmarked. paper covered boards, illustrated, are 'as new'. Unpacked weight, 654g. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our a... View More...
A collection of over 160 photographs of Barnstaple, in Devon, England, from the 1860's onwards. [91] p. : chiefly ill., map ; 25 cm. OCLC Number: 13308116. Overall, a bright, clean copy. Small ink namne to inside of front wrapper. Owner's seals to the title page, otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding. Weight, 254g. View More...
Full-page color reproductions of British City Maps. 1st, folio, 10.5"x14.25", 128pp. Hardcover in maroon cloth with dustjacket. Book is Fine - unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket is nearly so with just a very few small defects to edges. Weight, 1.39kg View More...
Single Issue of 'Kent' - periodical for Men of Kent. 16pp, wrappers, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Staples rusted. Shipping via Canada Post lettermail. View More...
Real Photo Postcard of Keir Hardie [1856-1915], Scottish socialist and the first Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Undated, c1910.Beagles Postcard 150 B. Unused, bright and clean. Tiny crease to the lower right corner. Shipping via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail. View More...
Real photographic postcard of Arthur James Balfour, Scottish Statesman and philosopher [1848-1930], Prime Minister, author of the Balfour Declaration, etc. Undated, circa 1908. Beagles 108, photo by Elliott & Fry. Lettermail rates. Bright, clean and unused, almost 'as new'. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations. View More...
Real photographic, black & white postcard of Prime Minister Gladstone and his wife. Gladstone standing, his wife seated holding a book. Unused and undated, circa 1910. Bright and clean, sharp corners. Eligible for inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates within Canada, to the USA and some other Countries. Image available. View More...
Story of the survival, or not, of the old British Estates after the First World War. 210pp, photo illustrated. Bright, fresh, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Unclipped dustjacket is nearly similar. Weight, 410g. View More...
Myths and legends of Scotland accompanied by sumptuous color photography. 80pp, color photo illustrated. Bright, fresh, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. About as new. Nearly similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 506g. View More...
Survey of British photographers by one of the most celebrated. One of the 'Britain in Pictures' series. A reprint of the 1944 original . Hardcover with pictorial boards, 8vo, 48pp, 8 color plates, 20 illustrations in b&w. Nice Fine. Weight, 250g. View More...
The First World War was the first conflict to mobilize all Britain, and this new Home Front affected the lives of every man, woman and child. While George V was issued with a ration card, thousands of ordinary women took up jobs traditionally done by men. And aerial bombardment made the effects of war astonishingly real. Discover here the varied and often surprising ways in which the people of Britain lived through it all. 224 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Bright, fresh copy, unmarked. Nearly similar, unclipped dustjacket show a couple of tiny edge tears. Weight, 847g. View More...
The author recounts life in Bruach, in the Hebrides off northern Scotland. Country Book Club reprint edition. 192pp, decorations by Douglas Hall. Bright, clean, unmarked copy, Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Dustjacket shows only very slight edge wear. Weight, 280g. View More...
First volume of a 20 volume group of viewbooks covering Scotland. Undated, circa 1900. Unpaginated [20pp]. Full page, b&w photos. Interior is clean and unmarked. Top corner of front wrapper lost. Wrappers detached from body and 50% split at spine. In spite of defects, still attractive. Scan available. View More...
Victorian comic/satire. Fourth annual installment of a vicious attack, in verse, on British Royalty, the Government and High Society. xxxiii, 94, illustrated. . The original color paper wrappers survive and have been bound in very plain, green cloth. Item is complete with the illustrated advertisements and in a VG state athough binding is a littleloose and in need of attention. View More...
English upper class morality in the early 20th century - Principles of the commonwealth.--Colonel Repington's diaries.--Some glimpses of the normal.--Mrs. Asquith's autobiography.--A study in contrast.--Ill effects.--The other side.--Manners.--Examples in love.--Womanhood.--Confusion. OCLC Number: 615466. xxi p., 1 l., 176 p. front., ports. 24 cm. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Minor wear only to the cloth. Weight, 662g. View More...
Articles concerning Jack the Ripper and his crimes. Sub-title on cover: Jack the Ripper and the Victorian East End. vii, 217 p. ; 24 cm. Bright, fresh, unmaerkd copy, 'as new'. Weight, 293g. View More...
With an historical introduction and colour plates from the Macpherson Collection in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Photographs by Frank & Keith Beken. Text by John Chamier, foreword by Alain Gliksman. OCLC Number: 650113167. 184pp, profusely photo illustrated, folding color plates, index. 30 cm. Book is bright, clean and umarked. Binding is tight and square and the cloth shows no wear. The price-clipped dustjacket is clean and quite bright but with minor edge wear and a few short edge tears closed with acid-free tape. A heavy book weighing 1.143kg. View More...
The first major study of Winston Churchill's record as a naval strategist - and his impact as the most prominent guardian of Britain's sea power in the modern era. Winner of Keith Matthews Award for Best Book 2012. xvi, 429 p. : ill., maps. An 'as new' copy except for a small top corner crease to p303. Unclipped dustjacket is similar. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often 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 a... View More...
This volume is the moving story of Helen Bamber, founder of the Medical Foundation of the Victims of Torture - a profound meditation on the nature of torture, man's inhumanity to man, and the appalling story of our century. Winner of Irish Times Literary Prize 1999. x, 374 p. ; 24 cm. Bright, clean copy, still fresh and unmarked. Tight, square binding. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. About 'as new'. Weight, 801g. View More...
