Category: Britain - History, Politics & Topography

Real Photo Antique Postcard, Town Hall, Ashton-under-Lyne

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Ashton, UK, A. H. & S.

Seller ID: 055600

Condition: VG+

Real photo postcard of the Town Hall at Ashton-under-Lyne, a market town in Greater Manchester, U. K. Undated, circa 1910. Not postally used but with a message in pencil and an address in Canada. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $2.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations.
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Monopoly: A Study of British Monopoly Capitalism

By: AARONOVITCH, S.

Price: $17.00

Publisher: London, Lawrence and Wisehart : 1955

Seller ID: 11579

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Good VG

Major work on Monopolies in the British economy. 191pp. Clean and quite bright copy with a sound binding. Unmarked. Dustjacket has small missing pieces, edge rubbing, general soiling.
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Mary Queen of Scots

By: ABBOTT, Jacob

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Akron, OH, The New Werner Company

Seller ID: 27241

Binding: Half Leather, Marbled Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Life of Mary Queen of Scots [1542-1687 AD]. Undated, circa 1900. xiii, 233pp, frontis, three illustrations. Makers of History Series', Vol. XVII, but stands alone. Attractive copy with black leather spine and corners, gilt titles & decoration. Bright, clean, unmarked interior, pages white, not browned. Tight, square binding. Small amount of wear to leather at head of spine. No wear/damage to rest of leather spine and corners or to colorful, marbled boards. Solid, attractive copy weighing 350g.
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Queen Elizabeth

By: ABBOTT, Jacob

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Akron, OH, The New Werner Company

Seller ID: 27240

Binding: Half Leather, Marbled Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England [1533-1603 AD]. Undated, circa 1900. xiii, 239pp, frontis, three illustrations. Makers of History Series', Vol. XVI, but stands alone. Attractive copy with black leather spine and corners, gilt titles & decoration. Bright, clean, unmarked interior, pages white, not browned. Tight, square binding. Small loss to leather at head of spine. No wear/damage to rest of leather spine and corners or to colorful, marbled boards. Solid, attractive copy weighing 350g.
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Henry the Fourth

By: ABBOTT, John S. C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Akron, OH, The New Werner Company

Seller ID: 27238

Binding: Half Leather, Marbled Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Life of Henry IV, King of England [1367-1413 AD]. Undated, circa 1900. xiii, 239pp, frontis, four illustrations. Makers of History Series', Vol. XIV, but stands alone. Attractive copy with black leather spine and corners, gilt titles & decoration. Bright, clean, unmarked interior, pages white, not browned. Tight, square binding. Small loss to leather at head of spine. No wear/damage to rest of leather spine and corners or to colorful, marbled boards. Solid, attractive copy weighing 360g.
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English Nonconformist Sources

By: ACADEMIC RESEARCH SERVICES

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Family History Association of Canada : 1988

Seller ID: 043375

Binding: Plastic Comb Binding

Condition: About Fine

Material used at a Seminar program sponsored by the Kamloops Family History Society, April 30, 1988. Unpaginated [62pp], folding plate. Collection of various photocopied documents. Bright, clean and unmarked with a sound, undamaged binding. Weight, 162g.
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Internal Migration Patterns in 18th and 19th Century Britain and Sources for Tracing Our Migrant Ancestors

By: ACADEMIC RESEARCH SERVICES

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Family History Association of Canada : 1988

Seller ID: 043374

Binding: Plastic Comb Binding

Condition: About Fine

Material used at a Seminar program sponsored by the Kamloops Family History Society, April 30, 1988. Unpaginated [68pp], folding plate. Collection of various photocopied documents. Bright, clean and unmarked with a sound, undamaged binding. Weight, 185g.
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Albion : Origins of the English Imagination

By: ACKROYD, Peter

Price: $18.00

Publisher: UK, Vintage : 2004

Seller ID: 039312

ISBN-13: 9780099438076

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

The origins of the English Imagination - in literature, art, architecture, music and more, a journey into the roots of English cultural history. 516pp, color photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy - about 'as new'. Weight, 724g.
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Shakespeare : The Biography

By: ACKROYD, Peter

Price: $17.50

Publisher: London, United Kingdom, Random House : 2005

Seller ID: 040957

ISBN-13: 9781856197267

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

Superb biography of Willam Shakespeare, 1564-1616. ``Only Peter Ackroyd can combine readable narrative and unique observation with a sharp eye for the fascinating fact.` xiii, 546 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm. This copy is s new`, in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 880g.
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The House of Windsor

By: ACLAND, Eric

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Toronto, Winston : 1937

Seller ID: 35107

Binding: Illustrated Cloth

Condition: VG+

History of the British monarchy from george V to george VI - The House of Windsor. 408pp, photo illustrated. Hardcover in attractive purple cloth with black & gold pictorial cover. No dustjacket. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked except of a felt-pen owner's signature to the ffep. Binding is tight and square. Purple cloth is bright and clean showing virtually no wear. Weight, 654g.
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Notes on the Historical and Literary Associations of The City of London

By: ACRES, W. Marston

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Privately Published : 1922

Seller ID: 31462

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: About Very Good

Privately printed for the author by J. Edward Francis, The Athenaeum Press. Preface by E. Beresford Chancellor. 64pp. Clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, staples rusty. Wrappers show a little soiling. Some wear to spine. Scarce. Weight, 85g.
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In the Footsteps of Borrow & Fitzgerald

By: ADAMS, Morley

Price: $18.50

Publisher: London, Jarrold & Sons

Seller ID: 17018

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: About VG

Travel and description of Old East Anglia. Undated - circa 1900. 262pp, illustrated. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. A little foxing to endpapers. Minor wear only to navy blue cloth boards. Weight, 610g.
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Now the War is Over

By: ADDISON, Paul

Price: $9.50

Publisher: London, British Broadcasting Corporation : 1985

Seller ID: 11458

ISBN-13: 9780224023252

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

A Social History of Britain 1945-1951. 223pp, photo illustrated. Bright, fresh copy with a sound binding and a like dustjacket. Almost 'as new'. Weight, 605g.
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Now the War is Over

By: ADDISON, Paul

Price: $9.95

Publisher: London, British Broadcasting Corporation : 1985

Seller ID: 34434

ISBN-13: 9780224023252

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

A Social History of Britain 1945-1951. 223pp, photo illustrated. Bright, fresh copy with a sound binding and a like dustjacket. Almost 'as new'. Weight, 605g
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Now the War is Over: A Social History of Britain 1945-51

By: ADDISON, Paul

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, BBC/Cape : 1985

Seller ID: 036549

ISBN-13: 9780224023252

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Britain in the immediate post-WWII era. 223pp, photo illustrated. Hardcover in blue cloth with unclipped dustjacket. Clean, unmarked copy showing only minor siggns of use. Weight, 610g.
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Epping Forest. Its Literary and Historical Associations

By: ADDISON, William

Price: $6.50

Publisher: London, Dent : 1947

Seller ID: 34370

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good VG

History of Epping Forest in England, and discussion of some of its literary associations. 240pp with 32pp of photo illustration. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Hardcover in green cloth with only slight wear to tips. Tight, square binding. Weight, 428g.
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Epping Forest. Its Literary and Historical Associations

By: ADDISON, William

Price: $6.50

Publisher: London, Dent : 1947

Seller ID: 34371

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good VG

History of Epping Forest in England, and discussion of some of its literary associations. 240pp with 32pp of photo illustration. Interior is bright & clean. Gift inscriptions to ffep, otherwise unmarked. Hardcover in green cloth with only slight wear to tips. Tight, square binding. Weight, 428g.
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Worthy Dr. Fuller

By: ADDISON, William

Price: $13.50

Publisher: London, J. M. Dent : 1951

Seller ID: 13928

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

Biography of Thomas Fuller, author of 'History of the Worthies of England' and other books. 298pp, photo illustrated. Very bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Only the previous owner's details on ffep keeps this from Fine. Dustjacket is similar with the exception of a 1" split to the fold of the dustjacket at back. [580g]
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The Eleventh S. B. A. C. Show: An Illustrated Record by the Editorial Staff of 'The Aeroplane': 1950

By: AEROPLANE, The

Price: $20.00

Publisher: UK, The Aeroplane [Magazine] : 1950

Seller ID: 051769

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: VG+

An illustrated record of the aircraft displayed at the 11th Society of British Aircraft Constructors show at Farborough, England in 1950. Size - 28 by 20cm, [26pp], photo illustrated in b&w. Clean, unmarked interior. Sound, stapled binding. Top margin of front wrapper is dusty [top 2cm] from old storage. Otherwise wrappers are clean and bright.
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Speak for England: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry for the Forces

By: AGATE, James - Editor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson & Company

Seller ID: 15655

Binding: Waterproof Cloth

Condition: VG+

An anthology intended to appeal to the soldier, sailor and airman. Compiled by critic and journalist, Jame Agate. 253pp. Unusual waterproof, khaki cloth binding. Book is bright and clean. No wear to cloth. Previous owner's name & date on ffep. Dustjacket has some edge wear and a little staining to back panel. Weight, 250g.
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Category: Britain - History, Politics & Topography