Additional Titles may be found in the Travel and Exploration Category
The nations, not so blest as thee,
Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.
“Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
“Britons never will be slaves.”
![Item #16366 The Life of Thomas More [16th Century England]. Peter Ackroyd](/pictures/thumb/16366.jpg?v=1670691242)
New York: Nan A. Talese, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Thomas More was a renowned statesman, the author of a political fantasy that gave a name to a genre and a worldview (Utopia), and, most famously, a Catholic martyr, who paid with his.....
England: Gospel Standard Trust Publications, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Short Biographies of distinguished ladies of the 16th century.
New York and London: Metro Books, 2008. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.
![Item #014726 [World War I] British Civilian Prisoners in East Africa. A Report by The Government...](/pictures/thumb/014726.jpg?v=1671139483)
London: Alabaster, Passmore & Sons, 1918. 1st Edition. A Very Good Soft cover. An anonymous narrative of the situation, treatment and numerous persons are named.
USA: PublicAffairs, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket.
Rochester: The Boydell Press, 2004. A Fine Soft cover. The tales drawn together in this book, from a wide range of medieval sources, span the centuries from the dawn of Christianity to the age of the Plantagenets.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. While it is the writing of Robert Louis Stevenson that brought fame to the family name, this mesmerizing account shows how his extraordinary ancestors changed the shape of the Scotland coast against incredible odds.....
Cambridge, Mass: Oxford University Press, USA, 1998. A Fine Soft cover. Going right to the heart of the Irish Question, this book offers a new interpretation of Irish politics in the critical 1912–1916 period. The author re-examines the issues at stake in the home rule crisis of 1912–14, arguing that.....
London: Collins, 1947. A Good Hardcover. No. 116 from the Britain in Pictures Series.
London: John Murray, 1901. A Very Good Hardcover. This book recounts Borrow's personal experiences and insights while touring Wales alone on foot after a family holiday in Llangollen in 1854, and has come to be regarded as a source of useful information about the social and geographical history of the.....
London: Adam and Charles Black, [1909]. Color Plates by Sutton Palmer. Decorated Cloth Hardcover. An exploration of angling opportunities of the English inland waterways as the landscape and cultural history of the settlements along the river banks are described. Background Information:Sutton Palmer is celebrated for his masterful watercolours, which are.....
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Written for the travellor, the author describes the archaeological remains of the Romans in the various regions of England and depicts the way of life of the Romans in England.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1924. First Edition - First Printing: American. A Good Hardcover. A look at London life primarily via the courts.
New York: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The representation of love in medieval decorations, paintings, and drawings offers an intriguing glimpse into the society and philosophy of that time. Interpreting these depictions as having a specific purpose to inspire love or eroticism.....
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. From a discovered manuscript of Revolutionary War era songs. They were assembled by an American privateer. Timothy Conner while he was held in England's Forton Prison. The manual contained coarse sailor songs, patriotic lyrics, lyrics about.....
London: Hutchinson & CO., 1957. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear with rubbed spine tips. Lacking Dust Jacket. 11.25 inches tall. 118 pages. Fully illustrated in B/W drawings. First Edition - First Printing.
New York: Crescent, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. The well researched book traces the use of heraldic and floral design by artists, artisans, and designers throughout the ages.
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Background Information:Charles II, byname The Merry Monarch, (1630—1685), king of Great Britain and Ireland who was restored to the throne after years of exile during the Puritan Commonwealth. The years of his reign are known in English history as.....
London and New Yortk: Routledge, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket.
London: Daily Telegraph, 1952. 8 Pages of biographical articles and photos; page 8 was devoted to the new Queen Elizabeth.
![Item #011900 The Same Sky Over All [Farming Anecdotes]. Broomfield David Smith of Hill Farm,...](/pictures/thumb/011900.jpg?v=1671805629)
London: J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1948. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. A delightful collection of farming anecdotes from Essex. Smith recounts his octogenarian father's reminiscences from their farm at Hill Farm.
Great Britain: Leagrave Press Limited, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A delightful collection of Punch articles and travel cartoons by Basil Boothroyd, Alan Coren, Folkes, George Mikes, E. S. Turner, Alan Whicker, Vincent Mulchrone, Robert Robinson, Lord Mancroft, Alan Brien, Frank Muir, Arnold Roth.
Dublin: Belfast Press, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. A full version of the erotically-charged 1911 Diary over which London threatened an obscenity prosecution.The volume provides both a comprehensive text of the diaries, with explanations for their cast of characters, famous, infamous, and fleeting.....
![Item #013450 Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency Volume II & III [of 3]. Duke of Saint-Simon,...](/pictures/thumb/013450.jpg?v=1651924711)
Akron, Ohio: St. Dustan Society, Published by M. Walter Dunne, 1901. Editors Autograph Edition. Hardcover.
New York: Random House / Modern Library, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. An anthology which aims to reveal the soul of Scotland through a depiction of the nation's history and character. Nature, places, lore, people and literature are represented, and work is included by writers as.....