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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1984.. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1st edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges and corners of dj and binding have slight wear. Slight foxing at bottom page edges. Former owner's name on endpaper. Review of book from Science magazine laid in. 261 p. w/illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. A uncommon scholarly study of Great Britain's Royal Society and its transition from a gentleman's club to a prestigious scientific institution, drawing heavily on the records of the Society itself.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Octavo ( standard size) . Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. 400 p. w/ fotnotes, index, and a few illustrations. A collection of 16 historial essays on All Souls during the time of the "old order" before the Victorian reformers. Includes articles on Christopher Wren, Blackstone, the Fremantle Affair, the effect of the English Civil War, and more.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1933.. Hardcover. Good. Second impression. Good octavo hardcover in light blue binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and on the corners of the panels. Covers are a little scuffed, soiled, and browned, espcially along the spine. Pages are lightly browned and just a little bit stiff. Name of previous owner on the front free endpaper. Previous owner was Wolfgang Stolper, the noted economist best known for his work on international trade and on Schumpeterian economics. Some pencil mathematics on the rear free endpaper. 206 pages with notes, 4 appendices (1. the minimum standard house, 2. the effect of subsidies on building prices, 3. the probable increase in the number of families in 1932-41 and 1942-1951, 4. differential renting), tables, and index. A look at the British housing situation during the interwar years.

Hmden, CT: Archon Books, 1975. First edition US. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Slight fading to spine. xii, 360 p. w/chapeter endnotes, maps, bibliography, index. Covers appox. 1880-1914.

1stEd WWI World War One Great Britain British History. Pamphlet. Very Good. 1st edition. Very good in paper wraps. Staplebound. Slight rust at staples. Scuffing and some dirt to covers. Edges have some wear. 31 p. w/illustrations, charts, and a list of other publications at back. A presentation detailing the activities, successes, and losses of Britain up to 1918, including a great many statistics, to inform the American public of Britain's efforts. A nice propaganda pamphlet focusing on naval and air forces, not as baised as some.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight ear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xii, 402 p. w/ footnotes, bibliography, index. A study of republican writing in 17th century England, noting it came in the "moral service of a religious revolution".

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Journal review sticker on flyleaf. 364 p. w/ critical bibliography, endnotes, index. 11 scholarly essays and an introduction on crimes and courts in various regions of England.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good, price clipped. Thick octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to dges and corners of boards. Head and heel of spine are a bit bumped. Dj has more wear, with a bit of soiling to covers. 470 p. w/ illus., eleven maps (some folding), bibliography, good index. A number of shorter essays on various aspects of Devonshire County in England, covering boundaries, certain families, documents of the county, estates, laborers, and more.

Charlbury, UK: Day Books, 1998 ( 2000 ) . Second printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, bit more wear to head of dust jacket. Bump at middle bottom edge of front board, creasing some interior pages. xi, 369 p. w/ symbol illus., appendices, key to symbols, glossary, gazetteer, biographical guide, bibliography, index. A collection of Dee's private journals and spirit diaries, brought together from various manuscript sources. Dee was a Tudor era man of many trades, esp. as an early natural philosopher, teacher, mathematician, and occultist. He was the court astrologer to Queen Elizabeth, and a great investigator of alchemy.

London: Frank Cass & Company, Ltd. , 1996. Trade Paperback. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. xx, 316 p. w/ illus., chapter endnotes, bibliography, index. A survey of the British fascists under Oswald Mosely, focusing on local emergences and the diversity of the movement in its rise and decline.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xv, 592 p. w/ footnotes, bibliography, index. A study of the major political decisions of Elizabeth and her ministers in the last years of her reign.

London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. First edition. Hardcover w/pictorial boards. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. xi, 207 p. w/ endnotes, bibliography, index, and a few illus. A study of girlhood and imperial england via victorian and Edwardian print culture, with girl adventurers, castaways and plucky schoolgirls.

Harlow, UK: Longman, 2000. Softcover with glossy covers. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. xi (1), 277 p. w/ maps, illus., chapter endnotes, select bibliography, index. A study charting the rise of England's leader in Europe and as a colonial and naval power over the 16th and 17th centuries.

London & New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2008. Trade Paperback. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. x, 293 p. w/endnoptes, bibliography, index. A study of how cookery impacted British medical care and diet for the better.

London: G. Bell & Sons, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Two good octavo hardcovers in good dust jackets. Both volumes have light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to the heads and heels of spines. Volume 2 has some bumping on upper corners of panels. The djs of bothe books are worn and rubbed with many small tears and some chipping with scuffing to covers and browning along edges and spines. Volume 2 has small hole in dj's spine. Page edges are lightly browned and foxed. Name of previous owner written on front free endpapers of both volumes. 914 pages total with footnotes, appendices, and index.

Farnborough, Hampshire, UK: Saint Michael's Abbey Press, 1983.. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Thin quarto. Very good in red faux leather binding. Titles in gilt on spine and cover. Corners and spine bumped. 2 small dents in cover between title and author. Gold sticker on cover that reads "Bound by Hand at St. Michael's Abbey Press". 85 p. w/b&w illustrations of various dwellings. A scarce and well made book covering a variety of haunted places, some having 4 or more ghosts. Original invoice laid in. Table of Contents: Abbotts Ann near Andover. Alsershot. Alton. Alverstoke. Andover. Arreton near Newport, Isle of Wight (IoW). Ashley Down near Brading IoW. Basingstoke. Beaulieu. Bentley. Bishops Waltham. Bishopstoke. Breamore near Fordingbridge. Brading IoW. Bramshill near Reading. Bramsshott near Liphook. Buriton near Petersfield. Burlesdon near Southampton. Chillerton south of Newport IoW. Christchurch. Coldon Common near Winchester. Crondall. Dodpits Cross near… Leer más

New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. ix, 234 p. w/endnotes, bibliography, index. A study of the implications and definitions of "ungovernable passions" and the controlled self in early modern England legal culture, combining social, cultural, and legal history.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xi, 187 p. w/footnotes, bibliography, index. A broad look at middle class working women of the time. covering norms, political action. variations of class, education, white and blue collar workers, and the dividing lines beteen ladies and women.

Oxford: Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1952. Second printing. Hardcover. Good in Good dust jacket. Two good octavo hardcovers in good dust jackets. Both volumes have light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to heads and heels of spines. Both djs have wear and rubbing along edges with many small tears and are scuffed on their covers and browned along edges and spines. Volume I's dj has small tear in middle spine. Crack in binding between frontispiece and title page of volume I. Page edges of both books are browned and foxed. Name of previous owner written on front free endpapers of both books. Volume I has 405 pages with illustrations, notes, and bibliographies. Volume II has 404 pages with illustrations, notes, bibliographies, and index. Special shipping rates for this two volume work.

Tokyo: Society of Social Sciences and Humanities/Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1967.. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good octavo hardcover in blue cloth binding without dust jacket. Light wear along the edges of boards with heavy bumping on the lower corners of the panels, especially the rear board's lower corner. Lighter bumping to the upper corners of the panels and head of the spine. Laid in is a letter from the author to the book's previous owner. 147 pages with bibliographies and notes.