The United Kingdom from Black Sheep Books

Byrgisey, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good/-. A comprehensive etymological dictionary of the Orkney dialect. Fully revised paper back edition. Glossy soft cover, black titling to front and spine, 144 pages. Minor shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but… Saber más sobre este artículo

London, UK: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1928. Hardcover. Abridged and edited by A.G.L. Rogers with an introduction. "Eden's 'State of the Poor' has for many years been kown as a classical work in the condition of the labouring classes in England down to the end of the eighteenth century." Red cloth with gilt titling to spine, 383 pages.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Arbroath, UK: T. Buncle, 1886. Hardcover. Aberbrothock Illustrated Being the Round O Etchings in Miniature by John Adam (Edingburgh) with Historical and Topographical Notes by George Hay. Light brown cloth with gilted blindstamped picture to front, gilt titling to spine, top of textblock edge is gilted, endpapers illustrated with a representation of the botany of the district, 86 pages… Saber más sobre este artículo

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Written in the last quarter of the twelfth century this text could be described as the earliest teaching casebook in English common Law. It appears the author was his abbey's advocate for many years. This is his account of the royal courts, often presided over by Henry II… Saber más sobre este artículo

London, U.K.: Robson Lowe Limited, 1960. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/-. The maritime postal history of London, published on the occasion of the London International Stamp Exhibition, 9th-16th July, 1960. Blue cloth with gilt titling on front, illustrated title page and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and maps, 68 pages. Spine has light edge wear and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edinburgh: Pentland Press Limited, 1998. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is the autobiographical tale of Miles Rivett-Carnac detailing his early life and family history. Black cloth with gilt titling on spine, illustrated with black and white photographs, 163 pages. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear, otherwise book is great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for… Saber más sobre este artículo

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/Very Good-. This study seeks to fill a gap in the bibliography concerning the making of Britain's strategy and its relationship with foreign policy in the inter-war period." Blue hard cover with gilt titling on spine, 419 pages. Corners lightly bumped, upper text block edge slightly darkened and has a… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Book is edited by: M.G. Wiebe, J.B. Conacher and John Matthews and Mary S. Millar, and is Volume III of what appears to be a planned four-volume publication. Each volume includes an introduction, a name and subject index, and appendixes of related documents. The five hundred letters in… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Book is edited by: M.G. Wiebe, J.B. Conacher and John Matthews and Mary S. Millar, and is Volume IVof a four-volume publication. Each volume includes an introduction, a name and subject index, and appendixes of related documents. The 435 hundred letters in this volume cover "the most dramatic… Saber más sobre este artículo

Salt Spring Island, B.C.: Sir Francis Drake Publications, 2001. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Drawing on newly uncovered evidence, geographer and maritime historian Samuel Bawlf masterfully reconstructs Francis Drakes historic round-the-world expedition, exploring the drama surrounding the voyage and offering intriguing insights into life at sea in the sixteenth century. Red hard cover with gilt titling… Saber más sobre este artículo

Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2010. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Published in association with the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. A never-before-published collection of infamous Scottish bawdy ballads, containing the texts (without tunes) of seventy-six bawdy songs and ballads, along with a long-lost scatological poem attributed to the Edinburgh writer James "Balloon" Tytler. Edited… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hopkinton, N.H.: International Churchill Society of the United States, 1990. Soft cover. Very Good-. International churchill Societies, Publication Number 8, Educational Series Number 3. Book contains pictures and descriptions of Churchills decorations and medals. Pale blue soft cover with black titling on front, colour photographs front and back, colour photographs inside front and back cover, black and white… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Williams and Norgate, Ltd., 1925. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good/-. Foreword by W.L. George. Book is an autobiographical "low life" narrative of a "girl wretched from birth" in England. Red cloth with gilt titling and simple border on spine, gilt titling and blindstamped simple border on front, blindstamped publisher's insignia on back, leading text block edge is… Saber más sobre este artículo

Manchester, U.K.: Manchester University Press, 1994. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Book examines the architecture of the newly-emergent institutions of reform and philanthropy in late-Victorian London that were intended to bring the redemptive values of English middle-class to the working-classes. Book will be of interest to postgraduates and lecturers of architectural history; urban history; social history.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge: St. John's College, 2003. Advance Reading Copy. . Soft cover. Very Good-. Draft copy, covers all those admitted to the college in the first half of the century. White soft cover with black titling on front, 510 pages. Cover has light shelf wear, front and back corners lightly bumped/creased which continues into text, book is clean, bright… Saber más sobre este artículo

William Kidd & Sons, Ltd., 1948. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good-. The history of the Dundee Royal Infirmary from 1798 to 1948 which for one hundred and fifty years had served the community when in 1948 the State assumed responsiblity of this hospital in the East of Scotland. Blue cloth, gilt titling to spine, pastedown letter to ffep by the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Kelso, UK: The Rotary Club of Kelso, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good-/-. The history of Kelso in the UK at the junction of two Border rivers: the Teviot and Tweed in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Kelso dates back to 1113 when a monastry was founded at Selkirk by David, Earl of Tweeddale, and he gave extensive… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boulder, Colorado: Bartholomew Press, 1989. Soft cover. Good+. Dehncke, Melissa. Signed by the author on the title page, this book looks at the history of fairs in England in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, investigating both the commerce and trade aspects as well as the entertainments and amusements. Off-white card cover with black titling, black and white… Saber más sobre este artículo

St. Andrews, U.K.: Alvie Publications, 1981. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Book contains a systematic pictorial examination of the major aspects of the social history of the Victorian and Edwardian Borderland, covering the golden age of early photography from its infancy in the Victorian era to its maturity in Edwardian times. Brown hard cover with gilt titling… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Kylie Cathie Limited, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Edited from the original 4 volumes and with notes by Christopher Hibbert. Yellow cloth, gilt titling to spine, 313 pages. Minor edge wear. Dust jacket is now protected in a Brodart cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier… Saber más sobre este artículo