Social History from David Ford Books

Suffolk: Terence Dalton Limited 1980 - 1994 7 volume set. A complete record of the 1939-45 world war as it was experienced by the people of East Anglia. One book for each year 1939 - 1945. First edition Hardcover, All volumes Signed and dedicated by the author. Each volume 18x23cm, with list of principal events for… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Faber & Faber 1970 1st edition The Relevance of the Oral Tradition. Hardcover book , First edition, 296pp, 29 illustrations from early photographs, plus drawings by David Gentleman. a VG copy in VG dust jacket. Clean pages except for front endpaper which has price (50p) in ink no other inscriptions, page edges slightly darkened. Dustjacket unclipped and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire 1997 200 Years of Freemasonry in Hertfordshire 1797-1997. Foreword by RW Bro Michael Batham Jones. Hardcover book , 1st ED, 22x30cms, endpaper maps, viii, 228pp, illustrations throughout in colour and b&w. Includes laid in folded Family Tree of the 200 Lodges in the Province of Hertfordshire. A near Fine copy… Saber más sobre este artículo

London, Lawrence and Wishart Ltd., 1982 This study was the first overall history of the London Hunger Marches organised by the National Unemployed Workers' Movement which formed the high-point of opposition to unemployment for two decades. Foreword by Bill Paynter. Hardcover book with dust jacket. 1st ED, 244pp. 12 B&W illustrations. Signed and dated by author to FEP.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London & New York: Ernest Nister & E.P. Dutton, undated Presumed first edition. Undated, probably 1890s from owner's date inside (1898). Hardcover book . Pictorial boards. Unpaginated. H: 17.5cm. This is a book in which dates of birthdays of friends and family can be recorded - it prints the months and days of the year, surrounded by humourous quotations… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chesham: Page & Thomas Soft covers, 16x25cms, 47pp with illustrations and photographs. Guide blue covers with gilt badges and lettering to front. Slight creasing to bottom corner of all pages. Some sunning. A Good+ copy.

Eton College: Williams & Son 1876 Consisting of Short Memoirs of the More Eminent ton Men. HB, 1st ED, xiv, 481pp, 11 of 12 steel engravings designed and executed by Cavalier Gabrielli, (Marquis of Cornwallis not present). Blue cloth, black design to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Spine darkened, heavily chipped to ends, two 1cm tears… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chichester: Phillimore, 2005 First edition. HB. Cloth, gilt titles, and dustjacket. 180p. Pictorial endpapers. 40 b/w illustrations and 9 colour plates. In 1719 a farmer, William Harding, of the parish of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, left the whole of his estate to the founding of a charity to provide apprenticeships for the poor. Its history has been well documented and the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Whitaker & Co 1905 Including all the Titled Classes. 65th Year. Small Hardcover book , 1150pp, advertising front and back. Red cloth boards, spine faded with minor bumping. A VG+ copy. Pictures available.

New Zealand: Clan Ayson 1991 Hardcover book , 1st ED, 88pp with photographsfollowed by 83pp generation lists. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Dust jacket has very light creasing and rubbing. A VG+ copy in VG DJ.. Pictures available,

London: Dean and Munday 1818 With the Life of the Author, His Last Prayer, and other miscellaneous pieces. Small, slim HB, 1st ED, 150pp, frontis, illustrated title page. Leather boards, rubbed and scuffed with loss to spine ends and cracking to spine folds. Red title square to spine now chipped to edges. Internally clean and tight.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Waterlow and Sons Ltd 1882 A Concise Treatise, showing the Effect of this Act upon the Existing Law. Card covers, cloth spine. vii, 32pp, 14pp publishers advertising. Front cover of book has scribbled out writing to top and just under title. Some spotting and marking, rubbing to edges. Previous owner's signature inside front cover… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis undated A Book for Young Ladies. Illustrated in the Life of Mary Lyon, and Others. Hardcover book , 199pp. Figured cloth boards, gilt to front and spine, aeg. Previous owner's inscription to fep, slight stain to approx one quarter of title page. Spine sunned, light rubbing and creasing to spine ends,… Saber más sobre este artículo

St Edmund's College 2000 The story in pictures of the expansion of the college at Old Hall Green in Hertfordshire. HB, 1st ED, 128pp of photographs. A Fine copy in Fine DJ.

London: Holborn Bars 1880 Slim Hardcover book, 1st ED, 82pp, numerous tables, some folding. Spine darkened and some light rubbing to edges. Signature and branch details of previous owner. Volume has pencil lines to margins throughout. A G+ copy. Pictures available.

London: Macmillan and Co Ltd 1909 2 parts bound in one. 41st English Edition. HB, xviii, 199pp; viii, 280pp. Full leather, banding to spine, aeg, gilt lettering to spine. Some very slight rubbing to spine nead and folds, spine sunned. A VG+ copy.

1903 At the Royal Botanical Society's Gardens on Tuesday, July 7th 1903. In Aid of the Society's Funds. Soft cover book , 14pp text, 18 photographic portraits specially taken for the work by Richard N. Speaight. Stiff card with small title label top left. Slight tanning but in VG+ condition. Pictures available.

Number 449 in the Register of the United Grand Lodge of England of the Ancient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons. Slim Hardcover book , undated 1st ED. 40pp, 3 plates. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to front. Very slight spotting to foredge. A VG+ copy. Pictures available.

The Council of the City of Dresden 1930 Hb, first edition, 22x28cms, 100pp, text in German and English, illustrations throughout. Fep impressed with stamp of Internationale Hygiene and with tiny label number 562 to bottom corner. Stamped 'Forge Santo' to bottom corner of every right-hand page. Paper covered

Paris: The Fortune Press no date Hb, a limted edtion, number 951 of 1,000. Orange cloth spine, paper boards, some pages still uncut. Spine lightly bumped and darkened. A VG+ copy.