Category: United Kingdom and Ireland

The Story of Mediaeval Britain Told in Pictures

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Sankey, Hudson : nd

Seller ID: 27643

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Previous owner's name on cover. 64p. Glossary. Over 500 illustrations depicting the history of Britain in the Middle Ages courtesy of the British Museum, the London Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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The Story of Tudor and Stuart Britain Told in Pictures

By: Airne, C.W.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Sankey, Hudson & Co. : 1934

Seller ID: 25879

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Acceptable

Unmarked text. Previous owner's name and very small tear on cover. 64p. Dog-eared page. Over 500 illustrations depicting the history of Britain in Tudor and Stuart times. Illustrations courtesy of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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David Hockney: A Print Retrospective 1961-1999 (Invitation)

By: Alan Cristea Gallery

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Alan Cristea Gallery : 2000

Seller ID: 28475

Binding: Card

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Folded card invitation to the 12 September-14 October 2000 exhibition at the Alan Cristea Gallery in London. Cover is an image of Red Celia, 1984. The invitation is on card stock, 4 panels measuring 6x8.25 inches folded. One image.
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Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By: Albee, Edward

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: London, Aldwych Theatre : 1996

Seller ID: 28540

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrated. Program for the 1st London West End Revival of the play with David Suchet and Diana Rigg in 1996. Includes Edward Albee's refections on "Thirty Five Years On" and "Then and Now" by Christopher Bigsby. 40p.
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Politics, Transgression, and Representation at the Court of Charles II

By: Alexander, Julia Marciari; MacLeod, Catharine (editors)

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Yale University Press : 2008

Seller ID: 31195

ISBN-13: 9780300116564

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Factory sealed. Color and black-and-white illustrations. 268p. Measures 7.5x10.25 inches. Ten distinguished scholars of history, literature, music, theatre, and art to explore the political and cultural implications of the court's transgressive new character with the return of Charles II to the English throne.
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John Constable (Medici Art Books)

By: Allhusen, Edward

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: The Medici Society Ltd. : 1976

Seller ID: 24088

ISBN-13: 9780855030384

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Extensively illustrated with a map of the countryside of Constable's boyhood and over 25 reproductions of paintings. 24p. Measures 8.5x7.25 inches.
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American Museum Claverton Manor--Bath

By: American Museum Claverton Manor

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Jarrold and Sons : 1975

Seller ID: 26477

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. The American Museum in Britain is based at Claverton Manor, near Bath, England. The museum features American Art and resides in a house, designed by Jeffry Wyatville, architect to George IV. Sir Winston Churchill delivered his first political speech here on 26 July 1897.
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The Choir Stalls of Lincoln Minster

By: Anderson, M. D.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: The Friends of Lincoln Cathedral : 1967

Seller ID: 22116

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Previous owner's name and date inside cover. Forty-five B/W illustrations. Includes the making of the stalls, the subjects of the carvings, a catalog of the carvings and plans. 51p.
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New Orkney Antiquarian Journal (Volume 1, 1999)

By: Anderson, Peter D. et al

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Orkney Heritage Society, Orkney Archaeological Trust.

Seller ID: 33397

ISBN-13: 9780953594504

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Bent book. 10 Illustrations. 80p. Bibliography. Measures 8x10 inches.

This is the first volume of historical and archaeological papers relating to Orkney. Contributors include Ron Ferguson, Brian Smith, Denys Pringle, Peter D Anderson, Steinar Imsen, Phil Astley and Barbara Crawford. Includes an appreciation of Marjorie Linklater; the Stewart Earls in Orkney and Shetland, and more.

Orkney is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. It was absorbed by the Kingdom of Scotland in 1472.
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The Rosetta Stone

By: Andrews, Carol

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: British Museum Press : 1981

Seller ID: 20902

ISBN-13: 9780714109312

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrated. Topics include the discovery of the stone, how the stone came to England, decipherment, the hieroglyphic alphabet and more. 32p. In addition to the text on the cultural and historical settings in which the Rosetta Stone was carved, the book includes the translation of the three scripts that appears in the Rosetta Stone: Hieroglyphs, Demotic and Greek.
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Punishments in the Olden Time: Being an Historical Account of the Ducking Stool, Brank, Pillory…

By: Andrews, William

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Pryor Publications : 2009

Seller ID: 32344

ISBN-13: 9781905253265

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Facsimile of Punishments in the Olden Time: Being an Historical Account of the Ducking Stool, Brank, Pillory, Stocks, Drunkhard's Coak, Whipping Post, Riding the Stang, etc. Illustrated. 80p. Index. Measures 4.75x7 inches. This book was first published in 1881 by W. Stewart & Company.
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Maes Howe Guide Book (Historic Scotland)

By: Ashmore, Patrick

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Historic Scotland : 1990

Seller ID: 33255

ISBN-13: 9780114934736

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. 17p. Measures 7.5x9.75 inches.

Maes Howe, located in Scotland, is a 5,000 year old large mound containing burial chambers. In the 12th century Vikings broke into the tomb and carved runes on the stones inside. This book contains interesting description along with many photos and diagrams.
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The Prehistoric Temples of Stonehenge and Avebury

By: Atkinson, R. J. C.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Pitkin Pictorials Ltd : 1980

Seller ID: 15301

ISBN-13: 9780853723059

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Text by RJC Atkinson. Photographs by John Green. Well illustrated, including a diagram of Stonehenge periods I-III. 32p. Oblong.
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Ordnance Survey National Grid: One-Inch Map of England & Wales: London SW (170)

By: Authority of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Authority of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries : 1948

Seller ID: 18999

Binding: Map

Condition: Acceptable

Well-worn map. First published 1945. Revision full 1930. Roads 1948 with later corrections.
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The Story of the Privy Garden at Hampton Court

By: Batey, Mavis; Woudstra, Jan

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Barn Elms Handbook : 1995

Seller ID: 29028

ISBN-13: 9781899531011

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Beautifully illustrated in color and B/W. Maps. 34p. Measures 8.25 inches square. Covers the history and reconstruction of the garden. Hampton Court Palace was home to some of England's most famous kings and queens from Henry VIII (1509-47), its first royal resident, to George II (1727-60), its last. The privy, meaning private, garden was created to allow a quiet space for the monarch's exclusive use. Although the gardens had been present during Henry VIII's time, it was William III who instilled his own very definite ideas on the gardens, as reconstructed in the 1990s. • • •...
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Number One Royal Crescent, Bath: An Illustrated Guide and Souvenir

By: Bath Preservation Trust

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Bath Preservation Trust : 1994

Seller ID: 29136

ISBN-13: 9781898954002

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked booklet. Beautifully illustrated. 16p. Measures 8 inches square. Bibliography.

Built by John Wood, the Younger between 1767 and 1774, No. 1 Royal Crescent is the first building at the eastern end of the Royal Crescent in Bath, Somerset. In this historic house museum most of the rooms are furnished to represent life in 18th century Bath.
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English Writers and Venice 1350-1950 (Scrittori Inglesi e Venezia)

By: Battilana, Marilla

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: La Stamperia Di Venezia Editrice : 1981

Seller ID: 30398

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. English text and Italian translation printed side-by-side. Translated into Italian by Dario Calimani. 198p. Dust jacket over paperback.

Authors include William Shakespeare, Joseph Addison, Oliver Goldsmith, Ann Radcliffe, William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Charles Dickens, John Ruskin, Walter Pter, David Herbert Lawrence, Sir Richard Guylforde, Richard Torkington, Roger Ascham, Thomas Coryat, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Sharp, William Beckford, and others.
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Altrincham: A Pictorial History

By: Bayliss, Hilda

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Phillimore : 1996

Seller ID: 33600

ISBN-13: 9781860770340

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Previous owner's name and date on front end page. 177 black-and-white illustrations. Index. Measures 7.5x10 inches.

Altrincham is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey.
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Kings and Queens of England: A Bellerophon Colouring Book

By: Bellerophon Books

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Santa Barbara, Bellerophon Books : 1981

Seller ID: 32253

ISBN-13: 9780883880531

Binding: 0883880539

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked coloring book. Illustrated largely by Donna Neary. Text by David Brownell and Harry Knill. 44p.
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Britain's Kings and Queens

By: Bellew, Sir George

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Pitkin Pictorials : 1974

Seller ID: 18697

ISBN-13: 9780853720553

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Abundantly illustrated in color. Family tree (Line of Descent of Queen Elizabeth). 24p.
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Wordsworth's Fun

By: Bevis, Matthew

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: University of Chicago Press : 2019

Seller ID: 32037

ISBN-13: 9780226652191

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very good

Unmarked. Explores Wordsworth's debts to the ludic and the ludicrous in classical tradition; his reworkings of Ariosto, Erasmus, and Cervantes; his engagement with forms of English poetic humor; and his love of comic prose. 303p. Index. Notes.
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The Romance of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

By: Blackburne, Harry W; Bond, Maurice F.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: St George's Chapel : 1958

Seller ID: 29054

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Cover design represents the Lion of England, one of the King's Beasts on the roof of St. George's Chapel. Fifth edition. Black and white plates throughout. 90p. Measures 4.75x7.25 inches. Topics include the Order of the Garter, the music in the chapel, the Cloisters, the 1950s restoration and more.
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Warkworth Castle Northumberland (English Heritage)

By: Blair, C. H. Hunter; Honeyman, H. L.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: English Heritage : 1986

Seller ID: 28100

ISBN-13: 9781850740186

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Previous owner's name on front end page. Some smudging on cover. Map. Plan. Black and white illustrations. 28p. Warkworth Castle is a ruined medieval building in the village of the same name in the English county of Northumberland.
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Ancient England

By: Blundell, Nigel; Farrington, Kate

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Park Gate Books : 1999

Seller ID: 28822

ISBN-13: 9781902616247

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Beautiful color plates. Measures 9.25x11.25 inches. 144p. Chapters include Stonehenge, the Iron and Bronze Ages, Camelot, the Plantagenets, the Medieval Period, and more.
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Works of Art in the House of Lords

By: Bond, Maurice

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Her Majesty's Stationery Office : 1980

Seller ID: 29663

ISBN-13: 9780117008977

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. 31 figures and 94 plates primarily in black and white. Measures 8.25x7.75 inches. 108p.
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Category: United Kingdom and Ireland