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London: The Epworth Press (Edgar C. Barton). Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1939. Hardcover. Stated second impression, 1939. H. L. Gee's optimistic, friendly look at the countryside of England, in a charming compact edition. With grey countryside drawings by Horace Knowles at endpapers, frontis & title page, with similar artwork on dust jacket. The author is… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1965]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition of the biography of the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, from a French perspective. During his term, Britain greatly strengthened her worldwide empire. Translated from the French by Hamish Miles. With an unattributed biographical note about… Read more about this item

New York: Avenel Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0517368366 . An Avenel Books edition of John Steinbeck's retelling of the legends surrounding King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, as originally told by Thomas Malory and others. Per the dust jacket flap, Steinbeck's intention was to make the archaic language… Read more about this item

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. [c.1912]. First Edition. Hardcover. An undated, probable first edition (1912). A complete, 2-volume Everyman's Library set of William Cobbett's account of his rides in England. Per Ross, p. 102, "This classic 'travel… Read more about this item

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. 046000140X . A 1969 reprint of a work which first appeared in an Everyman's Library edition in 1906. Sir Walter Scott's 1823 historical novel is set in 15th century… Read more about this item

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. [c.1906]. First Edition. Hardcover. An undated likely first edition (1906) of Volume Three only (of three) of Thomas Babington Macaulay's influential History of England. Written from a Whig point of view, this… Read more about this item

New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good+. 1963. Hardcover. A Heritage Press three-volume reprint edition of the famous biography of the English man of letters Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). This work was written by James Bosell, a contemporary and friend of Dr. Johnson and first published in 1787. Includes marginalia by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, a prominent… Read more about this item

New York / London: Viking Penguin. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0670832847 . Second printing. Six stories featuring John Mortimer's always-amusing character, the grouchy London barrister Horace Rumpole. --- In tan paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with Christopher Green illustration on front panel. --- With… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Penguin. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1995. First American Edition. Hardcover. 067086451X . Stated first American edition. Six stories featuring John Mortimer's always-amusing character, the grouchy London barrister Horace Rumpole. --- In black paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with silver-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with Christopher Green illustration on front … Read more about this item

London: Hogarth Press / Chatto & Windus, Random House. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 070116879X . A 1999 facsimile edition of the original, limited 1919 edition. In her short story, Virginia Woolf presents musings set against the marvelous Kew Gardens, just outside London. With decorations on every page in black & white by her… Read more about this item

London: Vintage / Random House. Very Good. 2001. Softcover. 0099422581 . A softcover UK edition of Peter Ackroyd's history of the great English capital, which has been acclaimed as THE book about London. From the earliest days with Caesar's first expedition to Britain in 54 BC, to the turn of the twenty-first century, this work carries the… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1950. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Book club edition. A diary kept by James Boswell in which the 22-year-old Scotsman recorded events over a period of 9 months during his visit to London. Though written in the 18th Century, the journal wasn't published until this 1950… Read more about this item

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 087021795X . A 1986 reprint edition of a work first published in 1921 by Cassell and Company. This work is Late Lieutenant Filson Young's recap of various battles and experiences while serving in the Royal Navy as an aide to Vice Admiral Sir David Beattie.… Read more about this item

Boston: Herbert B. Turner & Co.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1904. Hardcover. A 1904 American edition of a series of remembrances and biographical sketches by Robert Louis Stevenson. Includes profiles of his father Thomas Stevenson and other acquaintances, as well as his musings on a variety of topics. With tissue-guarded frontis portrait of RLS from… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1956-58. BCE. Hardcover. A book club edition of this complete set of Sir Winston Churchill's definitive history of Britain and her language-sharing offspring. Originally published in the U.S. by Dodd, Mead & Co. and offered by B-O-M-C between the years of 1956 and 1958.… Read more about this item

Ted Smart. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0091788080 . A collection of vivid color photos by Jason Hawkes taken from a helicopter in the air above London and environs. These eye-catching pictures emphasize the splendor of the English capital city. Mr. Hawkes shares views of the central city and its many buildings and… Read more about this item

London: Tate Publishing. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 1854375660 . A companion volume to the BBC television series which presents views of the landscapes of Britain in both paintings and with color photography, which are accompanied by the text of host David Dimbleby. Indexed. --- In brown paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling.… Read more about this item

Middlesex, England: Penguin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1981. Softcover. 0140057358 . The physical locations in Great Britain that served as backdrops for many literary classics are described in this work. Such authors as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Geoffrey Chaucer, W. B. Yeats, the Brontës and many others set their stories in locations in England, Scotland… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1905. Hardcover. A biography of England's Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). Cromwell, a Puritan, was active in the English Civil War, leading the armies of Parliament against King Charles I, who was captured and beheaded. Cromwell became the head of state as "Lord Protector." This edition with numerous… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. A biography of Charles II (1630-1685), who served as King of Scotland, and later as King of England, Scotland and Ireland following the Restoration in 1660. Despite lacking significant accomplishments during his reigns, Charles was a very popular monarch, especially… Read more about this item