History & Biography
History & Biography
ADAMSON, John (ed.) The PRINCELY COURTS OF EUROPE 1500-1750. 1999. 4to. Index. Ritual, Politics & Culture Under the Ancien Regime. Sections on the Courts of the Habsburgs, the Valois & Bourbons, The Papal Court, the Wittelsbachs, Medici, etc., etc. A lovely book, beautifully illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2535] £25.00
ALEXANDER, Grand Duke of Russia. ALWAYS A GRAND DUKE. 1933, Reprint 1995 of only 250 copies. xv + 299pp. 13 illustrations. Very good. [3] £25.00
ALEXANDER, Grand Duke of Russia. ONCE A GRAND DUKE. 1932, Reprint 1995 of only 250 copies. x + 348pp. Index. 44 illustrations. Very good. [4] £25.00
ALLEN, Charles & Shavada DWIVEDI. LIVES OF THE INDIAN PRINCES. 1984. 4to. 352pp. Index. Over 200 illustrations in colour and black & white. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2137] £25.00
ALLMAND, C.T. & C.A.J. ARMSTRONG. ENGLISH SUITS BEFORE THE PARLEMENT OF PARIS 1420-1436. (Camden 4th series v.26) 1982. 328pp. Index. Introduction, Texts, References, Biography & Glossary. Very good. [1731] £14.00
ANSTRUTHER, Ian. The KNIGHT & THE UMBRELLA. An Account of the Eglinton Tournament, 1839. 1963. 270pp. Index. Illustrated with many contemporary drawings & engravings. The rain spoilt the day! Bound imitation blue leather, gilt knight & letters, very good in dust-wrapper. [801] £15.00
ARGYLL, Earls of. FACSIMILE LETTERS to, or from, EARLS OF ARGYLL, LOCHLEVEN, several from Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mary, King William, all dated between 1566 and 1690. No title-page and I do not know what this collection is. Manuscript inscription "For Miss Mary St. Alban Jermyn with the best wishes of A. Macdonald. 5 Regent Terrace, 18 May 1848". Bound red watered cloth. 4to. Georgian Royal Arms of Scotland embossed in gold on front cover within the Order of the Thistle. A bit grubby & backstrip torn, contents very good. An interesting and scarce item. [2538] £45.00
ARONSON, Theo. The COBURGS OF BELGIUM. 1969, 1 of only 250 copies reprinted1996. xxviii + 323pp. Index. 17 illustrations on 12 plates. Bibliography. Bound original green cloth, gilt letters, fine. [1256] £25.00
ARONSON, Theo. GRANDMAMA OF EUROPE. THE CROWNED DESCENDANTS OF QUEEN VICTORIA. 1973, Reprint of 500 copies 1998. xii + 353pp. Index. Folding pedigree. 32 illustrations. Very good. [12] £25.00
ARONSON, Theo. ROYAL VENDETTA. The Crown of Spain 1829-1965. 1966, Reprint of only 100 copies, 1998. ix + 246pp. Index. Illustrations. Bibliography. Very good. [13] £22.00
ARTHURIAN LITERATURE XIV. Edited by J.P. Carley & F. Riddy. 1996. vii + 157 +[3]pp. The Principal Article (88pp.) is TOURNAMENTS, HERALDRY & the KNIGHTS of the ROUND TABLE. A 15th century Armorial with 2 accompanying texts. 10 colour plates each showing 6 shields in facsimile, and black & white illustrations. Very good. [1256A] £48.00
ASHLEY, Maurice. The Life & Times of WILLIAM I. 1973. 224pp. Index. Copiously illustrated in colour and black & white, including much of the Bayeux Tapestry. Very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate Kempster. [803] £12.00
ASQUITH, Lady Cynthia. QUEEN ELIZABETH. Her Intimate & Authentic Life story from childhood up till today. 1937. 235pp. Index. Charming frontis. in colour and 30 black & white plates. This is, of course, the recent Queen Mother. Very good in torn dust-wrapper. [805] £15.00
ASQUITH, Margot (Countess of Oxford & Asquith). PLACES AND PERSONS. 1925. 288pp. Index. 14 plates. The daughter of Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Bart., & 2nd wife of the Prime Minister, 1st Earl of Oxford & Asquith (& thus step-mother-in-law of the Author of the previous 2 books). Journeys to Egypt in 1891, America in 1922 & Europe in 1923 & 24. Cover worn & a bit shaky, contents good. Bookplate Siegfried Bettmann. [806] £12.00
ATWELL, G.R. & R.E. BATT. THE CHAPEL. A History of the Chapel of Cheektowaga, New York & of the Alsatian Immigrant Community. Details of the tombs in the cemetery. Cheektowaga 1979. xviii + 290pp. Index. Plates. Maps. Bibliography. Very good in slightly worn dust-wrapper. Manuscript inscription from the 2nd Author to Sir Anthony Wagner. [2540] £12.00
AUBAILLY, Joel. LES ANÇETRES DE NAPOLEON III. Paris 1998. 102pp. Index. Pedigrees. Card covers, very good. [294] £25.00
AUBREY-FLETCHER, John. SIR JOHN AUBREY, 6th Baronet of Llantrithyd 1739-1826. Oxford 1988. xv + 376pp. 9 colour plates, folding & other pedigrees, map endpapers. A great deal of information on the Aubrey family. The family moved from Wales to Buckinghamshire in the 16th century. A well-produced & interesting book.Very good in dust-wrapper. [1257] £18.00
BAGEHOT, Walter. MEMOIR OF THE RIGHT HON. JAMES WILSON. 1861. 49pp. Bound original embossed cloth, gilt letters, good. Signs of dampstaining on endpapers, inside front joint loosening otherwise contents very good. [808] £15.00
BARBER, Richard.The KNIGHT AND CHIVALRY. 1970. x + 383pp. Index. 8 colour plates, 60 black & white plates & 3 maps. Bibliography. Very good. [1258] £15.00
BARBER, Richard. KING ARTHUR. In Legend & History. 1973. 192pp. Index. 30 illustrations in colour on 16 plates & 30 in black & white on 16 plates. Bound original card covers. [3163] £12.00
BARKER, Juliet. AGINCOURT. The King, The Campaign, The Battle. 2005. xix + 460pp. Index. Bibliography. A marvellous book with full details of the battle, but also a portrait of the age and individual stories. 3 pedigrees, map, 35 illustrations in colour and black & white. New condition in dust-wrapper. [1259] £16.00
BATIFFOL, L. The CENTURY OF THE RENAISSANCE. (National History of France) translated by E.F. Buckley. 1916. xxix + 429pp. Index. [3165] £12.00
BEHRENS, L.B. BATTLE ABBEY UNDER THIRTY-NINE KINGS. Legends & Records. St. Catherine Press 1937. xvi + 180pp. Index. 40 illustrations. Very good in torn dust-wrapper. A little foxing otherwise contents very good. [1737] £45.00
BERNERS, Dame Juliana. The BOKE OF ST. ALBANS. Containing Treatises on Hawking, Hunting and Cote Armour. Printed at Saint Albans by the Schoolmaster-Printer in 1486, Reproduced in Facsimile with an Introduction by Wm. Blades, 1881. Royal 4to. Woodcuts of arms. A facsimile copy of the earliest printed work on Armory. Bound blind embossed vellum over boards, gilt letters, lines & centre tools, crease in centre of backstrip, front cover discoloured & endpapers foxed otherwise good. [813] £145.00
BESSBOROUGH, Earl of (ed.) GEORGIANA. Extractsfrom the Correspondence of GEORGIANA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE (1757-1806). 1955. 308pp. 8 plates. Short pedigree. [814] £18.00
BEVAN, Bryan. HENRY VII, the FIRST TUDOR KING. 2000. 148pp. Index. Bibliography. 8 plates. Short pedigree. Very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate David Williamson. [2542] £21.00
BEZOBRAZOV, Vladimir Mikhailovich. DAIRY OF THE COMMANDER OF THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL GUARD 1914-1917. Florida 1994. 4to. xx + 136 + 118pp. Frontis. & 44 plates. He was the Commander of the Imperial Guard. Very good in dust-wrapper. [3170] £35.00
BIBESCO, Princess Martha. KATIA (The PRINCESS DOLGORUKI). 1939. xvi + 264pp. 6 plates. Backstrip faded & edges foxed otherwise good. Bookplate David Williamson. [2543] £15.00
BIRABONGSE, Princess Ceril. The PRINCE & I. Life with the motor racing PRINCE OF SIAM. Godmanstone 1992. 218pp. Index. Pedigree. Plates.Very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate David Williamson. [2545] £15.00
BLUNT, Wilfrid. ON WINGS OF SONG. A Biography of Felix MENDELSSOHN. 1974. 288pp. Index. 28 colour plates and many black & white. Good. [816] £15.00
BOLITHO, Hector. ALBERT, PRINCE CONSORT. Revised edn. 1970. xiv + 250pp. Index. 8 plates. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1263] £12.00
BOLITHO, Hector. ROYAL PROGRESS 1837-1937. 1937. viii + 120pp. + 141 illustrations, 6 plates in colour. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1264] £15.00
BONSALL, Brian. SIR JAMES LOWTHER AND CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND ELECTIONS 1754-1775. Manchester 1960. x + 152pp. Index. Pedigree & folding map. Very good in slightly grubby dust-wrapper. [817] £12.00
BOULTON, D'A.J. The KNIGHTS OF THE CROWN. The Monarchial Orders of Knighthood in Later Medieval Europe 1325-1520. 2006. 680pp. Illustrations. Card covers. New copy. [29] £17.99
BOUMPHREY, G.M. ALONG THE ROMAN ROADS. 1935. Small 8vo. 149pp. 8 illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Good. Manuscript inscription from the Author. [818] £12.00
BRADFORD, E. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. 1973. 288pp. Index. 33 splendid colour plates, maps & many black & white illustrations. Very good in slightly torn dust-wrapper. [1265] £15.00
BRYAN, J. & C.J.V. MURPHY. The WINDSOR STORY. 1979. xvii + 602pp. Index. 86 illustrations. The "Definitive Biography" of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor. Good in slightly torn dust-wrapper. [2149] £15.00
BRYANT, Arthur. KING CHARLES II. 1949. xi + 448pp. Index. 6 plates. 2 folding maps, 1 of Whitehall & 1 of the Kingıs Flight from Worcester. Cover marked, contents very good. [3175] £12.00
BURCKHARDT, Jakob. REFLECTIONS ON HISTORY. Translated by M.D.H. 3rd imp. 1950. 219pp. Good in dust-wrapper. A little foxing, mostly on edges. [1266] £12.00
BURKE, John. Life in The CASTLE IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND. (Book Club) 1978. 4to. 120pp. Index. 88 illustrations. Very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate Kempster. [3177] £12.00
BUTE, John, 3rd Marquess of. SCOTTISH CORONATIONS. 1902, Reprint 1997 of only 150 copies. [7] + 310pp. Index. Bound red cloth, gilt arms & letters, fine. [2551] £25.00
CALDER-MARSHALL, Arthur. The TWO DUCHESSES. 1978. 208pp. Index. 24 illus. on 12 plates. Pedigrees of Cavendish, Ponsonby, Spencer & Poyntz. The 2 wives of the 5th Duke of Devonshire. Very good in dust-wrapper. [821] £18.00
CAMDEN MISCELLANY XXVIII (4th Series vol. 29). 1984. ix + 362pp. Index. Duke of Buckinghamıs Household Account 1452-3, Negotiation of Anglo-French Treaty March 1550, etc. Very good. [822] £12.00
CARTER, Howard. The TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN. 1954, Reprint 1972. 238pp. Index. 17 colour plates & 65 monochrome illustrations. Original card covers, good. [824] £9.00
CARTWRIGHT, Julia. SACHARISSA. SOME ACCOUNT OF DOROTHY SIDNEY, COUNTESS OF SUNDERLAND, Her Family & Friends 1617-1684. 3rd edn. 1901. x + 314pp. Index. 5 plates. Bound original maroon cloth, gilt letters & arms, dampstained, badly on endpapers, rest of contents mainly on edges. [825] £12.00
[CASSINI]. NEVER A DULL MOMENT. The Memoirs of the Countess Marguerite Cassini. New York 1956. viii + 366pp. Index. Plates. Good. [1743] £12.00
CAULFIELD, James.The COURT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH: originally written by Sir Robert Naunton under the title of "Fragmenta Regalia" with considerable biographical additions. 1814. Small folio. iv + 127pp. Index. Frontis. & 19 engraved plates. Bound watered cloth, rebacked, gilt letters. A little foxing otherwise very good. [3181] £75.00
CECIL, David. LORD M, or the Later Life of LORD MELBOURNE. 1954. xiii + 348pp. Index. 8 plates. Cover spotted, contents very good. [1744] £12.00
CHAPMAN-HUSTON, D. BAVARIAN FANTASY. The Story of LUDWIG II. 1955. xvii + 314pp. Index. [3182] £15.00
CHECKLAND, Sydney. The ELGINS 1766-1917. A tale of Aristocrats, proconsuls & their wives. Aberdeen 1988. xiv + 303pp. Index. Bibliography. 4 pedigrees. 20 colour illustrations and 38 black & white. The 7th Earl saved the Greek Marbles. Very good in dust-wrapper. [3183] £25.00
CHURCHILL, Winston S. A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE. Vol. 1. 1957. The Birth of Britain (from 55B.C. to 1485). xxi + 416pp. 10 maps & pedigrees. A little foxing, mainly on endpapers otherwise very good in torn dust-wrapper. [1271] £12.00
CLARK, E.F. GEORGE PARKER BIDDER, THE CALCULATING BOY. Privately printed 1983. xxvi + 518pp. Index. 90 illustrations. With an appreciation of his calculating ability by Joyce Linfoot. The 19th century mathematical prodigy became President of the Institution of Civil Engineers & worked with Robert Stephenson. Very good in dust-wrapper. [3185] £21.00
CLARK, Kenneth. MOMENTS OF VISION. 1981. [9] + 191pp. Index. A Selection of Essays & Lectures connected with the Arts. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2154] £12.00
CLARKE, John. The Life & Times of GEORGE III. 1972 (General Editor Antonia Fraser). 4to. 223pp. Index. Many illustrations in colour and black & white. Very good in slightly worn dust-wrapper. Bookplate Kempster. [1749] £12.00
COCKBURN, Lord. MEMORIALS OF HIS TIME. Abridged & ed. with notes by W. Forbes Gray. Edinburgh 1946. xv + 279pp. Index. 5 Portraits in colour and 1 in black & white. Good.[1750] £12.00
COLLIS, John Stewart. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. (Readers Union) Newton Abbot 1977. 208pp. Index. 3 maps. Paper has browned otherwise very good in dust-wrapper. [2555] £9.50
COLVILLE, John. The FRINGES OF POWER. 10 Downing Street Diaries 1939-1955. 1985. 796pp. Index. Illustrations. Original card covers, very good. [2155] £12.00
COOTE, Stephen. ROYAL SURVIVOR. A LIFE OF CHARLES II.1999. xiii + 396pp. Index. 31 illustrations. The Civil War, battles, exile & Restoration. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2556] £15.00
COUNIHAN, D. ROYAL PROGRESS. Britain's Changing Monarchy. 1977. 219pp. Index. 32 illustrations. Very good in dust-wrapper. [829] £12.00
CUMMINS, W.A. KING ARTHURıS PLACE IN PREHISTORY. The Great Age of Stonehenge. 1992. x + 195pp. Index. Bibliography. 25 illustrations. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2157] £14.00
CURRY, Anne. AGINCOURT. A New History. 2005. 319pp. Index. 4 maps, 2 pedigrees, 124 illustrations, mostly in colour. Bibliography. Lists of men serving on the Campaign. Very good in dust-wrapper. [3186A] £16.00
CURTIS, G. The Life & Times of QUEEN ANNE. 1972. 223pp. Index. 16 pages of colour plates, 100 black & white illustrations. Very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate Kempster. [833] £12.00
DEFOE, Daniel. The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the famous MOLL FLANDERS.Folio Society 1954. xi + 330pp. Illustrations. Attractive binding, very good in slightly worn dust-wrapper. [2559] £12.00
DE JONGE, Alex. FIRE AND WATER. A Life of PETER THE GREAT, Czar of All the Russias. 1979. 279pp. Index. 13 illustrations. Map endpapers. Very good in dust-wrapper. [836] £15.00
DI CORREGIO, Francisco Balbi. The SIEGE OF MALTA, 1565. Translated from the Spanish of 1568 by Ernle Bradford. 1965, Reprint 2006. 224pp. 8 + 25 illustrations. A few men of the Knights of St. John fought against a huge Turkish armada. Card covers. New copy. [76] £14.99
The DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY from the Earliest Times to 1900. Oxford. 22 vols. including Supplement, 1968 printing and 7 volumes of Supplements 1901-1970. A very good set in original dust-wrappers. 29 volumess. [2807] £480.00
DUFF, D. EUGENIE & NAPOLEON III. 1978. 308pp. Index. Plates & pedigree. Very good in faded dust-wrapper. [3188] £16.00
DU MAURIER, Daphne. The WINDING STAIR. FRANCIS BACON, His Rise and Fall. 1976. 254pp. Index. 6 colour and 13 black & white plates. Very good in dust-wrapper. A little foxing on edges. [1260] £18.00
DURANT, H. The SOMERSET SEQUENCE. 2nd edn. 1976. 223pp. Index. 16 plates. Pedigree of the Somersets, Earls of Worcester & Dukes of Beaufort. Very good in slightly faded dust-wrapper. [1274] £25.00
DURUY, Victor. A SHORT HISTORY OF FRANCE with Appendix (1871-1914) by Lucy Menzies. 1917, Everyman's Library 1928. Small 8vo. 2 vols. xvi + 528pp. & viii + 568pp. Index. Bookplate David Williamson. [2561] £15.00
EARLE, Peter. The LIFE & TIMES OF HENRY V. Introduction by Antonia Fraser. (Book Club) 1972. 224pp. Profusely & beautifully illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good in slightly worn dust-wrapper. Bookplate Kempster. [3190] £12.00
EARLE, Peter. The Life & Times of JAMES II. 1972. 224pp. Index. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good in slightly worn dust-wrapper. [839] £12.00
EILERS, Marlene A. QUEEN VICTORIA'S DESCENDANTS. Falkoping new edition 1997. 191pp. 12" x 8.5" The genealogies include the Royal Families of Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, Spain, Roumania, Russia & Germany as well as non-royals. Many illustrations. Very good. [80] £30.00
COMPANION VOLUME. 2003. 80pp. 80 illustrations. Corrections & Updates with new text & current photographs. Card covers. [80b] £16.00
ELLIS, Jennifer. ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER. 1953. 123pp. 48 pages of illustrations. Very good in slightly worn dust-wrapper. [2564] £9.00
ENACHE, Nicolas. LA DESCENDANCE DE PIERRE LE GRAND, TSAR DE RUSSIE. Paris 1983. 431pp. Index. Pedigrees & 46 illustrations from photographs. Card covers, very good. [311] £25.00
ENGLISH HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS. Gen Editor D. Douglas. Maps, tables. Bibliographies. [3191]
(a) Vol. XII (1) 1833-1874. xxiii + 1017pp. Index. Good. Bookplate David Williamson. £35.00
(b) Vo. XII (2) 1874-1914. xxiii + 725pp. Index. 3 pedigrees. Very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate David Williamson. £35.00
EPTON. M. JOSEPHINE, THE EMPRESS & HER CHILDREN. 1915, one of 100 copies reprinted 1996. viii + 268pp. Index. 8 plates.. 230pp. Index. 18 illustrations. Very good in torn dust-wrapper. [3192] £15.00
EULALIA OF SPAIN, H.R.H. The Infanta. COURT LIFE FROM WITHIN. 1915, one of 100 copies reprinted 1996. viii + 268pp. Index. 8 plates. [85] £22.00
[EVANS, Howard]. OUR OLD NOBILITY by Noblesse Oblige. 2nd series, 1879. 238pp. 52 families including North, Russell, Churchill, Sackville-West, Osborne, Cecil, Courtenay, Seymour, etc. Backstrip worn & faded, contents very good. [2159] £25.00
FALK, B. The BERKELEYS OF BERKELEY SQUARE and some of their Kinsfolk. 1944. 284pp. Index. 33 illustrations. [840] £15.00
FALK, Bernard. The WAY OF THE MONTAGUES.A Gallery of Family Portraits. N.d., c.1950. 319pp. Index. 34 illustrations. Cover a little marked otherwise good. [2565] £15.00
FANNING, Charles. The DUKES OF LEUCHTENBERG. A Genealogy of the Descendants of EUGENE DE BEAUHARNAIS. One of a limited edition of only 500 copies. 1983. 106pp. Index. Frontis. & colour plate of arms.Bound blue cloth, gilt letters & arms, Very good in original slipcase. [3193] £35.00
FAUVELET-DU-TOC, A. HISTOIRES DES SECRETAIRES D'ESTAT, continant L'Origine, Le Progrés, et L'Etablissement de leurs Charges, avec les Eloges, les Armes, Blasons, et GenealogiesParis 1668. Royal 4to. xvi + 336pp. Title in red & black with copperplate vignette. 35 very fine full page wood engravings of arms. (Saffroy I 12974). Bound contemporary mottled calf, very carefully rebacked & original gilt panelled spine remounted, making a very nice copy. [3549] £425.00
FIELD, Ophelia. The FAVOURITE SARAH, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. 2002. xv + 560pp. Index. Bibliography. 26 colour & 3 black & white illustrations on 16 plates. Very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate D. Williamson. [1759] £15.00
FIELDING, Daphne. The FACE ON THE SPHINX. A Portrait of GLADYS DEACON, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. 1978. xiv + 113pp. Index. 50 illustrations. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1760] £12.00
FINESTONE, Jeffrey. The LAST COURTS OF EUROPE. 1981. Royal 4to. 256pp. Index. 315 plates. Pedigrees. Includes Saxe-Coburgs, Hohenzollerns, Romanovs, Habsburgs, Scandinavia, The Balkans, etc. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2160] £45.00
FISHER, G. & H. BERTIE AND ALIX. Anatomy of a Royal Marriage. 1974. 192pp. Index. 22 illustrations. Cover faded, last (blank) endpaper partly torn away otherwise contents very good. [3194] £12.00
FLETCHER, Nichola. CHARLEMAGNE'S TABLECLOTH. A Piquant History of Feasting. 2004. xiii + 256pp. Index. Bibliography. Many illustrations in colour and black & white. Very good in dust-wrapper. [842] £18.00
FOREMAN, Amanda. GEORGIANA DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE. 1998. xvi + 463pp. Index. Bibliography. Coloured frontis. many plates & text illustrations. Pedigrees of Spencer & Cavendish on endpapers. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1280] £18.00
FOSS, Michael. CHIVALRY. 1975 (Book Club). 4to. 251pp. Index. Many fine illustrations, 52 in colour. Chivalry, Knighthood & the Church in the Middle Ages. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2161] £12.00
FRASER, Antonia. KING CHARLES II. 1979. xv + 524pp. Index. Many illustrations. Map endpapers. Very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate David Williamson. [2567] £15.00
FRASER, Antonia. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. 1972 (Book Club edn.) 638pp. Index. 25 illustrations. Bibliography. Pedigree endpapers. Very good in worn dust-wrapper. [844] £12.00
FREEDEN, Michael (ed.) MINUTES OF THE RAINBOW CIRCLE 1894-1924. (Camden 4th Series vol.38). 1989. xix + 370pp. The political group formed in 1894 who met at the National Liberal Club. Very good. [2163] £12.00
FRISCHAUER, Willi. MARGARET, PRINCESS WITHOUT A CAUSE. 1977. 220pp. Index. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2165] £11.00
FULFORD, Roger. The TRIAL OF QUEEN CAROLINE. 1967. 255pp. Index. 15 illustrations on 8 plates & 4 text illustrations. Covers faded, contents very good. [2570] £15.00
GATTEY, C.N. A BIRD OF CURIOUS PLUMAGE. The Life of PRINCESS CRISTINA DI BEGIOJOSO 1808-1871. 1971. xiv + 233pp. Index. 13 plates. From a flock of Admirers in Paris, she returned to Italy in 1847 to incite the people to revolt. Very good in dust-wrapper. [845] £15.00
GAYRE of Gayre & Nigg, Lt.Col. The LOST CLAN. Sant'Andrea degli Scozzesi of Gurro, Novara, Italy. 1974. 37pp. Illustrations. Gurro in 1525 provided shelter for remnants of the Scots Guards of France. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2166] £12.00
GILLINGHAM, John. RICHARD THE LIONHEART. (Book Club) 1978. [8] + 318pp. Index. 17 illustrations on 8 plates, 6 maps & pedigree endpaper. Very good in dust-wrapper. [3196] £15.00
GILLINGHAM, John. The Life & Times of RICHARD I. 1973. 224pp. Index. Many illustrations. Very good in dust-wrapper. [848] £12.00
GLENNE, Michael. The LOVES OF LOUIS XIV. N.d. 160pp. Index. 12 plates. Bookplates Deshaw & Morris. [1282] £15.00
GOMME, G.L. The VILLAGE COMMUNITY. With Special Reference to the Origin & Form of its Survivals in Britain. 1890. xi + 299pp. Index. Maps & illustrations. Backstrip worn, contents good. [1283] £12.00
GRAHAM, Stephen. BORIS GODUNOF. 1933. 269pp. Index. 9 plates including large folding plan of Moscow in the 16th century. A favourite of Ivan the Terrible, he was crowned Tsar in 1598. Very good. Bookplate D. Williamson. [1762] £15.00
The GREAT TOURNAMENT ROLL OF WESTMINSTER. 1968. 2 vols. Imp 8vo & atlas folio. xii + 160pp. + Index + plates. The Tournament was to celebrate the birth of a Prince to Henry VIII & Katherine of Aragon in 1511 & is here reproduced in 28 fine double-page plates (4 in colour). Edited by Sydney Anglo; Foreword by Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter King of Arms. Very good in dust-wrappers & slipcase [850] £65.00
GRENFELL, Sir Wilfred Thomason. A LABRADOR DOCTOR. His Autobiography. 1948. 350pp. Index. Very good in torn dust-wrapper. Name cut from fly. [851] £12.00
GREY Ian. CATHERINE THE GREAT. Autocrat & Empress of all Russia. 1961. 254pp. Index. 8 plates. Pedigree. Map endpapers. Very good in slightly worn dust-wrapper. Bookplate D. Williamson. [852] £15.00
GRIMOND, Jo. MEMOIRS. 1979. 316pp. Index. Illustrations. Member of Parliament for Orkney & Shetland from 1950 & Leader of the Liberal Party 1956-67, the author is a fluent and interesting writer. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2169] £12.00
GUY, Wm. MOSTLY MEMORIES - SOME DIGRESSIONS. Edinburgh n.d. (c.1945). 360pp. 15 plates. Pedigree. Born 1859, these memoirs mostly concern Edinburgh, where the Author was a dentist. [1763] £12.00
HACKETT, F. FRANCIS I (1494-1547). 1935. 479pp. Index. 16 plates. King of France 1515-1547. Bookplate David Williamson. [2170] £15.00
HAMILTON, Count A. MEMOIRS OF COUNT GRAMMONT, with Notes & Illustrations, a new edition, revised 1818. Small 8vo. 2 vols. xii + 238 & 333pp. Index of Names. 2 engraved portraits. Bound half calf, marbled sides, black morocco labels, gilt letters, lines & centre tools, rubbed, 1 portrait dampstained, a little foxing otherwise good. Signatures of ownership Thos. Thistlethwayte. [1287] £45.00
HAMILTON, A. MEMOIRS OF COUNT GRAMMONT.Edited with notes by SIR WALTER SCOTT. 1896. xxxvi + 396pp. Index. With a Portrait of the Author & 11 etchings by L. Boisson. Title in red & black.Attractive half green morocco binding, raised bands, gilt panelled spine, gilt letters, lines & top edges, marbled endpapers. A little foxing otherwise very good. Bookplate Mary M.A. Peto 1905. [2574] £55.00
HANRAHAN, David C. COLONEL BLOOD. The Man who stole the CROWN JEWELS.Stroud 2003. xii + 212pp. Index. Bibliography. 13 illustrations on 8 plates. Very good in dust-wrapper. [3199] £15.00
HERTHELIUS, A.R. & Ted ROSVALL. ASTRID 1905-1935. Princess of Sweden, Queen of the Belgians. Falkoping 2005. Atlas folio. 77pp. Text in Swedish & English. Many illustrations from photographs. Fine condition. [1765] £25.00
HIBBERT, Christopher. VICTORIA. 1979. 4to. 192pp. Index. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good. [2176] £15.00
HIBBERT, Christopher. CHARLES I. 1968. 295pp. Index. Many fine plates, some in colour. Bound quarter white/blue cloth, gilt letters & seal. Bookplate David Williamson. [2175] £15.00
HOUGH, R. MOUNTBATTEN. Hero of Our Time. 1980. xiii + 290pp. Index. Many illustrations. Pedigree endpapers. Lacks title-page otherwise very good. [854] £7.00
HOWARD, David S. The UNFORGIVING MINUTE. 2004. 464pp. Illustrations. The Autobiography of this charming & wellknown man, who ran a business selling armorial china on which he was an expert & wrote "Chinese Armorial Porcelain", "China for the West", etc. [129] £25.00
HOWITT, Wm. The RURAL LIFE OF ENGLAND. Shannon 3rd edn. corrected & revised 1844, Reprint 1971. [5] + xxiv + 615pp. Vignettes. Good. Bookplate David Williamson. [3202] £25.00
HUGHES, M.V. A LONDON FAMILY 1870-1900. A Trilogy. Oxford 1946/7.594pp. 25 plates. The families concerned are the VIVIANS and the HUGHES but this is as much a description of the times as of the families. [857] £15.00
HUMPHERY-SMITH, C.R. HUGH REVEL. Master of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem 1258-77.] 1994. A history & biography of one of the Order's greatest Masters who went to the Holy Land in the 13th Century. Foreword by J. Riley-Smith. xv + 136pp. 42 illus. including fine plates of arms in colour. Pedigrees. [135] £17.95
HUNTER, M. ELIAS ASHMOLE 1617-1692. The Founder of the Ashmolean Museum & His World. Windsor Herald 1660-75. A Tercentenary Exhibition. Oxford 1983. 92pp. Coloured frontis. & 12 black & white plates. Decorated card covers, very good. [2177] £12.00
HYLTON, Lord. The PAGET BROTHERS 1790-1840. 1918. xvii + 364pp. Index. 5 plates. A selection of letters. Cover faded & spotted. British Library stamp on title. [2178] £9.00
IMHOFF, Jacobi Wilhelmi. REGUM PARIUMQUE MAGNAE BRITANNIAE HISTORIA GENEALOGICA. Nuremburg 1690, Reprint Milano n.d. Folio. Frontis. Title in red & black. [18] + 234pp. + 37 mostly double-page pedigrees of Royal & Noble families of Great Britain. 4 plates showing 137 arms. Index. Bound brown silk cloth, gilt letters. [137] £100.00
IRWIN, Margaret. YOUNG BESS. (Book Club) 1971. 264pp. Written as a story from Queen Elizabeth's birth to her brother's death. [3203] £12.00
JACKSON, R.A. VIVE LE ROI! A HISTORY OF THE FRENCH CORONATION from Charles V to Charles X. xvi + 310pp. Index. Bibliography. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2179] £21.00
JOHNSON, M. The BORGIAS. 1981. 4to. 232pp. Copiously illustrated in colour and black & white. 2 pedigrees & 2 maps. Very good in slightly torn dust-wrapper [1290] £15.00
JOUSSAUME, Roger. DOLMENS FOR THE DEAD. Megalith building throughout the World. Translated from the french. 1988. 320pp. Index. Bibliography. 26 plates & 65 illustrations. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1291] £12.00
JUDD, Denis. KING GEORGE VI 1895-1952.1982. xiii + 266pp. Index. Bibliography. Pedigree endpapers. 67 illustrations. Very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate David Williamson. [2582] £12.00
KEEN, Maurice. CHIVALRY. (Yale Union Press) 1984. x + 303pp. Index. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Ceremonies, Tournaments, Heralds, etc. Original card covers, very good. [1292] £12.00
KENNEDY, A.L. (ed.) DEAR DUCHESS. Social & Political Letters to the Duchess of Manchester 1858-1869. 1956. vii + 254pp. Index. 8 illustrations. Ex-library with ³withdrawn² stamps on front endpapers otherwise good. [1770] £8.00
KOTTENKAMP, Dr. F. The HISTORY OF CHIVALRY & ARMOUR. Translated by Rev. A. Lowy. 1988. Atlas 4to. xi + 60pp. + 60 full page colour plates (some folding). With Descriptions of the Feudal System, The Practices of Knighthood, The Tournament & Trials by Single Combat, Arms & Armour. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1771] £25.00
LACEY, Robert. The Life & Times of HENRY VIII. 1972. 224pp. Index. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Pedigree. A few spots of foxing otherwise very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate Kempster. [860] £12.00
.LACEY, Robert. MAJESTY, ELIZABETH II AND THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR. 1977. 382pp. Index. Illustrations. Pedigree endpapers. The Biography of the Queen. Bookplate Kempster. [3207] £12.00
LAING, Lloyd & Jennifer. MEDIEVAL BRITAIN. The AGE OF CHIVALRY.1996. 4to. 224pp. Index. Many illustrations in colour and black & white. Very good in dust-wrapper. [3208] £21.00
LANG, Theo. MY DARLING DAISY. 1966. 196pp. Index. 17 illustrations on 15 plates. Francis, Countess of Warwick, had been the lover of Edward VII for 9 years and, after his death, threatened to sell his letters to American publishers. This is the story of the efforts to silence her. Plus ça change! Good in worn dust-wrapper. [2181] £15.00
LEVER, Sir Tresham, Bt. The HOUSE OF PITT. A Family Chronicle. 1947. xii + 369pp. Index. Folding pedigree. 21 illustrations. The rise, reign & decline of the House of Pitt. [2314] £28.00
LEWIS, Paul. QUEEN OF CAPRICE. A BIOGRAPHY OF KRISTINA, QUEEN OF SWEDEN. 1962. 252pp. Index. 8 plates. Ex-library with stamps, last (blank) endpaper torn. Quite good in dust-wrapper. [861] £9.00
LINDSAY, Philip. KING RICHARD III. A Chronicle. 1933. 363pp. Index. 8 plates. Pedigree. Covers a bit marked, 2 ink notes on blank back endpaper otherwise contents good. [862] £12.00
LITTLEWOOD, Joan. MILADY VINE. The AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PHILIPPE DE ROTHSCHILD. 1984. xi + 247pp. 41 illustrations. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1293] £16.00
LLOYD, Christopher. The ROYAL COLLECTION. A thematic exploration of the Paintings in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen. 1992. Folio. 318pp. Hundreds of beautiful colour plates. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2182] £35.00
LONGFORD, Elizabeth (Lady) (ed.) LOUISA, LADY IN WAITING. The Personal Diaries & Albums of Louisa, Countess of Antrim, Lady in Waiting to Queen Victoria & Queen Alexandra. 1979. Royal 4to. 216pp. Many illustrations, some in colour. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2184] £18.00
LUCAS, E.V. (ed.) The LETTERS OF CHARLES AND MARY LAMB. 1905. 2 vols. Vol. I Letters 1796-1820, 548pp. Vol. II Letters 1821-1834, pp.549-1025. Index. Vols. VI & VII of the Full works. Titles in red & black. Fine photogravure frontis. 23 illustrations. Paper labels tearing otherwise good. [1294] £25.00
MACAULAY, Lord. The HISTORY OF ENGLAND from the Accession of James II. Edited by C.H. Firth. 1913. 6 vols. Index. With many illustrations, some in colour, some photogravure. Very good. [3210] £95.00
[MACKINTOSH]. NO ALIBI. The MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN ALASTAIR MACKINGTOSH. 1961. 188pp. 10 illustrations on 8 plates. Cover a little grubby, contents very good. [1773] £9.00
McINTOSH, David. The GRAND DUKES OF OLDENBURG. 2007. Atlas folio. 86pp. Profusely illustrated. Pedigree. The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, a former German state, was situated in the North West of Germany. New copy. [1774] £25.00
McPHEE, C. & A. FITZGERALD (eds.) The NON-VIOLENT MILITANT. Selected Writings of Teresa Billington-Greig. (Women's Source Library) 1987. [7] + 312pp. Index. Suffragette 1877-1964. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1775] £12.00
MAGNUS, Philip. KING EDWARD THE SEVENTH. 1964. xv + 528pp. Index. Coloured frontis. & 43 illustrations on 33 plates. 2 large folding pedigrees. Very good in slightly worn dust-wrapper. [3213] £15.00
MANDACHE, Diana. MARIE OF ROMANIA. Images of a Queen. 2007. Atlas folio. 94pp. Over 200 illustrations. Hardboumd , new copy. [162] £25.00
MARCOMBE, David. LEPER KNIGHTS.The Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England c.1150-1544. 2004. 342pp. 41 illustrations. Card covers. New copy. [164] £20.00
MARGARET, J. The RUSSIAN EMPIRE & GRAND DUCHY OF MUSCOVY. A 17th century French Account trans. & ed. by C.S.L. DUNNING. Pittsburgh 1983. xxxvi + 216pp. Index. Bibliography. Bound imitation leather, gilt letters, japanese vellum endpapers, very good. [1777] £15.00
MAROGER, D. The MEMOIRS OF CATHERINE THE GREAT. Translated by M. Budberg. 1955. 400pp. Index. 5 plates. Bookplate David Williamson. [2186] £12.00
MARQUARDT, M. PAUL EHRLICH. (Medieval Scientist) 1949. 255pp. 36 illustrations. Very good in slightly grubby dust-wrapper. [2586] £12.00
MARSHALL, Dorothy. ENGLISH PEOPLE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 1956. xvi + 288pp. Index. 57 illustrations. The way of life & social structure with numerous references to individual people. Very good in torn dust-wrapper. [865] £15.00
MARTIN, Sir Theodore. The LIFE OF H.R.H. THE PRINCE CONSORT. (Peopleıs Edition) 1882. Folio. 16 + 1 + 84 + 96 + 88 + 88 + 80pp. Index. Originally issued in Parts. Portrait & a few text illustrations. Original brown cloth binding separate & a bit grubby, contents good. [867] £14.00
MIDDLEMAS, Keith. The Life & Times of GEORGE VI. 1974. 223pp. Index. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Pedigree. Very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate Kempster. [869] £12.00
MILLER, John. The LIFE & TIMES OF WILLIAM AND MARY. (Book Club) 1974. 224pp. Index. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Pedigree. Very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate Kempster. [3215] £12.00
MINNEY, R.J. VISCOUNT SOUTHWOOD. 1954. 384pp. Index. Coloured frontis. 64 illustrations. From newspaper boy to peer, the story of a Labour press Baron. Good in slightly torn dust-wrapper. [2590] £12.00
MILLER, Russell. The HOUSE OF GETTY. 1985. x + 362pp. Index. 44 plates. Pedigree on endpapers. The tormented saga of the oil billionaires. Very good in dust-wrapper. [870] £21.00
MITFORD, Nancy. MADAME DE POMPADOUR. 1968. 4to. 304pp. Index. 54 colour illustrations and many in black & white. Very good in creased dust-wrapper. [871] £18.00
MITFORD, Nancy. The SUN KING. Louis XIV at Versailles. Book Club, 1966.Small 8vo. 255pp. Index. Nicely illustrated with 37 colour plates and many black & white. Good in torn dust-wrapper. [3217] £12.00
MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU, Lord. The GILT & THE GINGERBREAD, Or, How to Live in a Stately Home & Make Money. 1967. 232pp. Index. 55 illustrations. Very good. [2189] £14.00
MONTGOMERY, Brian. A FIELD-MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY. 1973. xii + 372pp. Index. 21 illustrations on 17 plates. Written by the youngest brother of the field-marshal, this traces the influence of his ancestors and gives a more personal view of the man. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2591] £15.00
MORTON, Fred. The ROTHSCHILDS. A Family Portrait. 1962. 264pp. Index. 38 illustrations. Folding pedigree. [873] £15.00
MOSSOLOV, A.A. AT THE COURT OF THE LAST TSAR. MEMOIRS, ed. by A.A. Pilenco. 1935, Reprint of only 250 copies 1996. vii + 273pp. Index. Pedigree of the Romanovs, frontis. & 13 other illus. [173] £25.00
MOUNTBATTEN. EIGHTY YEARS IN PICTURES. 1979. 4to. 224pp. Index. Profusely illustrated with photographs collected by Earl Mountbatten. Pedigree endpapers. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2190] £15.00
NEALE, J.E. The ELIZABETHAN HOUSE OF COMMONS. 1961. 455pp. Index. Frontis. Folding map. Elections, Procedure, Members & Officers. [875] £14.00
NEERBEK, Hans. TIHON. The TSAR'S NEPHEW Falkoping 2005. 140pp. Illustrations. Tihon Nicolaievich Kulikovsky Romanoff was the son of Nikolaj Kulikovsky & Grand Duchess Olga. New copy. [176] £22.00
NEWMAN, Bertram. LORD MELBOURNE. 1930. xii + 322pp. 8 plates. Bibliography. Biography of this Statesman & Prime Minister of the Victorian Era. Cover unevenly faded, contents good, foxing on edges. [1818] £12.00
NEWMAN, Peter. ATLAS OF THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR. 1985. 4to. 126pp. Index. 56 maps. Bibliography.Original card covers, very good. [1301] £12.00
NICHOLS, J.G. & J. BRUCE. WILLS FROM DOCTORS' COMMONS. A Selection from the WILLS OF EMINENT PERSONS proved in the P.C.C. 1495-1695. (Camden Society) no.83. 1863. viii + 175pp. Indexes. Backstrip torn, contents good. [2192] £12.00
NICHOLSON, H. The KNIGHTS HOSPITALLER. 2001, reprint 2006. xii + 180pp. Index. Bibliography. 9 colour and 12 black & white illustrations. A vivid, concise history of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes & Malta. Card covers. New copy. [179] £16.99
NICHOLSON, H. J. LOVE, WAR & THE GRAIL. Templars, Hospitallers & Teutonic Knights in Medieval Epic & Romance 1150-1500. Leiden 2004. xiii + 273pp. Index. Bibliography. Short pedigrees. Original card covers, very good. [2594] £18.00
NICOLAS, Sir Harris. The CHRONOLOGY OF HISTORY, containing Tables, Calculations & Statements, Indispensable for ascertaining the dates of Historical Events, and of Public and Private Documents, from the Earliest periods to the present time. New edn. 1838. xxiv + 406pp. Index. Engraved title. Bound original embossed cloth, gilt letters. [2193] £35.00
NICOLSON, Nigel. PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE. 1973. [9] + 235pp. Index. Colour frontis. & 21 other illustrations. The marriage of Harold Nicolson & Vita Sackville-West, the Authorıs parents & her love for Violet Trefusis, much of it from Vitaıs own manuscript. Good in torn dust-wrapper. [1304] £15.00
NICOULLAUD, M. Charles (ed.) MEMOIRS OF THE COMTESSE DE BOIGNE (1781-1814). 1907. xxxvi + 391pp. Index. Portrait. Bound red cloth, gilt letters, arms & top edges. binding scuffed & dirty, back joint cracked, top of backstrip missing a small piece, contents good. Bookplate Wigan Free Public Library & stamps. [1782] £8.00
O'CASEY, Sean. SUNSET AND EVENING STAR. 1954. 311pp. Frontis. An Irish playwright. Cover dirty, a little foxing. [1306] £10.00
OLIVIER, Edith. FOUR VICTORIAN LADIES OF WILTSHIRE. Miss Anne Moberly, Mrs. Alfred Morrison, Miss Barbara Townsend & Mrs. Percy Wyndham. 1945. 101pp. 8 plates. Title in lavender & black. Bound original cloth, silver letters. [877] £12.00
OMAN, Sir Charles. ON THE WRITING OF HISTORY. 1939, Reprint 1969. 307pp. Index. A few small spots on the cover otherwise very good. [2194] £12.00
PALMER, Alan. The LIFE & TIMES OF GEORGE IV. (Book Club) 1972. 224pp. Index. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Pedigree. Very good in slightly worn dust-wrapper. Bookplate Kempster. [3219] £12.00
PALMER, A. & V. ROYAL ENGLAND. A Historical Gazetteer. 1983. xx + 229pp. Index. 32 illustrations on 16 plates. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2195] £15.00
PARSONS, J.C. (ed.) MEDIEVAL QUEENSHIP. Stroud 1994. [8] + 264pp. Index. Bibliography. Illustrations. 10 pedigrees. "RETURNS" in red on title-page otherwise very good in dust-wrapper. [1308] £12.00
PEARCE, E.H. WALTER DE WENLOK, Abbot of Westminster (1283). 1920. Frontis. 236pp. Index. [3220] £14.00
PEARSON, John. The LIFE OF IAN FLEMING. 1966. 368pp. Index. 15 illustrations. Very good. [1784] £15.00
PENDEREL-BRODHURST, J. The LIFE OF HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII. From His Birth to His Coronation. N.d. 4to. 3 vols only (of 4). 22 fine photogravure plates & many text illustrations. Attractive red cloth bindings, gilt letters, borders & all edges, Royal Arms in black. [1311] £15.00
PETRIE, Sir Charles. MONARCHY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. 1952. 223pp. Index. Monarchy in Britain & Abroad, includes Spain, Italy, Greece, etc. Good. [1312] £12.00
PININSKI, Peter. The STUARTS' LAST SECRET. The Missing Heirs of Bonnie Prince Charlie. East Linton 2002. xxv + 317pp. Index. 55 illustrations. Map. Pedigree. Original card covers, fine. [1316] £12.00
PLOWDEN, Alison. DANGER TO ELIZABETH. The Catholics under Elizabeth I. 1973. 254pp. Index. 14 illustrations on 8 plates. Very good in slightly worn dust-wrapper. [1317] £12.00
POLLARD, A.F. The EVOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. 2nd edn. revised, 1926. xv + 459pp. Index. 4 plates & 1 folding plan. Signature of Anthony R. Wagner, Richmond Herald. [2599] £18.00
PREBBLE, John. The KING'S JAUNT. GEORGE IV IN SCOTLAND. August 1822. 1988. [x] + 399pp. Index. Illustrations. Map endpapers. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2197] £15.00
PROTHERO, G. W. SELECT STATUTES & other CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS illustrative of the reign of ELIZABETH & JAMES I. Oxford 1894. cxxv + 464pp. Index. Covered with transparent paper otherwise good. [880] £12.00
RANDALL, David. ROYAL FOLLIES. 1987. 252pp. Bibliography. Illustrations. A Chronicle of Royal Misbehaviour worldwide. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2198] £15.00
RENOLD, P. (ed.) LETTERS OF WILLIAM ALLEN & RICHARD BARRET 1572-1598. Catholic Record Soc. vol.58. 1967. xxvi + 313pp. + Index. Cardinal Allen founded the College at Donay in 1568 & Barret succeeded him as President. Bound original blue cloth, gilt letters, very good. [3223] £15.00
RICHARDS, Denis. BRITAIN UNDER THE TUDORS & STUARTS. 4th imp. 1963.Small 8vo. xiv + 402pp. Index. Illustrations. Backstrip dirty, lacks front (blank) endpaper otherwise good. [881] £8.00
RILEY-SMITH, J. HOSPITALLERS. The HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN. 1999. vii + 152pp. 4to. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Card covers, new copy. [203] £15.00
ROBERTS, Brian. CECIL RHODES & THE PRINCESS. New York 1969. 405pp. Index. Map. The mystery of his relationship with PRINCESS CATHERINE RADZIWILL. Very good in repaired dust-wrapper. [1319] £18.00
ROBINSON, Jeffrey. RAINIER & GRACE. 1989. [10] + 309pp. Index. 83 illustrations on 32 plates. The Public & Private Story of Prince Rainier & Princess Grace of Monaco & their children. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1320] £12.00
ROEBUCK, Peter. YORKSHIRE BARONETS 1640-1760. Families, Estates & Fortunes. Hull 1980. xvii + 414pp. Index. 8 plates. Maps. Bibliography. Pedigrees of Hotham, Beaumont, Constable & Bright. Very good in dust-wrapper. [885] £15.00
ROSE, Alexander. KINGS IN THE NORTH. The HOUSE OF PERCY in British History. 2003. xiv + 722pp. Index. 18 illustrations on 8 plates. Pedigrees. In the Middle Ages, the Earls of Northumberland were known as the "Kings of the North". Card covers. New copy. [211] £12.99
ROSEBERY, Lord. NAPOLEON The Last Phase. 1900. 261pp. Index. A little foxing otherwise very good. Bookplate Michael Peto. [2202] £18.00
ROSENFELD, C.P. A CHRONOLOGY OF MENILEK II OF ETHIIA 1844-1913. Emperor of Ethiopia 1889-1913. Michigan 1976. ix + 282pp. Index. Original card covers, good. Bookplate David Williamson. [2603] £15.00
ROSS, Charles. The WARS OF THE ROSES. A Concise History. 1976. 190pp. Index. Many attractive illustrations. Lacks front (blank) endpaper otherwise very good in dust-wrapper. [886] £12.00
ROSS, Stewart. ADMIRAL SIR FRANCIS BRIDGEMAN. The Life & Times of an officer & a Gentleman (1848-1929). 1998. 296pp. Index. 60 illustrations. Pedigree. Trained in sail and cutlass he later commanded the Dreadnought & rose to be First Sea Lord. Very good in dust-wrapper. [887] £19.95
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS. [1323]
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(c) Fourth Series vol. V. 1922. 258pp. Embassy of Wm. Harborne to Constantinople 1583/8, Year Books & Plea Rolls, Historical Research, etc. £12.00
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS, Sixth series. Bound original dark blue cloth, gilt letters, lines & wreath, Very good. [1324]
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SAUL, Nigel (ed.) AGE OF CHIVALRY. Art & Society in Late Medieval England. 1992. 144pp. Index. 16 colour illustrations and many black & white. Very good in dust-wrapper. [889] £14.00
SAUNDERS, Hilary St. George. The STORY OF THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL 1745-1948. 1949. 100pp. 4 colour plates and 26 black & white. Illustrations. Bound full dark blue calf, gilt letters, lines & top edges, marbled endpapers. Very good. [2204] £18.00
SAVILLE, John. RURAL DEPOPULATION IN ENGLAND & WALES 1851-1951. 1957. xvi + 253pp. Index. 39 tables. Very good in worn dust-wrapper. [3229] £15.00
SCARISBRICK, J.J. HENRY VIII. 1983. xiv + 561pp. Index. Bibliography. 24 plates. Original card covers, very good. Bookplate David Williamson. [2604] £10.00
SECRET COURT MEMOIRS. MARIE ANTIONETTE QUEEN OF FRANCE. With Sketches & Anecdotes by Madam Campan, First Lady-in-Waiting to The Queen. (Printed for the Grolier Society) 1 of the Edition de luxe of 1,000 copies. 2 vols. 361 & 330pp. 12 plates on vellum paper, tissue guards. Good. [2205] £35.00
SENET, Andre. MAN IN SEARCH OF HIS ANCESTORS. A Romance of Palaeontology. 1955. xii + 274pp. Index. 15 plates. 8 charts & tables & 110 text illustrations. A little foxing otherwise good in good but faded dust-wrapper. [3231] £12.00
SILLITOE, Sir Percy. CLOAK WITHOUT DAGGER. 1955. xvii + 206pp. Index. 20 illustrations on 9 plates. The autobiography of the former Director General of MI5. Slightly spotted covers under slightly worn dust-wrapper, otherwise very good. [2208] £12.00
SIMON, M. Jules. The GOVERNMENT OF M. THIERS,from 8th February 1871 to 24th May 1873. 1879. 2 vols. 533 & 506pp. Elaborate original purple cloth bindings, black & gilt embossed. Spines faded otherwise good. Lord Iveagh's bookstamps. [3233] £40.00
SINCLAIR, David. The ASTORS AND THEIR TIMES. New York 1984. vi + 426pp. Index. 26 illustrations. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1793] £18.00
SINCLAIR-STEVENSON, C. BLOOD ROYAL. The Illustrious House of Hanover. 1979. xi + 227pp. Index. 28 illustrations. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2209] £12.00
SITWELL, Osbert. LEFT HAND, RIGHT HAND! An Autobiography. 1949/50. 5 vols. Also subtitled The Scarlet Tree, Great Morning, Laughter in the Next Room & Noble Essences. Illus. Indexes. Vols. 1-4 very good in dust-wrappers., vol.5 cover unevenly faded, no dust-wrapper. Contents very good. [1795] £55.00
SLOAN, Wm. R. SIR HANS SLOANE, Founder of the British Museum, LEGEND & LINEAGE. Ltd. edn. priv. printed Helen's Bay, 1981. xiv + 134pp. + Appendices & Index 45pp. 37 pedigrees, some folding. Illus. of Arms & others. Sir Hans' museum & library of over 50,000 volumes & manuscripts formed the nucleus of the British Museum. Very good. [227] £28.00
SMIT, F.G.A.M. FRANS GREENWOOD 1680-1763 Dutch Poet & Glass Engraver, & his family. Privately printed Peterborough 1988. 194pp. 129 illustrations. Bound laminated card covers, very good. With separate Additions & Corrections, 1998, 18pp. [3235] £12.00
SMITH, Constance Babington. AMY JOHNSON. 1967. 384pp. 38 illustrations on 26 plates + double-page map. The famous solo flyer whose historic flight to Australia in 1930 set a new record. She died mysteriously in 1941. Very good in worn dust-wrapper. [2210] £15.00
SMITH, R. & J.S. MOORE (Jt. Eds.) The HOUSE OF COMMONS. 700 years of British Tradition. A collection of Essays. 1996. 249pp. Index. 16 full page colour plates. Hardbound in dust-wrapper. New copy. [228] £16.95
SMITH, R. & J.S. MOORE (Jt. Eds.) The HOUSE OF LORDS. A thousand years of British Tradition. A collection of Essays. From the Great Councils of the late Anglo-Saxon Monarchy to the present day. 1994. 242pp. Index. 16 full page colour plates. Hardbound in dust-wrapper. New copy. [229] £16.95
STARRITT, S.S. LIVINGSTONE THE PIONEER. 160pp. 5 illustrations. Map endpaper. Spine faded otherwise good. [3238] £12.00
STEUART, A.F. (Advocate). TRIAL OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. 2nd edn. 1951. 206pp. 7 plates. Backstrip faded & broken down one side. Ring on back cover, contents good. 2 library stamps. [2607] £8.00
STEVENSON, Katie. CHIVALRY AND KNIGHTHOOD IN SCOTLAND 1424-1513. 2007. 240pp. 1 line illustration. An interesting & informative discussion of the nature of late medieval chivalry in Scotland. New copy. [234] £45.00
SUMMERS, A. & T. MANGOLD. The FILE ON THE TSAR. The Fate of the Romanovs - Dramatic New Evidence. 1977. 416pp. Index. Illustrations. Very good in torn dust-wrapper. [1330] £14.00
SWAN, Conrad. A KING FROM CANADA. The Autobiography of Garter King of Arms, born in Canada. 2005. xv + 333pp. Index. 17 colour plates and many black & white. New copy. [239] £18.50
TAYLOR, I. & A. The SECRET ANNEXE. An ANTHOLOGY OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WAR DIARIES. 2004. xix + 676pp. Index. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1331] £15.00
TENNANT, Emma. STRANGERS. A Family Romance. 1998. 183pp. 10 illustrations, pedigree. Based on fact but told as the story of the Tennants. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2610] £12.00
TERRAINE, John. The LIFE & TIMES OF LORD MOUNTBATTEN. 1968. x + 202pp. Index. Coloured frontis. & many illustrations. Rebound red library buckram, Wilts. Co. Lib. stamp & withdrawn, lacks front (blank) endpaper otherwise good. [2213] £7.00
THATCHER, O.J. & F. SCHWILL. EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGE. 1897. xii + 681pp. Index. 10 maps in colour. 10 pedigrees. Bound red cloth, gilt letters, backstrip darkened & covers faded, spot on front cover, worn. Contents partly unopened otherwise good. [2215] £12.00
THOMPSON, Neville. WELLINGTON AFTER WATERLOO.1986. xiii + 303pp. Index. 12 illustrations. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1836] £14.00
THOMSON, Gladys Scott. LIFE IN A NOBLE HOUSEHOLD 1641-1700. 1940. 407pp. Index. 8 plates. The Russells, Dukes of Bedford, at Woburn & elsewhere. [1801] £18.00
TREVELYAN, G.M. BRITISH HISTORY in the 19th Century (1782-1901). 3rd imp. 1922. 445pp. Index. 8 maps. Cover worn & dirty, contents quite good. [1332] £8.00
TREVELYAN, G.M. ILLUSTRATED ENGLISH SOCIAL HISTORY. (Pelican Books) 1964. 4 vols. Index. Many illustrations. Original card covers, very good in slipcase. [897] £18.00
TROW, M.J. BOUDICCA, the WARRIOR QUEEN. 2003. [5] + 250pp. Index. Bibliography. Illustrations. Very good in dust-wrapper. [3242] £15.00
TURNBULL, Stephen. The BOOK OF THE MEDIEVAL KNIGHT. 1985, Reprint 1995. Royal 4to. 192pp. Index. More than 200 fine illustrations, 80 in full colour, including arms & short pedigrees. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2216] £21.00
UDEN, Grant. A DICTIONARY OF CHIVALRY. 1968. 352pp. Black & white or coloured illustrations on every page by Pauline Baynes. Aimed, perhaps, at the teenage market, this is both a useful reference & a book of interest to all. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1805] £21.00
UPCOTT, J.D. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE & the beginnings of English Sea Power. 1927. Small 8vo. 185pp. + 3 maps. Colour frontis. and 3 black & white plates. Good in torn dust-wrapper. I. Elliot, School bookplate. [1333] £9.00
USHERWOOD, Stephen. The GREAT ENTERPRISE. THE HISTORY OF THE SPANISH ARMADA. (Folio Society) 1978. 192pp. 12 fine colour plates & 12 black & white. Bound blue cloth, gilt panel on spine & medal on front cover. Very good. [898] £15.00
VALLENTIN, A. LEONARDO DA VINCI. The Tragic Pursuit of Perfection. Translated by E.W. Dickes. 1939. 606pp. Index. 32 plates. Bibliography. Cover slightly marked otherwise good. [899] £15.00
VALLENTIN, Antonina. MIRABEAU. VOICE OF THE REVOLUTION. 1948. 542pp. Index. 8 plates. Bibliography. [1806] £12.00
VANDAM, A.D. UNDERCURRENTS OF THE SECOND EMPIRE. Notes & Recollections. 1897. xii + 432pp. Cover unevenly faded. [3244] £12.00
VAN DE PAS, Leo. SINNERS AND SAINTS. A Biographical Introduction to the Ancestors of H.R.H. PRINCESS MICHAEL OF KENT. Privately printed Canberra, 2005. Folio. viii+ 732pp. Index. Bibliography. Born Baroness Marie Christine Agnes Heding von Reibnitz in 1945, her ancestors cover most European countries and include Charlemagne & William the Conqueror. Biographies for 1,175 selected ancestors showing their genealogical links. Card covers, very good. [254] £65.00
VAN DER ZEE, H. & B. 1688: REVOLUTION IN THE FAMILY. 1988. 256pp. Index. 15 illustrations on 9 plates. 2 maps & 2 pedigrees. The Catholic King James II was deposed by his Protestant daughter Mary & her Dutch husband William of Orange. Very good in dust-wrapper. [2217] £15.00
WALFORD, E. CHAPTERS FROM FAMILY CHESTS. 1887. 2 vols. vi + 320 & vi + 318pp. Includes the Families of Haig, Knollys, Caryl, Bulstrode, Stuart, Lansdowne, Percy, Courtenay, Cavendish, Wild Darrell of Littlecote, De la Pole, etc. Bound original brown cloth, gilt letters. [1334] £35.00
WALFORD, E. TALES OF OUR GREAT FAMILIES. A new edn. Revised 1890. 351pp. Includes families of Gunning, Cecil, Finch, Cathcart, Hastings, Rothschild, Dashwood, Sackville, etc. Bound original blue cloth, gilt letters & silver helmet. [1335] £15.00
WALMISLEY, Claude A. SPACIOUS DAYS. 1979. 296pp. Index. A Biography of comfortable living, with some information on the family including a pedigree & the arms in colour. Black & white plates. [2615] £15.00
WARLOP, Dr. (Hist.) E. The FLEMISH NOBILITY Before 1300.Kortrijk 1975/6. 4to. 4 vols. (Translated from the Flemish by J.B. Ross & Dr. H. Vandermoere). 1332pp. Many fine colour plates and black & white, & seals, pedigrees, etc. A magnificent production. Very good in dust-wrappers & slightly marked slipcases. [2616] £185.00
WATSON, D.R. The Life & Times of CHARLES I. (Book Club) 1972. 4to. 224pp. Index. Many fine plates in colour and black & white. Pedigree. Very good in dust-wrapper. [3246] £12.00
WEDGWOOD, B. & H. The WEDGWOOD CIRCLE 1730-1897. Four Generations of a Family of Famous Potters & Their Friends. New Jersey 1980. 386pp. Index. 123 illustrations, 14 in colour. Pedigree endpapers. Very good in dust-wrapper. [900] £18.00
WESTMINSTER, Loelia, Duchess of. GRACE AND FAVOUR. Memoirs. 1961. 244pp. Index. 23 plates. Social Life between the 2 wars and her own marriage. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1338] £15.00
WIEL, A. The ROMANCE OF THE HOUSE OF SAVOY 1003-1519. New York & London 1898. 2 vols. xi + 258 & 272pp. Index. Many illustrations. Titles in red & black. 2 photogravure frontis. Covers a bit worn, contents very good. Bookplate David Williamson. 7 page typescript pedigree of Savoy & 3 pages of notes tucked in. [2617] £45.00
WEIR, Alison. HENRY VIII, KING & COURT. 2001. xv + 639pp. Index. Bibliography. Pedigree. 14 plates in colour. Very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate D. Williamson. [1811] £15.00
WILLIAMS, H. Noel. LAST LOVES OF HENRI OF NAVARRE. 2nd edn. n.d. (c.1010). 315pp. 16 plates. Piece 1 inch high missing from backstip otherwise good. Bookplate David Williamson. [2218] £14.00
WILLIAMS, Neville. The Life & Times of ELIZABETH I. 1972. 224pp. Index. Many fine illustrations in colour and black & white. Very good in dust-wrapper. [902] £12.00
WILLIAMS, Raymond. The LONG REVOLUTION. 1961. xiv + 370pp. Index. This follows the Author's "Culture & Society"with a view of the continual intellectual revolution, particularly in education & Social History. Signature of Anthony R. Wagner, Richmond Herald, [3248] . £14.00
[WILSON]. HENRIETTA RACHEL WILSON. A Sketch by her Mother. Printed for private circulation, n.d. (c.1890). Small 8vo. 50pp. 2 photographs of the subject & her husband Edward Pease. Bound white cloth, gilt letters, discoloured by dampstaining. Manuscript letter, from Mary Pease dated 1905, tucked in. [1341] £18.00
WINCHESTER, B. TUDOR FAMILY PORTRAIT. 1955. 330pp. Index. 6 plates. A portait of the JOHNSONS, Merchants of Staple, an ordinary middle-class family in 16th century England, from their letters. Very good in worn dust wrapper. [2619] £15.00
WOOD, James B. The NOBILITY OF THE ELECTION OF BAYEUX 1463-1666. Princeton 1980. xiv + 220pp. Index. Bibliography. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1813] £15.00
WOODHAM-SMITH, Cecil. QUEEN VICTORIA. Her Life & Times. Vol. I 1819-1861. 1972. xii + 486pp. Index. Colour frontis. & 28 black & white illustrations on 24 plates. Frontis. loose otherwise very good in dust-wrapper. Bookplate David Williamson. [2622] £11.00
WOODRUFF, Douglas. The Life & Times of ALFRED THE GREAT. (Book Club) 1974. 4to. 224pp. Index. Many fine plates in colour and black & white. Pedigree. Very good in dust-wrapper. [3250] £14.00
WORLD WAR II. Original text Lt. Col. E. Bauer. Edited by Brig. Peter Young. 1972/4. 4to. 8 vols. Many illustrations, some in colour. Index. 3360pp. Issued in 120 parts in original wrappers in special binders of imitation leather, gilt letters. Very good. [1814] £55.00
WORLD WAR II. IMAGES OF WAR 1939-1945. The Real Story of World War II. 1988/90. 4to. 4 vols. as issued in 52 parts. 1456pp. Many illustrations, a few in colour. In original wrappers in special binders of imitation leather, gilt. Also 2 large binders containing 52 facsimile newspapers of the time, maps, facsimile identity card, ration book, etc. 6 vols. [1815] £45.00
WORLD WAR II. The WAR YEARS. Eyewitness Accounts from World War II. 8 parts & 50th Aniversary Commemorative issue. N.d. (c.1991). In 2 imitation leather slipcases (1 slightly creased) including folding maps & illustrations of badges. 256pp. 48 pages of illustrations in colour and black & white + facsimile of the "Daily Mirror" 4 Sept. 1939. Very good. [1816] £18.00
WRIGHT, Arnold & Philip SMITH. PARLIAMENT PAST & PRESENT. A Popular & Picturesque Account of a Thousand Years in the Palace of Westminster, the Home of the Mother of Parliaments. N.d. (c.1901). Large 4to. viii + 592pp. Index. 643 illustrations including 18 coloured plates & a photogravure. Bound maroon cloth, gilt letters & all edges, back cover & last few pages very dampstained & inside back joint cracked otherwise very good. Bookplate Kempster. [2221] £18.00
WRIGHT, Susan M. The DERBYSHIRE GENTRY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. (Derbyshire Record Society) 1983. viii + 287pp. Index. Bibliography. Very good in dust-wrapper. [1342] £15.00
WYNDHAM, Horace. ROMANCES OF THE PEERAGE. 1930. 298pp. Index. Illustrations. Includes sections on 10th Countess of Westmorland, 4th Marquis of Hastings, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Henry Chaplin, Hon. John Vivian, M.P., etc. Covers unevenly faded, a little foxing, mostly on edges, otherwise good. [1343] £14.00
ZEEPVAT, Charlotte. The CAMERA AND THE TSARS. The Romanov Family Album. 2004. 256pp. 482 black and white photographs. New copy. [276] £20.00
ZIEGLER, Philip. CROWN & PEOPLE. What do the British People really think about their Royal Family? 1978. 224pp. Index. Illustrations. Very good in slightly torn dust-wrapper. [1344] £12.00
ZIEGLER, Philip. MOUNTBATTEN. A Biography. New York 1985. 784pp. Index. Illustrations. from photographs, 3 maps & pedigree endpapers. Good. [1357] £12.00
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