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London: Printed for William Bell, 1811. Very Good. 540p. Original boards new matching calf spine gilt lettering on morocco label. The half century between 1783 and 1833 witnessed the creation of British India. He was a soldier, Persian scholar, diplomat. Some have also seen him as an imperial ideologues of the century before the Indian Uprising of 1857.

London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1887-1906. Complete set of Davis' monumental history which was published at intervals between 1887 and 1906 (the later volumes being published by Eyre and Spottiswoode). 6 volumes. Numerous colour and other illustrations and maps. Publisher's blue cloth with grenades and other devices stamped in gold on the spines and boards. (For other British army regimental histories please search my stock using the keyword regimental.)

A Brown & Sons Limited, Hull, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark red covers with black and gilt lettering and simple decoration are lightly rubbed at the edges, ex-library copy with usual pasted labels, stamps and ticket wallet. Paper is split over webbing at internal hinges with some looseness in the front joint but covers are firmly attached, internal binding is sound, pages are clean but a little darkened. Many black and white illustrations. Articles include: January 1984: The Plate and Insignia of the Hull Corporation by Alderman Kelburne King; Some Scraps of Holderness Folk-Lore by Wm Henry Jones; The Influence of the Northmen on our Language by John Nicholson; Star Showers and Red Sub-Sets by A N Somerscales; William Wilberforce, a Biographical Sketch & Catalogue of Exhibition; The Meterology of Hull by William Lawton; The Johnson Mss Correspondence; The Old Walls of Hull; Notes Queries reviews etc. April 1884: Cottingham Castle and Its Lords by C… Read More

Printed by B Dewhirst for Robinson, Son, and Houldsworth, Leeds and John Hurst, Wakefield, Leeds; Wakefield, 1816. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Volume I. Loidis and Elmete: Or, An Attempt to Describe Districts Described in those Words by Bede; and Supposed to Embrace the Lower Portions of Aredale and Wharfdale Together with the Entire Vale of Calder in the County of York. Volume II. Ducatus Leodiensis: or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes and Parts Adjacent, in the West-Riding of the County of York. With the Pedigrees of Many of the Nobility and Gentry, and Other Matters Relating to Those Parts; Extracted from Records, Original Evidences, and Manuscripts. To Which is Added, at the Request of Several Learned Persons, A Catalogue of His Museum, with the Curiosities Natural and Artificial, and the Antiquities, Particularly the Roman, British, Saxon, Danish, Norman and Scotch Coins, With Modern Medals. Also A Catalogue of… Read More

The Queen Of Hearts, 1859 Harper & Brothers, NY. First Edition. By Wilkie Collins. Complete in one volume. RARE. QUEENS QUORUM TITLE. Exlib. Marbled boards, beige cloth spine. Paper library tag on spine. 4 5/8 X 7 1/2. Moss green end-papers are intact at the hinge. 472 pages. Pages tanned. Some pages show some degree of water damage. Please see our photos.

London: J& R Tonson and S Draper, 1747. First edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. Hardcover Publisher: 1747 Printed for J& R Tonson and S Draper, London, 1747 A small book, as was usual in those days, convenient for a man to keep in a pocket. This is written like a diary, recording events of the day and Addisons thoughts on fundamental matters, letters he received after the publication of his other volumes, reports of other men's ideas, advice, and poems he heard (Solomon's Song), etc. Beginning with Monday March 10th 1712 (entry 322) it continues to June 2nd (entry 394). An invaluable work for anyone interested or studying this period as it is so... (Georgian Diary Record 17* Poems Advice Spectator) 8 volumes. Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, London n.d. [1747]. First edition. The 8 volumes running from Thursday, March 1, 1710-11 till Monday, December 20, 1714. Each volume with engraved frontispiece by C. Grignion after… Read More

London: Liberal Publication Department, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This Bound volume contains Liberal Leaflet No. 1923 entitled "Tory M.P.s on Mr. Brodrick's Army Corps Scheme. The pamphlet is 4 pages in length and contains two excerpts from Churchill's House of Commons Speech of 24 February 1903 - the last of his famous six oratorical assaults on Brodrick's plan to expand the Army. In 1903 Winston Churchill was a brash new member of Parliament. Then Secretary of State for War, John Brodrick, had introduced a plan for expanding the peacetime Army. Brodrick was a fellow Conservative and Cabinet member. Churchill had been an Army officer and had partaken in four wars on three continents before election to Parliament in 1900. Nonetheless, Churchill vehemently assaulted Brodrick's plan. Fascinatingly, this was the same fight upon which Churchill's father, Lord Randolph Churchill, had gambled and lost his own political career in 1886. Unlike that of his father, Churchill's opposition ultimately… Read More

Houlston & Stoneman; Nicholson & Rayner, London; Hull, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Rebound in green covers with gilt lettering on the spine with replacement end-papers. Clean pages, sound binding. Includes: Clean and intact fold-out map at front dated 1852 showing "A new Plan of Hull" with an inset engraving of "New Railway Station & Hotel" and retaining light impressions of plate edges but with taped repair on the reverse; Frontis plate of Birthplace of Wilberforse, High-Street, Hull; Advertisements at rear, one with illustration of the Marine Family Hotel, Hornsea. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50317021022. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

Handsome, fine-binding edition of "THE GEORGIAN ERA: Memoirs of the Most Eminent Persons, Who Have Flourished in Great Britain, from the Accession of George the First to the Demise of George the Fourth." The volumes are dated 1832, 1833 and 1834; Vizetelly, Branston and Co.; London. Complete in four volumes. Three-quarter leather bound with marbled covers, page edges and end papers. Each volume contains a frontispiece portrait. The volumes contain dozens of biographical sketches of prominent English men and women including Adam Smith, Isaac Newton, Jonathn Swift, Robert Burns, Thomas Paine, Captain James Cook, Daniel Defoe, Thomas Gainsborough, etc. The contents are grouped into the following categories:VOLUME I: The Royal Family, The Pretenders and Their Adherents, The Church, The Senate, DissentersVOLUME II: The Army, The Navy, Jurisprudence, Medical ScienceVOLUME III: Voyagers and Travellers, Science, LiteratureVOLUME IV: Political Economists, Rural and Domestic Economists, Painters, Sculptors,… Read More

London and Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; Guthrie and Anderson, 1812 A fair set of the 2nd edition of John Walker's scarce work in 2 volumes. In contemporary half leather bindings which are scuffed and worn. The spines have surface loss and wear at spine ends and joints with cracking. The marbled boards have scuffing and the corners are worn. Vol I: initial blank; title; dedication; contents pp i-iii; text pp 1-389. There is a yellowed area in the top outer corner, also visible at the foredge, which is present from the fep through to p 87. It is darker at the title than later on where it is barely noticeable. There are a couple of small marks at p 182 with a small hole and some leaves are lightly mottled. Text remains clear throughout. Original page marker present. Vol II: initial blank; title; text pp 1-416; finis. The odd light mark but otherwise contents very good.