2251. [English History Collection] – West, Rebecca.

Harriet Hume: A London Fantasy.

London, Hutchinson & Co., No year (1929). 14.5 cm x 19.5 cm. 288 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Browning of page edges. Some spotting of inside pages. Otherswise clean inside with solid binding.

2252. [English History Collection] – Whitaker, J.

Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage.

London, J. Whitaker and Sons Ltd., 1936. 21.7 cm x 14 cm. X, 747 pages, XXXI. Original Hardcover. In protective mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and decoration on front and spine.

2253. [English History Collection] – Willett, Wilfred / Webb, Amy D. (Illustrator).

British Wild Flowers and their Garden Varieties – Cornfield Flowers.

London / Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd., 12 cm x 18 cm. 48 pages. Six coloured, tipped-in-plates and several drawings throughout publication. Original Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some spotting evident on edges and markedly so on first and last few pages. Internal pages almost entirely free of spotting. Colour plates in very good condition. Previous owner’s name and address in ink pen on inside of cover. [British Wild Flowers Series (No.4)].

2254. [English History Collection] – Wilson, Ben.

The Making of Victorian Values – Decency and Dissent in Britain, 1789 – 1837.

New York, The Penguin Press, 2007. 16 cm x 24 cm. XV, 445 pages. A few black and white plates in the centre pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name and date of preowner inscribed on endpaper. Otherwise as new.

2255. [English History Collection] – Wilson, Frances.

The Courtesan’s Revenge: Harriette Wilson, the Woman Who Blackmailed the King.

London, Faber and Faber, 2003. Octavo. XIV, 359 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2256. [English History Collection] – Woolley, A.R.

Oxford. University and City. With a Foreword by Sir Maurice Bowra, M.A., D.Litt., F.B.A. Warden of Wadham and Hon. Fellow of New College.

London, Art and Technics, 1951. 25 cm x 18 cm. 208 pages. With several black-and-white pictures. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor spots on front cover.

2257. [English History Collection] – Blome, Richard (1635 – 1705)

A Mapp Of Ye County Palatine Of Lancaster [Lancashire with Liverpool and the Mersey to the South, showing the boundaries of Cheshire and all the way up to Overton and Parts of Westmoreland to the North].

Vintage, handcoloured map (copper engraving). [Richard Blome / Britannia], 1673 Framed: 30 cm x 37 cm. Map itself: 28 cm x 35 cm. Excellent condition in beautiful 19th century framing.

2258. [English History Collection] – Fokke, Simon (1714 – 1784) / [Jan de Baen (1667 – 1700)].

Aftekening der Schilderye, op ‘t Stadhuis te Dordrecht geplaatst, ter gedagtenisse van de Overwinning by Chattam, in ‘t Jaar 1667, onder ‘t beleid van KORNELIS DE WIT. Rurwaard van Putten / [The Apotheosis of Cornelis de Witt, with the Dutch Raid on the Medway in the background – after Jan de Baen (1667 – 1700)].

Original copper-engraving from Jan Wagenaar’s “Vaderlandsche Historie”, published in Amsterdam between 1749-1759, in 21 volumes. Signed lower right corner: “S.Fokke fec”; on the left corner: “A. Schoumann del, naar ‘t Originele Model”. Amsterdam, 1759. Framed Picture size: 27 cm wide x 20 cm high. Size of the original engraving: 29 cm wide x 22 cm high. Framed. Excellent condition besides signs of a fold.

2259. English, John J.

Spiritual Freedom: From an Experience of the Ignatian Exercises to the Art of Spiritual Direction.

Guelph, Ontario, Loyola House, 1983. 15 x 20.5cm. 256 pages. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear, otherwise in very good condition.

2260. Ennis, John.

Selected Poems.

Dublin, The Dedalus Press, 1996. 15 cm x 23 cm. 224 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With a dedication to Kruger and his wife Nell to front free end paper. Enclosed is a letter to Kruger.