51. [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.

52. [English History Collection] – Miller, T.G.

Geology & Scenery in Britain.

London, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1953. Octavo. 224 pages. Illustrated with many photographs. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Some stronger signs of foxing ! Unusual in the beautiful dustjacket.

53. Verney, Frances Parthenope.

Memoirs of the Verney family during the seventeenth century.

Second edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, Longmans, 1904. 14 cm x 20cm. Volume I: XXI, 582 pages / Volume II: X, 574 pages. Original Hardcover (red cloth) with spinelabels. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spines of both volumes slightly rubbed. Spine-labels slightly detached.

54. Stanhope, Earl Philip Henry.

Miscellanies. With some supplementary letters.

Second Edition. London, John Murray, 1863. 12 cm x 19 cm. 144 pages. Original Hardcover (full brown calf with gilt lettering to spine). Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

55. [Green, Alice Stopford] Green, John Richard.

A Short History of the English People. To some extent re-written by Alice Stopford Green. With Maps and Tables.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1911. 19 cm. XXXIX, 847 pages. Illustrations, including maps, in colour and black and white. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some slight fading to frontcover and rubbing to spine. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard.

56. [English History Collection] – Macauley, Lord.

History of England. From the Accession of James II. A New Edition in Two Volumes.

Two Complete Volumes. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1886. 12 cm x 18.5 cm. Vol. I: XXIV, 776 pages / Vol. II: XI, 820 pages. Original hardcover / Price-Bindings with emblemata / coat of arms of Wellington College with their motto: “Heroum Filii”. Fair condition but with stronger signs of external wear. Both volumes’ spines have become worn and detached (Vol II’s more so than Vol I). The beautiful and large Exlibris / Bookplate of Wellington College to the pastedown of Volume I with manuscript award-inscription to J.C.V.Durrell at Christmas 1887. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown of Volume II and endpaper of Volume I. The set needs attention from a bookbinder.

57. Manning, William / Elgar, Francis.

The Year Boke of Odd Volumes. An annual record of the transactions of the Sette : seventeenth year, 1894-95. Compiled mainly from the Minute Book of the Sette, and imprynted for private circulation only. President Brother Francis Elgar LLD FRS.

Signed limited edition – No. 76 / 149 copies. London, Sette of Odd Volumes, 1897. 15-16 cm. 204 pages with many illustrations, portraits etc. Original hardcover / Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by President Brother Francis Elgar (Shipwright). From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. [Year Book VII].

58. [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.

59. [English History Collection] – [The 23rd London Regiment] [Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby (Foreword)] The Times Publishing Company.

The 23rd London Regiment 1798-1919. Compiled from contributions by former officers of the regiment with a foreword by Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby.

London, The Times Publishing Company Limited, 1936. 16 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece (Volunteers in the Uniforms of 1798), XVI, 188 pages. Several black and white maps throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Good condition with obvious signs of external wear. Some puncture marks on the cover carrying through to subsequent pages. Discoloration of pages, a dog ear on page 139 and some foxing to endpapers. Previous owner’s names in inkpen on endpaper dated 1936. Regiment’s insignia in gold on cover.

60. Boyd, William.

An Ice-Cream War.

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1982. 14 cm x 22 cm. 370 pages. One black and white map. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author William Boyd on the titlepage.

61. Symons, N.V.H.

The Story of Government House [Raj Bhavan].

Bengal, Bengal Government Press, 1935. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece (Lord Wellesley as Govenor General, 1800 from a painting by R. Home), 155 pages, XVII. Some black and white photographic plates and illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover. Good condition with obvious signs of external wear. Book block and binding intact although frontipiece is cleanly detached. Message in ink pen to endpaper “With love to Henry from the Staff 29/5/46”. Covers slightly warped.

62. [Muir, Richard / Hobhouse, Penelope and others / The Sunday Times].

The Making of the English Garden.

London, Macmillan, 1988. 23.5 cm x 29 cm. 224 pages. Hundreds of colour illustrations, drawings and photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

63. White, Gilbert.

The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton. With Illustrations in Colour by George Edward Collins, R.B.A.

London, Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1911. 19,5 cm x 26 cm. 476 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine only slightly chipped to bottom. Minor stain on backcover.

64. Cox, Reginald H.W.

Military Badges of the British Empire 1914 – 18.

Chicago, The Standard Art Book Co., 1982. 21.5 cm x 30 cm. 363 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

65. Madame Tussaud’s Ltd.

Madame Tussaud’s Exhibition. Official Guide & Catalogue.

Revised and brought up-to-date, July 1936 Edition. London, Madame Tussaud’s Ltd, 1936. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 80 Pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight damp stains on cover.

66. University College London – [Garratt, Arthur] / University College Magazine.

Vol. XVI – No. I. Autumn 1938. [With one photographic illustration of a “University Character” by Arthur Garratt and a photographic illustration of “Maude Lloyd” in Anthony Tudor’s ballet “Lysistra”].

London, Union Societies of University College, 1938. 19 cm x 25 cm. 84 Pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Loose binding by lower spine.

67. University College London – [Garratt, Arthur] / University College Magazine.

Vol. XVI – No. II. Spring 1939. [With four photographic illustrations of University Life by Arthur Garratt].

London, Union Societies of University College London, 1939. 19 cm x 25 cm. 158 Pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Pencil markings on back cover.

68. [English History Collection] – Soar, Hugh D.H.

Secrets of the English War Bow.

Yardley, Westholme Publishing, 2006. 16 cm x 23 cm. X, 245 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition.

69. Holinshed, Raphael.

Chronicles. Selections from the Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Introduction and Commentary by Michael Wood.

London, The Folio Society, 2012. 16 cm x 24.5 cm. XII, 435 pages. Including woodcut illustrations taken from the original two-volume edition published by Henry Bynneman in 1577. Original Hardcover. Cloth-bound volume with gilt decoration and slip case. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

70. [Monthy Python] Chapman, Graham / Cleese, John / Gilliam, Terry / Idle, Eric / Jones, Terry / Palin, Michael / and McCabe, Bob.

The Pythons – Autobiography by The Pythons.

London, Orion, 2003. 26 cm x 31.5 cm. 359 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Hardcover-Edition in excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

71. [English History Collection] – Lipscombe, Nick.

The Peninsula War Atlas.

First Edition. Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 2010. 30 cm x 25 cm. 384 pages. Original Hardcover with slip case. Quarter cloth-bound. Excellent condition.

72. Nance, R. Morton.

A New Cornish Dictionary: Gerlyver Noweth Kernewek.

Redruth, Agan Tavas, 1999. 14.5cm x 22.5cm. 200 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective Mylar covering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

73. Johnson, Steven.

The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World.

New York, Riverhead Books, 2006. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 299 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective Mylar covering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

74. [English History Collection] – Fulford, Roger.

Glyn’s 1753-1953: Six Generations in Lombard Street.

London / New York, Macmillan & Co Ltd / St Martin’s Press, 1953. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. XVI, 267. Original Hardcover with dustjacket covered in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Some browning of page edges. Slightly worn corners on cover. Inscription by preowner. Clean inside with solid binding.

75. Maclean, Kenneth.

England in the Eighteenth Century.

Toronto. The University of Toronto Press, 1942. 8°. 19 Pages. Original stapled wrappers (softcover). Good condition. Some signs of external wear – corners bumped. Some lines marked in pencil in margins. Binding tight, no loose pages. “With best wishes, Kenneth Maclean” inside front wrapper.

76. Langland, William.

The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman. According to the version revised and enlarged by the author ca. A.D. 1377. Edited by the Rec. Walter W. Skeat.

Tenth, revised edition. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1962. 11,5 cm x 17 cm. XLVIII, 216 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

77. Tollemache, Lionel A.

Old and Odd Memories.

London, Edward Arnold, 1908. 23cm x 15cm. 328 pages. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of age-related wear including some mild foxing. Inscribed and signed by Lionel A. Tollemache on the endpaper: “To Winnie – Lionel A. Tollemache” / Further inscribed by the recipient ‘Winnie’ who passed on the book as gift: “…+ then to my two dear American friends, the Davenport Wests from Cousin Winnie”.

78. [English History Collection] – Aspinall, A. [Ed].

Mrs. Jordan and her Family: Being the Unpublished Letters of Mrs. Jordan and the Duke of Clarence, later William IV.

First edition. London, Arthur Barker Ltd., 1951. 16 x 25cm. (27), 295 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to dustjacket and mild foxing to edges. Pre-owner’s name inscribed on front endpaper.

79. [English History Collection] – Morton, H.V.

In Search Of England / In Search Of Scotland / In Search Of Wales / In Scotland Again.

Four volumes. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929 / 1929 / 1936 / 1934. 13 x 19.5cm. 232 / 288 / 273 / 415 pages, with illustrations and maps. Original hardcover with gilt lettering. Very good condition with only minor signs of shelf wear and some stronger signs of foxing to edges. Wonderful set. [From the series “The Search Books”].