1. [English History Collection] – Heath, Baron [John Benjamin] / [Carritt, R. Graham].

Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London.

Third Edition. London, Privately Printed, 1869. Large Octavo. Frontispiece (Saint Anthony, tutelar Saint of the Company of Grocers), XVI, 601 pages with many illustrations (steel-engravings) and one facsimile. Hardcover / Original publishers quarter morocco with gilt lettering on spine and Emblemata on cover. Top edge gilt. Only some faint signs of dampstain to the outer margins of the illustrations. Otherwise in splendid condition with only minor signs of external wear. Presentation copy from Master Ernest Woodhame to R. Graham Carritt on the occasion of his admission to the Livery of the Company in June 1927. With a bookplate of Grocer’s Hall to the front pastedown.

2. Buchanan, R. Ogilvie.

An Economic Geography of the British Empire. With Forty-Nine Diagrams and Maps and Sixteen Numbered Plates in Half-Tone Printed in the Text.

London, University of London Press, 1935. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. X, 346 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original turquoise cloth] with lettering on spine and bordered front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and soiling. Binding firm and strong but slightly cocked. Textblock solid with sharp corners. Interior bright and clean. Bookseller’s label on front pastedown.

3. England – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Manchester and its Environs – With Vignettes of Collegiate Church, Royal Infirmary, Branch Bank of England, Athenaeum, Townhall, Post office and Free Library.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by H. Watkins. London & New York, The London Printing Company, 1851. Plate Size: 49 cm x 36 cm. Sheet Size: 51 cm x 37.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map / city-plan in very good condition.

4. Trevelyan, G.M.

Illustrated English Social History. – Volume One: Chaucer’s England and the Early Tudors / Volume Two: The Age of Shakespeare and The Stuart Period / Volume Three: The Eighteenth Century / Volume Four: The Nineteenth Century. Illustrations Selected by Ruth C. Wright.

Four Volumes (Complete Set). London / New York / Toronto, Longmans, Green and Co., 1949 / 1950 / 1951 / 1952. 22.2 cm x 14.5 cm. Pagination: Volume One: Colour frontispiece, XVI, 175 pages. Many illustrations, colour and gravure plates throughout. / Volume Two: Colour frontispiece, XI, 206 pages. Many illustrations, colour and gravure plates throughout. / Volume Three: Colour frontispiece, XI, 209 pages. Many illustrations, colour and gravure plates throughout./ Volume Four: XI, 186 pages. Many illustrations, colour and gravure plates throughout. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only minor to moderate foxing to front, rear pastedown enpapers, endpapers and dustjackets. Edges discoloured. Faded red decoration to top edges. Dustjackets slightly frayed, Volume Four with one illustration loosely inserted. A previous owners name, dated 1950 and inscription on front enpaper of Volume Two. Ephemera loosely inserted in Volume Three.

5. Poynter, J. R. [John Riddoch].

Society and Pauperism – English Ideas on Poor Relief, 1795-1834.

London, Routledge & K. Paul, 1969. Octavo. XXV, 367 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. [Studies in social History – Edited by Harold Perkin].

6. [English History / Large Countryhouse Library].

Large Countryhouse Library with more than 1000 items: Books, Maps and Engravings relevant to English / British History from the Bronze Age, Roman History in Britain and Medieval History in Britain, General English History through all the ages of Renaissance and Enlightenment to the 19th and 20th century. With many very important, historical critical publications of the 20th century, dealing with the development of english society and culture. The collection includes a wonderful amount of modern books in near mint condition, many of which are in protective Collector’s Mylar. This is not an average collection but a themed, focused assembly of materials which also include collections of 18th and 19th century Maps of England, the British Isles, English Counties and Cities as well as Maps of former Colonial Possessions of the Empire, Decorative Engravings, themed illustrations and newspapers of military campaigns like the Crimean War etc. Also included are books on British Art and Architecture, publications on English Cultural History, its Natural History and Landscape as well as many monographs on English Local History, including the Channel Islands etc. etc. [The collection includes rare and collectable historical publications as well as modern publications and is progessively catalogued with detailed descriptions and wonderful images for each item. New additions can be seen reguarly on our website under “Libraries & Collections” – please look for “English History Collection”].

London and others, 1700 – 2000. Octavo / Quarto / Folio. Binding-Variations include decrorative historical bindungs as well as: Original Softcover / Orginal Hardcover / Original Hardcover with dustjackets in Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The international shipping of the collection with UPS Express Courier is included in the price.

7. [English History Collection] – Barclays Bank Ltd.

The Story of a Site.

England, Charles Barker and Sons Limited, 1959. 20.5 cm x 26 cm. 24 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout publication. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and discolouration on endpapers only. Original calling card of bank manager inside cover.

8. [English History Collection] – Palmer, Marilyn / Neaverson, Peter.

Industrial Archaeology: Principles and Practice.

London, Routledge, 1998. 17.5 cm x 24.5 cm. XII, 180 pages including many photographs and illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscription by preowner.