1. [English History Collection] – [Boswell, James]. Pottle, Frederick A. [ed.].

Boswell’s London Journal – 1762-63.

London, The Folio Society, 1985. 16 cm x 24.5 cm. VIII, 365 pages. With 20 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Quarter cloth-bound with slip case missing !! Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

2. [English History Collection] – [Churchill, Winston] Soames, Mary.

Family Album: A Personal Selection from Four Generations of Churchills.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. 22 cm x 27 cm. 216 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Worn edges on dustjacket.

3. [English History Collection] – [Elizabeth I.] Weir, Alison.

The Life of Elizabeth I.

First US Edition. New York, Ballantine Books, 1998. Octavo. 532 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. [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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. [English History Collection] – [Hardy, Thomas] Fowles, John/ Draper, Jo.

Thomas Hardy’s England.

London, Jonothan Cape, 1984. 22cm x 23cm. 192 pages. With extensive photograph illustrations. Original Hardcover with original illustrated (price-clipped) dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to the jacket. Name of preowner on endpaper.

8. [Henry, David / Power, Francis / Carnan, Thomas / Sir Christopher Wren] Anonymous.

An Historical account of the Curiosities of London and Westminster, In Three Parts. Part I. Contains a full description of the Tower of London, and every thing curious in and belonging to it. Part II. Contains The History of Westminster-Abbey, from its foundation to the present time ; with its Antiquities, Tombs, and Inscriptions. Part III. Treats of the Old Cathedral of St. Paul’s and the new ; together with a full account of the Monument, London-Stone, the City-wall, Gates, and other Antique [Roman] remains.

With three separate titlepages. London, Printed for Francis Power and Thomas Carnan, 1785 – 1789. Small Octavo (11,5 cm x 17 cm). Part I: IV, 64 pages / Part II: IV, 139 pages plus 5 pages of a thorough Index / Part III: IV, 56 pages. Hardcover / Original half-vellum with marbled paper-covered boards. Binding with some minor signs of wear. Binding and spine firm. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner Mary Gray written in ink on titlepages.

9. [English History Collection] – [Isabella, Queen consort. Edward II of England]. Weir, Alison.

Queen Isabella – Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England.

First Edition. New York, Ballantine Books, 2005. 17 cm x 24 cm. XXI, 487 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition, like new.

10. [English History Collection] – [Komarova, Natalie / Lemarchand, Louis / Fischer, Clifford C.] Stone, E.A. / Poulsen, M. / Bell, Major C.H. / Ramsden, Jas. H. / de Wynter, Ivon.

The London Casino Restaurant – Brochure. [Plaisirs de Paris / Montmartre a Minnit]

London, London Casino Restaurant, no year (c.1930). Quarto (21,5 cm x 28 cm). 32 pages with numerous advertising and revue pictures. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.