Britain, The British, British Life from JWMah

NY: The Viking Press, 1981. (USA) 1st printing of this American edition. Owner's inscription to endpaper, slight fading to extreme edges of cover cloth where unprotected by dust jacket, Very Good in unclipped Very Good dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to corner of flap fold. Hardcover, 144pp, B&W illus with colour reproduction of watercolours. Coleman and his wife… Read more about this item

London: Phoebe Phillips / Heinemann, 1982. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. Owner's insitial to the endpaper, no other markings, stright fading to cover colour at the extreme top edge, thus Near Fine in price-clipped Near Fine dust jacket. Light red boards, 288pp, index. Maps, B&W and colour photos and illus. Four main texts have been put together into a… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1993. (UK) First in this abridged, illustrated format. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 264pp, index, lavishly illustrated with colour illus augmented with B&W illus. With Antionia Fraser's abridged biography at its core, this lovely illustrated book chronicles the life and times of Charles II. It paints a picture of a glorious… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1990. (UK) Presumed 1st edition No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published in about Fine slipcase with a touch of rubbing to corner tips at opening. . Hardcover boards with maroon cloth spine and gold spine title, 352pp, index, mostly B&W illus but colour frontis and some colur plates. (3.0 JM HOJ 303/0. 1st. Hardcover.… Read more about this item

London: Hulton Press Ltd., 1940. (UK) 1st publication. No markings, the cloth along the front spine edge is rubbed and starting to split, the book has sewn signatures but is rather shaken, a touch of rubbing to cover edges, thus Fair used copy; lacking the dust jacket. Blue cloth, 239pp, B&W photos. Compiled by the photojournalist Stefan Lorant from… Read more about this item

London: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd., 1948. (UK) 5th impression 1948. No markings, but a small patch of faint white residue to cover of Volume II, slight spine slant to volume V, otherwise Good to VG; lacking the dust jackets. Blue cloth with gold spine titles. Volume I: Crows to Firecrest, xl, 326pp, index, 32 colour plates; B&W illus in… Read more about this item

NY: Doubleday, 2007. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fie unclipped half-dust jacket with the upper portion exposing the cover illustration, Hardcover, illus. endpapers, 481pp, index, colour lates, B&W illus. In this perfect companion to London: The Biography,Peter Ackroyd once again delves into the hidden byways of history, describing the river’s endless allure in a journey overflowing with characters,… Read more about this item

Cambridge / NY: Cambridge Univeristy Press, 1989. (UK) 1st publication, No markings, Fine in Very Good dust jacket with small chip and crease to lower edge of front panel. Dj is in mylar sleeve. Hardcover, 391pp, index, 340 B&W illus. Cowling is a Lecturer in the Hstry of Art , Homerton College, Cambridge. This book oooks at the… Read more about this item

UK: The Hawthorns School, 2001. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page: "To--------/ with my very best wishes/ Tim Johns/ 11.5.02", no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 151pp, index, colour illus to endpapers, B&W photos. The Hawthorns School is an independent preparatory school for boys ans girls aged 2 to 13… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. (UK) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in about Fine dust jacket with soft crease to top edge of rear anel. . Hardcover, 424pp, index. no illus. This is a brilliant l and amusing ook at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people: how they talk, dress, eat, drink, work, play shop, drive,… Read more about this item

UK: James Foster Wadmore, 1880. (UK) No date given, possibly around 1880?, bookplate of James Foster Wadmore who I believe was born in 1822 and lived until 1903. He was associated with the Association of the Royal Institute of British Architects and wrote several books on the buildings and archaeology of the Tonbridge area. I believe these wartercolours are… Read more about this item

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office., 1960. (UK) 2nd printing (1969) Owner's tiny initial to corner of title page, bookplate to half-title, a brace of faint brownish spots to the back cover, otherwise about Very Good used copy. Wraps, 184pp, bibliography and sources. Lots of contemporary B&W illus showing gowns, evening dresses, ball dresses, promenade costumes, corsets, day dresses,… Read more about this item

Port Alberni: Spellbinders Publishing, 2010. (CADP Presumed 1st edition, No markings, Fine. Wrap with colour illus of Kerrymount House, 295pp, maps, B&W photos. This is a family history of the Wallaces, a SCottish Presbyterian family which settled near Dublin before their members emmigrated to Canada, New Zealand, and other places in the UK. The history starts about 1860 and includes… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 2011. (UK) 3rd printing of this edition, No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Boards, 304pp, index. colour and monochrome illu. An attractive book designed by Lee-May Lim. This is a Victorian era farming "bible" which dispenses information about planting hedges, to sheep shearing, from cheese-making to sheepdog training. The book was the informational basis for the… Read more about this item

NY: Rizzoli, 1993. (USA) 1st edition No markings, Fine in about Fine dust jacket with light rubbing to panel gloss of rear panel. Black cloth, 224pp, index, colour and B&W illus. This is alook at the "gentleman" as personified by the men of the English nobility and thier conduct of life. A heavy book. (4.0 JM LVR… Read more about this item

London: Hugh Rees Ltd., 1905. (UK) 5th edition, revised 1904. Owner's name to end paper, no other markings, slight toning to end papers, a touch of rubbing to cover corner tips, includes the folded map of British Coal Fields to pocket at the back of the book, fold-out map in excellent order, Very Good; no dust jacket. Black cloth with… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 2001. (UK) First publication, No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket with a tiny nicj to the spine edge. Boards, 378pp, index, B&W photos and illus. This book looks at the wave of satire and comedic geniu that arose in Britian in the 160s through Beyond the Fringe, The Establishment Club, Private Eye, and That Was the… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth & Co., 1909. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. Bookplate to front pastedown, there is a photograph of a plaque of Jefferies birthplace adhered to the front endpaper, a bit of rubbing here and there to the cover edges, a touch of foxing to the leading edge of pages,overall Very Good; lacking the dust jacket, Black cloth with gold… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Logman and F. Hannaford, 1837. (UK) First edition with the year 1837 to the title page. The spine backstrip is worn away showing the signature ends, with the original covers intact but barely held to the book by means of the end papers, the blue cover boards show wear to the corner… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1993. (UK) 3rd printing 1996. No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published, lacking the slipcase. Illus boards, brown cloth spine,pp, index, B&W illus. This book first appeared in 1950 and is an entertaining, authoritative description of late 18th-century English literati. (1.8 JM HOQ 100/2. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over… Read more about this item