BRITISH HISTORY from Capricorn Books

New York: Random House, 2003. 270 pp, 10 1/4" H. Colour and b&w photographs. "(I)ntroduces contemporary cooks to the foods of William Shakespeare's world with recipes updated from classic sixteenth- and seventeenth-century cookbooks. Easy-to-prepare adaptations shatter the myth that the Bard's primary fare was boiled mutton. In fact, Shakespeare and his contemporaries dined on salads of fresh herbs and… Read more about this item

Boston: David R. Godine, 1980. 208 pp, 9 3/4" H. Map endpapers, b&w and colour illustrations. "From the day they were first written, Julius Caesar's seven books of 'Commentaries', on his campaigns in Gaul (58 to 50 BC) - modern France, Belgium, southern Netherlands, Germany west of the Rhine, most of Switzerland - have provided an unmatched account of… Read more about this item

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024. 342 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w illustrations. "Many of the animals we encounter in everyday life, from pets and farm animals to the wild creatures of field and forest, have remained the same since medieval times. But the words used to name and describe them have often changed beyond recognition, starting with the Old… Read more about this item

London: Thames & Hudson, 2015. 240 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs, maps, charts, reproductions. "New discoveries in genetics have overturned the dogma of decades about the Celts. Today Celtic languages cling to precarious life on the northwestern fringes of Europe. Delve into the pre-Roman past and we find Celtic spoken across the contintent. The heritage of the Celts… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury, 2014. 376 pp, 9 1/2" H. Pictorial endpapers, sepiatone photographs throughout. "Conventional histories of the Great War have tended to focus on the terrible attritional battles of Ypres, of Arras and of the Somme. What they do not tell us is what life was like for the ordinary soldier, what mattered to him, and how he survived,… Read more about this item

Stroud: Sutton, 2008. 151 pp, 10" H. B&w photographs, map. "(O)ffers a new insight into the many roles of Britain's Fire Services through personal anecdotes and the use of recently discovered archive documents. This fascinating timeline of firefighting history takes the reader from the emergency caused by the air raids in the First World War through the subsequent planning… Read more about this item

Edinburgh / London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1874. Two volume set - [xii], 428 pp + [vii], 367 pp, 9" H, faded red cloth boards with gilt lettering/decoration on spines, gilt lettering and gilt/black decoration on front boards, blindstamped decoration on rear boards. All maps/illustrations are present, although the list states that two maps are in a pocket at… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent, 1965. 230 pp, 9" H, teale green cloth with gilt lettering/decoration on spine, gilt 'duck in flight' on front board, top edge of textblock dark green. B&w illustrations throughout. The author/illustrator describes his leisurely journey down the Thames, from the designing and building of his boat, The Willow, through excursions to churches, woodlands, pubs, etc. along… Read more about this item

London: Quiller, 1992. 117 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w illustrations. "Marie Tussaud's achievement was phenomenal. In the first half of the nineteenth century it was hard for a woman to make a success of any kind of business without male partnership, money, or influence behind her. Marie had none of these, and yet proved herself a career woman ahead… Read more about this item

Richmond, Surrey: Public Record Office, 2001. 222 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H). B&w illustrations. "This guide shows enthusiasts and researchers how to find records relating to railway companies, individuals who served on the railways and the trains themselves. From the first days of steam to the golden age of train travel at the start of the… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent, 1903. 268 pp, 8 1/4" H, blue cloth with gilt decoration/lettering on spine and boards by Arthur Rackham, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, attached red ribbon bookmark. Colour frontispiece and 7 sepiatone plates by Lucy Kemp-Welch - all present and complete with original tissue guards. Endpapers and several b&w head and tail pieces by… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Warne, 1928. 214 pp, 8 5/8" H, green cloth with gilt lettering/decoration on spine and front board, top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers, decorated title page, 12 colour plates (including frontispiece - all present), b&w head & tailpieces. Chapter headings: The Heart of Merrie England; The Village Green; Merrie England at Play; The Lord of Misrule; "Come to the… Read more about this item

London: G. Bell and Sons, 1963. 570 pp, 7 1/2" H, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Map endpapers, 60 b&w illustrations."Pepy's Diary is one of the world's great books. For general interest few Diaries can compare with it, while as a record of nature at work in man it is unique. Yet, because it is a formidable-looking… Read more about this item

Dublin: Gill Books, 2013. 314 pp, 8 1/2" H. "This superb account of life on the Great Blasket Island off the west coast of Kerry, written as the nineteenth century draws to its close and the dawn of a new era trespasses on the lives of its small community, is both a shocking and captivating read. Here is the first… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent, 1899. 304 pp, 8 1/4" H, dark blue cloth with gilt decoration/lettering on spine and boards by Arthur Rackham, top edge gilt, attached maroon ribbon bookmark. 5 b&w plates by R.W.A. Rouse (including frontispiece) and 2 colour plates of birds by Ralph Hodgson - all present and with original tissue guards. A loose tissue guards protects the… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2002. 340 pp, 8 1/2" H. "Behind the passionate debate over gun control and armed crime lie assumptions about the link between guns and violence, including the belief that more guns in private hands mean higher rates of armed crime. But are these assumptions valid? Investigating the real relationship between guns and violence, (the… Read more about this item

London: PRO Publications, 1996. 126 pp, 4to (11 1/2" H). B&w and colour illustrations. "For at least six centuries the authorities in England and Wales have kept a watchful eye on the activities of dissidents from the Established Church. Many of their observations and decrees have found their way into the Public Record Office which today provides students of… Read more about this item

New York: Pegasus Books, 2017. 306 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w and colour illustrations. "James Parkinson (1755-1824) defined (the ailment now named for him) so precisely that we still diagnose Parkinson's disease today by recognizing the symptoms he identified. With insight and clarity, Cherry Lewis reveals the story of this remarkable man's contributions to the Age of Englightenment by… Read more about this item

London: Printed for A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, et al., 1720. 480 pp, 585 pp, 12 3/4" H. The first collected edition. Contemporary leather binding with five raised bands on spines, blind stamped decoration on front/rear boards. Original spine labels have been replaced with newer black leather labels with gilt lettering/banding. **Lacks frontispiece portrait.** The first section… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 2007. 290 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "Before the Great War tore England apart and changed the way people lived forever, there was the glorious summer of 1911, when the country seemed full of promise and blissfully unaware of the coming storm. (The author's) portrait of that sunlit season, transports us to a… Read more about this item