MORE LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF A LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS FROM 1862 TO 1882
Written by Queen Victoria.
Stock no. 1828457
Published by Smith, Elder & Co.. 1884. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles and gilt picture of pine tree. Bevelled edges. B/w plates. Memories of Queen Victoria at Balmoral after the passing of Prince Albert. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Edges of boards lightly rubbed. Front joint starting to crack but binding is tight. Light diagonal crease to prelims. Light damp stain to lower corner of prelims and some plate margins.

Buy now for £35.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

WILLIAM THE LION 1143-1214: KINGSHIP AND CULTURE
Written by D.D.R. Owen.
Stock no. 1828454
Published by Tuckwell Press. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A biography of independent Scotland's longest-reigning monarch, William the Lion. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1862320055. A lovely copy.

Buy now for £16.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE CORONATION GIFT BOOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1328130
Published by Daily Graphic; Pitkin Pictorials. 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards with gilt titles. 7 colour plates plus b/w photos and illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a little dusty. Endpapers partially browned. Child's very heavy pencil writing (address) to verso of front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some slight loss at edges.

Buy now for £20.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

RICHARD THE THIRD
Written by Paul Murray Kendall.
Stock no. 1828298
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Text block browned. Contents otherwise clean. Red dustwrapper is scuffed and is faded to spine, rear panel grubby.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

ALL FOR THE KING: THE LIFE STORY OF SIR GEORGE CARTERET (1609-1680)
Written by G.R. Belleine.
Stock no. 1327925
Published by La Societe Jersiaise. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A biography of a very remarkable Jerseyman of the 17th century. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 188 pages. ISBN: 0901897108. Spine and corners bumped, a few small dents to cover edges. Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed and creased.

Buy now for £28.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ELIZABETH STUART, QUEEN OF BOHEMIA VOLUME II 1632-1642
Written by Elizabeth Stuart; Nadine Akkerman.
Stock no. 1828096
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Volume II only (of 3 volumes). This book covers Elizabeth's life as a widow controlling regency during her eldest son's minority and imprisonment. Edited by Nadine Akkerman. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780199551088. Shelf-wear to top of spine. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Else a lovely copy. Cream dustwrapper has a small closed tear (no loss) to lower front edge.

Buy now for £230.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE EMPRESS MATILDA: QUEEN CONSORT, QUEEN MOTHER AND LADY OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Marjorie Chibnall.
Stock no. 1828091
Published by Blackwell. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grandaughter of William the Conqueror and of King Malcolm of the Scots, and daughter of Henry I, Matilda fought for the throne of England for nine years and was denied it largely because she was a woman. In valour and determination, Matilday may be compared with Boudicca or with Elizabeth I. An account of her extraordinary, action-packed life. Green cardwraps. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 0631190287. Spine lightly faded. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

Buy now for £25.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE ARMY, JAMES II, AND THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
Written by John Childs.
Stock no. 1828074
Published by Manchester University Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. ISBN: 0719006880. Minor tape marks to boards. Foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded.

Buy now for £25.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

SECOND TO NONE THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS 1650-2000
Written by Julian Paget.
Stock no. 1327391
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Commissioned to mark the Regiment's 350th anniversary, it tells the proud story with flair and originality. Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 350 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0850527694. Spine bumped, heavy at base. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

Buy now for £28.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THATCHED WITH GOLD: THE MEMOIRS OF MABELL, COUNTESS OF AIRLIE
Written by Mabel Airlie; Jennifer Ellis.
Stock no. 1827141
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Mabell, Countess of Airlie, lifelong friend of Queen Mary and for over fifty years her lady-in-waiting. These are her memoirs edited and arranged by Jennifer Ellis, telling the story of a long and colourful life spanning the epoch between the horse-drawn carriage and the jet airliner, the cavalry charge and the H Bomb. Maroon cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Text block lightly browned. Red to top edge of text block very faded. Light browning to endpapers. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, chipped at corners with some slight loss, 1.5" closed tear to top rear corner, lightly browned.

Buy now for £64.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

QUEEN VICTORIA'S JUBILEE GARLAND
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325429
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1887. Good condition.

Small, oblong format. Cardwraps held together with a silk ribbon. 4 colour plates. Covers are grubby. Silk ribbon has been replaced with silver paper(?). Some grubby marks inside covers but plates still bright and clean.

Buy now for £110.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE QUEENS OF ARAGON: THEIR LIVES AND TIMES
Written by E.L. Miron.
Stock no. 1824398
Published by Stanley Paul & Co. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

Queens of the medieaval kingdom of Aragon. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and gilt crest to front. Bevelled board edges. Top edge gilt, lower edge untrimmed. B/w plates. 336 pages including index, 48 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Boards marked. Coffee (?) stains to top edge of prelims (not too bad). Endpapers browned. A few foxspots to contents, a few grubby marks. Text block browned. Front hinge starting to split but binding is tight. All plates present.

Buy now for £20.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List