THE HISTORY OF EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES, COMMONLY TERMED THE BLACK PRINCE, ELDEST SON OF KING EDWARD THE THIRD
Written by Alexander Bicknell.
Stock no. 1831317
Published by J. Bew. 1st 1776. Good condition.

With a Short View of the Reigns of Edward I; Edward II; and Edward II; and a Summary Account of the Institution of the Order of the Garter. Full leather binding, gilt title to spine. Marbled endpapers. B/w frontis. xvi and 352 pages. All edges red. Front board detached. Boards scuffed, corners worn, top of spine worn. Small patch of loss to leather spine. Bookplate of Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy to front pastedown - the eldest son of Mark Beaufoy the astronomer. Prelims badly bound in i.e. glued too far in. This leads to tearing and creasing of front hinge between title page and frontis (it is possible that the prelims have been glued in such a fashion to help hold the book together but it does make a bit of a mess to the prelims). 'Introduction' written in ink above the Introduction page xiii (also imprinted to facing page). Light page browning and scattered foxing throughout. A few old grubby marks to margins. Overall, a good working copy.

GEORGE IV REGENT AND KING
Written by Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 1331084
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. Light pink endpapers. 430 pages (including index), pull-out family tree to rear of book. B/w photos. ISBN: 0713904879. Minimal bumping to spine. Light scratch mark to front cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and faded to spine.

BERTIE - A LIFE OF EDWARD VII
Written by Jane Ridley.
Stock no. 1331081
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A magnificent and exhaustively researched book, drawing on numerous new discoveries and primary sources, which gives Bertie due credit while painting a vivid portrait of an age in all its excess and eccentricity. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. 608 pages (including index). B/w photos. ISBN: 9780701176143. Some foxing. Front joint cracked. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges.

LETTERS FROM GEORGE III TO LORD BUTE 1756-1766
Written by King George Iii; Romney Sedgwick.
Stock no. 1831208
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

John Stuart, Earl of Bute, was a favourite of George III. He was the King's tutor in the 1750s and rose quickly to high political office after George's accession in 1760. Bute faced the difficult task of negotiating peace at the end of the Seven Years War. Edited with an introduction by Romney Sedgwick. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. lxviii and 277 pages including index. Spine lightly browned. Text block lightly browned and foxed. Endpapers browned. A few annotations in the form of pencil highlighting to margins. A few foxspots to margins.

GEORGE III AND THE HISTORIANS
Written by Herbert Butterfield.
Stock no. 1831207
Published by Collins. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition.

A biography, which addresses the historical view of the monarch George III, and also discusses the scholarly controversy that centres on the King and his reputation as an unconstitutional tyrant. Turquoise cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 304 pages including index. Slight lean to spine. Boards are grubby, spine browned. Text block and endpapers browned. Some foxing present, mainly to text block.

GEORGE III AND THE MAD-BUSINESS
Written by Ida Macalpine; Richard Hunter.
Stock no. 1831206
Published by Allen Lane The Penguin Press. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

George III and the Mad-Business, argues that George III was not mad as was once thought. Instead, the author's claim that George suffered from the inherited metabolic disease, acute intermittent porphyria, a diagnosis they later amended to the milder, though even rarer disorder, variegate porphyria. This book is a fascinating combination of medical, pshychiatric and historical detection. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xv and 407 pages including index. ISBN: 0713901063. Text block lightly browned and lightly foxed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE EAGLE AND THE HART: THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD II AND HENRY IV
Written by Helen Castor.
Stock no. 1830528
Published by Allen Lane. Circa 2024. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration - and back again. One of the strangest and most fateful relationships in English history. A story about power, and masculinity in crisis, and a nation brought to the brink of catastrophe. At its heart, it is the story of two men whose lives were played out in extraordinary parallel, to devastating effect. Burgundy cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour photos. xxix and 652 pages including index. ISBN: 9780241419328. Third printing. Minor knock to lower edge of boards. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor creases.

UNCONQUERED: THE STORY OF KENT AND ITS LIEUTENANCY
Written by David McDine.
Stock no. 1830213
Published by The Allan Willett Foundation. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beacons flared across Kent in Elizabeth I's reign to warn of the Armada's approach. now the beacons celebrate great events like Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. And throughout the centuries the link has been the Lieutenancy, originally responsible for the defence of the Frontline County and now keeping alive the unique Spirit of Kent - still Unconquered. Large format. Dark blue imitation leather cloth boards with silver titles. Colour photos. 249 pages plus list of Lieutenants and Index. ISBN: 9780992834807. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Contained in dark blue imitation leather cloth slipcase which has a few marks and scuffs.

JAMES I: SCOTLAND'S KING OF ENGLAND
Written by John Matusiak.
Stock no. 1829642
Published by The History Press. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Few kings have been more svagely caricatured or grossly misunderstood than England's first Stuart. Yet, as this biography demonstrates, the modern tendency to downplay his defects and minimise the long-term consequences of his reign has gone too far. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 351 pages including index. ISBN: 9780750955621. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a barcode label with old price to rear panel.

FREDERICK THE GREAT: AN INFORMAL BIOGRAPHY
Written by Lawrence P.R. Wilson.
Stock no. 1829444
Published by Oswald Wolff. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The man behind the myth. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. vii and 304 pages including index. Top edge of text block has some minor foxing. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS
Written by Queen Victoria; Arthur Helps; Delia Millar.
Stock no. 1829106
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Published in honour of The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. From Queen Victoria's journal, 1848 to 1861. Introduced by Delia Millar. Red buckram cloth covered boards with extensive gilt and black decorations. Bevelled boards. B/w and colour illustrations. Limited edition of 1850 numbered copies. Large format. All edges gilt. Light vertical crease to free front endpaper, tip of lower corner of contents lightly creased (likely to have been dropped at some point but boards not affected). Else a lovely copy. This is copy 1198. Contained in publisher's red cloth solander case which is lightly speckled.

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.