KING GEORGE III AND THE POLITICIANS: THE FORD LECTURES DELIVERED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 1951-2
Written by Richard Pares.
Stock no. 1830945
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1954. Very good condition.

This study of British politics from 1760 to 1832 deals with the reasons why people went into politics, the functions of party and patronage and the balance of power between King, Lords and Commons. George III is the central figure of the work and the author discusses the King's conception of his mission and his struggles with "that hydra faction". Reprinted lithoghraphically from corrected sheets of the first edition of 1953. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 214 pages including index. A few tiny air bubbles between cloth and boards. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Top rear edge of board knocked. Text block browned with a few minor foxspots. Endpapers browned. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots mainly to prelims.

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THE YEAR OF LIBERTY: THE STORY OF THE GREAT IRISH REBELLION OF 1798
Written by Thomas Pakenham.
Stock no. 1830943
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A very thorough and readable telling of the 1798 United Irishmen movement and the uprising against British rule in Ireland. The author gives an almost day-to-day account of the heroic and tragic events that shook the British and the Protestant Ascendency in Ireland. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 416 pages including index. ISBN: 0340106409. Small mark to top of front board, top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed, else boards clean. Text block is grubby & dusty with a few foxspots. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a small chip to top of spine, very lightly faded to spine.

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THE KING'S GLASS: A STORY OF TUDOR POWER AND SECRET ART
Written by Carola Hicks.
Stock no. 1830942
Published by Chatto & Windus. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Each year more than 250,000 people visit the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, one of Europe's best known buildings. This book tells the untold story of the Chapel's crowning glory, its stained glass windows, and of the people who created them - the triumphant culmination of a project completed despite wars, the death of kings and violent religious conflict. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine.Colour & b/w plates. ix and 246 pages including index. ISBN: 9780701179922. Fifth impression. Boards clean. Small mark to vertical edge of text block. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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GARIBALDI AND THE MAKING OF ITALY
Written by G.M. Trevelyan.
Stock no. 1830935
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1911. Almost very good condition.

This is the final volume of British historian GM Trevelyan’s epic trilogy, covering the life and career. of Guiseppe Garibaldi The first two books covered Garibaldi’s rise as a national figure in the Italian states, and how he navigated the web of European powers who sought to retain control of their territories. This final instalment shows Garibaldi at last achieving his dream of a united Italy, by way of compromise with the powerful republican Count Cavour. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates plus 4 maps. xix and 390 pages including index plus 2 page publisher advert to rear. Third impression. Spine faded and a little marked, shelf worn at head and tail. A few light marks to boards. Endpapers and text block browned. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to margins.

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PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF CHESTERFIELD AND NEWCASTLE 1744-46
Written by Richard Lodge.
Stock no. 1830933
Published by Offices Of The Royal Historical Society. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

Part I: Chesterfield at the Hague; Part II: Chesterfield at Dublin; edited with an introduction and notes. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xlv and 155 pages including index. Spine is very faded, a couple of pin holes to spine cloth. Heavy fading also to rear spine edge and a small mark to rear board. Minor foxing to text block, top edge of text block browned. Endpapers lightly browned, neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to prelims else contents clean.

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MR BALFOUR'S POODLE
Written by Roy Jenkins.
Stock no. 1330814
Published by Collins. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An account of the struggle between the House of Lords and the Government of Mr Asquith. Grey mottled cloth with gilt title to spine. 320 pages. B/w plates. Minimal shelf wear to spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is lightly edge worn, foxed on rear panel, small mark to top edge of front panel.

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THE DONS: MENTORS, ECCECNTRICS AND GENIUSES
Written by Noel Annan.
Stock no. 1330813
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Why the dons mattered and their role in shaping higher education. Black boards, silver title to spine. 357 pages (including index). B/w plates. ISBN: 0002570742. Minimal shelf wear to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is sunned to spine and edges of front panel.

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POLITICS IN THE AGE OF PEEL
Written by Norman Gash.
Stock no. 1330812
Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1953. Good condition.

A study in the Technique of Parlimentary Representation 1830-1850. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. 496 pages (including index). Covers edge rubbed, bumped to spine and lightly damp(?) marked. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock and endpapers.

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THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CONSTITUTION 1688-1815 DOCUMENTS AND COMMENTARY
Written by E.N. Williams.
Stock no. 1330809
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1960. Good condition.

Paperback. 464 pages (including index). Covers rubbed and creased, vertical creases to spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean. Slight musty smell to contents.

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THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DOCTRINES OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
Written by Michael Oakeshott; Ernest Barker; Frederic A. Ogg.
Stock no. 1330808
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1950. Almost very good condition.

American edition if 5 prefaces by Ogg. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 241 pages. 8th printing of the American edition. Cloth is slightly dusty. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. A few corner tips creased. Some light foxing to textblock.

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LIFE IN GEORGIAN ENGLAND
Written by E.N. Williams.
Stock no. 1330807
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. A serious study of Georgian society and social life. A perceptive and revealing historical record. The author is a graduate of Cambridge University, and an authority on 18th Century England. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, slightly grubby and foxed/browned to spine.

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REFORMATION: EUROPE'S HOUSE DIVIDED 1490-1700
Written by Diarmaid Macculloch.
Stock no. 1330806
Published by The Penguin Group. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

Paperback edition. 831 pages (including index). B/w plates. ISBN: 0140285342. Spine lightly creased where book has been held open to read. Spine also lightly faded. Foxing to textblock and prelims. Pale page edge browning.

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