Search Results: History of Great Britain from Elk Creek Heritage Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: The Viking Press, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Floyd, Gareth. 3rd Printing Stated Third printing May 1978. Pale gold boards with gray spine cloth and silver spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Endpapers contain maps. Dust Jacket very good with gentle shelf & edge wear; not price clipped.

New York: Crescent Books, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First English Edition published by Colour Library International Ltd, 1982. This edition is published by Crescent Books, 1982, Hard cover in very good condition. Deep blue boards with light rubbing at head & heel of spine corners. Text block clean and tight. Dust jacket very good; 3/8"" closed tear at top front corner. End papers display a collage of color photographs; beautiful glossy colored photos throughout. * From the book, ""This is the stuff of which fairy tales are made,"" said the Archbishop of Canterbury in his address at the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales. It was an apt observation. The interest with which the nation watched the blossoming of their romance, the wave of enthusiasm and goodwill generated by their engagement, the excited anticipation and rapturous joy of their remarkable wedding--all these were fitting accompaniments to the whirlwind story of the quiet, unassuming… Read More

New York: William Morrow, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains a section of 8 leaves / 16 pages of black & white photographs. Dust jacket very good; no price on jacket flap. * From the book, ""That the beautiful, complicated Princess of Wales--arguably the most celebrated woman of the twentieth century--died so violently and so young was tragic. That she was a single mother leaving behind two emotionally vulnerable sons made Diana's death at thirty-six all the more heartbreaking. Four years after Diana's death, Prince William and his brother Prince Harry--""The heir and the spare,"" as Fleet Street dubbed them--are the planet's two most-photographed, written-about, and speculated about young men.""

The Modern Library: Random House, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover Modern Library edition, 1955. Size approx. 5"" x 7"". Green boards with front containing black rectangle with title and author in gold colored lettering and illustration of the Modern Library Logo. Endpapers contain repeated illustration of a book and logo. Front free end paper has a one inch round red stamp containing the letter H. Text block is clean & tight, no writing, notes, markings noted. General light age toning to the papers. Top text block stained a dull navy color. 379 numbered pages. Dust jacket in good condition showing shelf & edge wear. Chips to top and bottom of spine; front flap has corner triangles cut off. General overall age toning to the white background; spine appears sunned - showing a blue color where front is purple.

Chicago, Ill.: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. Copyright 1975. Published in 1985. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Contains 16 pages of black and white photos. * From the rear cover: "". . .Britain was at a time of critical social change; years not only of imperial power and aristocratic influence but of labour unrest, the feminist revolt and the toppling of the House of Lords. Paul Thompson's oral history shows us how near and how far Britain was to revolution in the years before World War I."" The Times Educational Supplement noted, ""Must be regarded as an important step in rescuing Edwardian history from what he rightly calls an academic limbo.. . . combines the qualities of readability, breadth of focus, willingness to explain. . . . ""Quite the most readable and illuminating piece of historical sociology to have been published in a long time.""

Meadville, Pennsylvania: Flood and Vincent: The Chautauqua Century Press, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. A volume from The Chautauqua Literary Scientific Circle. Hard cover in very good condition with blue boards. Delicate black decorative border design on front board with black circular panel in center with title in blue raised letters. Decorations in black on spine with title in gold-gilt. Overall shelf & edge wear; head & heel of spine shows rubbing & wear. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing or markings noted. Text block edges dust-toned. Black line drawing illustrations throughout. Frontspiece is a map: ""Physiographical Map of the British Isles."" From the Preface, ""This little treatise traces the growth of the English nation form its beginnings in a weak and struggling island community to its present [1894] attainment of maritime supremacy and world-wide empire. ....social, economic, and political conditions. . . industrial prosperit,… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1975. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated: First published in the United States of America 1975. Hard cover in very good condition with redish-orange boards and gold gilt spine lettering. End papers contains a map of England & Normandy. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. 530 numbered pages. Light shelf wear and light foxing to text block edges. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf & edge wear. Age toning and foxing to white of dust jacket flaps; some browning on back flap as if offset from a newspaper clipping. Not price clipped. * From the book, "". . . the core of this book lies in the detailed examination of just what the Normans contributed to the England that was built up by the 14th century, and just why the conflicts which the Conquest brought about, and their ultimate overcoming, had such a powerful and fruitful result. . . ""

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. There is no edition noted on either the Title Page or the Copyright Page. Hard cover in very good condition with red board and gold spine lettering. Front cover contains in an embossed rectangle a facsimile in gold gilt of Victoria's signature. Heavy stock gray endpapers. Text block clean & tight with no markings to note. Papers mildly age toned. Text block edges age toned & dust-dulled. Side text block edges uncut. Contains three sections, four leaves/eight pages each, of glossy black & white portraits, photographs, and illustrations. Bound in before the Index, between pages 604 & 605, is 34 1/2 inch fold-out sheet containing ""The Ancestry & Descendants of Queen Victoria"" (excluding members of the Royal Family not mentioned in the text.) There is a one inch slit along the first fold-line nearest the bound in edge of the long fold out. Concludes with extensive Reference Section… Read More

London: New Orchard Editions, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First published in 1991 by Arms and Armour Press in London. This edition first published in 1994 by New Orchard Editions in London. Printed in Great Britain. Hard cover in fine condition with glossy pictorial boards that mirror the likewise fine dust jacket. Interior clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Rather than the usual price on dust jacket front, there is at the bottom of flap, the words, ""Previously published at ú19.95."" Overall presents as new and unread. * From the front jacket flap, ""The regimental system has been a fundamental element of the British Army for more than a hundred years. Based on regional identities, the system elicits a fierce loyalty from soldiers steeped in the traditions and history of their unit and native region. As a result of amalgamations a smaller army has evolved, and the focus of pride has inevitably been broadened; sometimes it has been eliminated… Read More

New York: Warner Books, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 3rd Printing 3rd Printing. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Has light smudge on bottom text block. Front and back end papers show The Royal House of Windsor geneology. Dust jacket in very good condition. * From the book, ""The author has unveiled and examined the private and public lives of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Princess Diana, Prince Andrew, and Sarah, the Duchess of York, as well as their forebears and predecessors, as no other biographer has been able to do.""

New York: Constable / Dorset, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Stated on copyright page: First published in Great Britain 1978; Paperback edition first published 1989; This edition printed in the United Sates of America. Number line: M 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Hard cover in fine condition with dark mustard colored boards, red spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket likewise in fine condition; not price clipped - there is no printed price. Contains two section of four leaves / eight pages each of black & white photographs of the people, places & buildings narrated in the text. Concludes with a Select Bibliography, Notes to the Chapters, and an extensive Index. 257 numbered pages. * Foreward by Major-General W. D. M. Raeburn, Resident Governor and Keeper of the Jewel House, HM Tower of London. From the book, ""The Tower of London . . . England's most famous secular building. . . .the existing complex… Read More

New York: Steub and Day, 1968. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Printed in Great Britain by William Clowes and Sons, Ltd. Stated: First published in the United States of America by Stein and Day Publishers, 1968. No other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with royal blue boards; gold gilt spine lettering; sunning to the spine. Top of text block stained red. Interior text block clean & tight but for a large check mark at top right of front free end paper; no other writing or markings noted. Contains pages wtih, in total, 15 glossy black & white photographs and also several illustrations. Dust jacket very good with shelf & edge wear, age toning, corners bumped & chipped; wrinkles, small chips, and wear to head & hell of spine. Not price clipped. From the jacket, ""The trial in 1820 of Queen Caroline, consort of George IV, was not only the most scandalous in which a member of the English royal family has been involved, it was also one… Read More

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., Publishers, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Printed in Great Britain. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. End papers End papers have photograph of ""A column of cow-guns on the veldt."". Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted but for a smudge at top of page 153 (does not effect text.) Contains two sections of 8 leaves/16 pages each of black & white photographs. Dust jacket good with shelf wear, edge wear, and age toning to white portions. Not price clipped. Each campaign is written by a different contributor and concludes with a section of references. * From the jacket flap, ""This volume has been written in the conviction that much of interest remains to be said about the small campaigns and expeditions from which the British Empire was seldom free during Victoria's long reign. Certainly there have been many detailed accounts of these minor… Read More

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1992. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Originally published in Great Britain under title 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII."" This is the First American Edition. Hard cover in fine condition with red boards; gold and red gilt spine lettering; on front board gold gilt author initials followed by red gilt initials of the six wives. Side edges deckle. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Five separate sections of four leaves / eight pages each of both black & white and color photographs of paintings, people, places, and a facsimile letter from the period. Dust jacket in fine condition; not price clipped. * From the book, "". . . richly dramatic and singularly illuminating study . . . .uncovers the complex and fascinating individuals whose true characters have been shrouded for centuries by stereotype and legend. . . . makes clear the remarkably high level of strength and intelligence displayed by these six… Read More