England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales
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Great Britain: Early Modern (Renaissance to 1800)
Ashton, Thomas Southcliffe, & Joseph Sykes. The Coal Industry of the Eighteenth Century, 2nd ed. Manchester UP, 1964. HC, very good+, no dj (a few scribbles on title page.) $25.00
Bannet, Eve Tavor. The Domestic Revolution: Enlightenment Feminisms and the Novel. Johns Hopkins UP, 2000. 304 pp. "Alongside the three revolutions we usually identify with the long 18th century, Enlightenment ideology gave rise to a quieter but no less significant revolution which was largely the fruit of women's imagination and the result of women's work. Bannet explores how 18th-century [British] women writers of novels, conduct books, and tracts addressed key social, political, and economic issues, revising public thinking about the family and refashioning women's sexual and domestic conduct." Extensive notes & bibliography. Hardcover, new, no dj. In print in paperback at $20.95; $15.00
Boswell, James; Frederick A. Pottle, ed. Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764. NY; Yale UP/McGraw-Hill, 1952. 433 pp. Part of the Yale UP series "The Private Papers of James Boswell." Explanatory footnotes. Hardcover, very good w/shabby dj. OP; $15.00
Court, W.H.B. A Concise Economic History of Britain from 1750 to Recent Times. Cambridge UP, 1954. HC, very good, no dj. $12.00
Floud, Roderick, & Donald McCloskey, eds. The Economic History of Britain since 1700. 2 volumes. Cambridge UP, 1981. PB, yellowed wraps, else good. $30.00
Gardiner, Robert, ed. Fleet Battle and Blockade: The French Revolutionary War 1793-1797. London; Chatham Publishing, 1996. 192 pp. Told mostly from the British POV; lavishly illustrated with contemporary drawings, plans, paintings, & maps in b/w. hardcover, oversize, near mint w/vg dj. In print at $49.95; $25.00*
George, M.Dorothy. London Life in the Eighteenth Century. Harper Torchbooks, 1965 (reprint of 1925 edn.). PB, good. $9.00
Gershoy, Leo. From Despotism to Revolution, 1763-1789. NY; Harper Torch, 1963. "Rise of Modern Europe" series. 355 pp. Extensive notes & bibliography. Paperback, very good. OP; $6.00
Goodwin, Albert. The Friends of Liberty: The English Democratic Movement in the Age of the French Revolution. Harvard, 1979. 594 pp. Extensive notes & bibliography. Hardcover, very good+ w/dj. Scarce. OP; $35.00
Hartwell, R.M., ed. The Causes of the Industrial Revolution in England. “Debates in Economic History.” (6 essays.) Methuen, 1969. PB, good. $6.00
Hibbert, Christopher, ed. Twilight of Princes. NY; Newsweek Books, 1974. 160 pp. Volume 7 in the "Milestones of History" series. 17 essays by various authors on milestone events of the 18th century, 1713-1799. Oversize, lavishly illustrated. Hardcover, near mint w/vg dj. OP; $12.00
Hole, Christina. English Home-Life, 1500 to 1800. London; Batsford, 1949. 184 pp. With bibliography, some illustrations. Hardcover, light wear to edges & corners, else good w/worn dj. OP; $12.00
Hyde, Charles K. Technological Change and the British Iron Industry, 1700-1870. Princeton UP, 1977. Scarce. HC, like new w/shelfworn dj. $50.00
Langton, John, & R.J. Morris. Atlas of Industrializing Britain, 1780-1914. Methuen, 1986. HC, like new w/good dj. $25.00
Laver, James. The Age of Illusion: Manners and Morals 1750-1848. NY; David McKay, 1972. 197 pp. Many illustrations, notes, extensive bibliography. Hardcover, very good w/shabby dj. OP; $17.00
Marshall, Rosalind K. The Days of Duchess Anne: Life in the Household of the Duchess of Hamilton, 1656-1716. NY; St Martin's, 1973. 256 pp. With extensive notes. hardcover, ex-library copy with usual markings, pocket, & dust jacket pasted to inner cover; slight wear to boards; else good. OP; $15.00
Nef, John U. Industry and Government in France and England, 1540-1640. Cornell UP, 1957. Small paperback, good. $4.00
Petrie, Sir Charles. The Four Georges: A Revaluation of the Period From 1714-1830. Boston; Houghton Mifflin, 1936. 321 pp. hardcover in library binding, ex-library copy with usual markings & pocket, else good, no dj. OP; $15.00
Rude, George. Paris and London in the Eighteenth Century: Studies in Popular Protest. NY; Viking, 1973 printing of 1952 original. 350 pp. Extensive notes. paperback, very good. OP; $9.00
Sa'adah, Anne. The Shaping of Liberal Politics in Revolutionary France: A Comparative Perspective. Princeton, 1990. 248 pp. "This wide-ranging book compares the liberal revolution in France to the liberal revolutions in England and America and argues that the causes and outcomes of these upheavals were decisive in shaping later patterns of politics. . . . In France, England, and America, the relationship of the state to society under the prerevolutionary regime limited revolutionary options. Sa'adah focuses on how this relationship created a politics of exclusion in France, while allowing a politics of transaction in England and America." Hardcover, new w/dj. In print at $45.00; $18.00
Sergeant, Philip W. Little Jennings and Fighting Dick Talbot: A Life of the Duke and Duchess of Tyrconnel. 2 volumes complete. London; Hutchinson, 1913. 673 pp total. Biography of the Irish-born supporter (1625-1691) of James II of England, and Lord-Deputy of Ireland. His wife was the sister of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Notes & appendices. Scarce. Hardcover, ex-library copy w/usual markings, bookplate, & pocket; some light staining & wear to binding consistent with age, else very good, solid, clean. OP; $50.00
Sherwig, John M. Guineas and Gunpowder: British Foreign Aid in the Wars with France, 1793-1815. Harvard UP, hardcover, 1969. Extremely scarce. Very good w/shabby dj. $85.00
Turberville, A.S. English Men and Manners in the 18th Century. NY; Oxford/Galaxy, 1957 (paperback of 1929 ed). 539 pp. Many illustrations, extensive bibliography. Paperback, a little pencil marking in text, else good, clean. OP; $12.00
Zahl, Paul F.M. Five Women of the English Reformation. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001. 120 pp. "Puts the spotlight on five strong and intellectually gifted women [Anne Boleyn, Katherine Parr, Jane Grey, Anne Askew, Catherine Willoughby] who, because of their absolute and unconditional commitment to the advancement of Protestant Christianity, paid the cost of their reforming convictions with martyrdom, imprisonment, and exile." Hardcover, near mint w/vg dj. OP; $10.00
Great Britain: Modern (1800 to present)
Ashton, Thomas Southcliffe. Iron and Steel in the Industrial Revolution, 3rd ed. Manchester UP, 1963. HC, very good, no dj. $25.00
Bellamy, Edward. Looking Backward, 2000-1887. St. Martins. PB, like new. $7.00
Clarkson, L.A. ed. British Trade Unions and Labour History: A Compendium. Contents: Musson, A.E.: British Trade Unions, 1800-1875; Lovell, John: British Trade Unions, 1875-1933; Gray, Robert: The Aristocracy of Labour in Nineteenth-Century Britain, c. 1850-1900; Roberts, Elizabeth: Women’s Work, 1840-1940. HC, like new. $30.00
Court, W.H.B. A Concise Economic History of Britain from 1750 to Recent Times. Cambridge UP, 1954. HC, very good, no dj. $12.00
Floud, Roderick, & Donald McCloskey, eds. The Economic History of Britain since 1700. 2 volumes. Cambridge UP, 1981. PB, yellowed wraps, else good. $30.00
Hartwell, R.M., ed. The Causes of the Industrial Revolution in England. “Debates in Economic History.” (6 essays.) Methuen, 1969. PB, good. $6.00
Hyde, Charles K. Technological Change and the British Iron Industry, 1700-1870. Princeton UP, 1977. Scarce. HC, like new w/shelfworn dj. $50.00
Kadish, Doris Y. Politicizing Gender: Narrative Strategies in the Aftermath of the French Revolution. Rutgers, 1991. 197 pp. "Kadish explores the intriguing links between gender and politics in the literature and painting of the French Revolutionary period and its aftermath in the 19th century. She uncovers the common cultural patterns that recur in such diverse French and English narrative and pictorial works as David's 'Marat assassine' and Dickens's 'A Tale of Two Cities.' She also pays special attention to women writers, highlighting their active participation in the production of political meaning in both the private and public spheres." Extensive notes. hardcover, new w/dj. OP; $12.00
Langton, John, & R.J. Morris. Atlas of Industrializing Britain, 1780-1914. Methuen, 1986. HC, like new w/good dj. $25.00
Laver, James. The Age of Illusion: Manners and Morals 1750-1848. NY; David McKay, 1972. 197 pp. Many illustrations, notes, extensive bibliography. Hardcover, very good w/shabby dj. OP; $17.00
McCloskey, Donald N., ed. Essays on a Mature Economy: Britain after 1840. Princeton UP, 1971. HC, like new. $20.00
Petrie, Sir Charles. The Four Georges: A Revaluation of the Period From 1714-1830. Boston; Houghton Mifflin, 1936. 321 pp. hardcover in library binding, ex-library copy with usual markings & pocket, else good, no dj. OP; $15.00
Smelser, Neil J. Social Change in the Industrial Revolution: An Application of Theory to the British Cotton Industry. Univ of Chicago Press, 1959. HC, book like new w/fair dj. $35.00
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