Cowan, Paul (ed.): With Wellington In The Peninsula; The Adventures of a Highland Soldier, 1808-1814. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books, 2015. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 214. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54258
Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.): The Victoria History of (the County of) Wiltshire. Volume X. Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1975. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. Light shelf-wear, a touch of creasing to top edge of jacket, very good. Ref: 54091
Crowley, D. A. (ed.): The Victoria History of (the County of) Wiltshire. Volume XI: Downton Hundred, Elstub and Everleigh Hundred. Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1980. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. A touch of shelf-wear only, fine. Ref: 54092
Crowley, D. A. (ed.): The Victoria History of (the County of) Wiltshire. Volume XIII: South-West Wiltshire: Chalke and Dunworth Hundreds. Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1987. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear, a section of half-title lightly toned, outer edges and corners bumped, still a good copy. Ref: 54094
Crowley, D. A. (ed.): The Victoria History of (the County of) Wiltshire. Volume XIV: Malmesbury Hundred. Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1991. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. A hint of shelf-wear only, otherwise fine. Ref: 54095
Crowley, D. A. (ed.): The Victoria History of (the County of) Wiltshire. Volume XVI: Kinwardstone Hundred. Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1999. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. A touch of shelf-wear only, corners slightly bumped: still a very good copy. Ref: 54097
Cunningham, D.D.: The Growth of English Industry and Commerce during the early and middle ages. Cambridge: at the university Press, 1896. 8vo, pp. [xv], 714, [2 of advertisements]. Slight toning, edges uncut and dusty, but a very good copy. Red cloth. spine gilt, hinges weakening, spine a bit faded, but still good. Modern inscription to title. Third edition. Ref: 53520
Dale, Samuel: The History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt. Topographical, Dynastical and Political. London: printed for C. Davis, 1730. First edition. 4to. pp. [4], [xxiv], 464 + 14 plates (some folding). Small ink mark to title touching two words, light waterstaining at upper and lower gutter, a bit heavier to first and last couple of gatherings, edges dusty, occasional mainly marginal foxing, last two leaves a bit spotted. Contemporary polished English calf, sympathetic modern reback, spine gilt-lettered, boards and extremities rubbed. Book plate of Henry Miller dated 1885; autographs Elizth G. Mason, H.P. Bowen 1861 and Buntwood(?) to ffep; partly erased library stamp with English note on withdrawal and sale in 1962 to verso of title and p.101; later pencilled marginalia to a few leaves. The scarce first edition of this beautifully illustrated history of the antiquities and natural landscape of Harwich and Dovercourt, in Essex. Based on the unpublished historical work of the antiquary and state official Silas Taylor (1624-78), it was enlarged and revised with a very long appendix by the physician Samuel Dale (1659??1739), who focused on the natural history of the district. Thanks to his experience as apothecary, he had a thorough knowledge of plants and his annotations elaborate on Taylor's mentions of local landscape - for instance, he discussed plants that inhabited a local cliff, adding references to other botanic works. Additional sections are devoted to fish and fossils, both - like the notes on plants - superbly illustrated with engraved specimens. ESTC T134050; Brunet 13544; Haller, Bib. botanica, 14. ESTC locates only 1 copy in the US. Ref: 51728show full image..
Dart, J(ohn): (Cole, J., illus.:) The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury and the Once-Adjoining Monastery: Containing, An Account of its First Establishment [...] A Survey of the Present Church and Cloysters [...] The Lives of the Archbishops [...] An Appendix of Ancient Charters and Writings [...]. London: printed, and sold by J. Cole, J. Hoddle, J. Smith, A. Johnson, 1726. Folio, pp. [iv], IX, [i], 204, lvi, including list of subscribers in the form of nine pages showing their coats of arms (page ix having 26) + 4 double-page plates and 37 further plates. Title page in red and black, woodcut initials and head- & tail-pieces, additional engraved illustrations in the text. Occasional light smudges, some sooty marks to p.117. Contemporary calf neatly rebacked, gilt spine label, date to tail of spine, plain gilt borders, corners repaired, edges sprinkled red, endpapers replaced. Very good. John Dart (d. 1730) suffered a somewhat lacklustre reputation in his endeavours as both an attorney and an antiquary. His main antiquarian works comprised Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peter's, Westminster (published in two volumes first in 1723 and then posthumously in 1742) and this work on Canterbury Cathedral. The two received as little acclaim as his literary endeavours, as both were considered "more notable for the quality of their engravings [...] than their antiquarian content". Richard Gough considered the former "a pompous, but very inaccurate work" (Gough, 1.763), and William Gostling, in his A Walk in and about the City of Canterbury (1774), wrote of the latter that "Mr Dart came to see our cathedral, and did see it, most certainly; but it is one thing to see and another to observe" (Gostling, 164).' (ODNB) ESTC T65420; Upcott p.391. Ref: 54207show full image..
David, Saul: Prince of Pleasure: The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency. London: Little, Brown and Company, 1998. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 484 + plates. Hardback: dark blue cloth, gilt-titled to spine. Dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear: a very good copy. Ref: 53566
