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From around 1760 to the 1830s, stories about the sex lives of the rich and powerful were guaranteed to increase the readership of popular printed literature. Papers were so packed with salacious tales of secret sex that there seemed to be an epidemic of adultery among the aristocracy. This study explores the personal stories of men and women involved in adulterous affairs and compares their accounts of infidelity and its sometimes tragic consequences with the stereotypes of dissolute aristocrats in the popular press.

Blending history, reportage and memoir, the Ojibwe sociologist Treuer challenges the idea that Native American culture ended with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. By recording the ways that depredations have been resisted over the past century, he demonstrates how land seizures sharpened legal skills; forced assimilation of children was met by a unifying indigenous identity; and most recently, digital technology has become a tool of organized resistance. Slightly off-mint and felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge.

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From curses to strategically timed bows that could signal disdain rather than deference, and outright violence exhibited across the social classes, Ruth Goodman explores the language and actions considered rude in the 15th and 16th centuries. With anecdotes and examples from contemporary manuals, court cases and sermons, she demonstrates how unconventional behaviour can reveal as much about society as its norms, whether a subtle faux pas born of ignorance or a defiant snubbing of etiquette.

From 14th-century buildings such as Stokesay Castle to Edwin Lutyens’s Castle Drogo, completed in 1930, Trevor Yorke’s architectural history and guide traces social, material and stylistic developments as the English country house evolved; then goes inside the buildings to examine structures such as ceilings and fireplaces, the layout of rooms, service quarters and gardens. Finally, a reference section includes a list of places to visit and a glossary.

This series presents social histories of some of the country’s most distinguished stately homes and the sites they are built on. While following the fortunes of the families who developed the estates, often over several centuries, the texts are also rich with personal stories about the people who lived and worked in ‘the Big House’. The two titles in this collection are Nostell Priory and Temple Newsham.

Beginning with the mathematician Mary Somerville (1789–1872), who was the first woman to receive more than a cursory death notice in The Times, this volume draws on the newspaper’s archives to present 125 obituaries. Among the women are writers, artists, musicians and actors, scientists and scholars, politicians and royalty, arranged chronologically from 1872 to the death of Alice Herz-Sommer, the concert pianist and Holocaust survivor, in 2014. Foreword by Lucy Worsley.

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Blending history, reportage and memoir, the Ojibwe sociologist Treuer challenges the idea that Native American culture ended with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. By recording the ways that depredations have been resisted over the past century, he demonstrates how land seizures sharpened legal skills; forced assimilation of children was met by a unifying indigenous identity; and most recently, digital technology has become a tool of organized resistance.

Illuminating the complex cultural life of Nazi Germany, Petropoulos argues that modernist and avant-garde movements ‘persisted as an unresolved issue’ during Hitler’s reign. He examines ten artists that stayed in Germany: those who sought accommodation with the fascist regime, including Walter Gropius, Paul Hindemith and Emil Nolde; and those who achieved it, among them, Richard Strauss, Leni Riefenstal and Albert Speer.

With over 10,000 episodes aired since December 1960, Coronation Street is one of the Britain’s longest-running and most popular TV shows. With facts and figures, and well-illustrated with production stills and behind-the-scenes pictures, this official history includes a month-by-month rundown of six decades of storylines; charts of births, marriages and deaths; family trees; a door-to-door guide to the street’s residents; and stories of the show’s considerable cultural impact. Slightly off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XII for Staffordshire covers Leek and the moorlands, the area of the Totmonslow Hundred. Off-mint.

Drawing on a range of primary sources, including newspaper reports, letters, journals and memoirs, Don Chapman presents a chronological history of female trousered dress in Britain – from the birth of ‘bloomerism’ in 1851 to the advent of the First World War when land girls began to wear clothing appropriate to the job at hand.

Beginning with the Wife of Bath and what she can tell us of the wool trade and matrimony, each of Chaucer’s 23 pilgrims on the road to Canterbury illuminates several aspects of 14th-century life in this unusual social history. From close readings of the Ploughman, the Miller, the Reeve and the Franklin the practicalities of rural life are revealed; while other pilgrims, from ‘Mine Host’ to the Shipman, provide the detail and inspire discussion of city, religious and military life.

Revolving around the experiences of the revered and enigmatic Coco Chanel, this account of life on the French Riviera in the 1930s and 1940s contrasts the lavish lifestyles of the Cote d’Azure elite with those of the persecuted poor who resided there. Stories of parties where Cole Porter and Noël Coward entertained are set alongside those of emergency evacuations and the displacement of working families when war arrived in Europe.

The Kentish town of Ashford lost many historic buildings to wartime bombing and postwar development. With over 200 images from the author’s archive, this book offers a glimpse of a bygone era, and celebrates what survives of the old market town.

These 50 historic maps record the transformation of Manchester from a small but prosperous town in the early 18th century to its present form. Providing insights into its social history, they include politicized representations of the Peterloo massacre, details of cholera districts, the development of the canals and Trafford Park, and plans for regeneration following the Second World War and the decline in manufacturing.

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Keith Lowe investigates memorials to the Second World War around the world, focusing on national attitudes to how victims and heroes are depicted, and what countries choose to remember or ignore about their wartime history. Providing broader context to the ongoing discussion about their purpose and meaning, the author suggests that the merits of erecting and maintaining public monuments tend to outweigh the problematic aspects.

From the crowds at balloon launches in the 1780s to the millions who watched the Moon landings on television in 1969, people have been fascinated by the spectacle of flight. Focusing on the experience of spectators rather than aviators, this history draws on the British Library’s diverse collection of printed imagery – including posters, book jackets and wartime propaganda – to trace the cultural impact of flight up to the ‘Space Age’.

Worcestershire Constabulary policed much of rural central England from 1839 until 1967. This history by a former officer serving in West Mercia, into which Worcestershire was subsumed, is illustrated with vintage photographs and tells stories of violent crime in Victorian England, the effects of rail travel on policing, the hardships of two World Wars and ultimately the constabulary’s closure.

The Scottish historian ARB Haldane (1900–1982) traces the history of drovers and drove roads, describing how cattle were brought from the Highlands to the trysts of central Scotland. The story begins with lawless cattle-reiving, follows organized droving after 1707 and ends with its demise with the coming of new roads, land closures, new farming methods and the advent of steam transport in the 1830s and 1840s.

From Henry I’s walled enclosure at Woodstock, where he kept exotic animals including lions, leopards and a most valued porcupine (a gift from William of Montpellier), this illustrated history follows the progress of menageries, aviaries and zoological gardens and the changing attitudes to keeping and displaying wild animals up to the end of the 20th century, when the conservation of endangered species became as important as entertainment and spectacle.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. As the first for Yorkshire, this volume covers the natural history (geology, palaeontology, botany, zoology) of the county, early human settlement, and surveys of schools and forestry. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume X presents the histories for towns and villages in the Tutbury and Needwood Forest area. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. After an ecclesiastical history by Rev HE Salter and a survey of religious houses, this volume covers Oxfordshire’s social & economic history and its industries, agriculture, forestry, ancient earthworks, and sports. Off-mint. No jacket.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume VI covers the industrial, social and economic history of Northants, with sections on industry between 1800 and 1970, and developments after 1970, up to the growth of the service sector. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume IV continues the parish histories for the West Derby Hundred, covering Liverpool, Wigan and Winwick; then goes on to the introduction to the Salford Hundred, with parishes including Manchester, Ashton-under-Lyne and Eccles. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume III contains the topographical account and parish histories for the West Derby Hundred. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XI continues coverage of the Ossulstone Hundred, with histories of Early Stepney, and Bethnal Green. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. A general index to volumes I, II and III is followed by indexes to Domesday personal names and place names. Off-mint. No jacket.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume VI covers the Boroughs of Wilton and Old Salisbury, the city of New Salisbury and the Underditch Hundred. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XIII covers the Chalke and Duynworth Hundreds in the south-west of the county, and includes a topography and architectural investigation by AP Baggs. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XV contains the parish histories for the Amesbury Hundred and Branch and Dole Hundred, and includes the topography and an architectural investigation by AP Baggs. Index. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume X covers the 22 parishes of Swanborough Hundred, from Alton Barnes to Woodborough, and the Borough of Devizes. With the index to Wiltshire Volumes I–IX. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XIV covers the Malmesbury Hundred, with histories of its 21 parishes, from Bremilham to Westport, and includes a topography and architectural investigation by AP Baggs. Index. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XVI covers Kinwardstone Hundred, with histories of 15 settlements including Buttermere, Chute and Chute Forest, Savernake and Wooton Rivers. Index. Off-mint.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume IX covers Great Driffield and its townships, with chapters on the history of Great and Little Driffield and the other townships, Elmswell and Kelleythorpe. Index. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Part 3 of Volume VI covers the north-eastern part of Bramber Rape including Crawley New Town, and the Burbeach, Singlecross, Tipnoak and Wyndham Hundreds. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. The first part of Volume V covers the south-western part of Arundel Rape, including Arundel itself and the Avisford Hundred. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume V for Staffordshire covers the East Cuttlestone Hundred, which includes Cannock and Rugeley. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XIV is devoted to Lichfield, providing a history of the city and the surrounding area from Roman times to the late 20th century. Off-mint.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume IV covers the parishes of the West Cuttlestone Hundred and provides an introduction to and a translation of the Staffordshire Domesday. Off-mint.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume VIII covers the Poldens and the Levels, with an introduction to the Huntspill and Puriton Hundred and the Whitley Hundred, and 17 parish histories. Includes an architectural investigation by Elizabeth Williamson. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume IX for Somerset gives accounts of Glastonbury abbey, town and parish, and the histories of further parishes including Street, Walton and North Wooton. Off-mint. No jacket.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XIII comprises the first part of the Bampton Hundred, covering the topography and parish histories of Bampton, Ducklington, Northmoor (Chadlington Hundred), Standlake and Telford. Index. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XV is the third part of the Bampton Hundred, with histories of the eight parishes: Alvescot, Asthall, Black Bourton, Carterton, Clanfield, Kencot, Minster Lovell and Brize Norton. Index. Off-mint. No jacket.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. The twelfth volume on Middlesex, is a general history of Chelsea, plus accounts of landownership, economic and social history, local government and religious history. Index. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XIII of the Middlesex history provides an overview of the City of Westminster’s emergence as the capital of England, and full accounts of its land ownership and religious history. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. This volume contains an ecclesiastical history of Lincolnshire, followed by a survey of religious houses, the county’s political, social and economic history, and chapters on industry, agriculture, forestry, schools and sports ancient and modern. Off-mint. No jacket.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. This volume comprises detailed descriptions of the remaining parishes of the Becontree Hundred: East Ham, West Ham, Little Ilford, Leyton, Walthamstow, Wanstead and Woodford (Barking and Ilford and Dagenham were covered in Volume 5). Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. After the early history of the north-east Essex seaside resorts and chapters on Walton-on-the-Naze, Clacton-on-Sea and Frinton-on-Sea, contributors trace the history of the resorts from the First World War to c.2009. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. This second supplement to the 1959 bibliography lists general works and subjects arranged alphabetically from agrarian history to witchcraft; biography and family history; and individual places and regions, published since the first supplement in 1987. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Part one of Volume V is devoted to the topography and the general history of the City of Chester, from Roman times to the 20th century. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume VIII covers East Buckrose, Sledmere and the northern Wolds, with an introduction and histories of nine villages: Cowlam, Fimber, Fridaythorpe, Helperthorpe, Kiry Grindalythe, Luttons Ambo, Sledmere, Weaverthorpe and Wetwang. Index. Off-mint. No jacket.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume IX covers the Chesterton, Northstowe and Papworth Hundreds (north and north-west of Cambridge). Off-mint.

Sir Stamford Raffles' vision of a 'collection of living animals such as never yet existed in ancient or modern times' came to fruition in 1928 with the founding of London Zoo. Isobel Charman's novelistic retelling of the institution's first 25 years focuses on key figures, including Veterinary Surgeon Charles Spooner and Head Keeper Devereux Fuller – and notable residents such as Tommy the homesick chimpanzee and Obaysch the hippo.

From the Garden of Eden to the #MeToo movement, the connection between and sex and power has been fraught with danger. This book follows its labyrinthine and often secret history through Casanova’s conquests, the struggles of early feminists such as Mary Wollstonecraft, and the persecution of the black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson under America’s seduction laws.

For centuries a curious tomb in a church on the Hertfordshire–Essex border inspired stories about the dragon-slayer Piers Shonks, whose giant bones it was believed to contain. Hadley has embarked on a journey through English history and landscape to discover the real person behind the folk hero, producing this meditation on the importance of belief and memory in the battle between storytellers and those who try to silence them.

This photographic survey records the work and contributions of women on the Home Front in a wide variety of services and military branches supporting the war effort. With around 150 images, it illustrates the breadth of roles they filled, from agriculture, policing and meteorology to building bomber engines and maintaining anti-aircraft guns.

From the Garden of Eden to the #MeToo movement, the connection between and sex and power has been fraught with danger. This book follows its labyrinthine and often secret history through Casanova’s conquests, the struggles of early feminists such as Mary Wollstonecraft, and the persecution of the black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson under America’s seduction laws.

Andrew Marr's study of post-war Britain discusses how profoundly attitudes to various aspects of life including politics, manners, social inequality and sexuality have changed since the Queen came to the throne in 1952. Selecting notable figures in numerous fields of endeavour, from Roy Jenkins and Elizabeth David to David and Victoria Beckham, he traces the nation's transformation, describing how each personality helped shape contemporary perspectives.