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Some Naval Yarns

Mordaunt Hall

Some Naval Yarns is a wartime memoir that gathers together first‑hand sketches of Royal Navy activity during…

Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set.

Thomas Dugdale

A History of Horncastle, from the earliest period to the present time

J. Conway Walter

The work is a thorough local history of Horncastle, compiled by J.

Burmah and the Burmese

Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie

Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie’s Burmah and the Burmese is a nineteenth‑century historical‑geographical study that…

Andrew Melville

William Morison

The work is a scholarly biography of Andrew Melville, the eminent 16th‑century Scottish reformer, written by…

London parks and gardens

Mrs. Evelyn Cecil

This work is a comprehensive survey of London’s parks and gardens as they existed within the County of London…

Handbook of Birmingham Prepared for the Members of the British Association, 1886

British Association for the Advancement of Science

The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.

Alice Bertha Gomme

The work is a scholarly compilation of traditional children’s games from England, Scotland and Ireland,…

The life of Henry Labouchere

Algar Thorold

The work is a biographical memoir of Henry Labouchere, a French‑born politician who lived from the reign of…

Yachting, Vol. 2

Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor); Blake, G. L.; Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of; McFerran, James; Middleton, T. B.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics

Various

This volume of The Atlantic Monthly gathers a series of essays that examine how the American Civil War was…

The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77

Samuel Adams Drake

The work is a detailed military history of the Revolutionary War’s 1776‑77 New Jersey campaign, with a…

Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia

Sir Ernest Scott

Terre Napoleón is a scholarly study that examines the French exploratory ventures in Australia during the…

Rivers of Great Britain. The Thames, from Source to Sea. Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial

Various

Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2

Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

This volume presents a series of private correspondences drawn from the family papers of the Duke of…

A History of the Four Georges, Volume I

Justin McCarthy

This work is a scholarly chronicle of Britain’s political landscape from the death of Queen Anne through the…

The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 2 (of 6) New Complete Library Edition

The Past Paston Letters, A.D. 1422‑1509, Volume 2, is a scholarly edition of a medieval correspondence…

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II.

T. Smollett

The work is a sprawling historical survey that picks up where Smollett left off, chronicling the political…

The Old English Herbals

Eleanour Sinclair Rohde

The Old English Herbals is a scholarly survey of Britain’s botanical literature, tracing the development of…

Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2 A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century

Charles Mackie

Charles Mackie’s Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2 is a chronological record of noteworthy events in Norfolk and Norwich…

The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer; Vol. 4, July-Dec 1884

Various

The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer, Vol. 4 (July‑December 1884), is a scholarly periodical devoted to…

Prisoners of War in Britain 1756 to 1815 A record of their lives, their romance and their sufferings

Francis Abell

Francis Abell’s work is a meticulously researched survey of the thousands of prisoners of war who lived in…

Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely

John William Edward Conybeare

The work is a Victorian‑era travelogue that sets out to chart the flat, unvarnished highways of…

The Grand Fleet, 1914-1916: Its Creation, Development and Work

John Rushworth Jellicoe

The work is a first‑hand account by Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe, later Viscount Jellicoe, of the British…