History - British

Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves

The work is a Victorian‑era social survey that sets out to chart the hidden world of London’s common lodging…

English Villages

P. H. Ditchfield

The work is a comprehensive antiquarian survey of English village life, written by the late P. H. D.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria

Farr, Edward; Nolan, E. H.

The work is a comprehensive historical chronicle that sweeps from the accession of George III through the…

Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire

H. J. L. J. Massé

Bell’s Cathedrals is a scholarly survey of two medieval English churches, Tewkesbury Abbey and the Priory…

Rupert, Prince Palatine

Eva Scott

The work is a scholarly portrait of Prince Rupert, Prince Palatine, tracing his life from birth in the…

Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide, Arranged Alphabetically

Harman, Thomas T.; Showell, Walter

Showell’s Dictionary of Birmingham is a sprawling alphabetical guide that treats the city as a series of…

The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2): Being a History of the Ancient and Modern Pottery and Porcelain Works of the Kingdom and of Their Productions of Every Class

Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt

The work is a comprehensive reference on British ceramics, the second volume of Llewellynn Frederick William…

Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688

Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker

Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker’s Virginia under the Stuarts is a scholarly history of Virginia’s colonial era,…

The Great Civil War in Lancashire (1642-1651)

Ernest Broxap

Ernest Broxap’s work is a scholarly regional study of the English Civil War, concentrating on the battles,…

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844

Various

The volume you are opening is a single issue of Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine from May 1844, the 55th year…

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12)

Edmund Burke

The volume presents a dense, documentary account of the political and financial turmoil surrounding the…

The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)

The work is a sprawling antiquarian survey of Cornwall, assembled from a chain of manuscripts that passed…

A history of the Zulu Rebellion, 1906, and of Dinuzulu's arrest, trial, and expatriation

James Stuart

James Stuart’s work is a detailed, first‑hand chronicle of the 1906 Zulu Rebellion and the subsequent arrest,…

The Kensington District

G. E. Mitton

The Kensington District is a detailed topographical and historical survey of one of London’s most storied…

London City

Walter Besant

The work is a detailed topographical survey of the City of London, written by Sir Walter Besant and his…

Forty-one years in India: From Subaltern to Commander-in-chief

Frederick Sleigh Roberts

Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl Roberts, offers a sweeping autobiographical account that blends personal…

The early English cotton industry

George W. Daniels

George W. Daniels’ work is a scholarly survey of the English cotton trade, concentrating on the period from…

Early Britain—Roman Britain

John William Edward Conybeare

John William Edward Conybeare’s Early Britain, Roman Britain is a concise scholarly overview that seeks to…

History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 1 (of 2) From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers

T. W. J. Connolly

This work is a detailed historical memoir of the Royal Sappers and Miners, tracing the corps from its…

Memorials of Old Lincolnshire

The work is a scholarly survey of Lincolnshire’s antiquities, assembled by a team of clergymen and…

Maritime enterprise, 1485-1558

James A. Williamson

The book is a scholarly survey of English maritime activity from the accession of Henry VII in 1485 to the…

The Oxford Reformers: John Colet, Erasmus, and Thomas More

Frederic Seebohm

Frederic Seebohm’s work is a scholarly study of the intertwined careers of John Colet, Desiderius Erasmus,…

Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: A Biography

Kenneth Hotham Vickers

Kenneth Hotham Vickers’s work is a scholarly biography of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the fourth son of…

Highways and Byways in Surrey

Eric Parker

Eric Parker’s Highways and Byways in Surrey is a walking guide that doubles as a historical tour of the…