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Early English Meals and Manners

Early English Meals and Manners is a scholarly compilation that brings together a dozen distinct…

Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater

Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater

G. E. Mitton

The work is a detailed topographical guide to three of London’s most celebrated districts, May Mayfair,…

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 An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch

Arthur Dimock

Arthur Dimock’s work is a scholarly survey of St Paul’s Cathedral, tracing its evolution from the obscure…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macauley’s work is a sweeping political‑historical narrative that begins with a clear…

The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.)

The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.)

J. Pringle Thomson

The work is a compact scholarly compilation that attempts to chart the turbulent decades of Scottish history…

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 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)

Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)

James Boswell

The work is the fifth volume of James Boswell’s monumental biography of Samuel Johnson, covering the Scottish…

The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See

The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See

Hartley Withers

Hartley Withers’s second‑edition work is a scholarly survey of Canterbury Cathedral’s architecture and the…

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum

Gleeson White

This work is a scholarly guide to Salisbury Cathedral, combining a detailed architectural description with a…

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See

W. D. Sweeting

Walter Debenham Sweeting’s work is a scholarly survey of Ely Cathedral, its architecture, monastic history,…

The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892

The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892

Friedrich Engels

The work is Friedrich Engels’s 1844 survey of the English working‑class, first published in German in 1845…

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 From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria

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…

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

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…

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The Kensington District

G. E. Mitton

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

Highways and Byways in Surrey

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…

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Chelsea

G. E. Mitton

The work is a detailed topographical and historical survey of Chelsea, the fashionable riverside district of…

Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less

Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less

George Worley

George Worley’s work is a scholarly handbook that surveys the history, architecture, and artefacts of the…

A History of the Four Georges, Volume I

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…

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

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…

Holborn and Bloomsbury

Holborn and Bloomsbury

Besant, Walter; Mitton, G. E.

The work is a scholarly guide to the historic heart of London, focusing on the adjoining districts of Holborn…

Vanishing England

Vanishing England

P. H. Ditchfield

Cover of The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part B.
 From Henry III. to Richard III.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III.

David Hume

David Hume’s The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.

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Westminster

Besant, Walter; Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith); Smith, A. Murray, Mrs.

The book is a detailed topographical and historical survey of Westminster, the central district of London…

Cover of The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part A.
 From the Britons of Early Times to King John

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John

David Hume

David Hume’s “The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.

Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents

Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents

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

Memoirs of the Court of George IV offers a detailed chronicle of the tumultuous first decade of his reign,…