HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain from Barbara Bilson Books

Edinburgh: Alastair Campbell, 1965. In 1865, a one-time teetotaller, Dr. Robert Druitt, having seen the light, wrote a book on the benefits of wine. One hundred years later, McLaren--with the public-spirited aid of an Edinburgh wine merchant (Alastair Campbell)--quotes from the original book, adds his own humorous and vinous comments, and rounds out the little book with humorous sketches… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1969. A Pelican Original, part of the British Institutions series. Covers the origins of Oxford and Cambridge, their transitions during the Renaissance, and the rise of the modern universities. 368 pages including index and extensive bibliography broken down by chapters. Very good paperback (soiled and worn stiff covers, browned pages, but clean and unmarked text). . 1st… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1948. #121 of Britain in Pictures series. Edition not stated. Very good (one edgeworn corner at spine) in near fine dust jacket identical to front cover (some very light edgewear, otherwise fine).. Hard Cover.

London: Collins, 1946. Very good (some wrinkles in pastedowns from manufacturing, some edgewear at corners) in good+ dust jacket (sunned and worn spine, heavy edgewear and small missing pieces at top and bottom of spine). Part of The British People in Pictures series ("95" at the bottom of the dust jacket spine). Edition not stated. 48 pages, many illustrations.. Hard… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, 1948. Very good (slightly rippled pastedowns next to hinges but solid; a bit of separation between signatures in two places but firmly connected) in very good dj (edgeworn esp on top). Sequel to "My Apprenticeship" (1926) prepared after her death by Barbara Drake, Margaret Cole, but using Webb's text. Index and a fascinating biographical index (36 pages)… Read more about this item

London: Wm Collins, 1942. Probably first edition as no additional printings are listed, and this the 1942 edition, the first year of publication of this book. Number 35 in the Britain in Pictures series, although not numbered in this copy. VG+ (rubbed lower cover edges) in VG+ dust jacket. As always in this series, well-illustrated, 8 in color, 28… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1947. Very good+ in edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket with chipped spine edges, one closed tear--although now respectable in an archival plastic cover. See scans. An inciteful study of the trials of British WW II traitors. First appeared in part in The New Yorker and the book is dedicated to Harold Ross.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Ungar, 1979. Representative selections from these pioneering women writers from 18th century England, including a selection from Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Women." Chronological chart shows, in parallel columns, female and male writers of the period, along with important events of the period; startling to realize that Mary Wollstonecrraft wrote her "Vindication" at the time… Read more about this item

London: Wm Collins of London, 1943. 48 pages VG- (faded spine, edgewear, bumped upper corners) in good dj (sunned and worn spine, edgewear especially at top). Bright pages. Written with a wonderful flair: ". . .the best English diaries have been written by bores," she begins, explaining that you could define a bore as "a person who mentions everything." She… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1977. Near fine- (slightly sunned cover edges and one very slight dent in the edge of the rear cover) in very good dust jacket (light edgewear, one closed tear, some sunning). Wigton is a small town south of Carlisle and near the Lake District, probably dating to seventh century. A fine example of local and oral history:… Read more about this item