THE BOOKSHELF

by H. S. Bennett Reprint paperback, 5-5/16" x 7-15/16", good condition 351 pages with numerous plates and woodcuts depicting life during mediaeval times, printed 1989

"Its scholarship, which is actually exhaustively patient, interferes not one whit with its open, positively exciting readability...No student of literature, no lover of the medieval past should be without its modest assistance.  In itself it has the quiet charm of unpretentious knowledge;  as a bridge to an age not easily approached, it is of profound usefulness.  The Saturday Review"

by Corpus Association of Cambridge University, England. 1st edition paperback, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", very good condition - like new 163 pages with 2 black and white portraits of past members and several architectural drawings of the ancient university elevations and floor plans, printed 1987

The "Letters" publications are packed from cover to cover with information by, for and concerning past and present honourary and fellow members of the College - obituaries, retirements, marriages, relocations and even appeals for "lost" former members.

by A. McKerral, C.I.E., M.A., F.S.A. Scot. Reprint hardback, 5" x 7-1/2", good condition 32 pages with 9 colour plates of arms and tartans, printed 1958

A nice little book, one in a series of Johnston's Clan Histories printed during the mid-1950s, and one that anyone who bears the surname Campbell should have amongst their family history material.  The history of the Campbells of Lochawe, the Earldom of Argyll, and the Dukedom of Argyll are enumerated from documentary sources from the earliest times to the 1700s.

by Sylvia L. Thrupp paperback, 5-3/8" x 8", good condition 392 pages with appendices of genealogical notes concerning aldermanic families, and a 1436 enumeration of London landowners and taxpayers

A brilliant and scholarly study of the mercantile world of medieval London in the 14th and 15th centuries.  The merchant's relation to his family, church, company, city government, his standard of life, his attitude to riches and poverty, to religion and the arts are all brought under review.

by Eric Pursehouse, B.Sc.(Lond.) 1st edition compilation, paperback, 5-1/2" x 8-1/4", good condition 298 pages of text written in newspaper-article form, original articles published during 1960s, compilation produced ca. 1962

A collection of 77 well-researched articles originally written between 1961 and 1963 for local newspapers in the Waveney Valley area of Norfolk, England.  Topics covered vary widely and help to make this a must-have book for anyone with Waveney and Diss area family connections.

by Michael Payne 1st edition paperback, 6" x 9", very good condition 160 pages with extensive endnotes and bibliography.  3 maps showing the location of settlements, a list of officers in charge, 4 portraits of Hargraves, Colen and Mactavish, several historical photographs of the settlement and numerous statistical tables. Printed 1989, ISBN 066012940-X

Wonderful little book describing the first settlement and subsequent daily life at York Factory.  This book is a must-have for anyone with ancestors who passed through the Hudson's Bay Company system as it will provide much in the way of background description highlighting your ancestor's experience.

by S. G. Pender, A.C.P., Dip. Ed., Headmaster Sennen C.P. School 1st edition paperback, 5-3/4" x 8-1/4", very good condition 192 pages with 40 illustrations of which more than half are photographs of past students and faculty, printed 1980

The text of this book covers all aspects of this school situated in Penzance, Cornwall, England.  There are many lists of teachers, board members, and student sports participants.  This book would be a treausre for anyone whose ancestors had attended Sennen School during the 1880-1980 period.

by Manchester Grammar School 1st edition, hardback, 5" x 7-1/2", very good condition 789 pages of annotated curriculum vitae of grammar school graduates and masters, including amendments concerning pre-1914 admissions, printed 1978

Contains chronology of high Masters, Masters, Preparatory school staff and Receivers with brief biographical sketches of students arranged alphabetically by year of admission.  There is an index to the admissions giving the year of admission.  Biographies give dates of birth and years of attendance as well as short curriculum vitae and in some instances, military service, dates of death and then current residence address.  Names of those who attended the School for less than two years are not necessarily included.

by L. M. Cullen 1st edition hardback with dust jacket, 5-5/8" x 8-3/4", good condition 178 pages including index, many illustrations and photographs, printed 1968

An interesting and enlightening account of life in Ireland from early times,(circa 700 A.D.or C.E.) to circa 1914.  Liberal examples of many classes of peoples have been used to inform the reader of contemporary living conditions, e.g. wages, terms of labour services, costs of food, et cetera.  A good starter book for those who are new to Irish ancestral research.

by 1st edition hardback with dust jacket, 5-3/4" x 8-1/4", good condition 146 pages including index, printed 1968

"There are few short histories of Ireland that are colourful and imaginative enough to capture the general reader yet scholarly enough to hold the student.  This is one of those few..." Robin W. Winks, series editor, Yale University

This book summarizes the primary historical influences that have contributed to Ireland's character, problems and behaviour from the time of the Act of Union in 1800 through the establishment of the new Irish states in the aftermath of the Irish Civil War of 1922.

by G. M. Turevelyan, O.M. Reprint, hardback with dust jacket, 5-3/4" x 8-3/4", fair condition 206 pages including index and extensive section of descriptive notes to the many illustrations of which there are more than 100, also includes 16th century maps of the cities of Norwich, Bristol, London and Cambridge

The English Social History series is a work of universal and enduring value.  This volume continues the tradition through a combination of scholarship and literary quality.  Any great human interest in the everyday life of one's ancestors during this time period steps towards fulfillment through the text and illustrations in this book which exemplify the life of people at every level.  This book would make a stimulating, entertaining and informative addition to any family historian's library.

by A. J. P. Taylor, F.B.A., Fellow of Magdalen College Oxford, edited by Sir George Clark 1st edition, hardback with dust jacket, 6" x 8-5/8", good condition 657 pages with extensive index, bibliography, list of cabinets 1914 to 1945, contemporary maps, printed 1965

An authoritative general history of England covering the tumultuous years of both Word Wars as well as the civil war in Ireland and the radical social changes happening throughout the country - general strikes, the emergence of the motor car, radio, cinema and housing booms.

by Ina Taylor 1st edition hardback with dust jacket, 6" x 9-3/16", excellent condition 218 pages including index, extensive end notes, bibliography, 41 photos and illustrations;  Macdonald family tree from James Macdonald of Castle Camus Sleat through the descendants of the Reverend George Browne Macdonald (1805-1868) and Hannah Jones (1809-1875), printed 1987

A fascinating intimate portrait of the lives of four humble Victorian sisters, two of whom married very talented famous but difficult men - painters Edward Burne-Jones and Edward Poynter, while the remaining two sisters were to produce from their marriages Rudyard Kipling and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.

by Marion Ward 1st edition hardback with dust jacket, 5-1/2" x 8-3/4", good condition 246 pages including index and extensive endnotes, printed 1967

"This is the moving and tragic account of how the theft of Madame DuBarry's jewels...in 1791 led indirectly...to her death on the guillotine as an enemy of the nation." - jacket flyleaf  Making use of contemporary French and English records, the author has provided an authentic and fascinating description of many levels of French life from the time immediately preceding the Revolution through many years following.  The author has also traced the history of the stolen jewels up to the recovery and subsequent sale of some of them at Christie's.

by Ronald Blythe Reprint paperback, 5-1/4" x 8", good condition 318 pages, printed ca. 1969

A fact-based fictional story contrived for the purposes of demonstrating life circa 1950s in an East Anglian village.  The story has been recreated from facts about the economy, population and social life of a village in East Suffolk but the names of the village and villagers have been changed.  "Here is a delectable book; a book to linger over and cherish..." - The Times Saturday Review (London).  "A superb documentation of the changes which have revolutionized modern England." - The Atlantic.