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Cambridge Library Collection - Naval Chronicle: The Naval Chronicle: Volume 11 January-July 1804 (Paperback)

The Naval Chronicle published in 40 volumes between 1799 and 1818 is a key source for British maritime and military history. This reissue is the first complete printed reproduction of what was the most influential maritime publication of its day. The... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History: The Invasion of the Crimea 8 Volume Paperback Set (Other)

Alexander William Kinglake (1809-1891) was a travel writer and historian. He witnessed the battle of the Alma and the Charge of the Light Brigade and became well acquainted with the British commander Lord Raglan. This work was commissioned by Lady... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History: Campaigning in Kaffirland Or Scenes and Adventures in the Kaffir War of 1851-2 (Paperback)

First published in 1853 this book chronicles the personal experience of the Kaffir war of 1851-2 (now known as the eighth Xhosa or frontier war) between the European settlers and the native inhabitants of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Serving as a... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History: Narrative of the Battle of St. Vincent: With Anecdotes of Nelson Before and After That Battle (Paperback)

Lieutenant-Colonel John Drinkwater (1762-1844) an army officer was on board the Minerva bearing Commodore Nelson s pennant after the British evacuation from Corsica when they found themselves in the middle of the Spanish fleet. Having been transferred... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History: History of the Zulu War and Its Origin (Paperback)

First published in 1880 just a year after the titular conflict took place this account by Frances Colenso (1849-87) of the 1879 war between British settlers and the Zulu population in South Africa is remarkable in its defence of the Zulu people a very... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History: The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812 2 Volume Set (Other)

Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was an American naval officer considered one of the most important naval strategists of the nineteenth century. In 1885 he was appointed Lecturer in Naval History and Tactics at the US Naval War College and became... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History: Notes on the Late Expedition Against the Russian Settlements in Eastern Siberia: And of a Visit to Japan and to the Shores of Tartary and of

In April 1855 Bernard Whittingham (fl.1850) a captain of the Royal Engineers set off from Hong Kong aboard H.M.S. Sibylle. He had volunteered to join an Allied squadron attempting to discover the progress of Russian aggrandisement in North-eastern Asia... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History: The Navy in the Civil War (Paperback)

Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was an American naval officer considered one of the most important naval strategists of the nineteenth century. In 1885 he was appointed Lecturer in Naval History and Tactics at the US Naval War College and served as... more

Records of Captain Clapperton s Last Expedition to Africa 2 Volume Set: With the Subsequent Adventures of the Author (Cambridge Library Collection - A - Lander Richard

Product DescriptionHugh Clapperton (1788-1827) was a former naval officer who was determined to explore the course of the River Niger. In 1822 he set out on an expedition to trace the river by approaching it through North Africa though this proved... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge: Grace Book a: Containing the Proctors Accounts and Other Records of the University of Cambridge for the Years 1454-1488 (Paperback)

Grace books were the volumes in which scribes recorded decisions of the administration of the University of Cambridge during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Many of the graces concern the conferral of degrees on individuals but others refer to... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge: Unreformed Cambridge: A Study of Certain Aspects of the University in the Eighteenth Century (Paperback)

This vintage book by the distinguished historian D.A. Winstanley describes Cambridge University in the eighteenth century a period supposedly characterised by lazy drunken students academics preoccupied with their own advancement and institutionalised... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge: Annals of Cambridge 5 Volume Set (Other)

Charles Henry Cooper charted over half a millennium of life at Cambridge in the five volumes of the Annals of Cambridge. Cooper practised as a solicitor in Cambridge and was town clerk from 1849 until his death in 1866. He was a keen historian and... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First: Historye of the Bermudaes or Summer Islands: Edited from a Ms. in the Sloane Collection British Museum (Paperback)

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series which ran from 1847 to 1899 consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished... more

Cambridge History of Libraries in Britai The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland: Volume 1 to 1640 Book 1 (Hardcover)

This volume is the first detailed survey of libraries in Britain and Ireland up to the Civil War. It traces the transition from collections of books without a fixed local habitation to the library chiefly of printed books much as we know it today. It... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in the British West Indies (Paperback)

An active Member of Parliament from 1857 Charles Buxton (1822-1871) was the third son of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton a well-known and popular philanthropist (several of whose books are reissued in this collection). Buxton inherited his father s interest... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: Travels Into North America 3 Volume Set: Containing Its Natural History with the Civil Ecclesiastical and Commercial State of the Country (Othe

Peter Kalm (1716-79) was a Finnish-Swedish botanist who travelled extensively to observe the natural world in Sweden Finland Russia and Ukraine and became a professor of oeconomie - the economic application of subjects such as mineralogy botany zoology... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History: The Home of the Monk (Paperback)

First published twice in 1926 and again in 1934 with an updated bibliography Cranage s The Home of the Monk is a small but useful introduction for the visitor to any English monastic site. Working from surviving architectural and documentary evidence... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History: Archives d Anjou 2 Volume Set: Recueil de Documents Et Mémoires Inédits Sur Cette Province (Other)

Using archival materials and church charters from the province of Anjou Paul Marchegay provides a broad and comprehensive picture of the history of this province of western France. In Volume 1 published in 1853 the Anjou native and archivist of the... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: History of the United States of America (1801-1817): Volume 6: During the First Administration of James Madison 2 (Paperback)

Henry Adams (1838-1918) journalist novelist and historian was the great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams both presidents of the United States. A professor of medieval history at Harvard whose areas of research were wide-ranging... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History: Correspondance Historique Des Bénédictins Bretons (Paperback)

This work edited by Arthur Le Moyne de La Borderie (1853) uncovers the previously untold history of one of the great works of Benedictine scholarship Gui Alexis Lobineau s Histoire de Bretagne published in 1707. Consisting of letters exchanged among... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition: Testimonies Concerning Slavery (Paperback)

Moncure Conway (1832-1907) was born on his family s plantation in Virginia but became a committed abolitionist soon after he left college. He joined abolitionist rallies and moved from Methodism to the Unitarian ministry eventually becoming a... more

Acton Collection : Class 34; Germany Austria and Hungary (General Political History) / Cambridge University Library Acton John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron (1908) (1908) [Leather Bound]

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1908 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First: Danish Arctic Expeditions 1605 to 1620 2 Volume Paperback Set: In Two Books (Other)

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series which ran from 1847 to 1899 consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: Border and Bastille: By the Author of Guy Livingstone (Paperback)

Published in 1863 English novelist George Alfred Lawrence s first foray into travel-writing recounts a failed attempt to join the Confederate Army of Virginia. Lawrence (1827-76) who abandoned a law career when his first novel (1853) sold became known... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition: Thoughts on the Abolition of the Slave Trade and Civilization of Africa: With Remarks on the African Institution (Paperback)

Joseph Marryat (1757-1824) was an M.P. chairman of Lloyd s and colonial agent for Grenada. This volume contains three of his pamphlets - Thoughts on the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1816) More Thoughts (1816) and More Thoughts Still (1818) which... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: History of the United States of America (1801-1817): Volume 9: During the Second Administration of James Madison 3 (Paperback)

Henry Adams (1838-1918) journalist novelist and historian was the great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams both presidents of the United States. A professor of medieval history at Harvard whose areas of research were wide-ranging... more

Notes on the United States of North America during a Phrenological Visit in 1838-39-40 3 Volume Set (Cambridge Library Collection - North American His - Combe George

Notes on the United States of North America during a Phrenological Visit in 1838-39-40 3 Volume Set (Cambridge Library Collection - North American His - Combe George more

Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition: The History of the Maroons 2 Volume Set (Other)

Born in Jamaica Robert Charles Dallas (1754-1824) was prolific author in a variety of genres dedicating all of his work to the defence of society and reason against Jacobinism and confusion having been forced to leave his residence in France by the... more

A collection of letters statutes and other documents from the ms. Library of Corp. Christ. Coll. illustrative of the history of the University of Cambridge during the period of the Reformation

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1838 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more

Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History Ge: Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest 8 Volume Paperback Set (Other)

The English writer Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) began her career writing poetry and romances before turning to biographical studies of British royalty. This eight-volume series written in collaboration with her sister Elizabeth and first published... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Classics: Caesars Monarchie Und Das Principat Des Pompejus: Innere Geschichte ROMs Von 66 Bis 44 V. Chr. (Paperback)

Eduard Meyer (1855-1930) was a distinguished German historian of antiquity whose interests spanned ancient Greece Rome and Egypt. After his doctoral studies he worked as private tutor for the British consul general in Constantinople. He lectured on... more

Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History 19: Sir Moses Montefiore: A Centennial Biography (Paperback)

Originally published in 1884 as a centennial biography for Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) this book draws on official records and informal writings to create a well-rounded account of Montefiore s life as firstly a financier and later a significant... more

Études et leçons sur la Révolution Française 8 Volume Set (Cambridge Library Collection - European History) (French Edition) - Aulard Alphonse

Alphonse Aulard (1849-1928) was the first French historian to use nineteenth-century historicist methods in the study of the French Revolution. Pioneered by German historians such as Leopold van Ranke this approach emphasised empiricism objectivity and... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration: The Last of the Arctic Voyages 2 Volume Set (Other)

When the experienced Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) was put in command of an expedition in 1845 to search for the elusive North-West Passage he had the backing of the Admiralty and was equipped with two specially-adapted ships and a... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: A Year s Residence in the United States of America (Paperback)

William Cobbett (1763-1835) was an English farmer and political reformer. He is best known for his Rural Rides (1830) also reissued in this series which documents the life of nineteenth-century British agricultural workers and calls for social change.... more

Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania: Station Life in New Zealand (Paperback)

Written by the adventurous and widely travelled Lady Mary Anne Barker (1831-1911) this 1870 publication records the expeditions adventures and emergencies diversifying the daily life of the wife of a New Zealand sheep farmer . Born in Jamaica and... more

Letters from the Mountains 2 Volume Set : Cambridge Library Collection (Paperback)

Anne McVicar Grant describes her life in the Scottish Highlands in this work published in 1806 and reissued in 1845. First published in 1806 and revised and edited by her son for this 1845 sixth edition this collection of letters by Anne Grant... more

Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History 19: On Financial Reform (Paperback)

Prior to its publication in 1830 the draft of this work by Sir Henry Parnell later Baron Congleton (1776-1842) was praised by John Stuart Mill who said he could not see that it is possible to lay down the principles of political economy more broadly .... more