History & Biography
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Birds And Beasts In Africa, and The Angler In South Africa.
London: Macmillan and Co, and Johannesburg: Hortors Ltd, 1938 and 1923. Pair of Baden-Powell association copies, with a letter of authenticity from the scout association: 1) The Angler In South Africa. Inscribed "To The Chief Scout" by H.V. Marsh, the Assistant Commissioner of Natal during Baden-Powell's trip to South Africa..... More
Heroes of The Argonne.
Kansas City: Franklin Hudson Publishing Company. 1919. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's olive green cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Minor rubbing and edgewear, a trifle shaken, gilt somewhat dulled, strong and clean, a very good copy. Internally clean. Dogearing to some early pages, illustrated throughout..... More
The Octocentenary of Reading Abbey, A.D.1121—A.D.1921.
London: Elliot Stock, 1921. [Monastic History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 19cm), pp.x; 92 [2]. With 10 black and white illustrated plates, including a large folding frontispiece impression of the Abbey at its peak. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to half-title: 'E. Board Esq. | with the..... More
Sumer is icumen in.
London: Novello and Company, 1914. [English Music] INSCRIBED SECOND EDITION. Quarto (27 x 19cm), pp.53 [3]. With a chromolithographic frontispiece facsimile of the original manuscript, and a transcript of the whole score in modern notation. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf: 'E. Board | with the author's..... More
Historical Records of The Buffs Royal East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) Formerly Designated The Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment 1919-1948.
London: The Medici Society, 1951. [Regimental History, Second World War] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xxiv; 512. With 21 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and 20 maps, many folding. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt regimental crest stamped to upper. With..... More
Japan To-Day.
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1905. [Japanese History and Ethnology] FOURTH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.323 [5]. With a colour frontispiece and 27 black and white photographic plates. Publisher's red pictorial cloth, with gilt titles to spine and white titles to upper. Top edge gilt. Illustrated bookplate to front..... More
Magdalen College Oxford: A History.
Oxford: Magdalen College, 2008. [English University History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.xlviii; 1005 [3]. With frequent in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and maroon endpapers. With the blue illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. Carefully read once with a lean. Light handling, including..... More
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