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War Speeches 1940-1945.
London: Cassell and Company, 1946. [History] FIRST EDITION. Collected speeches, a paperback original. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.x, 271. Bound in light blue paper wraps with integral flaps, half-tone frontispiece photo. Printed on war economy standard paper which has some inevitable tanning, spine rolled with one-inch loss at foot. A.... More
The Autobiography of Arthur Machen.
London: The Richards Press, 1951. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITION WITH ASSOCIATED LETTERS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.308. Publisher's red cloth titled in gilt to spine, top-edge red, photographic frontispiece of author, two further photographic plates. Loosely tipped in are three associated items; A letter from Morchand Bishop to News Chronicle journalist... More
Harold Wilson.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1992. [Political Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 811 [5]. With 12 double-sided black and white photographic plates. Signed by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black dust-jacket reproducing a portrait by Ruskin... More
The Collected Essays of Sir Winston Churchill. General Editor: Michael Wolff.
London: Library of Imperial History, no date (1976). [History / Politics] FIRST EDITION. 4 volumes, octavo (25 x 17 x 15cm). Each volume has the publisher's presentation bookplate loosely inserted, noting that this set is number 8 of a limited edition (an uncommon extra). Bound in original quarter dark blue... More
In and Out of Character.
New York, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1962. [Acting Biography] INSCRIBED COPY. No edition stated, octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x; 278. With eight double-sided black and white photographic plates. INSCRIBED: "Best wishes | Basil Rathbone" in blue ink to front free endpaper. Publisher's black cloth with orange titles to spine. Textblock... More
Byron. The Last Journey, April 1823 - April 1824.
London: Constable and Co., 1924. [Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2]; xiv; 288. Incribed "Irene Cooper Willis | from H.N." to verso of the front free endpaper. Maps to endpapers. Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. All edges untrimmed. Some spotting... More
History of the French Revolution. From 1789 to 1814.
London: David Bogue, 1846. [French Revolution] PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[xii]; 424; [2] blank. Dark green polished calf binding, with raised bands and gilt decoration to spine, gilt titles to red label on spine, gilt to boards, yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. Forest Proprietary Grammar School crest to... More
The Tragedies of Shakespeare.
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1912. [Shakespeare's plays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 1315; [1]. Oxford binding of quarter vellum over blue cloth boards, gilt decoration and titles to spine, top-edge gilt, housed in the original card slipcase. Frontispiece from a drawing by Sir George Scharf. Ownership... More
Burmese Days.
New York, NY: Harper and Bros., 1934. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.vi;371; [3], blank. Title page printed in two colours. Publisher's orange cloth blocked in black to spine and upper, floral patterned endpapers, edges untrimmed. Contents clean, page edges toned, short tear and small ink number... More
Bring on the Girls! The Improbable Story of Our Life in Musical Comedy, with Pictures to Prove It.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1953. [Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[24] 278 [2]. With a section of black and white photographs preceding the main text. Inscribed "To Lawrence and Armina, | with fond greetings | from | Guy, | To which is added | a.... More
Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution, and the Means of making it a Benefit to the World. To which is added, a Letter from M. Turgot, late Comptroller-General if the Finances of France: with An Appendix, containing a Translation of the Will of M. Fortune Ricard, lately published in France.
London: T. Cadell, 1785. [Political Philosophy] EARLY EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] viii; 156 [4]. Recent speckled calf with raised bands and gilt titles to red label on spine. Library stamp to p.1, title page washed, some annotation to p.153. Some toning and spotting to textblock. Very good. A.... More
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. Written during Eight Years's Travel amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians of North America. With One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations on Steel and Wood.
Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley 1860. [Anthropology / Travel] Two volumes in one. Thick octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[2], initial blank; [1], title; [1], verso; pp.7-792; [2], blank. With frontispiece and plates. Publisher's binding of black morocco, heavily stamped in blind, pictorial gilt to spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Spotting to... More
The Life of Nelson.
London: Bickers and Son, 1895. [Biography] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[xvi]; 351; [5]. Brown pebble grain morocco by Bumpus, raised bands and gilt titling to spine, gilt school crest to upper board, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Frontispiece and twelve further plates by Westall. Light spotting... More
History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Purnell, 1969-1971. [History] FIRST EDITION THUS. Seven volumes, quarto (33 x 24 x 41cm). 112 partworks in illustrated wraps, housed in the separately issued publisher's blue Rexine binders. Occasional ownership annotation to covers, all volumes slightly bowed due to the weight but still sound and robust. Light wear to... More
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.672. With fifty four illustrated plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt crossed scimitar motif to... More
The History of Tunbridge-Wells.
London: M. Hingeston, J. Dodsley, T. Caslon; Tunbridge Wells: E. Baker, 1766. [Kent Topography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xii; 317; [7]. Respined to style using contemporary brown calf boards, with repairs to corners. Raised bands and gilt titles on a burgundy label to spine. All edges speckled red;... More
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Attractively bound in brown half morocco with burgundy title label to spine, crossed sword motif at foot... More
Jesse Ramsden. (1735-1800) London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker.
Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007. [Scientific biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xiv; [8]; 318. Publisher's blue cloth, titled in dark blue, dust-jacket featuring a portrait of Ramsden. Illustrated with plates in black and white and in colour. Lightly handled with a small bump to tail of spine. Near fine. More
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-58. [English History] HANDSOMELY BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. Four volumes, octavo (25 x 17 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxii; 416; pp.[2] xii; 344 [2]; pp.[2] xii; 332 [6]; pp.[2] xii; 322. With occasional in-text maps and plans. In recent burgundy half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to... More
The Life of Benjamin Disraeli. Earl of Beaconsfield.
London: John Murray, 1929. [British Politics]. Two volumes, octavo (22 x 15cm). Illustrated with plates throughout. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Recent bookplate detailing provenance affixed to flyleaf. Spines sunned, ends a little frayed else a very good copy of this biography of twice Prime Minister and... More
Lord Randolph Churchill.
London: Odhams Press, no date [1951]. [Political Biography] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.840. With a frontispiece portrait of Randolph Churchill. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the blue dust-jacket titled in yellow and white, priced at 21/-. Blue ink and pencil notes to verso... More
An Historical Topographical and Descriptive Account of the Weald of Kent, With Eight Engravings and a Map.
Cranbrook: Printed for and sold by S. Reader, 1814. [Kent] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.lvi, 277, [1] blank; [5] index; [1] advertisements. Finely bound in later burgundy crushed morocco, raised bands, gilt titles and compartments to spine, gilt margin to boards. Fore and tail edges untrimmed. Illustrated with... More
Action This Day. A War Memoir.
London: Frederick Muller, 1960. [Naval History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.223; [1]. With six double-sided black and white photographic plates, a black and white frontispiece, and three maps. Maps also printed to endpapers. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the navy dust-jacket titled in white... More
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