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Racing and Steeplechasing.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1886. [Horse Racing / Sport] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15 cm), pp.327. With illustrations by J. Sturgess, including frontispiece in colour. Bound in half dark blue calf with twin red and green title labels to spine, gilt racing motifs, raised bands, matching cloth sides... More about Racing and Steeplechasing
The Letters of T.E. Lawrence.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1938. [History] FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.896. Illustrated with sixteen plates, and four maps, two folding. Elegantly bound in tan half calf, gilt-lettered to red morocco title labels, spine in six compartments with raised bands, matching cloth sides. Contents clean; exterior unmarked. A.... More about The Letters of T.E. Lawrence
The Journals: Volume 1 1949-1965
New York, NY: Knopf, 2005. [Literary Diary] FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xx; 668. With two suites of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's hardcovers with titles to spine blocked in red. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at $35. With Knopf's review slip and... More about The Journals: Volume 1 1949-1965
Cheshire: The Biography of Leonard Cheshire, VC, OM.
London: Viking, 2000. [Military and Humanitarian Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxvi; 530. With 12 black and white photographic plates arranged in three suites. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by... More about Cheshire: The Biography of Leonard Cheshire, VC, OM
Dahcotah; or, Life and Legends of the Sioux around Fort Snelling.
New York, NY: John Wiley, 1849. [Native American Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xiv; 268. With four lithographic illustrations by Ackerman, after drawings by Seth Eastman. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, a gilt illustration to upper, and blind decoration all over. Top edge untrimmed. Quite... More about Dahcotah; or, Life and Legends of the Sioux around Fort Snelling
![Memoirs] Winds of Change, 1914-1939; The Blast of War, 1939-1945; Tides of Fortune, 1945-1955;...](/pictures/thumb/54629.jpg?v=1567177114)
[Memoirs] Winds of Change, 1914-1939; The Blast of War, 1939-1945; Tides of Fortune, 1945-1955; Riding the Storm, 1956-1959; Pointing the Way, 1959-1961; At the End of the Day, 1961-1963.
London: Macmillan, 1965-1973. [Politics] SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS. All first editions, each volume SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Six volumes, octavo (22 x 15 x 28cm). Hardcovers in photographic dust-wrappers. A clean, near fine collection with a little wear to jackets; the odd nick or short tear. A striking set. Signed as... More about Memoirs] Winds of Change, 1914-1939; The Blast of War, 1939-1945; Tides of Fortune, 1945-1955;...
India by Air.
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1927. [Aviation] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xix; [1]; [errata slip]; 156. Publisher's blue paper covered boards, blue titles on paper label to spine, cartographic endpapers. Thirty-five photographic illustrations over twenty-four plates. Edges dusty, minor toning to spine. Near fine. A record of... More about India by Air
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