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— Abraham Lincoln
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd., no date [circa 1901]. [Travel Guide] SIXTH EDITION. Octavo (21 x 18cm), pp.xlviii; 408. Liberally illustrated with numerous lithographic plates, maps (many folding), charts, and plans of ships. Publisher's pale green cloth with dark brown titles to spine and upper. All edges lightly..... More
London: Extraordinary Editions, 2011. [Military History] SERVICES EDITION, INSCRIBED by John Spencer, DSM. Large folio (43 x 31cm), unpaginated. Roughly 600 pages of heavy-weight facsimile type-written material, with many photographs, maps etc. Number 517 of 1000 copies thus, reserved for members of the Armed Forces. This copy INSCRIBED in black..... More
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode and Collins, 1965. [Churchill and Politics] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.496. With 20 black and white photographic illustrations, including a frontispiece. Recent black half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and marbled paper-covered boards. Top edge black. Contents clean, exterior..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1994; 1995; 1999; 2001. [History of London] COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS, first impression. Complete in four volumes. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 497 [7]; pp.[10] 678; pp.[10] 581 [1]; pp.[10] 886. Each volume with two suites of black and white plates. Publisher's black cloth, with gilt titles..... More