History & Biography
Last Man Standing: Tales from Tinseltown.
London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2014. [Film Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.272. SIGNED by the author to a specially-printed bookplate captioned 'Sir Roger Moore KBE - Limited Edition UK Tour', which has been affixed to the free endpaper. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, sky blue..... More
Winston Churchill: The Struggle for Survival, 1940-1965. Taken from the diaries of Lord Moran.
London: Constable, 1966. [Diaries] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 829 [3]. With 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, including a frontispiece. Recently re-bound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge..... More
Winston Churchill: The Struggle for Survival, 1940-1965. Taken from the diaries of Lord Moran.
London: Constable, 1966. [Diaries] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 829 [3]. With 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, including a frontispiece. Elegantly hand-bound in red half oasis morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and gilt 'lion rampant' motif to spine, matching..... More
Highlands and Backwoods: The Legend and the Hero. With a foreword by Chief Scout Lord Rowallan.
London: Christopher Johnson, 1957. [Pedagogy and Travel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.183 [1]. With seven half-tone plates, including a frontispiece, as well as a few in-text maps and illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'with the author's | every..... More
Ill Met By Moonlight. The Story of the Kidnapping of General Karl Kriepe, German Divisional Commander In Crete.
London: Harrap, 1950. [Intelligence / WWII Operation] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Illustrated with frontispiece and 14 plates, 2 maps within the text. Publisher's black cloth in illustrated jacket priced at 10/6. Contents clean, birthday inscription to f.e.p., jacket with some general wear, chips and tears, some rubbing..... More
Heroes of Discovery: Livingstone, Park, Franklin, Cook, Magellan.
Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1886. [Travel and Exploration] FINELY BOUND, a new edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 349 [3]. With an engraved portrait of each explorer. Contemporary red full calf for Beaconsfield School by RELFE BROS of London, with gilt titles to black label and further gilt decoration..... More
The Desolate Antarctic.
London: Lutterworth Press, 1950. [Antarctic exploration] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION WITH TLS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 172. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, cartographic endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of 12s. 6d. net. Illustrated with photographic plates. Warmly inscribed by the author to W.G. Whincop to the half title..... More
Momentum, the Struggle for Peace, Politics and the People.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. [Politics] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xviii; 398. INSCRIBED by the author "To Liz and Mike | hope you enjoy the | read. | All the best | love | Mo" in black ink to title page. In publisher's blue cloth with gilt..... More
Discorsi del 1925. [Speeches of 1925].
Milano: Casa Editrice "Alpes," 1926. [Fascist Speeches] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.281 [7]. All text in Italian. Publisher's white paper covers, titled in black and red, with a gilt illustration to upper. All edges untrimmed; substantially unopened. Heavily browned throughout to low grade paper. Moderate rubbing to covers..... More
My Recollections of the Sepoy Revolt (1857-58).
London: John Long, 1911. [Indian Mutiny] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.266. With 17 black and white half-tone plates, including a frontispiece, and a folding plan of Meerut Cantonment. Publisher's navy cloth with titles stamped to spine and red ruling to boards. All edges red. A manuscript letter in..... More
Burgesses and Burgess Law in the Latin Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1099-1325).
Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006. [Crusader States Legal History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] 225 [3]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Lacks the jacket. Light handling only, essentially fine. More
Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram. About One Hundred and Twenty Full Page and Numerous Text Illustrations and Coloured Plate in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches. Portrait and Maps.
London: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. [Polar Travel] FIRST EDITIONS. 2 volumes. Quarto (25 x 18 x 12cm) Numerous illustrations and 4 folding maps, several in colour. Publisher's blue/green cloth with gilt illustration to upper. A used but presentable set; contents shaken within case, owner inscription to first volume, bindings..... More
"The Lanox of Auld." An Epistolary Review of "The Lenox, by William Fraser."
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1880. [Scottish Family History] PRIVATELY PRINTED, the only edition. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.[4] xii; 153 [1]. With a genealogical scheme, occasional small in-text illustrations, and three engraved plates showing charter seals. Publisher's brown pebble-grained cloth, with gilt titles to spine and gilt armorial devices stamped to..... More
The Court of Queen Elizabeth: Originally Written by Sir Robert Nauton, under the title "Fragmenta Regalia." With considerable Biographical Additions by James Caulfield.
London: Printed and Sold by G. Smeeton, and J. Caulfield, 1814. [Elizabethan Biographies] NEW REVISED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 20cm), pp.[4] 127 [1]. With 18 of the 21 engraved portraits, including a frontispiece of Elizabeth I, but lacking Sir Francis Walsingham, Sir Francis Knowles, and Lord Brooke. Publisher's blue /..... More
The Holy Maid of Kent. The Life of Elizabeth Barton, 1506-1534.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1971. [Tudor Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.390 [2]. With four double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge brown, with family trees to endpapers. With the yellow dust-jacket designed by Studio Stead, priced at £3.95..... More
Fire in My Blood.
London: Elek Books, 1958. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.212. With a black and white photographic frontispiece of the author. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black and white illustrated dust-jacket, titled in orange and priced at 16s. Possibly a later issue jacket. Light..... More
Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York: Wardrobe Accounts of Edward the Fourth. With a Memoir of Elizabeth of York, and Notes.
London: William Pickering, 1830. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[8] civ, 265 [3]. In near-contemporary navy half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to red label on spine and further gilt decoration to spine. Textured red cloth boards; endpapers marbled; top edge gilt. Two large armorial bookplates to front pastedown, one of..... More
Paul Verlaine.
London: Constable, 1921. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.viii; 271 [1]. Publisher's navy cloth, gilt titles to upper and spine. Edges untrimmed. Interior bright and clean, toning to endpapers and edges. Some leaves still uncut. A few marks to boards, some gentle wear and fraying to extremities..... More
Pat Nixon The Untold Story.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1986. [Politics] INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.484; [4], blank. Publisher's hardback cloth, printed dust-wrapper priced $19.95. Later printing. With warm presentation note to half-title; "For Sheila MacKellow | with every good wish from | Julie Nixon Eisenhower | July 1988"..... More
The Real War.
New York, NY: Warner Books, 1980. [Politics] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.x; 341; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth with map endpapers, printed dust-wrapper. With warm presentation note to half-title; "To Sheila MacKellow | with best wishes | from | Richard Nixon | 1-8-81". Near..... More
Seize The Moment. America's Challenge In a One-Superpower World.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1992. [Politics] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.322. In a leather-style binding blocked in gilt, likely by The Easton Press (although unspecified). With warm presentation note to half-title; "To Sheila MacKellow | with appreciation for her | loyal friendship..... More
Changing Trains: An Autobiography.
London: Hutchinson, 1996. [British Politics] EX LIBRIS LORD MOYNIHAN, First Edition, association copy. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 273; [1]. With four double-sided black and white plates. In publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket. Recent bookplate detailing provenance affixed to flyleaf. Slightly bumped to..... More
The Normans in the South [and] The Kingdom in the Sun. [The Normans in Sicily].
London: Longmans, Green, 1967-1970. [Mediaeval History] FIRST EDITIONS, first impressions. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xvi, 355; pp.xv, 426. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spines. Yellow / orange end-papers. Both with original pictorial dust-jackets, the first clipped and re-priced to £3.50, and the second priced at £3.50. A small..... More
Outwitting the Hun. My Escape From a German Prison Camp.
London: William Heinemann, 1918. [War memoir] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] xii [2] 266 [6]. Publisher's red cloth, black titles to upper and spine. Small pictorial motif in black to upper, publisher's device to lower. Interior foxed throughout, edges toned. Cloth rubbed and dulled, toning to spine..... More
Drums Under the Windows.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1945. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.vi; 340 [2]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to red backing on spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Jack Matthew, priced at 15s. Spotting and toning to edges. Jacket toned..... More