History & Biography
Great Contemporaries.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937. [Political biographies] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 335 [3]. With twenty-one photographic portrait plates. Recent navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and rampant lion tooling to spine, and blue cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. A light trim..... More
Lester: The Official Biography.
London: Michael Joseph, 1986. [Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2]; xii; 338. SIGNED by Lester Piggott in black ink to the half-title. With four suites of photographs. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Gerry Cranham. Price clipped to..... 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
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
Winston S. Churchill: Volume IV Companion. Parts I, II, and III: January 1917-November 1922.
London: Heinemann, 1977. [Winston Churchill] FIRST EDITIONS, First Impressions. Octavos (24 x 16 x 13cm), pp.xxiii; [1]; 720, pp.[10]; 721-1426; [4], pp.[10]; 1427-2165; [3]. The complete companion volumes to volume IV of the Life. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, and red top edges. With the white typographic..... More
Memoirs of India: Comprising a brief Geographical Account of The East Indies; a succinct History of Hindostan, from the Most Early Ages, to the end of the Marquis of Hastings' Administration in 1823. Designed for the Use of Young Men Going Out to India.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. [Indian Colonial History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[6] xii; 504 [4]. In a slightly later full calf binding for Glasgow Highschool, by CARRS & GOY of Glasgow (binder's label to verso of fly-leaf). with blind tooling to..... More
Winston S. Churchill: Volume I Companion. Parts I and II: 1874-1900.
London: Heinemann, 1967. [Winston Churchill] FIRST EDITIONS, First Impressions. Octavos (24 x 16 x 9cm), pp.[2]; xxii; 678; [2], pp.[6]; 679-1290; [6]. The complete companion volumes to volume I of the Life. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, and red top edges. With the white typographic dust-jackets, priced..... More
My Life: The Rise and Fall of a Dictator.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1930. [Communist Autobiography] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.512. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Fore edge untrimmed. Pencil ownership to fly-leaf, with some light toning and spotting to preliminaries. Cloth sunned to..... More
The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France, in February 1793, to the Accession of George IV, in January 1820. A New Edition, with considerable Additions and Improvements, including Diagrams of all principal Actions.
London: Harding, Lepard, and Co., 1826. [History] New Edition. Six volumes, all folding tables present. Octavos (23 x 14 x 25cm) pp.L; [2]; 568, pp.vi; [2]; 568, pp.[2]; vi; [2]; 533; [5], pp.[2]; v; [3]; 539; [3], pp.[2]; vi; [2]; 581; [5], pp.[2]; vi; [2]; 740; [4]. Bound in half..... More
Travels in Arabia Deserta.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. [Arabia Travel] NEW 'DEFINITIVE' EDITION, First Thus. Complete in two volumes. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.674; pp.696. Complete with a frontispiece and illustrated plates to volume I, and a large folding map to each volume. Publisher's brown buckram with gilt titles to spines. Top edges..... More
The Lycian Shore.
London: John Murray, 1956. [Turkish Travel] FIRST EDITION, with SIGNED MANUSCRIPT POSTCARD. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xii; 204. With occasional in-text illustrations by the author, a title page vignette by Reynolds Stone, a folding map at rear, and 26 double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's aqua cloth with gilt..... More
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-1958. [English History] FIRST EDITIONS. 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 publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, top edges red, pictorial dust-jackets priced..... More
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1788-1789. [Late Antiquity] COMPLETE QUARTO EDITIONS. First three volumes 'New Edition', final three volumes are First Editions. Complete in six volumes. Quarto (29 x 23 x 31cm), pp.[4] xx; 704; pp.[14] 640 [2]; pp.[14] 640 [2]; pp.[6] xvi; 620 [2]; pp.[14] 684..... More
Traveller's Prelude; Beyond the Euphrates; The Coast of Incense; Dust in the Lion's Paw. [A Complete set of Freya Stark's four-volume Autobiography].
London: John Murray, 1950; 1951; 1953; 1961. [Travel Autobiography] COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS, First Impressions. Octavo (23 x 15 x 13cm), pp.xii; 346; pp.xiii; 341; pp.xiii; 287; pp.xii; 297. Each with a green sketch-map and numerous black and white photographic plates. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt..... More
A Mirror for the Female Sex: Historical Beauties for Young Ladies. Intended to Lead the Female Mind to the Love and Practice of Moral Goodness. Designed principally for the Use of Ladies' Schools. Ornamented with Thirty-Four Engravings, Beautifully Cut on Wood.
London: Printed for Vernor and Hood in the Poultry; and sold by E. Newbery, 1798. [Historical Female Biography] FIRST EDITION. Duodecimo (17 x 11cm), pp.[4] xxiv; 226 [6]. Including a leaf of advertisements at rear. With an engraved frontispiece and many head and tail pieces in the style of Bewick..... More
I Survived.
London: Evans Brothers, 1954. [WWII novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.224. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. With ten photographic halftone illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 12/6 to front flap. Interior lightly..... More
Chasing the Dragon. A Veteran Journalist's Firsthand Account of the 1949 Chinese Revolution.
Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2004. [Chinese History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 262 [2]. With two suites of eight double-sided black and white photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to half-title: 'For John— | So nice to see | you again. With |..... More
Alexander's Path. From Caria to Cilicia.
London: John Murray, 1958. [Turkish Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xxiv; 284. With 21 black and white photographic plates, as well as vignette title page illustration by Reynolds Stone, in-text illustrations by the author, maps, and an index. Publisher's aqua cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper..... More
Riding to the Tigris.
London: John Murray, 1959. [Turkish Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xii; 114 [2]. With 16 double-sided black and white photographic plates, and a folding map at rear. Publisher's aqua cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Top edge aqua. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at 21s. Typographic..... More
The Minaret of Djam. An Excursion in Afghanistan.
London: John Murray, 1970. [Middle East Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[16] 99 [1]. With 24 double-sided black and white photographic plates, a blue sketch map of the location, and numerous drawings, by the author and her two travelling companions. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine..... More
John Steinbeck: A Biography.
London: Heinemann, 1994. [Literary Biography] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 614. With two suites of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, dated 29.3.94. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket..... More
The Farewell Years: The Final Historical Records of The Buffs Royal East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) Formerly Designated The Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment 1948-1967.
Canterbury: The Queen's Own Buffs Office, 1967. [Regimental History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xviii; 231. With five maps, 14 double-sided black and white photographic plates, and a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and the Regimental crest stamped in gilt to upper. With the photographic..... More
Perseus in The Wind.
London: John Murray, 1948. [Essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.x 169 [1]. With wood engraved vignettes by Reynolds Stone to chapter headings. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and facsimile signature stamped in gilt to upper. With the dust-jacket designed by F. Quilter, priced at 12/6..... More
Baghdad Sketches.
London: John Murray, 1937. [Iraqi Travel] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xiv; 269 [3]. With 25 double-sided black and white photographic plates, a photographic frontispiece, and the green folding sketch map. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt facsimile signature stamped to upper. Typographic bookplate..... More
The Regimental Roll of Honour and War Record of the Artists' Rifles (1/28th, 2/28th and 3/28th Battalions The London Regiment T.F.). Commissions, Promotions, Appointments and Rewards for Service in the Field Obtained by Members of the Corps since 4th August, 1914.
London: Howlett & Son, 1922. [First World War] INSCRIBED THIRD EDITION. Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.xliv; 596. With 33 black and white illustrations including a frontispiece. INSCRIBED by the Colonel of the Regiment between 1912 and 1921, and author of the foreword, H.A.R. May (1863-1930), in black ink to the..... More