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London: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1933. 8vo. Second cheap edition in brown cloth, 382 pp. Churchill's second published book; a history of the conquest of Sudan between 1896 and 1899 led by Lord Kitchener. Boards and extremities rubbed, binding slightly slanted. Ownership inscriptions to front paste-down, otherwise internally clean. Contains 22 full-page or fold-out maps and plans. . Good. Cloth. 1933.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Folio Soicety 2011. Large 8vo. First edition thus. 409 pp. Black leather spine over decorated boards, in a green slipcase. As new, still in it's shrinkwrap. This popular classic provides an a thousand year history of western European culture. . As New. Leather Spine. First Edition Thus. 2011.

Hounslow: Thomasons Ltd / The Middlesex Chronicle 1938. 8vo. Second edition. [ii], colour frontis, [xiv], Fold-out map, 413 pp. Publisher's red cloth with lettering to spine, which has faded. Extremities rubbed, otherwise clean. With a foreword by Sir Montagu Sharpe, the President of the Middlesex Archaeological Society. Numerous black and white plates. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. 2nd Edition. 1938.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: George Newnes 1901. Oblong 8vo. [All 12 volumes] 96 pp. Green illustrated paper covers in a paper folder. Filled with stories of the British navy and fantastic full-page colour illustrations of battle-ships; an essential artifact for those interested in the history of the British navy or battle-ships in general. A small burn to first volume, however, text of leaves… Ler mais sobre este item

New Haven & London: Yale University Press 1999. 4to.Illustrated. 370 pp, Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, in pictorial dustjacket. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Some minor rubbing to the edges of the jacket, but otherwise in lovely clean condition. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Afro-American and West Indian Publishers 1971. 8vo. First edition. 83 pp. Pictorial softcover. Light rubbing to edges, internally clean. Bonhomme was born in Trinidad and grew to dislike his home country's relationship with America, a nation he viewed as imperialistic. Racial inequality in America and Britain inspired this book. Enoch Powell delivered his racist Rivers of Blood speech… Ler mais sobre este item

Leeds: Maney Publishing 2007. 4to. xviii, 458 pp. Pictorial softcover in card slipcase. Wear to slipcase, including a couple of short tears. Book otherwise in near fine condition. Mostly black and white illustrations, with a few in colour. The first detailed study of dress worn at Henry VIII's court. 9781905981410 . Near Fine. Softcover. 2007.

London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Co. circa 1898. 4to. Eight volumes. Half maroon morocco over grained cloth boards, with gilt ruling and lettering to spine and boards; a.e.g.; marbled endpapers. Slight rubbing to bindings and wear to corners of volumes 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8. Smell of camphor mothballs as this set came from a house in South… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons 1944. 8vo. [16 pp.], illustrated paper boards. Boards slightly marked and slight creasing to front. A publication sold to support the National Fire Service Benevolent Fund, featuring a fictional incident recounted by a Fire Service Officer, accompanied by colour illustrations on every page of a burning London. Also includes a poem entitled 'Firewomen'. 'Paper provided… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1943. 12mo. Paper boards, 94 pp. The story of the bombing of London by the Group Co-ordinating Officer of Civil Defence for the East End. With a foreword by the Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison; 12 half-tone illustrations and drawings by Blesbok; and several plates of contemporary b/w photographs. Wear to spine, with a patch of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: T. Cadell 1821. 8vo. 10 volumes. Full light brown calf; gilt border to boards; gilt decoration and lettering to spine; marbled endpapers. Slight loss to surface leather of a few volumes and to the labels of volumes 4 and 5. Gift inscription to a Sarah Baker in 1826, otherwise quite clean internally. Fold-out maps of South America, Central America,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Chapman and Hall 1910. Large 8vo. First edition, publisher's gilt decorated cloth in 2 volumes with top-edges gilt, xii, 418; xi, 484 pp. Sunning to spines and slight bumping to spine ends, clean boards. Slight offsetting to endpapers, otherwise fresh and clean internally. Numerous in-text and full-page illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan. . Very Good. Gilt-decorated Cloth. First Edition.… Ler mais sobre este item

Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1896. Small 8vo. li, 504 pp. Full brown morocco prize binding with blind borders and gilt stamp to front board and spine. Raised bands, title label and gilt lettering; marbled endpapers and edges; blind dentelle turn-ins. Minor rubbing to bands, spine ends and some small patches of wear to rear board. Internally fresh and clean with… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd. 1896. 8vo. vi, 251 pp. Bickers binding of half calf with green boards; gilt lettering and devices to spine; t.e.g; marbled endpapers. fading to green calf. Internally clean. Morley was a distinguished biographer, particularly of his political hero, Gladstone. Part of the Twelve English Statesmen series. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1896.

Halifax: G. T. Whitehead 1917. Tall 8vo. 152 pp. Original blue and purple cloth with gilt emblem and lettering to front board. Orange floral endpapers with ink ownership inscription to FFEP dated 1918. Original blue paper wrappers also bound in. Frontispiece of Colonel 33rd of 1st Yorkshire West Riding Regiment. Includes b/w photographs of officers in the battalions and contemporary… Ler mais sobre este item

Milan: Lodouico Monza 1666. Small 4to. Italian language. First Edition. [xvi], 233, [9] pp. Later rebind with vellum spine, raised bands and gilt lettering and devices over patterned boards. Minor split at top of front joint and slight abrasion at base of spine. Very slight foxing to edges of some leaves, though otherwise clean internally. Luigi de Guzman Ponze di… Ler mais sobre este item

Roma: Per Luigi Vescovi e Filippo Neri 1786. Small 4to. xxxii, 392 pp. Full vellum with handwritten ink title to spine and bright red patterned edges. Boards slightly warped and marked, binding firm. Occasional light foxing and damage to the edges of the last few pagesbut generally clean. Small closed tear to FFEP. Italian text. Scarce work on the Ottoman… Ler mais sobre este item

London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1919. Small 8vo.Prize Binding. viii, 271 pp. Half red leather with gilt crest of Saugeen School Bournemouth, a prep school, to board; t.e.g. and gilt lettering and ruling to spine. Slight rubbing and warping to binding. Internally clean. Black and white illustrated title page. 18cms tall. . Very Good. Half Leather.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1901. 8vo. First edition from 1901, half dark red morocco over cloth boards. Top edge gilt; raised bands and gilt lettering to spine; decorative endpapers. A book considering Mary, Queen of Scots, in light of the Lennox manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library. Lang later also writes a monograph on 'The Portraits and Jewels of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: MacMillan 1942. 8vo. xi, 653; vii, 586 pp., Green gilt lettered cloth in unclipped dustjackets. Bumping to extremities and wear to jackets. Previous owner's name in pencil to half title, otherwise internally clean. Black and white photographic plates and endpapers featuring maps of the region. . Very Good. Cloth. 2nd Impression. 1942.