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The Grove Diaries The Rise and Fall of an English Family. 1809-1925. Signed copy.

By: HAWKINS, DESMOND;

Price: £38.00

Publisher: Dovecote Press. 1995 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 80019

Size 6.25 x 9.5 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. Signed by author on title page. A very clean and tight copy. 375pp. With b/w photographs and illustrations. The diaries of successive generations of the Grove family chart the rise of a Wiltshire/Dorset border family from county gentry to aristocratic Victorian grandees, before the much steeper trajectory of the family’s decline.
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The Royal Family of England, Containing Remarks on the Principle of the Royal Succession. With a Genealogical Account of the Royal Family, and historical Sketches of the Principal Characters.

By: HAWLEY, Frederick:

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Charles H. Law, 1851:

Seller ID: 83944

Hardback, Sm. 8vo. 7 x4.5 inches. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blind embossed decorations to boards and spine. Pale yellow endpapers. In very good condition. Corners bumped ,some darkening to cloth, small chip to top ends of spine. Endpapers clean, neat inscription to top of title page “G. Milner 1862.” One or two very minor handling marks to pages else a very good clean and tight copy. 160pp.
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The Life and Reign of King Henry The Eighth. Written by the Right Honourable Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury.

By: HERBERT, Edward Lord:

Price: £500.00

Publisher: London, Printed by Mary Clark, for Ann Mearn, sold by Tho. Sawbridge, 1683:

Seller ID: 82855

Tall hardback, approx 11.5 x 8 inches. In full speckled calf leather binding, gilt lettering to light brown leather spine label, with raised banding and gilt decorations to spine. Red speckled page edges, plain endpapers. In very good condition. Some wear to cover, rubbing to extremities, top board corners chipped, corners of ends of spines chipped, som scratches and surface chips to rear board. Crack to front hinge with glue repair to front endpaper. Inscription to front endpaper “Robert Cooke, 1951” (Athelhampton House, Dorset.) Some minor rubbing to edges of title page with smal...
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Image for Some Materials Towards Memoirs of the Reign of King George II. Printed from a copy of the original manuscript in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle; and from the original manuscript at Ickworth. Edited by Romney Sedgwick. In Three Volumes.

Some Materials Towards Memoirs of the Reign of King George II. Printed from a copy of the original manuscript in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle; and from the original manuscript at Ickworth. Edited by Romney Sedgwick. In Three Volumes.

By: HERVEY, Lord John:

Price: £225.00

Publisher: London, Eyre and Spottiswoode Printers, 1931 Limited Numbered Edition 159/900.:

Seller ID: 84237

Three Volumes. Hardback, approx 9 x 6 inches. Beveled blue cloth covers with gilt lettering to spines and gilt crests to fronts. Top page edges gilt. In blue cloth covered hard slipcase. In very good conditions. With very good slipcase (SC faded around edges, some minor handling marks.) Spines faded and sunbleached. Some minor rubbing and handling marks to boards, small black ink mark to top front corner of vol.1. Some minor darkening to endpapers with a couple of minor spots to prelims, small neat inscription to endpaper of vol.1. “R. from J. Jan 1934.” Inside pages all very clean...
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Betjeman, The Bonus of Laughter. SIGNED COPY.

By: HILLIER, BEVIS:

Price: £24.00

Publisher: London, John Murray, 2004 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 83535

Hardback, approx 9.5 x 6 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper and jacket slip. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; slight fading to spine, a couple of minor handling marks ,some creases and marks to jacket slip. Not price clipped). Authors signature to main title page. No other penned inscriptions or marks. Else a very clean and tight copy. 746pp. Illustrated with 36 B&W photographs and 14 colour illustrations. Third volume of Hillier’s biographical Betjeman trilogy.
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Margaret Hobhouse and Her Family By Her Son.

By: HOBHOUSE, Stephen;

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Private. The Stanhope Press. 1934 1st edition:

Seller ID: 74360

Size approx 5.5 x 9 inches. In dark blue/grey cloth covers with gilt to front and spine. In very good condition, Some minor rubbing to edges and corners of cover. Inside pages slightly faded else clean and tight. 292pp. With 8 b&w illustrations plus embellishments.
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Echo de Paris. A Study from Life. Limited Numbered Edition.

By: HOUSMAN, Laurence;

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Jonathan Cape. London. 1923 1st edition:

Seller ID: 74816

Size approx 5 x 7.5 inches. Half bound with purple cloth to spine and grey paper covered boards. With original dustwrapper and spine label. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (Dustwrapper edges rubbed, spine darkened, ends chipped.) Some minor foxing to page edges else a tight clean acopy. Some pages uncut. 60pp. Numbered 676 of 750.
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Bournemouth Firemen at War. Signed, dedicated copy.

By: HUGHES, TED:

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Dorset Publishing Company. 1991 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 68640

Size 5.75 x 9.0 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; slightly creased along top edge. Not price clipped). Author’s signed dedicatory inscription to front endpaper. Else a very clean and tight copy. 128pp. With b/w photographs. The author joined the Bournemouth Fire Brigade at the age of 16 and served through WWII. This is the story of Bournemouth under fire and the men who protected the town.
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Henry V. A Biography.

By: HUTCHISON, HAROLD F.:

Price: £9.00

Publisher: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1967 1st edition:

Seller ID: 70387

Size 5.5 x 8.75 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; handling marks. Not price clipped). Small address label to first blank page. Else a clean and tight copy. 287pp. With b/w photographs, maps, illustrations. The author describes a man who was a ‘cold, ruthless, priggish’ organising genius whose life was never far from the brutalities of war or the machinations of diplomacy.
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Joan of Arc. Signed copy.

By: INCE, R.B.:

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London. William Rider & Son Ltd. 1921 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 63403

8vo. In pale brown limp cloth covers with maroon lettering to front. In very good condition. spine slightly darkened and rubbed. Covers slightly rubbed with small marks. Back corners slightly peeled.Mark from old bookplate to front endpaper. Signed, handwritten verses, dated 1921 ro front endpaper. Occasional foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. 77pp. Life of Joan of Arc with emphasis on the mystical.
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Joan of Arc. Signed copy.

By: INCE, R.B.:

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London. William Rider & Son Ltd. 1921 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 63404

8vo. In pale brown limp cloth covers with maroon lettering to front. In very good condition. spine slightly darkened. Corners slightly peeled. Book review pasted to front endpaper. Author’s signature to front endpaper. Occasional foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. 77pp. Life of Joan of Arc with emphasis on the mystical.
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Martin Luther. Apostle of the Reformation.

By: INCE, R.B.:

Price: £21.00

Publisher: London. William Rider & Son Ltd. 1922 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 63406

8vo. In pale brown limp cloth covers with black lettering to spine and front. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened. Mild foxing to edges. Press clippings to front and back endpapers. Author’s signature to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 96pp. Biography of Martin Luther.
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Kill the Messenger. Signed copy.

By: INGHAM, BERNARD:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London. HarperCollins. 1991 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 55397

Tall 8vo. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (d/w; slightly faded. Marks on back. Not price clipped). Erratum slip pasted on front endpaper. A clean and tight copy. 408pp. Prof. ills. with b/w photographic plates. This book is an account of Britain’s Thatcher years through the eyes through the eyes of her legendary Chief Press Secretary, Bernard Ingham. He held this post for almost the entirety of Mrs Thatcher’s eleven and a half years in office. His tenure was marked by controversy and he won much praise an...
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Richard Jefferies, A Study. With a Portrait. Limited Large Paper Edition.

By: JEFFERIES, Richard: SALT, H. S.:

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, Swan Sonneschein & Co., 1894 1st thus, #75/280.:

Seller ID: 81946

Hardback, approx 9 x 6 inches. Brown cloth, beveled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Top page edges gilt. Navy blue endpapers. In very good condition. Some rubbing to edges of boards and corners, cloth chipped at ends of spine. Small chip/split to front spine edge. Slight crack between front endpapers. Bookplate to front “Dennis C. Shrubshall.”(*) Some light foxing to endpapers, some minor darkening to frontis tissue guard. Some light foxing to edges of inside plates. Else pages very clean and tight throughout. * - Dennis Shrubshall, author of “W.H. Hudson, Writer and Natural...
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Tales from The Middle Watch.

By: JERRAM, F.R.:

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Jerram. 2003 1st thus.:

Seller ID: 69985

Size 5.75 x 8.25 inches. In illustrated limp card covers. In near fine condition. A very clean and tight copy. Publisher’s note loose in front. 103pp. With b/w photographs. The author joined the Royal Navy in 1936 and retired in 1972. Here he tells of his life at sea and of many of the actions in which he was involved, including the Yangtze Incident.
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The Magic Touch. Translated from the French by Denise Folliot. With an Introduction by H.R. Trevor-Roper.

By: KESSEL, Joseph:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961 1st UK ed.:

Seller ID: 84350

Hardback, 8 x 5 inches. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In very good condition. Some minorhandling marks to cloth. Some dark foxing spots to closed side page edges, small spots to top edges. Neat inscription to front endpaper “R.L. McGreens, 1961.” Else pages all clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 254pp. The story of a German Doctor who saved many innocent lives from the evil hands of Himmler and the Nazi Regime.
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Fanny Burney.

By: KILPATRICK, SARAH:

Price: £2.00

Publisher: David and Charles. 1980 1syt edition.:

Seller ID: 73383

Size 6.25 x 9.5 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Back slightly rubbed. Slightly rubbed and creased along top edge. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 232pp. With b/w illustrations. Biography of the 18th century writer, Fanny Burney.
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The Extraordinary Mr Wilkes. His Life and Times.

By: KRONENBERGER, LOUIS:

Price: £8.00

Publisher: New English Library. 1974 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 63747

Tall 8vo. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. In fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; slightly rubbed around edges. Not price clipped). Slight browning to edges. Else a very clean and tight copy. 269pp.With b/w illustrations. Biography of John Wilkes, Member of Parliament, Lord Mayor of London and political reformer.
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From Palm to Pine. Rudyard Kipling Abroad and At Home.

By: LASKI, MARGHANITA:

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson. London. 1987 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 58543

Tall 8vo. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Slightly creased along top edge. Small marks. Not price clipped). Mild foxing to edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 191pp. With Black and White illustrations and photographs throughout. The book offers a new approach to one of England’s greatest writers. Kipling travelled extensively and his poetry, stories, novels and letters are imbued with the sights and sounds of East and West. Here the author recreates his life and in particular, his world.
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Dr.Baedeker and his Apostolic work in Russia. With introductory notes by Princess Nathalie Lieven and Lord Radstock.

By: LATIMER, R.S.:

Price: £28.00

Publisher: London: Morgan and Scott. 1907 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 72856

Size 5.25 x 8.25 inches. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened and bumped at top end. Corners slightly bumped. Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. neat pencil inscription to back of frontis. Else a clean and tight copy. 223pp. With b/w photographs and map. German born, but resident in England, Dr Baedeker was converted to Christianity and became a missionary, travelling around Russia in the late 19th century.
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