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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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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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Jane Austen.

By: JOHNSON, R. Brimley:

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, Sheed & Ward, 1927 1st edition:

Seller ID: 84735

Hardback, approx 7.5 x 5 inches. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and monogram & “Stag” design to front. In very good condition. A couple of minor handling marks to cloth, some minor rubbing to corners and ends of spine. Else clean and smart. No penned inscriptions or marks. Mild foxing spots to main title page, some minor light spots to inside pages. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 171pp. Scare 1st edition Biography of Jane Austen by R. Brimley Johnson.
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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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Memoirs of the Late Major General Le Marchant. The Spellmount Library of Military History.

By: LE MARCHANT, Denis:

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Staplehurst, Spellmount, 1997 1st thus:

Seller ID: 78747

Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Navy blue cloth. Glossy dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with near fine dustwrap. 315pp. With b&w illustrations, 12 colour plates and 3 maps.
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The Valor of Ignorance With Specially Prepared Maps.

By: LEA, Homer;

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers London. 1909 1st:

Seller ID: 75659

8.5 x 5.5 ins. In blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine and also gilt vignette to front. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Edges and spine a little rubbed. A couple of minor marks to cloth. Bookplate to front endpaper else a very clean and tight copy throughout. 344pp. 11 Map charts and frontis portrait.
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Girlhood in the Pacific. Samoa - Philippines - Spain.

By: LESLIE, Mrs SHANE:

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Macdonald and Co. Ltd. 1942 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 70950

Size 5.5 x 8.75 inches. In dark green cloth covers with silver to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; rubbed around edges with chips, tears and small pieces missing. Not price clipped). Front endpaper missing. Else a clean and tight copy. 110pp. With b/w photographs. The author was born Marjorie Ide, the youngest daughter of Henry Clay Ide, the United States Ambassador to Spain and Governor-General of The Philippines. She later married Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet, generally known as Shane Leslie. Here she describes her childhood, spe...
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Image for The Life of Pope Sixtus the Vth. Also A View of the Transactions of the Romith Church, and the most considerable affairs of Europe in that Age.

The Life of Pope Sixtus the Vth. Also A View of the Transactions of the Romith Church, and the most considerable affairs of Europe in that Age.

By: LETI, Gregorio:

Price: £250.00

Publisher: London, John Wyat, 1704:

Seller ID: 78878

Hardback, approx 8 x 5 inches. Full calf leather binding, gilt lettering and banding to spine. Blind embossed and decorated front and rear boards. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Corners bumped and chipped, edges rubbed. Original leather boards laid over contemporary leather spine & lettering. Neat inscription to rear of front board “J. Miller, Portugal Shed, 1830.” Ex lib stamp to rear of title page. Some minor handling marks, spots and minor darkening to pages, else a clean and tight copy. Very rare. 411pp. + advert page.
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Memoirs of a British Agent. Being an account of the author's early life in many lands and of his official mission to Moscow in 1918.

By: LOCKHART, R. H. BRUCE;

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Putnam. 1933:

Seller ID: 74804

Approx 6 x 9 inches. In blue cloth with gilt to spine. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to cloth and corners. Slightly solied at rear leading edge. Owners label inside front endpaper else clean and tight throughout. 355pp.
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Image for Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved from pictures in the galleries of the nobility, and the public collections of the country. With biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. In Twelve Volumes.

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved from pictures in the galleries of the nobility, and the public collections of the country. With biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. In Twelve Volumes.

By: LODGE, EDWARD:

Price: £475.00

Publisher: London, Harding, Mavor and Lepard. 1835.:

Seller ID: 82991

12 volumes. Hardbacks, Tall 8vo. 11 x 7.5 inches. Quarter bound in red morocco leather to spines and corners and marbled paper boards. Gilt edged boards, raised banding and gilt decoration and lettering to spines. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In very good conditions. Some rubbing and general shelfwear to extremities; Edges rubbed corners bumped, paper chipped on edges, some rubbing to spines and ends. Rubbing to boards with some minor darkening. No previous owners bookplates or inscriptions. Some minor darkening to endpapers. Pages all very clean and tight. Some darkening to edges o...
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Louisa, Lady In Waiting. The personal diaries and albums of Louisa, Lady in Waiting to Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra.

By: LONGFORD, ELIZABETH:

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Jonathan Cape. London. 1979 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 56013

4to. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. Decorated endpapers. In good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; small marks and slightly rubbed around edges. Price clipped). Covers slightly warped. Presentation inscription on front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 215pp. With b/w photographs throughout. These diaries of a Victorian and Edwardian Lady in Waiting disclose a uniquely feminine and intimate view of the reigns of two queens as seen from the Royal Bedchamber and the formal Rooms of State. Louisa, Countess of Antrim spent nearly twenty years in the service...
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Life of Sir Kenelm Digby. By One of His Descendants. With Illustrations.

By: LONGUEVILLE, Thomas:

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1896 1st:

Seller ID: 84152

Hardback 8vo. approx 9 x 6 inches. Blue cloth gilt lettering to spine and silver ‘fleur de lis’ shield to front. Black endpapers. In very good condition. Some rubbing to corners with some minor rubbing to bottom edges. Small chip to cloth on bottom edge. Small mark to spine with some minor rubbing to ends. Some minor handling marks to boards. No penned inscriptions, endpapers clean. Some mild foxing to prelims, some darkening to title page, some moderate foxing to inside pages but engravings remain clean and bright (all guarded except frontis.) Else a very good clean and tight copy...
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Chatham. His Early Life and Connections.

By: LORD ROSEBERY:

Price: £11.00

Publisher: A.L.Humphreys 1910 (2nd.impr.).:

Seller ID: 54667

Tall 8vo. Maroon cloth gt. Sm. tear in cloth top side of spine repaired. Binding sl. faded / sl. rubbed. Very good to good. 526 pp.
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A Passing World.

By: LOWNDES, Mrs BELLOC:

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London. Macmillan. 1948 1st ed:

Seller ID: 73565

Size 6.0 x 8.75 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened and rubbed at ends. Mild foxing. Slightly rubbed around edges with small chips and tears. Not price clipped). mild foxing to edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 275pp. With b/w portrait frontis. The author was the sister of Hilaire Belloc. This is fourth volume of her autobiography and covers her life in London during the Great War.
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The Last Pre-Raphaelite. Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination. Signed first edition.

By: MacCARTHY, FIONA:

Price: £60.00

Publisher: London. faber and faber. 2011 1st:

Seller ID: 85228

6.5 x 9.5 inches. In dark grey cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper (d/w. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Black endpapers. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (DW, Not price clipped.) Author’s neat inscription to main title page. Else a very clean and tight copy. 629 pp. Illustrated with b&w and colour photographs and line drawings in text. Biography of the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Edward Burne-Jones.
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