HISTORY
ARCHIVES DE FRANCE: Des Etats Generaux au 18 Brumaire.
La Revolution Francaise a Travers Les Archives.
Paris: Archives Nationales - La Documentation Francaise,
1988.
First edition. French text. Illustrated in colour.
Folio, pp.438, original bright red cloth lettered in gilt in glazed
dustwrapper; tear to top edge of dustwrapper and some slight
chips and rubs; generally an very good copy.
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ASTLEY / LE STRANGE / HASTINGS: Minutes of Evidence given
before the Committee of Privileges to whom the Petitions of Sir
Jacob Astley, Baronet, and of Henry Le Strange Styleman Le Strange,
Esquire, Respectively Claiming to be Co-Heirs to the Title and
Dignity of Baron Hastings.
[London]: Ordered to be Printed, 16th July, 1840.
Folio, pp.335, original blue printed wrappers; wrappers chipped and
dusty, lacking backstrip, corners bumped.
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BALLARD, ADOLPHUS: The Domesday Boroughs.
Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1904.
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BAINVILLE,
JACQUES: Histoire de France.
Paris: Artheme Fayard, n.d.
8vo, pp.572:(1), quarter dark blue morocco, spine decorated in gilt,
marbled boards. An attractive binding in excellent condition.
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BESANT, WALTER: Besant's History of London - The Stuarts.
London: Village Press, 1990.
Plates and illustrations. 4to, pp.395, original cloth in
dustwrapper; binding excellent; two tears to top edge of dustwrapper,
small amount of edge creasing; internally, excellent.
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BIANCO, ALFREDO: Asti ai tempi della rivoluzione e dell'impero.
Cronaca e Storia.
Asti: Cassa di Risparmio, 1964.
Illustrations and coloured plates throughout. Folio, pp.447,
original blue cloth; binding unevenly faded, some marginal age
toning.
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BIANCO, ALFREDO: Asti Medioevale.
Asti: Cassa di Risparmio,n.d. ca. 1960.
Coloured and other plates throughout. Folio, pp. 450, original blue
cloth; binding unevenly faded, some marginal age toning.
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BOLINGBROKE, HENRY ST. JOHN, LORD VISCOUNT: Letters on the
Study and Use of History. A New Edition, Corrected.
Edinburgh: Charles Elliot, 1777.
8vo, pp.(5):18-385:(1), contemporary full tan calf, spine floral
gilt with crimson lettering piece. Some cracking to upper
joint but very firm, tiny nick from headband; a pleasing
binding.
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BOUCHIER, E.S.: Spain
Under the Roman Empire.
Oxford: Blackwell, 1914.
First edition. Folding
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very firm.
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BUHLMANN, PROF. JOSEPH and WAGNER, PROF. ALEXANDER: Ancient
Rome with the Triumphal Entry of Constantine in the Year 312.
A Panorama painted by Prof. Joseph Buhlmann .....
Munich: Franz Hanfstaengl, ca. 1885.
Reproduction of the original painted panorama, printed in sepia with
explanatory captions printed below, mounted on 8 sections and
opening out to measure 7 x 69 inches and folding within the original
decorated cloth covers blocked in colours. Traces of paper
tape in inner margin of title, numeral in ink on upper margin of
cover; generally very good.
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BURN, A.R.
and
WALLBANK, F.W.
and
HORNBLOWER, SIMON: The Greek World.
The Lyric Age c.750-510 BC.
The Persian Wars c.5460478 BC.
The Classical Age 479-323 BC.
The Hellenistic Age 336-146 BC.
Four Volume Set.
London: The Folio
Society, 2002.
Four volume set. Colour
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pictorially blocked in black & white all contained in a single
slip-case; a fine set in
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CARLYLE, THOMAS: Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches:
With Elucidations.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1857.
Three volumes, 8vo, pp.388, 407 & pp.480, original brown cloth;
variant bindings, Volume 1 plain brown cloth, Volumes 2 & 3 grained
blindstamped cloth. Volume 1 is undated. Headbands and
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CARLYLE, THOMAS: Sartor Resartus. Lectures on Heroes.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1858.
8vo, pp.vi:(1):391, original brown grained blindstamped cloth;
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CHARTERIS, EVAN: William
Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and the Seven Years War.
London: Hutchinson, n.d.
First edition. Plates & maps. 8vo (9½ x 6½ inches), 334-pages. Original
black cloth lettered in gilt. Foxing to edge of text block;
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CHURCH, A.J: Heroes of Chivalry and Romance. Fifth
edition.
London: Seeley, Service, 1913.
Coloured plates by George Morrow. 8vo, pp.vii:342,
contemporary full prize tan morocco, blocked in gilt to both covers,
top edge gilt. Some foxing, inscription erased from verso of
front free endpaper, a few leaves working loose. The binding very
good.
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CRAIK, GEORGE
L. & MACFARLANE, CHARLES: The Pictorial History of England
during the Reign of George the Third. Illustrated with Several
Hundred Woodcuts.
London: Charles Knight, 1841-1844.
Four volumes. Large 8vo, contemporary full tan calf, sides
ruled in blind and gilt, spines gilt extra with crimson and black
lettering and numbering pieces; some slight scuffing to
boards, one inner joint cracked but very firm; a handsome
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CRUICKSHANKS, EVELINE
[Editor]: Ideology and Conspiracy:
Aspects of Jacobitism, 1689-1759.
Edinburgh: John Donald
Publishers, 1982.
First edition. Tall 8vo,
pp.xi:231, original cloth in dustwrapper;
headbands of binding bumped;
dustwrapper with a 2cm tear and crease to lower back leading
edge, and another shorter tear, ends of spine slightly creased ;
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D'AUBIGNE, J H
MERLE: History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century.
Translated from the French by Walter K. Kelly.
London: Whittaker & Co, n.d. ca. 1850.
Large 8vo, pp.582, contemporary full polished tan calf, spine gilt
extra; spine a little dulled, edges of boards damp-marked.
Contemporary inscription on front fly -leaf.
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mid-19th Century binding.
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DEROY, LEON: Les Chroniques du Chateau de Fontainebleau.
Paris: Pierre Roger, n.d.
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raised bands, marbled boards. In very good condition.
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DES,
FONTAINES, M. L'ABBE: The History of the Revolutions of Poland
from the Foundation of That Monarchy, to the Death of Augustus II.
London: for T. Woodward and C. Davis, 1739.
First and only edition in English. Folding engraved map.
8vo, pp. 4):428, contemporary full tan calf, spine gilt in
compartments within raised bands. Lacking most of lettering
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DUNBAR, ARCHIBALD H.:
Scottish Kings.
A Revised Chronology of Scottish History
1005-1625.
With Notices of the Principal Events, Tables
of Regnal Years, Pedigrees, Calendars etc.
Edinburgh: David
Douglas, 1899. First edition.
Four maps at end.
Large 8vo, pp.xv:421, original cloth lettered in gilt on spine and
front cover, a.e.g.;
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ink name to front pastedown, else internally very good.
Signed by the author on leaf preceding half-title.
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ENGLAND:
Les larmes de l’Angleterre, ou La source des malheurs qui ont
afflige´ ce royaume sous le regne de Jaques I. & de son fils, et qui
ont cause´ la guerre civile, la mort de Charles I. & enfin
l’abdication de Jaques II.
Cologne: Pierre Marteau, 1692.
12mo, pp.(12):324, contemporary full calf, spine gilt in
compartments; binding rubbed, gilt to spine dulled.
Contemporary signature, "Stamford", and date, 1693, on title.
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FITZGERALD, PERCY [Editor]: Bardell v. Pickwick.
The Trial for Breach of Promise of marriage held at the Guildhall
Sittings, on April 1, 1828 before Mr Justice Stareleigh and a
Special Jury of the City of London.
London: Elliot Stock, 1902.
First edition. Frontispiece and illustrations. 8vo,
pp.[12]:116, original green glazed cloth lettered in gilt;
binding slightly worn with dark line marking back cover. An
ink stamp to first two leaves and ink ownership inscription to one.
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FLETCHER, RICHARD;
TYERMAN, CHRISTOPHER;
HICKS, MICHAEL and OTHERS: Who's Who
in British History.
Eight Volumes.
London: Shepheard
Walwyn, 1989 onwards.
Eight volumes. Black &
white illustrations.
8vo (8¾
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an excellent set.
Titles are as follows:
Who's Who in Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon England by Richard
Fletcher, 1989, pp.262;
Who's Who in Early Medieval England by Christopher Tyerman,
1996, pp.424;
Who's Who in Late Medieval England by Micahel Hicks, 1991,
pp.382 (price-clipped dustwrapper);
Who's Who in Tudor England by C.R.N. Routh, 1990, pp.476;
Who's Who in Stuart Britain by C.P. Hill, 1988, pp.466
(price-clipped dustwrapper);
Who's Who in Early Hanoverian Britain by Georffrey Treasure,
1991, pp.450;
Who's Who in Late Hanoverian Britain by Geoffrey Treasure,
1997, pp.466;
Who's Who in Victorian Britain by Roger Ellis, 1997, pp.465.
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HENISCH, BRIDGET ANN: Cakes and Characters. An
English Christmas Tradition.
London: Prospect Books, 1984.
First edition. Illustrated in black & white. 8vo,
pp.236, original blue cloth in glazed dustwrapper; dustwrapper
slightly bumped and bearing the traces of indentations without any
damage to the surface. Ink presentation inscription on f.f.e.,
"To Phyllis, with love and gratitude. Bridget & Heinz.
December 1984."
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HIGGONS,
B: Historical and Critical Remarks on Bishop Burnet's History
of Our Time. London: for P. Meighan, 1725.
First edition. 8vo, pp.(8):454, early 19th Century full diced
tan calf, spine with burgundy lettering piece. Rubbed, spine
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HUME, DAVID and SMOLLETT, T.: The History of England
from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 (by
Hume) with
The History of England from the Revolution of 1688 to
the Death of George the Second (by Smollett).
London: Longman, Brown (and many others), 1848.
Ten volumes. Engraved
frontispieces. Handsomely bound full hard vellum, the spines
gilt extra with tripple green and red lettering pieces, all edges
marbled. Some marking to the boards, some scuffing to the lettering
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and small book label of Charles Goldie of Lyme Regis on front
pastedowns.
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11897
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LAMARTINE,
A. DE: Histoire des Girondins.
Bruxelles: Meline, Cans, 1847.
8 volumes bound in 4. 8vo (7¼ x 5 inches), bound 19th Century half
burgundy calf with
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corners, half inch crack to one upper joint, endpapers foxed, but
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10803
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LATIMER,
JOHN: The History of the Society of Merchant Venturers of the City
of Bristol. With some account of the Anterior Merchants' Guilds.
Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1903.
First edition. Frontispiece & armorial plate in gold and colours.
Imperial 8vo, pp.viii:345:(1,errata), publisher's full blue calf
ruled and blocked in gilt, spine gilt ruled with maroon lettering
piece, top edge gilt. Lettering piece a trifle rubbed, foxing to
fore and lower edge of text block, generally very good, attractive,
and strongly bound.
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MCCARTHY,
JUSTIN: A History of Our Own Times from 1880 to the Diamond Jubilee.
Sixth thousand.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1897.
8vo, pp.viii:567, contemporary full rich polished 'tree' calf, spine
gilt within raised bands, double lettering pieces, inner gilt
dentelles, all edges marbled. [Eton College] presentation
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METCALF, THOMAS R: Land, Landlords, and the British Raj. Northern
India in the Nineteenth Century.
University of California Press, 1979.
First edition. Frontispiece. Maps. 8vo, pp.xiv:436, original cloth;
an excellent copy in very good spine sunned d.w.
Quote Item No. 6052.
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MILLOT, L'ABBE: Elemens de l'Histoire de France. Nouvelle Edition.
Paris: Les Libraires Associes, 1809.
Four volumes. Small 8vo, contemporary full calf calf, spines
gilt, lacking lettering pieces, several joints cracked but very
firm.
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MONSTRELET, ENGUERRAND DE:
The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet; containing an account of
the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy; of
the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English; their expulsion
Thence.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853.
Two volumes. Extra coloured title to volume one.
Woodcut illustrations. Large 8vo (9½ x 7 inches), pages: xxxvi:640 &
xvi:552, contemporary full tan calf. Upper inner hinge of Volume One
split and with split to outer joint, split to outer joint of volume
two and headband pulled away, generally rubbed and chipped.
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MUNCK, THOMAS: The
Peasantry and the Early Absolute Monarchy in Denmark 1660-1708.
Kobenhavn:
Landbohistorisk Selskab, 1979.
Large 8vo, pp.262, original blue cloth lettered in gilt, no
dustwrapper; generally, a very
good copy.
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OLDCASTLE,
HUMPHRY: Remarks on the History of England.
London: for R. Francklin, 1743.
First edition. 8vo, pp.xv:328:(6),early 19th Century full
diced tan calf, spine gilt on bands, blocked in blind in
compartments, with lettering piece; joints cracked, spine and area
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PARKER, SAMUEL: Bishop Parker's History: or, The Tories
Chronicle, from the Restoration of King Charles II 1660, to the Year
1680, in Four Parts....
London: Printed in the Year 1730.
8vo, pp.8:(2):271, contemporary full calf; binding very scuffed and
rubbed, one leaf partly detached and a little worn on fore-margin,
piece cut from fly-leaf. Contemporary armorial bookplate.
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PHIPSON, DR. T.L.: The Storm and its Portents. Scenes
from the Reign of Louis XVI.
London: Richard Bentley, 1878.
First edition. Large 8vo, pp.334:(1, advertisements), original
dark green cloth blocked in gilt; binding headbands bumped, else
very bright; internally, top page edges browned, ne gathering partly
detached and stitching strained, joints cracked, with a W.H. Smith
Library blindstamp on front free-endpaper, some foxing, some pages
unopened.
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Leeds: Richard Jackson, 1911.
First edition. Plates. 4to, pp.83:(5), original purple
cloth blocked in gilt. Binding spotted, unevenly faded,
headband pulled. Signature of Archer Cust on front free
endpaper.
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ROBERTS, MICHAEL: Gustavus Adolphus and the Rise of Sweden.
London: The English Universities Press, 1973.
First edition. Black & white plates. 8vo, pp.207,
original cloth in dustwrapper; binding very good; dustwrapper
headbands slightly bumped, very slight shelf-wear; internally,
excellent.
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ROBERTS, MICHAEL: The
Early Vasas.
A History of Sweden 1523-1611.
Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1968.
First edition. Black &
white portrait frontispiece and four plates, maps.
8vo, pp.xiv:509, original cloth in dustwrapper;
binding very good;
dustwrapper frayed and rubbed at edges of spine and top outer
corners, slightly soiled;
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ROBERTS, MICHAEL
[Editor]: Documents of Modern History.
Sweden as a Great Power 1611-1697.
Government:
Society:
Foreign Policy.
London: Edward Arnold
Ltd, 1968.
First edition. 8vo,
pp.vi:182, original cloth in dustwrapper;
binding headbands bumped,
else very good;
dustwrapper poor with a number of tears (some loss) along edges,
especially spine and front, ring mark to front cover;
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ROLLIN, M. [CHARLES]: The Ancient History of the Egyptians,
Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians,
Macedonians and Grecians. Translated from the French.
London: for Longman and Co; T. Cadell (& many others), 1839.
Six volumes (complete). Engraved portrait. Folding
engraved maps. 8vo (8½ x 5½ inches), contemporary full tan
calf, spines gilt with later crimson and black morocco lettering
pieces. Bindings scuffed, a few of the lettering pieces frayed
at edges or a little chipped, spines darkened, two upper inner
joints split, some headbands rubbed. Generally sound and
attractive on the shelf. Armorial bookplates of Reginald John
Cust on front pastedowns.
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SADLER,
SIR RALPH: Letters and Negotiations of Sir Ralph Sadler,
Ambassador of King Henry VIII of England to Scotland;
Containing the Transactions of two memorable Embassies. The
First to King James V in the Year 1540, in Order to dispose him
towards a Reformation .... The Second, to the Governor and
States of Scotland, in the Year 1543, concerning a Marriage betwixt
Mary their Queen and Edward VI then Prince of Wales; and a
perpetual Friendship and Union between the two Nations.
Edinburgh: for James McEuen and George Stewart, 1720.
First edition. 8vo, pp.xxiv:456, contemporary full panelled
tan calf blocked in blind, spine gilt with crimson lettering piece.
Spine a little chipped at head and base of spine, binding
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engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Eden Bart (1717 - 1755).
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SAGGS, H.W.F.;
GURNEY, O.R.;
COOK, J.M.;
and
GARDINER, ALAN: Empires of the Ancient Near
East.
The Babylonians.
The Persians.
The Egyptians.
Four Volume Set.
London: The Folio
Society, 1999.
Four volumes. Colour and
black & white plates (some folding).
Large 8vo (10 x 6 3/4 inches wide), original cloth
decoratively blocked in gilt contained in a single slip-case;
all volumes fine;
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SALMON,
THOMAS: The Chronological Historian Containing a Regular
Account of All Material Transactions and Occurrences Ecclesiastical,
Civil and Military Relating to the English Affairs, from the
Invasion of the Romans to the Present Time.
London: W. Mears, 1723.
First edition. Title in red and black. Engraved
portraits. 8vo, pp.(8):422:(21, index):(5, publisher's list),
contemporary full panelled calf, spine with raised bands and
lettering piece. Joints cracked, boards held on cords,
spine darkened, chipped at head and tail. With the engraved
armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Eden Bart (1717-1755) and signature
of Thomas Eden on title.
Quote Item No. 7989
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SCOTT, SIR WALTER: Tales of a Grandfather (History of Scotland).
With Notes.
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1859.
Three volumes. Engraved plates. Small 8vo, original
green blindstamped ribbed cloth blocked in gilt on sides, spines
gilt; some foxing. Inner hinges of one volume strained.
The bindings in extremely bright condition.
Quote Item No. 9597
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SEWARD, DESMOND: The Monks of War. The Military Orders.
London: Folio Society, 200.
8vo, pp. xvi:338, original black cloth pictorially blocked in gilt &
orange; fine in slipcase.
Quote Item No. 5528
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SHARPE, REGINALD R.: London and the Kingdom. A History derived
mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the
Corporation of the City of London.
Three volumes.
London: Longmans, Green, 1894.
Three volumes. Frontispiece to each volume, 2 folding.
8vo (8½ x 5½ inches), pp.566; pp.650; &
pp.565:(1 errata). Original green cloth armorially blocked in gilt.
Prelims. of Volume 3 foxed, corners bumped,
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from the Corporation of London with labels to this effect on front
pastedowns.
Quote Item No. 12012
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STREET, A.G: Hitler's Whistle.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1943.
First edition. Black & white photographic plates. 8vo,
pp.297, original green cloth in dustwrapper; headbands and
corners bumped; dustwrapper with a number of creases, chips
and short tears (slight loss); in all other respects,
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Quote Item No. 7307
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TAYLOR, GEORGE HENRY: The Excursions of a Village Curate;
or, The Fruits and Gleanings of a Month's Ramble in Quest of Health.
London: Lupton Relfe, 1927.
First edition. 8vo, pp.iv:178, original cloth-backed boards
lettered in gilt on spine; spine severely faded; foxing
to endpapers and some leaves of text; ink ownership name on
reverse of title and f.f.e.; edges slightly rubbed.
Quote Item No. 6511
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TAYLOR, W.C: Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr Goldsmith's
Abridgement of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius
Caesar to the Death of George II ......
London: Whittaker , 1837.
Frontispiece, woodcuts in the text, folding map. 8vo, pp.viii:508:24
(Whittaker's list), full contemporary burgundy roan; headband a
little rubbed.
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THIERS, ADOLPHE: Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire. 20
volumes.
Paris: Paulin, 1845 - 1862.
Twenty volumes. 8vo, contemporary half tan calf with black
lettering and numbering pieces. A number of headbands chipped,
a few chipped at base of spine, a few lettering pieces chipped.
That apart this is still an attractive set on the shelf.
Image available on request. Extremely heavy and therefore
not viable for export.
Quote Item No. 4999
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THIRLWALL, CONNOP; PITMAN,
SIR ISAAC: The History of Greece. 8 volumes.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, 1835.
First edition. Published 1835-1844. Eight volumes
complete. Engraved vignette titles. 8vo ( 6½ x 4 inches), 19th Century half
green morocco, marbled boards; spines now uniformly faded to brown,
some rubbing, gilt dulled, but the bindings very strong and sound.
Issued as part of Dionysius Lardner's Cabinet Encyclopaedia but
complete in itself. With the library label of the Hawarden Institute
Lending Library on front pastedown and with small printed number
label above. Ink stamp within shield on front free endpaper
stating that these books were Presented
to the Institute, "June 1893, by Eizak (sic) Pitman, Inventor
of Phonography, Bath".
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TREVELYAN, SIR GEORGE OTTO: The American Revolution.
Longmans, Green, 1899.
Four volumes comprising: Part 1, 1766-1776; Part 2 (in
two volumes); and, Part 3, Saratoga and Brandywine, Valley Forge,
England and France at War. Part 1 was published in 1899,
Part 2 in 1903; & Part 3 in 1907. Illustrated with folding maps &
plans. Four volumes, pp.468; 384; 374; & 539, original cloth, no
dustwrappers; spines unevenly faded and spotted, headbands bumped,
the last volume with corners bumped quite hard, page edges browned.
The first three volumes contain the armorial bookplate of Baron
Manners.
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Price: £30.00
London: Baldwin, Cradock, 1821.
Two volumes, one of 64 engraved plates, the other of text, pp.264.
Square 12mo, contemporary full grained roan; backstrips and
extremities rubbed, headbands chipped. Contemporary inscriptions.
Quote Item No. 2017
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TULARD, JEAN: The French
Revolution in Paris.
Seen Through the Collections of the
Carnavalet Museum.
Paris-Musees, February, 1989.
First edition. English
text. Illustrated in
colour and black & white.
Folio, pp.241, original burgundy vinyl
decoratively blocked in gilt on spine and lettered and
blocked in gilt on front cover, no dustwrapper;
two lower corners of binding bumped and with small white
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INSCRIBED COPY.
Paris: Eugene Dumont, Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1933.
1 of 1000 copies printed. Large 8vo, pp.252 plus unpaginated
index. Original printed wrappers; text block detached from
wrappers, wrappers edge rubbed and worn at head and tail of
backstrip.
* Bold signed inscription, dated 1933, from the author to Edward
Shackleton, on half-title and with a typed letter signed and an
autograph letter signed from the author to Shackleton and retained
copies of Shackleton's replies, and a few other pieces.
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VELLEIUS PATERCULUS: C.
Velleii Paterculi Historiæ Romanæ ad M. Vinicium cos. Libri duo /
interpretatione et notis illustravit Robertus Riguez e Societate
Jesu. Jussu christianissimi Regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini.
London: Gul. Innys, 1730.
Engraved frontispiece. Title in red and black. 8vo, pp.xxviii:164
plus substantial unpaginated index. Contemporary panelled calf;
re-cased retaining the original backstrip but joints chipped and
headband pulled, inner joints reinforced with cloth.
Frontispiece and title foxed.
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WELLS, STEPHEN: The Tudor, Queen Mary, being an Abridged
History of the Events and Personages connected with her reign.
London: Richardson and Son, 1854.
First edition. 12mo, pp.(4, list of subscribers):(2, contents):83,
original red cloth armorially blocked in gilt. Binding spotted, a
little worn at head and base of spine. Presentation copy from the
author, so inscribed and dated, 1854, on endpaper, further later
inscription below. Ink annotation to the list of subscribers by the
author.
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WHITHAM, J. MILLS: A Biographical History of the French
Revolution.
London: Routledge, 1933.
Reprint. Black & white portraits. 8vo, pp.xiii:493, original
red cloth; no dustwrapper; spine browned, headbands and corners
bumped and slightly rubbed; page edges browned; internally, some
foxing, prize label on endpaper, in all other respects, very good.
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