Generously illustrated edition of Mitford's biography of the influential mistress of King Louis XV. Some shelf-wear to DJ. Tanning to pages. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Humorous collection of verse and caricature, satirizing great men of the day as historical or fictional figures, including Arthur Balfour as King Arthur. 4to. Wear to spine with portion frayed and missing from top. Toning to covers. Rubbing to edges. Cont [more...]
Second edition of Begbie's political satire in verse, with numerous chromolithographic illustrations. 4to. Toning and rubbing to covers. Wear to spine. Front hinge split. Lacks title page. Mild toning within. Fair overall. [more...]
'An Eightieth Year Tribute to Winston Churchill'. With numeorus b/w and colour images and descriptions of the various stages of his life. large 4to. Some mild rubbing and small tears to edges. Contents clean and tight. Previous owner's scribbled inscripti [more...]
The third Volume of Churchill's second great 'contribution to History'. Published from 1948-1954. With b/w fold-out maps and diagrams. 8vo. (220x150mm). Complete with DJ, red titling clear still legible. Slight marking and Tearing to edges of DJ with some [more...]
Fascinating volume featuring various forms of literature, including excerpts from novels, poetry, short stories, Newspaper articles, surveys and more, that tell the story of Hungary's political development from Nazi occupation up to 1965. With numerous b/w im [more...]
Readable, illustrated account of Swedish history from the ice age to the modern day. With numerous colour images. Some very light bumping to top and tail of spine. Else crisp and pristine. Near fine. [more...]
Oxford At the Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press 1928
Series of essays from a variety of authors describing the influence Classical Rome in various fields including Science, Art and Politics. With numerous b/w images. No date but c. 1928. Mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Previous owner's initials to [more...]
Short, readable biographies of significant women throughout History, including Cleopatra, Theodora, Elizabeth I, Catherine and others. With 16 b/w images. No date but c. 1930. Toning to spine and rear. Marking to covers. Mild foxing to fore-edge. Binding [more...]
From the Foreign Statesmen series. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Rubbing to edges. Tanning to page edges. Contents sound. Good. [more...]
Charming and compact biography of this 'Man of Destiny', from the Men of Destiny Series. Dark blue leatherette cloth with extravagant gilt titling and design. Some shelfwear with light tanning to page edges otherwise bright with prim, Very good. [more...]
With tissue guarded frontisportrait. Some sunning to spine. Bumping to edges. Mild foxing to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Home University Library edition, describing the nature and functions of Constitutions throughout the world. DJ has some rubbing to edges and toning. Light foxing to page edges. Contents clean and bright. Good+ [more...]
Charming and compact biography of this 'Man of Destiny', from the Men of Destiny Series. Dark blue leatherette cloth with extravagant gilt titling and design. Some shelfwear with light tanning to page edges otherwise bright with prim, Very good. [more...]
A selection of essays presenting the modern humanist view of existence. With pieces by Aldous Huxley, Stephen Spender, J. Bronowski etc. Dj has small tears to edges with loss to top of spine. Volume clean and tight. Very good overall. [more...]
