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The Drury Lane Concert.
A Choice collection of Songs, now singing at all the Public Places of Amusement.
Book ID: 5138More details Price: £75.00 -
The First Annual Report of the Catholic Institute of Great Britain: With an Appendix; Containing an Abstract of Cash Account, ending 3rd June 1839, List of Auxiliary Branches, List of Publications and particulars of distribution.
Edition: First Edition
London: C. Richards: 1839. A thin volume, not bound up (as issued) Titles and monogram of the institute to the front cover. Sewn. The list of patrons and the committee, led by the Earl of Shrewsbury, includes Lord Clifford as one of the (many) Vice Presidents. The Catholic Institute grew out of the Metropolitan Catholic Tract Society. The organisation was formed "To protect the rights of Conscience of the Poorer classes of Catholics and to promote the interests of Religion and charity." Irish M.P. Daniel O'Connell was also involved in the establishment of the Institute. Led initially by the Hon. Charles Langdale M.P. 16pp.
Condition: Clean and tidy copy of this work. The pages are almost without mark, and the printing has made a clean, deep impression.
Book ID: 1300More details Price: £12.00 -
The Free-Holder [Freeholder] or Political Essays.
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 1921More details Price: £325.00 -
The French Economy and State
A Rand Corporation research study.
Book ID: 4224More details Price: £30.00 -
The History of the City and State of Geneva, From Its First Foundation to This Present Time. Faithfully Collected From Several Manuscripts of Jacobus Gothofredus, Monsieur Chorier, and Others.
London: Bernard White, 1687. A lovely copy of this first edition. Original boards with restored spine (sympathetically re-backed with original label). Complete with 5 engraved illustrations - frontis, folding map, plan, plate and engraved plate in text. small ink annotations to end papers. A touch of darkening to the edges, and a touch of very light foxing but overall in excellent condition. (vi); 250; (vi) pp. 330 by 200mm (13 by 7¾ inches). See Wing S5017
Book ID: 3405More details Price: £500.00 -
The Illustrated London Almanack 1865-1876.
12 volumes bound as one.
Book ID: 2918More details Price: £300.00 -
The Imperial Presidency
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. Very nice copy of thir first edition with a warm gift inscription from the author to the politician and journalist Woodrow Wyatt. Clean, slightly darkened dust wrapper, now protected with a mylar cover. Clean, slightly rubbed grey boards. Internally clean and tidy. Inscription in red ink to the front end paper, and Wyatt's bookplate to the inside front board. X, 505 pages. 235 by 160mm (9¼ by 6¼ inches).
Wyatt was initially a Labour politician and MP from 1945-1970 Afterwards he became a broadcaster and journalist. Over time he moved away from the Labour party, and on becoming friends with Margaret Thatcher, moved significantly to the right. His memoirs were described as "Mischievously indiscreet diaries" (Andrew Neill).
Book ID: 3620More details Price: £30.00 -
The Liberal Catholic Church and some facets of its Doctrine
Book ID: 4802More details Price: £40.00 -
The Life of Robert, Lord Clive:
Collected from the Family Papers communicated by the Earl of Powis.
Book ID: 4881More details Price: £450.00 -
The Memphite Tomb-Chapel of Mose
Warminster: Aris & Phillips Ltd, 1977. First Edition. Includes English translations of Egyptian texts, and a transcription and translation of the 'Legal text'. Hardback in light blue cloth covered boards. Inside original unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wear to the edges but no tears. Also a little handled / darkened as it's was originally white. Inside clean and unmarked. v, 40 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. 300 x 210 mm (11¾ x 8¼ inches)
Book ID: 4379More details Price: £30.00 -
The Mysterious Visit
Book ID: 4496More details Price: £90.00 -
The Path to Power [with separate signed b/w photo]
London: Harper Collins, 1995. First edition, first impression. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blue end papers. With its original dust jacket. With 20 leaves of photographic reproductions. This is the second book of Mrs. Thatcher's autobiography, covering the years of her childhood up to her election as Prime Minister. With separate b/w photo signed by Thatcher. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 656 pp. 240 x 160 mm (9½ x 6¼ inches).
Book ID: 2333More details Price: £100.00 -
The Penguin Atlas of Diasporas.
Maps by Catherine Petit. Translated from the French by A.M. Berrett
London: Viking Penguin, 1995. A lovely copy of this fascinating atlas. Text, maps and a few photographs of the most important migrations of the modern period. These include the Jewish, Armenian, Gypsy, Black, Chinese, Indian, Irish, Greek, Lebanese, Palestinian and the Vietnames and Korean diasporas. Clean and tidy dust wrapper over clean black boards. Oblong octavo. Internally clean and tidy throughout. 190 by 250mm (7½ by 9¾ inches). 184 pages.
Book ID: 3280More details Price: £30.00 -
The Picture Post Coronation Peep-Show Book. with a Commentary on the Ceremony & Regalia.
Book ID: 5376More details Price: £250.00 -
The Princesse De Lamballe: A Sketch.
London: Richard Bentley And Son, 1896. First edition in neat library brown cloth hardback binding, with title in gilt to the spine. Ex-library copy with usual stamps to a few pages. With numerous illustrations. The tragic life of the Princess Marie-Louise Thérèse of Savoy-Carignan (1749 1792), who was a friend and confidante of Marie Antoinette. Her fate was to be put to death in the September Massacres of the French revolution. 210 pages. 250 x 190 mm (9¾ x 7½ inches).
Book ID: 2849More details Price: £30.00 -
The Rudiments of the Chinese Language, with Dialogues, Exercises, and a Vocabulary.
Book ID: 5113More details Price: £90.00 -
The Second Annual Report of the Catholic Institute of Great Britain: With an Appendix; Containing an Abstract of Cash Account, ending 12th May 1840, List of Auxiliary Branches, List of Publications, Names and Number of Tracts, Particulars of distribution, and Forms of Bequests.
Edition: First Edition
London: C. Richards: 1840. A thin volume, not bound up (as issued) Titles and monogram of the institute to the front cover. Sewn. The list of patrons and the committee, led by the Earl of Shrewsbury, includes Lord Clifford as one of the (many) Vice Presidents. The Catholic Institute grew out of the Metropolitan Catholic Tract Society. The organisation was formed "To protect the rights of Conscience of the Poorer classes of Catholics and to promote the interests of Religion and charity." Irish M.P. Daniel O'Connell was also involved in the establishment of the Institute. Led initially by the Hon. Charles Langdale M.P. 26pp.
Condition: Clean and tidy copy of this work. The pages are almost without mark, and the printing has made a clean, deep impression. Slight darkening to the front cover.
Book ID: 1301More details Price: £12.00 -
The Selector or Say's Sunday Reporter
Book ID: 4288More details Price: £50.00 -
The Story of the Norman Conquest
Art Union of London, 1866. A nice copy of this work, produced on the 800th Anniversary of the Conquest. First Edition. Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to the front board. There is a little rubbing and marking to the boards, with a touch of edgewear. The front end paper has a little creasing, and there are some small closed tears to the edges. The title and text pages have light foxing to them. The rest of the book has intermittent spotting. The first few leaves have light creasing to them. One introductory leaf with text and explanation to both pages. Followed by 42 leaves, with a full page engraving to the recto only of each leaf. 240 x 510 mm (9½ x 20 inches).
Book ID: 3325More details Price: £75.00 -
The War in Korea 1950-1953
A military study of the war in Korea up to the signing of the Cease Fire
Book ID: 4252More details Price: £40.00
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