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An Honourable Deception? New Labour, Iraq, and the Misuse of Power.
London: Free Press, 2004. Nice copy of this first edition. Clean and tidy dust wrapper. No significant flaws. Very slight lean to the book. An account of the Iraq war from Short, who resigned from Blair's cabinet over his Iraq war policy. 294 pages.
245 x 170 mm (9¾ x 6¾ inches).Book ID: 2304More details Price: £12.00 -
An Oration, Pronounced July 4 1808, at the Request of the Selectmen of the Town of Boston. In Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independence.
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 1402More details Price: £75.00 -
Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1907. First Edition. The author's story of early Britain and its inhabitants, Julius Cæsar's two invasions, and their results. Hardback in red cloth, with gilt titles to spine. Contains 44 b/w illustrations and three folding maps. Previous owner's ex libris to front pastedown. Some foxing to prelims, light bumping / rubbing to boards, and spineis slightly sun faded. xi, 764 pages. 230 x 155 mm (9 x 6 inches). Hardback in red cloth, with gilt titles to spine. Contains 44 b/w illustrations and three folding maps. Previous owner's ex libris to front pastedown. Some foxing to prelims, light bumping / rubbing to boards, and spineis slightly sun faded.
Book ID: 3219More details Price: £55.00 -
Articles préliminaires de paix entre sa Majesté le Roi de la Grande Bretagne et leurs hautes puissances les États Généraux des Provinces Unies des Païs-Bas avec les Actes de ratification.
Book ID: 4537More details Price: £500.00 -
Artikel 311 Wetboek van Strafrecht. Academisch proefschrift ter verkrijging van den graad van Doctor in de Rechtswetenschap aan de Rijks-Universiteit te Leiden op gezag van den Rector Magnificus Dr. S. S. Rosenstein, Hoogleeraar in de Faculteit der Geneeskunde, voor de faculteit te verdedigen op Zaterdag 26 November 1887, des namiddags te 3 uzen,
door Eduard August Otto De Casembroot, geboren te Tholen.Leiden: P. Somerwil, 1887. Eerste editie. Gebonden in rood linnen met vergulde en zwarte versieringen. Alle paginaranden verguld. In zeer goede staat. 80 pagina's. 230 x 150 mm.
Book ID: 3800More details Price: £30.00 -
Autograph Letter Signed by The Duke of Wellington regarding his hearing problem.
London: 1837. Addressed to an unidentified recipient, this signed letter concerns the appointment of an officer with hearing loss, which the Duke relates to his own experience of deafness. Like many exposed to the sound of artillery fire, the Duke of Wellington suffered from noise-related hearing loss. Subsequently he underwent a botched treatment which resulted in permanent deafness in one ear. This ALS is dated London, 16 April 1837. This was the year that Queen Victoria ascended the throne, and was written when the Duke was in his late 60s. Expected fold marks. Whole written in brown ink. 2pp. with integral blank leaf. 185 x 118 mm (7¼ by 4¾ inches)
Book ID: 3589More details Price: £500.00 -
Battles and Enchantments. Retold from Ancient Irish Literature.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. Author signed, First Edition. In original blue cloth with gilt decoration to front board and title to spine. Original brown unclipped paper dust jacket. Dust jacket has some marks and is nicked to the head of the spine. Inside the book is clean, just basic shelf wear. Author signed dedication to FFEP. 168 pages. 200 x 145 mm (7¾ x 5¾ inches).
Book ID: 2093More details Price: £50.00 -
Billingsgate Market. A plate from the "Microcosm of London."
Book ID: 1724More details Price: £125.00 -
Briefwechsel des Beatus Rhenanus.
Book ID: 3234More details Price: £50.00 -
Cardinal Richelieu and the Development of Absolutism.
Book ID: 4199More details Price: £35.00 -
Carrousel de L'Ecole de Cavalerie 1908
Book ID: 4100More details Price: £35.00 -
Catalogue des livres rares et preécieux, de manuscrits de livres imprimés sur vélin etc. de la bibliothéque
Book ID: 4754More details Price: £250.00 -
Catechismus voor 't bisdom van Meaux. Uytgegeven door order van den Doorluchtigen heer. [bound with] Cathechismus van de feest-dagen en andere Hoogtijden en plegtiheden van de Kerk.
Book ID: 4745More details Price: £100.00 -
Celebrities to-day in Caricature
Book ID: 4838More details Price: £500.00 -
Civilité Musulmane ou moeurs, coutumes et usages des arabes. sentences et de maximes extraites de l'ouvrage du célèbre Auteur Arabe l'Imam Essiyouthi, avec un Traduction littérale en regard du texte Arabe suivie d'une autre traduction.
Book ID: 4747More details Price: £180.00 -
Coi Opera Omnia.Graece & Latine Edita, Van der Linden
Book ID: 4458More details Price: £550.00 -
Collection of 60 Münchener Bilderbögen aus der Reihe "Zur Geschichte der Kostüme"
Book ID: 4623More details Price: £180.00 -
Costume du Moyen Âge d'après les manuscrits, peintures et monuments contemporains
Book ID: 4118More details Price: £350.00 -
Croquis de guerre
Book ID: 4494More details Price: £60.00 -
Crossman. The Pursuit of Power.
London: Jonathon Cape, 1990. First edition. Original black cloth in pictorial dust wrapper. Both clean and tidy. Now in clear protective wrap. A little darkening to the page edges only. Tiny nick to head of wrapper. xiv, 370 pp. 240 x 160 mm (9½ x 6¼ inches)
Book ID: 2326More details Price: £12.00