Essays/Letters

Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 1938. Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. Orange cloth bound boards. Inscription on front paste down. e/p's browning. Slight foxing. 'Would I Fight' sets out to present the views of men and women on what they believe is worth killing and being killed for. In selecting the essayists the editors have attempted to choose only those who can fairly be said to be representative of the various cross sections into which the country is divided. Some of the essayists that are included in this book are; R M PRIDEAUX, CHRISTOPHER CADOGAN, LYALL WILKES, THE HON., PETER WOOD, EDITH SHAWCROSS, PRINCE ALEXANDER OBOLENSKY, JAMES FORSTER, JAMES BROWN, R J M GOOLD ADAMS, E RUSSELL BENTLEY AND KEITH BRIANT. 201 pp. Edges of pages mottled.; 000110 . more information

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New York: Octagon Books. Very Good. 1980. Facs Reprint. Cloth Bound Boards. 0374978557 . Boards bright, gilt decoration to front board and gilt titling to spine. Black and white frontispiece. VERY HEAVY. Illustrated in black and white. Folding map at end of books. NO INSCRIPTIONS, NO MARKS. CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT.; 001726; 8vo . more information

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Paris: Chez HUMBLOT, Librairie, Rue Saint-Jacques, a Cote De Saint-Yves,. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1772. First Edition. Full Leather (Hardbacks). Each volume in matching full contemporary Tree-Calf, each with five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments. The title and volume number labels are missing from volume One but the burgundy/gilt title label is on volume two. The joints are beginning to split and some of the leather from the top of the spines is missing, and all extremities are rubbed/chaffed/chipped with loss at the corners, but the binding is tight/firm and looking quite good for its age. Premier Partie = 208 pp. Seconde Partie = 190 pp + I leaf 'Privilege du Roi'. FRENCH TEXT throughout. An Attractive Heraldic Bookplate (Mary Flower) on the front pastedown of both volumes. 5 small (1.5 cm diam) circular library stamps in Volume One and 3 identical small stamps in Volume 2 but NO other indications that this was an Ex Library book. (The stamps are erasable with care). A former owners name to the ffep of both volumes.; 60454; Ex-Library (Minimal Marks); Each 8vo (small) . more information

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London, United Kingdom: Faber & Faber Limited. 1992. Illustrated Soft Back Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library Usual Stamps Marks.; 48705 . more information

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