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The Early History of Charles James Fox. With printed slip "From the Author" tipped in before title.

The Early History of Charles James Fox. With printed slip "From the Author" tipped in before title.

by TREVELYAN, GEORGE OTTO:

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Longmans, Green, London, 1880. 8vo (8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches). Contemporary full tan calf, sides ruled in gilt and blind. Spine gilt in compartments with double black lettering pieces, all edges marbled. Armorial bookplate. Extremities a little rubbed, overall very good & attractive.
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The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 2 (of 2).

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Longmans, Green, London, 1876. 8vo (8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches), 480-pages. Contemporary full tan calf, sides ruled in gilt and blind. Spine gilt in compartments with red & black lettering pieces, all edges marbled. Armorial bookplate. Extremities a little rubbed, overall very good & attractive.
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The Life and Loves of Violet Gordon Woodhouse 1871-1948. A Special Limited Edition, Published by Harvill for SBS Warburg.
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The Life and Loves of Violet Gordon Woodhouse 1871-1948. A Special Limited Edition, Published by Harvill for SBS Warburg.

by HOME, JESSICA DOUGLAS:

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Harvill Press, London, 1996. Ist impression. Plates. 8vo (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches), 342-pages. Original grey cloth with applied portait as issued. With a matchingly bound CD case containing a CD of her Harpsicord music. (with 2 small rust marks within; from the staples of the sleeve holding the explanatory pamphlet - not affecting the CD). All contained in… Read more about this item
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Thomas Hardy and Sir Edmund Gosse.

Thomas Hardy and Sir Edmund Gosse.

by KNIGHT, RONALD D:

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R.D. Knight, Weymouth, 1978. 2nd edition. Illustrations. 8vo (8 1/4 x 6 inches), original wrappers.
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The Early Life (1840-1891) & Later Life (1892-1928) of Thomas Hardy.

The Early Life (1840-1891) & Later Life (1892-1928) of Thomas Hardy.

by HARDY, FLORENCE EMILY:

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Macmillan, London, 1928. Later Life published 1930. First editions. Portraits. 8vo (8 3/4 x 6 inches), pages: 327 & 286:(2), original green cloth gilt, top edge gilt. Spine gilt dulled, front free endpaper of vol.2 removed and half-title tanned. Overall very good.
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Hardy's Summer Romance, 1867.

Hardy's Summer Romance, 1867.

by DEACON, LOIS:

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Toucan Press, Guernsey, 1967. First edition. Illustrations. Small 8vo (7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches), original wrappers. Very good.
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Deceived with Kindness, a Bloomsbury Childhood.

Deceived with Kindness, a Bloomsbury Childhood.

by GARNETT, ANGELICA:

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Chatto & Windus, London, 1984. 3rd impression. Plates. 8vo (9 x 6 inches), 181-pages. Oiginal cloth. Very good in the very good dust jacket. Please excuse the reflection in the photograph.
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Elders and Betters.

Elders and Betters.

by BELL, QUENTIN:

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John Murray, London, 1995. First edition. Plates. 8vo (9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches), 234-pages, original cloth; excellent in very good dust jacket.
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Virginia Woolf, a Writer's Life.

Virginia Woolf, a Writer's Life.

by GORDON, LYNDALL:

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Oxford University Press, 1984. First edition. Plates. 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches), 341-pages. Original cloth. Excellent in edge creased elso very good dust jacket. Please excuse the reflection in the photograph.
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Nollekens and his times: A life of that celebrated sculptor and memoirs of several contemporary artists, from the time of Roubiliac, Hogarth and Reynolds to that of Fuseli, Flaxman and Blake.

by SMITH, JOHN THOMAS:

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Henry Colburn, London, 1824. Second eition, Portrait frontispiece. Two volumes 8vo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches), pages: 393 & 494. 19th Century half tan calf over marbled boards. Spines blocked in black within compartments and in gilt on the raised bands, green lettering pieces and circular crimson numbering pieces. Corners a little scuffed, damp mark to corner of portrait.… Read more about this item
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Bismark the Man and the Statesman, Being the Reflections and Reminiscences of Otto Von Bismark writtejn and dictated by Himself after his retirement from Office. With two portraits.

by BISMARK, OTTO VON (A. J. Butler translator):

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Bernard Tauhnitz, Leipzig, 1899. 3 volumes in 1. Two portraits. Stout 8vo (6 1/2 x 5 inches), pages: 288:285:294:16 (Publisher's advertisements). Contemporary grained black calf lettered and ruled in gilt. Very good. An uncommon edition.
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History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth. With an account of the Emperors Life after his Abdication.

by ROBERTSON, WILLIAM & PRESCOTT, WILLIAM H:

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George Routledge, London, 1857. Portrait. 8vo (7 1.4 x 5inches), 684-pages. Contemporary full tan gilt, sides ruled in gilt enclosing the gilt armorial of Harrow School, spine gilt extra with burgundy lettering piece, all edges marbled. Damp mark to corner of portrait else very good. Prize label on front pastedown
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The Life of Richard Savage, Son of the Earl Rivers. The Fourth Edition to which is added, the Lives of Sir Francis Drake and Admiral Blake. All written by the Author of The Rambler.

The Life of Richard Savage, Son of the Earl Rivers. The Fourth Edition to which is added, the Lives of Sir Francis Drake and Admiral Blake. All written by the Author of The Rambler.

by JOHNSON, SAMUEL:

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for F. Newberry, London, 1769. 8vo *7 1/2 x 4 inches), pages: 298:(2, advertisements), old calf backed boards, uncut. Boards very rubbed, the upper detached, uncut edges dusty.
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Life and Times of Sir Robert Peel.
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Life and Times of Sir Robert Peel.

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Peter Jackson, late Fisher, n.d. 3 volumes (of 4, lacking vol.4). Extra engraved title to vol.1. Plates & portraits. 8vo (8 5/8 bx 5 1/2 inches), pages: 524, 542, & 618. Contemporary half tan calf, marbled boards. Spines gilt in compartments with blaxk lettering pieces. Chip out of spine of vol. 3. Front endpapers mold marked, small damp mark to… Read more about this item
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The Confessions of, now for the first time completely translated into English without Expurgation. Illustrated with a series of Etchings by Ed. Hedouin and two portraits.

The Confessions of, now for the first time completely translated into English without Expurgation. Illustrated with a series of Etchings by Ed. Hedouin and two portraits.

by ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES:

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Privately Printed. 1904. Plates with tissue guards. 2 volumes 8vo (9 1/2 x 6 inches), pages: 281 & 414. Original orange grained cloth, uncut. Printed paper label to backstrips foxed. Overall very good. Weight 1.876 kg thus extra overses shipping will be requested.
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Mahatma Gandhi, the Man who Came One with the Universal Being.

Mahatma Gandhi, the Man who Came One with the Universal Being.

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Swarthmore Press, London, 1924. First edition thus. 8vo (8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches), 159-pages. Original cloth-backed boards with printed labels. Very good. Spare labels tipped-in at rear.
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The Life of George Lord Anson.

The Life of George Lord Anson.

by BARROW, SIR JOHN:

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John Murray, London, 1839. Engraved portrait. 8vo (9 x 5 3/4 inches) pages: 484:32 . Original cloth. Prelims. loose and foxed, stitching slack, spine partly detached and incomplete, Modern bookplate on front free endpaper. In need of rebinding.
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A Biographical Dictionary of the Sudan. Second edition.

by HILL, RICHARD:

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Frank Cass, London, 1967. 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches), 409-pages. Original burgundy cloth. Small mark on upper cover else excellent.
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The Life of William Barnes Poet and Philologist by his daughter.

The Life of William Barnes Poet and Philologist by his daughter.

by BAXTER, LUCY:

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Macmillan, London, 1887. First edition. Mounted Woodburytype portrait as frontispiece. 8vo (8 x 5 1/4 inches), pages: 398:32 (publisher's list), original dark blue cloth lettered and ruled in gilt. Slight lean, overall very good.
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Antonio de Torres, Guitar Maker - His Life and Work. Foreword by Julian Bream.

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A Nadder Book. Elment Books, Longmead, Shaftesbury, 1987. First edition. Numerous illustrations. 4to (10 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches), 240-pages. Original cloth. A little light foxing to prelims else excellent in very good dust jacket which has some some foxing to the reverse
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