Two books bound as one. Advice to a Son (sixth edition) (1658) and Political Reflections upon the Government of the Turks and Discourses on Machiavelli, The King of Sweden, Martin Luther et al. (1662). Both published by Thomas Robinson. A courtier during th [more...]
Terrific example of the Fourth printing of Tressall's important political novel, published in 1914, three years after his death. Written as the seeds of socialism were beginning to take root in Britain and Labour MPs were first elected to parliament, The Ragg [more...]
Palgrave's great history of the Anglo-saxon period first published in 1831 as A History of England: The Anglo-saxon period. Starting with swift examination of Roman Britain, Palgrave is able to describe emergence of Anglo Saxon England, with its customs, reli [more...]
Tremendous Folio Society edition of Syme's scholarly and influential1939 study of the final years of the Roman Republic and the rise of Octavian and imperial rule. With pictorial cloth covers. An introduction by G. W. Bowersock. With b/w images. Complete [more...]
Striking Folio Society edition of Fage's comprehensive but readable 1978 history of Africa from its earliest societies to the present day. Bound in red cloth with elaborate gilt design to covers. With decorated slipcase. With maps and colour photographs. [more...]
Nicely produced Folio Society edition of Braudel's influential history of the mediterranean, written in 1949. Braudel seeks to fully contextualize the sea, explaining the surrounding geography, the economic mechanisms and the attendant politics. With an intro [more...]
Smiles' fantastically successful, influential and controversial volume on proper conduct and perseverance using numerous examples as a guide as to how one might improve their lot. Arranged thematically, Smiles highlights positive traits through a meandering s [more...]
Stanhope Press for John Sharpe, Suttaby, Evance and Fox, Taylor, Hessey 1812
Printed at the Stanhope Press. Neat edition featuring both volumes of Gay's fables, the second only appearing 1738, six years after his death. Featuring 68 fables told in rhyming verse, these satirical pieces take aim at the politics and society of Gay's tim [more...]
Prescient study of political islam and its effect on America's international relations. Wide ranging and scholarly, Pinto examines the challenges posed by terrorism, the middle east peace process and factions within the USA who disseminated the concept of Isl [more...]
Comprehensive, scholarly account of political philosophy from the reformation onwards, starting with Hobbes; taking in Spinoza, Vico, Burke, Hume, Kant, Fichte and more, before closing with Giuseppe Mazzini. With a memoir of the author. Tissue guarded fronti [more...]
13th impression of the first edition. Dust jacket has some rubbing and bumping to edges, with very small tears to top of spine. Cloth boards clean. Contents crisp and binding tight. Good/very good. [more...]
Autobiography of the colonial administrator who served as governor to Trinidad and Tobago, The Bahamas and Mauritius. Inscribed by Clifford to Sir Hilton Poynton. With family trees and b/w images. Dust jacket has some rubbing and small tears with ink stain t [more...]
Impressive Folio Society edition of Isaacson's life of American founding father, inventor and statesman, Benjamin Franklin. Quarter cloth with pictorial boards. Colour portrait to frontis. Complete with Slipcase. Crisp, fine condition. [more...]
Readable study of the history and the current state of Education and why, despite increased focus, standards are declining. Some light shelfwear and bumping but contents are crisp and clean. Good+ Condition. [more...]
Softcover reprint of Keynes' great pioneering work on macroeconomics first published in 1936. Some light foxing to page edge. With creasing, and light marking/scratching to covers. Previous owner's name to half title. Otherwise clean and tight. Good. [more...]
First English translation of Sartre's impassioned invective against Stalinism and the Soviet intervention in Hungary. Dust jacket has some tears, without loss. Bumping etc. Very faint foxing to top edge. Contents bright and clean, binding tight. Good+ in a [more...]
The memorably caustic articles of Observer journalist McCarthy on the watergate scandal, revised for this volume. some slight bumping and tearing to DJ. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Series of essays on growing interdependence in world politics. Essays include the Tourist and the Terrorist: two extremes in the same transnational continuum and Third world demands. General shelfwear but interior is crisp and clean. Good+. [more...]
Revealing study on the increasing level of surveillance and scrutiny that Muslims in the west have been subjected to since the start of the War on Terror. Some light shelfwear to dust-jacket. Otherwise crisp and clean. Near fine condition. [more...]
