Lively excoriation of Alex 'Boris' Johnson's career and role in Brexit. With colour images of newspaper cartoons. Very light bumping to edges. Contents crisp and clean. Very good+ [more...]
Terrific Folio Society edition of Cobbett's Rural Rides, the journals of his travels around Britain on horseback that first appeared in the 1820s. Cobbett sought to see the state of rural england first hand to better inform his opposition to the government's [more...]
Reappraisal of revolutionary marxism, in particular how it applies to Communist Russia and how the transformation society by constitutional means has beem tragically overlooked. DJ has some Rubbing to edges with small closed tear. Contents clean and tight. [more...]
The collected volumes of the British Commonwealth in Pictures series, in a single volume. Includes Canada, East Africa, Australia, India, etc. with an introduction and chronology. DJ has some toning and small tears to edges, Light spotting to page edges, ta [more...]
Generously illustrated edition of Mitford's biography of the influential mistress of King Louis XV. Some shelf-wear to DJ. Tanning to pages. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Humorous collection of verse and caricature, satirizing great men of the day as historical or fictional figures, including Arthur Balfour as King Arthur. 4to. Wear to spine with portion frayed and missing from top. Toning to covers. Rubbing to edges. Cont [more...]
Second edition of Begbie's political satire in verse, with numerous chromolithographic illustrations. 4to. Toning and rubbing to covers. Wear to spine. Front hinge split. Lacks title page. Mild toning within. Fair overall. [more...]
'An Eightieth Year Tribute to Winston Churchill'. With numeorus b/w and colour images and descriptions of the various stages of his life. large 4to. Some mild rubbing and small tears to edges. Contents clean and tight. Previous owner's scribbled inscripti [more...]
Nicely produced Classics Club edition of this selection from Aristotle's works, intended to give a comprehensive account of his conception of man and their purpose. With an introduction by Louise Ropes Loomis. Grey cloth with Gilt decoration and titling, to [more...]
Readable, illustrated account of Swedish history from the ice age to the modern day. With numerous colour images. Some very light bumping to top and tail of spine. Else crisp and pristine. Near fine. [more...]
Oxford At the Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press 1928
Series of essays from a variety of authors describing the influence Classical Rome in various fields including Science, Art and Politics. With numerous b/w images. No date but c. 1928. Mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Previous owner's initials to [more...]
Short, readable biographies of significant women throughout History, including Cleopatra, Theodora, Elizabeth I, Catherine and others. With 16 b/w images. No date but c. 1930. Toning to spine and rear. Marking to covers. Mild foxing to fore-edge. Binding [more...]
From the Foreign Statesmen series. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Rubbing to edges. Tanning to page edges. Contents sound. Good. [more...]
With 136 plates featuring various examples of caricature through the ages, with an introductory essay by Randal Davies on the history and importance of caricature. 4to. Creasing to edges. Occasional light spotting within. Good overall. [more...]
Charming and compact biography of this 'Man of Destiny', from the Men of Destiny Series. Dark blue leatherette cloth with extravagant gilt titling and design. Some shelfwear with light tanning to page edges otherwise bright with prim, Very good. [more...]
With tissue guarded frontisportrait. Some sunning to spine. Bumping to edges. Mild foxing to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
