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The Tale of Beatrix Potter: A Biography

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Margaret Lane

Frederick Warne & Co. 1946

Insightful biography of Potter's life and work. With b/w and colour images. DJ has rubbing to edges with small tears and slight loss. Previous owner's name to ffep. Volume is clean and prim. Very good in a fair+ jacket. [more...]

Microcosmographia Academica: Being a Guide for the Young Academic Politician

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F. M. Cornford

Bowes & Bowes; Cambridge University Press 1966

Reprint of Cornford's influential 1908 pamphlet on University politics whose pessimistic advice would be applied to politics in general. Some light shelf-wear to DJ. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]

Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson

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Lucy Hutchinson

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1904

Influential eye-witness account of the English Civil War. With b/w images and fold out family trees, Top edge gilt. Sunning to spine. Marking to covers. Rubbing to edges. Foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]

Tennyson: Poetry and Prose, With Criticisms

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Alfred Lord Tennyon; F. L. Lucas (editor); Ma

Oxford University Press 1947

A selection of Tennyson's verse, including Morte D'Arthur and Ulysses plus extracts from the biography written by his son, edited by F. L. Lucas. Also included are various essays and reviews from a variety of sources. Some mild bumping to edges. Previous own [more...]

The Tale of the Genji

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Lady Murasaki; Arthur Waley (trans)

Doubleday, Anchor Books 1955

Stately translation of the great 11th century novel, Tanning to covers. Occasional light underlining within. Binding tight. Good. [more...]

Byron In Italy

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Peter Quennell

Collins 1941

Fascinating account of Byron's life following his dramatic departure from England in 1816, focusing in particular on how his character changed and developed abroad. With frontisportrait. No DJ. Bumping and rubbing to top and tail of spine. Some general ton [more...]

Warwickshire: The Buildings of England

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Alexandra Wedgwood & Nikolaus Pevsner

Penguin 1966

No DJ. Sunning and slight marking to spine. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]

Sussex: The Buildings of England

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Ian Nairn & Nikolaus Pevsner

Penguin 1965

No DJ. Sunning to spine. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]

Roman Mornings

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James Lees-Milne

Allan Wingate 1956

Readable essays on Roman architecture. No DJ. Pen ticks to contents page. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Contents clean and sound, Good. [more...]

Somewhere Else

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Judi Benson

Turret Books 1990

Poetry with a frontispiece by Ralph Steadman. Printed on lightly marbled papers. Limited edition, no. 91 of 100. Signed by Benson. Mild shelf-wear to covers. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]