Complete set of first editions. Published 1948-1954. With b/w fold-out maps. 8vo. (220x150mm). No DJs. Some light rubbing to edges, a few marks to covers. Foxing to page edges and front matter. Else clean and sound. Good. *Due to size and weight, ext [more...]
First editions, 1st and 2nd impressions. The first five volumes of Churchill's thorough and deeply analytical account of world war one and its aftermath. It is widely considered Churchill's masterpiece though, as he famously said, it was "not history, but a [more...]
No date but c. 1865, a reprint of Chamber's pioneering, colossal compendium of trivia and historical curiosity. Arranged over a year, with multiple entries per day. With numerous b/w illustrations. Bound in green cloth with beveled edges and gilt decoration [more...]
First edition of Chamber's pioneering, colossal compendium of trivia and historical curiosity. Arranged over a year, with multiple entries per day. With numerous b/w illustrations. Handsomely bound in blue cloth with gilt decoration. 4to. Splitting to bot [more...]
Reprints (1951 - 1952). Trevelyan's important, expansive social history of England from the time of Chaucer in the 14th century to the nineteenth century. Contains a multitude of b/w photos and images with notes. Colour Frontispieces. Red cloth boards with [more...]
'Master of Trinity College, and Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, with An Account of his Writings, and Anecdotes of Many Distinguished Characters During the Period in Which He Flourished'. Biography of the 17th/18th century classica [more...]
Complete set of Churchill's popular, albeit selective, history of the English Speaking peoples, that reflected his belief in the 'Special Relationship'. Volumes I & II are 2nd impressions, III & IV are first printings. With b/w maps. Large 8vo. No DJs. Mi [more...]
The complete set of Trevelyan's important history of the reign of Queen Anne and Britain in the early 18th century. New impressions. With b/w maps. 8vo. No DJs. Small marks to fore-edge of one volume, mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
The complete three volumes of Bryant's biography of Samuel Pepys, which appeared between 1933 and 1938. New editions 1947, 1948, 1949. With maps to end-papers, b/w plates and maps. 8vo. Mild rubbing and wear to covers. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Complete set of Trollope's great Barsetshire series of novels written between 1855 and 1867. These Zodiac editions were published between 1947 and 1949, some are first impressions, others second. In publisher's patterned cloth with gilt labels to spine. 8vo [more...]
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