Engaging selection from Greville's controversial diaries. Light shelfwear and marking to rear cover. Complete with slipcase. Good condition overall. [more...]
Folio Society edition of Aubrey's 17th century short biographies. Notable for their controversial content. Pleasing cloth covers are clean and bright though bobbling very very slightly on the spine. Slipcase has some light shelfwear. Contents pristine. Ve [more...]
The life of Caroline of Brunswick, controversial queen consort. Complete with slipcase. With b/w images. Crisp and clean. In very good condition [more...]
Jaunty edition of selected extracts from Pepys diary. Red cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Dust jacket is torn with some loss. Page edges tanned. Good overall. [more...]
Fascinating sixteenth century dialogues. Originally written as conversation manuals to aid teachers of French, they now reveal the realties of Elizabethan life in a way no other histories or literature can. With DJ. and reproductions of contemporary woodcut [more...]
Account of the mutiny against Bligh's governorship in New South Wales in 1805. These events placed Bligh under tremendous scrutiny revealing much about the maligned sailor. Black and white images. DJ has some rubbing and bumping. Foxing to page edge. Cont [more...]
Lively study of the apogee of the avaricious and amoral city-state. Issued without slipcase but complete with glassine wrapper. Some shelfwear commensurate to age, very slight bumping to bottom edge, contents clean and prim. A bright copy. Very good. [more...]
A history of the career and relationship of Gilbert and Sullivan, with a special focus on how their personalities, histories and differences manifested in their operas. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has some bumping to edges and wear. Owner's inscription [more...]
Pleasant Phoenix Library edition of Strachey's famous, punchy biographies and essays, including Shakespeare, Voltaire, Racine and others. Green cloth with gilt decoration. Mild shelfwear and rubbing. Marking to cover. Contents clean and binding sound. Goo [more...]
Pleasant Phoenix Library edition of Strachey's punchy biography of Queen Victoria. Green cloth with gilt decoration. Mild shelfwear and rubbing. Mark to rear cover. Boards slightly bowed. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Fascinating account of the life and mysterious death of William Rufus, King of England and son of William the Conqueror. Very good in a very good DJ. [more...]
Biography of Leonardo from the Popular Library of Art Series. With numerous b/w images of his work and sketches. Paper covered boards with blind-stamped decoration. Spine is somewhat worn and faded. Contents clean and prim. Good overall. [more...]
Generously illustrated account of Louis XIV's milieu and pursuits. With colour and b/w images throughout. Issued without Slipcase. Slight toning to spine. Else pristine. Very good, near fine. [more...]
Various essays on the topographical history of London. Quarter Cloth with b/w images. Some mild marking and bumping to covers. Contents clean and prim. Very good. [more...]
Fascinating account of the life of Bess Throckmorton, confidant to Elizabeth I who risked all through her secret marriage to Walter Raleigh yet managed to reclaim their reputations and positions through shrewd political maneuvering. DJ has some mild shelf-wea [more...]
Signed limited edition (no. 365 of 700 copies). Affectionate history with b/w images. Previous owner's inscription to half-title. Some rubbing to edges of pictorial covers. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Readable overview of Greek history, culture and society from the bronze age to the Roman era. With b/w images. No. DJ. Contents crisp and clean. Very good. [more...]
