No date but c. 1940. With b/w and colour illustrations. Toning and marking to covers. Previous owner's name to ffep. Tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Fascinating account of the Thai aristocratic children, sent as wards to Zhou Enlai. Mild bumping and creasing to edges of DJ. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Charming volume of humourous or notable after dinner type speeches selected by Tim Heald from throughout history. Features illustrations by Paul Cox. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelfwear to slipcase. Volume crisp and clean. Fine. [more...]
Pleasant Folio Society reprint edition of Strachey's influential, pioneering and controversial sketches of a number of eminent victorians. Complete with slip case. Some cracking to slipcase. Light sunning to spine. Contents clean and sound. Good+ [more...]
Reprint. Biography of the early life of William Lamb, twice prime minister of Britain. With the bookplate of George Lane-Fox. Toning to spine and covers. Marks to fore-edge. Contents clean and sound. Good [more...]
Handsome Folio Society edition. Account of the English language by the great lexicographer Burchfield, exploring its history, usage and alphabet. Quarter cloth. With colour images. Complete with Slipcase. Slipcase has some light shelf-wear and mark. Prev [more...]
Hardback with DJ, Macmillan, London, 2006 A re-evaluation of the second world war, focusing the ambiguities of the conflict and its aftermath. Very good, some shelfwear. [more...]
Printed for private circulation, a lovingly researched history of the publishing dynasty and their history prior to the book trade. With family trees and b/w plates. Fine condition. [more...]
Study of the land, History, culture and climate of West Africa. Second edition. Owner's inscription plus apparently signed by the Author. Binding not quite square but contents clean. Good overall. [more...]
