Complete set of first editions of Churchill's second great 'contribution to History'. Published from 1948-1954. With b/w fold-out maps and diagrams. 8vo. (220x150mm). Complete with DJs, each with red titling clear and distinct. Volume VI retains the extrem [more...]
Two books bound as one. Advice to a Son (sixth edition) (1658) and Political Reflections upon the Government of the Turks and Discourses on Machiavelli, The King of Sweden, Martin Luther et al. (1662). Both published by Thomas Robinson. A courtier during th [more...]
Articles, advertisements with numerous tipped in colour plates. Rebound in neat red cloth, with original soft cover bound in at front. 4to. Bright and clean. Very good+ [more...]
Colour illustrations of various archetypes of the Paris commune in 1871 done by Bertall, each with descriptions by an English eye-witness. Complete with 40 hand coloured plates. Decorative cloth. All edges gilt. 4to. Skillfully rebacked with original spine [more...]
Articles, advertisements with numerous tipped in colour plates. Includes an advert of Gandhi's 8 volume biography. 4to. Bright and clean within, cerasing and tears to covers. Good overall. [more...]
Impressive illustrated edition of Green's pioneering history of England that eschews War and International politics and focuses on English people and society; which, according to Green, was more influential to the nation and its development than battles and ki [more...]
Likely reprinted edition of Cruikshank's self published collections of sketches, appearing from 1828 to 1832. With 24 pages of numerous b/w illustrations. Oblong folio. Rebound in black leather. Marbled end-papers. Rubbing to edges, slight cracking to edg [more...]
Second printing. Pamphlet promoting the British case for opposing Germany in the Second world war. With an introduction by Viscount Halifax. Some mild creasing and bumping to edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
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...]
'From the foundation of the City to the sole rule of Julius Caesar'. Splendid special quarter leather Folio Society edition of Mommsen's classic work of Roman History published in three volumes from 1854-1856. Mommsen considered Caesar the paragon of enlight [more...]
Neat edition of Carlyle's authoritative and influential history of the French Revolution (1837). Complete in three volumes, from the Centenary edition of Carlyle's work. With tissue guarded frontispieces and plates showing various key figures. Fore edges ro [more...]
Elegant Folio Society edition of Macaulay's controversial history of England, published from 1848 to 1855, starting from the ascension of James II to peace of Ryswick in 1697. Fascinating not only for the turbulent time depicted but for Macaulay's ebullient [more...]
Impressive Folio Society edition of Lincoln's selected writings, including speeches and pieces from his early political career in Illinois to his time as president, including the Gettysburg Address. With numerous b/w images. No slipcase. Some mild shelf-wea [more...]
Study of the late 8th/early 9th century Confucian, his life and times, his political beliefs and his literary output. DJ is sunned to spine. Some mild shelf-wear and rubbing to edges. Volume is clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Articles, advertisements with numerous tipped in colour plates. Including pieces on Murghal Portriature and Tantric Art. 4to. Creasing and small tears to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
An A to Z of political caricature, with b/w illustrations by Ames. large 4to. Soft covers, stapled binding. Covers are toned. Bumping and mild creasing to edges. Rubbing to spine with slight loss. Binding sound and contents clean. Good. [more...]
Third edition of Begbie's political satire in verse, with numerous chromolithographic illustrations. 4to. Toning and and small pen mark to covers. W. H. Smith embossed stamp to rear end-paper. Occasional small, slight smudges within. Contents otherwise clea [more...]
