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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Everyman's Library. In six  volumes
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Everyman's Library. In six volumes

by Gibbon, Edward ; Smeaton, Oliphant [ed.]

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1919
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London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd. 1919. 16mo. The Everyman's Library edition in 6 volumes complete. Publisher's red cloth with dulled gilt lettering and design to spines, which have faded; top edge stained blue. Bumping and rubbing to extremities, with slight fraying to a few volumes. Light spotting to edges, though all internally clean. No. 434 of Everyman's Library.… Read more about this item
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Hitler's War and The War Path 1933-1945
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Hitler's War and The War Path 1933-1945

by Irving, David

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First Edition Thus
Published
1991
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Hardcover
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9781872197104
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London: Focal Point Publications 1991. 8vo. vi, 857 pp. Hardcover in pictorial clipped jacket. Slight crushing and rubbing to jacket extremities. Boards clean, internally clean. The 'deluxe hardbound edition', a revised and abridged version of 'Hitler's War', including 'The War Path' in this single volume. Irving was found by a court in the UK of being a Holocaust denier and… Read more about this item
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The Mogul Emperors of Hindustan A.D. 1398- A.D. 1707
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The Mogul Emperors of Hindustan A.D. 1398- A.D. 1707

by Holden, Edward S.

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1895
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1/4 Morocco
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Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co. 1895. 8vo. xviii, 365 pp. Quarter morocco over red cloth. Gilt lettering and decoration to spine; gilt and debossed border to front board; top edge gilt. Some very minor foxing but otherwise internally clean. Frontispiece portrait of Empress Mumtaz Mahal and 9 full-page black-and-white plates. A handsome copy. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. 1895.
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The Diary of John Evelyn
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The Diary of John Evelyn

by Evelyn, John; de Beer, E. S. [ed.]

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First Editions Thus
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1955
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Oxford: Clarendon Press 1955. 8vo. 6 volumes. Dark blue cloth in printed and unclipped jackets. Blind-stamped Oxford crest to boards and gilt lettering to spines. Chipping, spotting and sunning to jackets, with short tears. Slight bumping to extremities of books. All internally clean. Evelyn's diaires form a highly authoritative source for scholars of late 17th century England, now in a… Read more about this item
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Kidnapped Being the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: How he  was Kidnapped and Cast away; his Sufferings in a Desert Isle; His Journey  in the West Highlands; his Acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other  notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of  his Uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-called

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London: Cassell and Company 1910. 16mo. 373, [4] pp. Full leather with an attractive decorative gilt design and lettering to front board and spine. Top edge gilt. A few small tears to head of spine, general minor marks or rubbing to surface of leather including a half ring mark to front board; light cracking to spine gilt. Internally clean. A… Read more about this item
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A History of The Black Watch [Royal Highlanders] in The Great War,  1914-1918
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A History of The Black Watch [Royal Highlanders] in The Great War, 1914-1918

by Wauchope, A. G.

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1926
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London: The Medici Society Limited 1926. Large 8vo. Three volumes. xviii, 370; xx, 386; xx, 362 pp. Dark blue half calf over cloth boards with gilt insignia to front board; gilt lettering, ruling and device to spines with raised bands; top edges gilt. Some rubbing and bumping to extremities, particularly volume 3. Some foxing throughout. Inclusive of a number of… Read more about this item
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A Narrative of The Siege of Kars And of the Six Months' Resistance by the  Turkish Garrison Under General Williams to the Russian Army: Together with  A Narrative of Travels and Adventures in Armenia and Lazistan; with  Remarks on the Present State of Turkey.
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A Narrative of The Siege of Kars And of the Six Months' Resistance by the Turkish Garrison Under General Williams to the Russian Army: Together with A Narrative of Travels and Adventures in Armenia and Lazistan; with Remarks on the Present State of Turkey.

by Sandwith, Humphry

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First Edition
Published
1856
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London: John Murray 1856. 12mo. First Edition. x, 348, map, 32 pp. Publisher's original ochre cloth with blind-stamped design to boards; gilt lettering to spine. Light bumping and slight wear to extremities. Bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to pastedown and tear and ink ownership mark to ffep. Some sections a little sprung, with occasional pencil marking and significant foxing. Including a… Read more about this item
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Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. In Three Parts.  [Volume 3 only]
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Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. In Three Parts. [Volume 3 only]

by [Wade, B. F]

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1863
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Washington: Government Printing Office 1863. Large 8vo. Volume 3 only. 659 pp. Purple/cream cloth with blind stamped devices to front board and spine. Discolouration to front board and spine, rubbing to spine ends and corners. Light foxing to endpapers and prelims. Some text bleed to pages, but otherwise in good, clean condition. The third volume of the report investigating President… Read more about this item
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India and the War
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India and the War

by Lord Sydenham of Combe [ed.]

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1915
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London / New York / Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton 1915. 8vo. xi, 77 pp. 32 colour illustrated and black and white photographic plates. Cloth with lettering and device to boards and spine. Some rubbing, light marking and bumping to extremities. Minimal scattered foxing. Lord Sydenham was Governor of Bombay between 1907 and 1913. . Good. Cloth. 1915.
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Hampshire
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Hampshire

by Varley, Telford

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2nd Edition
Published
1926
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Half Morocco
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London: A & C Black Ltd 1926. 8vo. Second edition. ix, double-page map, 243 pp. 32 colour illustrated plates. Half straight-grained morocco over cloth boards; gilt lettering and devices to spine with raised bands; t.e.g. Minor rubbing to extremities and to front board. Ink inscription and illustration pasted down to prelims. Internally clean with plates bright. A well-researched history of… Read more about this item
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Master Wace: His Chronical of the Norman Conquest from the Roman de Rou
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Master Wace: His Chronical of the Norman Conquest from the Roman de Rou

by Wace, Master; Taylor, Edgar (trans)

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1837
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London: William Pickering 1837. 8vo. 2 volumes., xxix, 314, [2] pp. From the collection of Pickering authority John Porter - no. 611 & 613 in his catalogue. The main volume is one of 350 copies printed, but the separate illustration volume is one of only 25 copies. Original diaper grain green cloth with blind stamping to boards; gilt lettering ot… Read more about this item
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A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill KG, OM, CH
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A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill KG, OM, CH

by Woods, Frederick

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1979
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Hardcover
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9780906795002
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Godalming: St Paul's Bibliographies 1979. 8vo. 406 pp. Cloth with gilt lettering to spine in printed jacket. Stamps to jacket verso and slight abrasion to black and white frontis portrait. Internally clean otherwise. The second revised edition of Wood's widely aclaimed study. 0906795001 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1979.
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Undertones of War
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Undertones of War

by Blunden, Edmund

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First Edition
Published
1928
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London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson 1928. 8vo. First edition. xiv, 317 pp. Black cloth with gold lettering to spine, in paper dust jacket (not price clipped). Clean boards. The binding is very slightly slanted with light bumping to spine ends. Laid paper with deckle edges; internally fresh and clean. Light shelf wear to extremities of jacket, some discolouration to spine and to… Read more about this item
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Accounts ledger of a Mr Thomas Hood for the management of his estate  1906-1915.
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Accounts ledger of a Mr Thomas Hood for the management of his estate 1906-1915.

by Hood, Thomas

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1906
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Bradford: W. H. Brocklehurst 1906 - 1915. Large 4to. Unpaginated account book. Full sheep with gilt lettering and Bramah lock and key; marbled edges. Edgewear and chipping to the binding, alongside splitting to the front hinge. This account book, of Mr Thomas Hood, was used in the management of an estate in county of Yorkshire. This is a heavy item… Read more about this item
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthanginians, Assyrians,  Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians. In Three  Volumes.
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthanginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians. In Three Volumes.

by M. [Charles] Rollin

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1829
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London: Jones and Company ca. 1829. 8vo. 3 volumes. Translated from the French into English. Full brown calf with gilt lettering and decoration. All edges and endpapers marbled. Frontis portrait to volume I and engraved titles to each. With folding maps to volume 1 and plates thrughout each. Blue ribbon bookmarks enclosed loose within each volume. Scratching and some marks… Read more about this item
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A Graphical Illustration of the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of  Canterbury A Graphical Illustration of the Metropolitan Cathedral Church  of Canterbury: Accompanied by a History and Description, Collected from  the Most Authentic Documents, and Drawn Up from Repeated Surveys of that  Venerable Fabric. with Descriptions of its Monumental Structures, and an  Account of its Chapels, Altars, Shrines, and Chantries. Also Comprising  Biographical Sketches of the Lives of the Archbishops, and Deans of  Canterbury; and Historical Notes of the Celebrated Convent of  Christchurch; with Lists, and Interesting Particulars of its Deans,  Priors, and Distinguised Monks.
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London: T. Cadell and W. Davies ; J. Murray 1816. Folio. viii, 174 pp. Bound in plain boards with leather title label and gilt lettering to spine. Some marking to boards. Contains 20 plates engraved by Woolnoth, from drawings from T. Hastings, all complete. A tall, clean, uncut copy. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1816.
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A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485
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A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485

by Doyle, E. James

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1864
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London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green. 1864. 4to. First Edition. viii, 462 pp. Half brown calf over brown boards with elaborate gilt England crest and decorations to boards, and raised bands, gilt-stamped devices and lettering to spine; all edges gilt. Slight rubbing to boards, wear to joints and spine. Bookplate of Albert Hodsoll Heath to front pastedown. Foxing to… Read more about this item
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Germany. The Story of the Nations Series
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Germany. The Story of the Nations Series

by Baring-Gould, S.

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1890
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London: T. Fisher Unwin 1890. Small 8vo. xviii, 437 pp. Full calf. Raised bands to spine with decorative gilt design and dark green leather title & author labels. Gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Hinge is a little worn. Slant to back board. Light rubbing to extremities and a few marks. Loss to folding map. Light foxing to… Read more about this item
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Histoire des Guerres et Choses Memorables Arrivees
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Histoire des Guerres et Choses Memorables Arrivees

by Louis XIII, the Just

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1624
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Rouen: Chez Jacques Besongne 1624. Small 8vo. [16], 724, [13] pp. Vellum binding, gilt lettering to spine, edges speckled red. A few very small marks where the vellum has worn. Internally clean, occasionally a bit of creasing to pages, as usual. Laid paper. Two fold-out illustrations. A very smart volume. . Very Good. Vellum Binding. 1624.
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The Pleasures of the Torture Chamber

The Pleasures of the Torture Chamber

by Swain, John

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1952
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London: Noel Douglas 1952. 8vo. 229 pp. Blue hardback. Dust jacket. Spotting to boards and spine ends a little dented. Dust jacket chipped and has some tears, a small loss to bottom right corner of panel. Internally bright, clean and well-read. Includes many detailed black-and-white illustrations of woodcuts and engravings and amusing medieval line drawings demonstrating various torture methods. A… Read more about this item
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