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London: Orion, 2003. First edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". None. An excellent signed first edition of actor and writer C.C. Humphrey's historical novel. This signed, first edition of author and actor C.C. Humphrey's 'Blood Ties' further explores the adventures of Jean Rombaud, the executioner of Anne Boleyn, as he is forced into a battle for the deceased former queen's six fingered hand against his own son, with 'Blood Ties' continues the story from the author's novel 'The French Executioner'. C.C. Humphrey is perhaps as well known for his acting roles in 'The Bill', 'Highlander', and 'A.D.' as for his historical fiction. First edition, signed, lined and dated '20/2/03' by the author to the title page. In unclipped dustwrapper. A thrilling epic, Humphrey's 'Blood Ties' tells of a bloody reckoning in witchcraft and fanaticism. In the publisher's original binding with unclipped dustwrapper showing £17.99 price. Externally, very smart, with only very minor shelf wear to the…
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Blood Ties
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A History of British Carpets
by C. E. C. Tattersall, Stanley Reed
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Leigh-On-Sea: F. Lewis , 1966. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 11.5" by 9". Unnamed. A revised, enlarged edition of this charming volume detailing the British history of carpets, thoroughly illustrated. An interesting volume on the British history of carpets from the early seventeenth to the twentieth century, originally published in 1934 by C. E. C. Tatterell, the new revised and enlarged edition by Stanley Reed. Detailing a general history of carpets with a particular focus on British carpets and the different techniques used. Thoroughly illustrated with black and white as well as coloured plates.With unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's blue cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to front board and spine. Externally very smart, with minor shelfwear. Spine has slightly faded. Signed by a previous owner to front free endpaper, dated January '66. Dustwrapper is unclipped and smart with minor faint scattered spotting throughout. Slight shelfwear and spine to wraps is slightly…
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"Saddle Up": A Guide to Equitation and Stable Management, including Hints to Instructors
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London: Hurst & Blackett , 1933 . First edition. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Captain F. C. Hitchcock. Captain Hitchcock's guide to equitation, the first edition enclosed in its scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. A complete and useful guide to equestrian, with notes on selecting a horse, saddling and bridling, setting the horse in motion and much more. Written by Captain F. C. Hitchcock, with a foreword by Sir Frederick Hobday. With its scarce dust wrapper, unclipped. Featuring a photographic frontispiece and numerous illustrations in text by the author. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with some shelf wear, light bumping to head and tail of spine, damp mark to front board. Dust wrapper unclipped and smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, spine sunned. Previous owner's gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1933. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to fore edge affecting only…
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Antiquities of the Southern Indians Particularly of the Georgia Tribes
by Charles C Jones
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New York: D Appleton and Company, 1873. Cloth. Fair. 9.5" by 6". Not Stated. An interesting illustrated work on the indigenous people of Georgia, America. Written by Charles Colock Jones Jr. a Georgia politician and attorney. He wrote several notable works on the history of Georgia and the native people. Collated, complete with all thirty plates. This work discusses the culture of the 'Indians' such as their marriage, divorce, music, graves, weapons etc. He also describes the locations of several tribes. This work is an interesting insight into how some of the colonisers of the late nineteenth century regarded the native people of America. In original green cloth binding. Externally, worn. The rear hinge and joint have failed resulting in the board held by one cord only and causing the lifting of backstrip. Final few pages have disbound. Minor rubbing to extremities and to front joint which has split at the top. Loss to the head and tail of spine due to rubbing. Front hinge has failed…
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The Night Before Christmas
by Clement C Moore
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London: Macmillan, [1980]. Hardback. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 11" by 8.5". W. W. Denslow. Facsimile edition of Denslow's 1902 children's tale ''Twas the Night Before Christmas' in the original dust wrapper. From 'The Macmillan Facsimile Classics' series. Dated via Jisc. 'The Night before Christmas' is a classic tale written by Clement C. Moore in 1822 to amuse his children. Christmas tradition recognises its opening lines "'Twas the night before Christmas / When all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, / Not even a mouse..."This is a facsimile of the 1902 edition with charming illustrations in colour throughout by William Wallace Denslow, better known for his illustrations to 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.' Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's printed boards binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, gentle cockling to lower margin of boards due to possible damp. Dust wrapper unclipped and smart with some wear to extremities,…
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History of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry From 1755 to 1914
by Col. H. C. Wylly
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London: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co., 1926. First edition. Vellum. Good. 9" by 6". Captain R. C. Bond; et al. Volume I & II of Colonel Wylly's history of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from 1755 to 1914, with lovely folding maps and plates. Bound in paper vellum with the gilt crest of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry to the front board. Copy Number 60 of this work, originally belonging to the subscriber Captain H. B. Hibbert, who was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1913. Portrait frontispiece of Sir John Moore to Volume I. Portrait frontispiece of Lieutenant-General Archibald Browne Dyce to Volume I. 6 plates and 12 folding maps to Volume I. 17 plates and 3 folding maps to Volume II. Collated complete. A couple of the plates are in colour, and the folding maps depict the countries and battles mentioned in the text. Pocket to the rear of Volume I, containing 3 plans of the Battle of Thonhausen near Minden. Harold…
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Camden Miscellany Vol. XVIII
by C. Collin Davies, Charles Webster, and F. J. Varley
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London : Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1948. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6.5". None. A collection of historical papers printed for the Royal Historical Society. Containing The Benares Diary of Warren Hastings (edited by C. Collin Davies), Some Letters of the Duke of Wellington to His Brother William Wellesley-Pole (edited by Sir Charles Webster) and The Restoration Visitation of the University of Oxford and Its Colleges (edited by F. J. Varley). Camden third series, volume LXXIX. In a blue cloth binding. Externally smart, with just some light bumping and a couple of marks, with sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Institutional bookplate to front pastedown, with ink stamps to front free-endpaper, front pastedown and title page. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good
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The Romance of a Tudor House: Restoration and the Discovery of its Hidden Treasures, with some Account of the Time in which it was Built
by Colonel J. C. B. Statham
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London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1929. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A very scarce work from Colonel Statham on the restoration of a Tudor house, with illustrations. Very scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece and thirty-four figures over eighteen plates. Collated complete. A detailed account of the history and restoration of a Tudor house, with specific reference to the fireplaces, old doors, lost windows, cobbles, and gardens. Written by Colonel J. C. B. Statham, a British soldier and writer. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed
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The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Vol. II 1914-1919
by Colonel H. C. Wylly
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Whitehall: The Royal United Service Instituton, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 10.5" by 8.5". Not Stated. An exceptionally lovely copy of the first edition of the second volume of military historian Colonel Harold Carmichael Wylly's study of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. This second volume covers the regiment in the years 1914 to 1919, during the First World War. The first volume, not present here, covered the years 1741 to 1914.A line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed until 1970, the Regiment raised a number of extra war service battalions during the Great War, serving in Flanders, but in 2006 was amalgamated into the Duke of Lancaster Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border).Illustrated with fourteen maps, and twenty-three photographic illustrations. Collated, complete.An impressively detailed study of this British regiment during the First World War. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Minor bump to spine head, otherwise externally excellent. Internally,…
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XVth (The King's) Hussars 1759 to 1913
by Colonel H. C. Wylly
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London : Caxton Publishing Company , 1914. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 12" by 8.5". Not Stated. A limited edition copy of this rich history of the XVth (The King's) Hussars, with plates and maps. A limited, leather bound copy of this extensive work. Only two hundred and fifty copies of this edition were printed in this form, with this volume being number thirty four. The XVth King's Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army which was first raised in 1759 and saw service over two centuries including during the First World War. The regiment fought during the Napoleonic Wars, Peterloo and was stationed in Ireland, India, Afghanistan and South Africa during the Victorian era. This extensive volume gives a history of this regiment. With thirty one plates and three maps, one of which is folding. Collated, complete. In full morocco binding. Externally, smart. The front joint is beginning to loosen but remains generally firm. Some rubbing to the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly…
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The Life of Gordon Major-General, Turkish Field Marshal, Grand Cordon Medjidieh and Pasha, Chinese Titu, Yellow Jacket Order
by Demetrius C Boulger
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London: T Fisher Unwin, c1896. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. A biography on Charles George Gordon, also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha and Gordon of Khartoum. The fourth edition. Illustrated, with a portrait frontispiece of Gordon and two further plates. Collated, complete. This biography is on British army officer and administrator, Major-General Charles Gordon. He saw action in the Crimean War and made his military reputation in China. Written by Demetrius Charles Boulger, an important contributor to British journals. In a full calf prize binding. Externally, generally smart with slight rubbing to the spine and to the extremities. Fading to the spine-label. Small crack to the head of front joint. Spots and marks to boards. Small crack to the head of front joint. Prize bookplate to front pastedown from Beaminster and Netherbury Grammar School. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to the edges. Occasional scattered spots. Very Good Indeed
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People I Have Met
by E.C. Grenville-Murray
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London : Vizetelly and Co, c1884. Cloth. Good. 10.5" by 7.5". None. A attractive edition of Eustace Clare Grenville-Murray's People I Have Met. With fifty-four engravings throughout, including plates, the volume paints a vivid picture of the journalist's life in Victorian London, with humourous anecdotes from both his career and social life. In decorative cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally quite smart, there is some wear to the boards, extremities and slight damage to the bottom edge of the backstrip, as well as some markings to boards. Internally, the binding is strained in various areas, although the pages remain firm, and the pages are bright and clean throughout, aside from some spotting to endpages Good
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The Woman in Black
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New York: The Century Co, 1913. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first American edition of Edmund Bentley's detective fiction novel 'Trent's Last Case'. Issued under the title 'The Woman in Black'. Although the title of the English edition noted the work as his last case, this is actually the first Bentley novel to feature the amateur detective Philip Trent. The novel is noted for the fact it is a whodunit that rests firmly in the detective fiction genre. Many critics regard this novel to be the first of its kind. This novel was so successful it received praise from many noted authors of the genre including G.K Chesterton and Agatha Christie. Christie regarded this novel to be one of the three best detective stories ever written. The first American edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Scattered spots to the…
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Cas Deireannach Trent
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Dublin: Oifig Diolta Foilseachan Rialtais , 1934. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. An Irish edition of E C Bentley's novel 'Trent's Last Case'. Translated by Sean Mac Maolain. 'Trent's Last Case' is the first novel to feature Philip Trent. It is a classic whodunit, detective fiction crossover. In the United States this novel was published as 'The Woman in Black'. In Irish, translated by Sean Mac Maolain. This novel was so successful it received praise from many noted authors of the genre including G.K Chesterton and Agatha Christie. Christie regarded this novel to be one of the three best detective stories ever written. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Fading to the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. A few light spots to the fore-edge. Very Good Indeed
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A Dictionary of Chinese Mythology
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New York: The Julian Press, Inc., 1961. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A smart first edition of this dictionary of Chinese mythology, lacking the dust wrapper. First edition. A detailed and comprehensive dictionary of reference for Chinese mythology, including many varied myths from regional and cultural traditions. Much of the mythology recorded from Greater China involves exciting stories of fantastic beings, the use of magical powers, and exotic mythological settings. Compiled by Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner, a British diplomat in Qing Dynasty China and sinologist specialising in superstition, myths and magic in China. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed
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Critical and Historical Essays contributed to the Edinburgh Review
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London: Methuen & Co., 1903. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None . Lord Macaulay's critical and historical essays in three volumes edited by F C Montague. A collection of historical and critical essays by Thomas Babington Macaulay, originally appeared in the influential magazine The Edinburgh Review. Complete in three volumes. Edited by F. C. Montague. Essays include 'Milton,' 'Machiavelli,' 'Southey's Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress,' 'Lord Bacon,' and many others. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting scattered to leaves. Very Good
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Checkmate Fighting Tradition in Central Persia
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London: George G. Harrap & Company LTD., 1927. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A nice example of the first edition of this detailed account of life and work in Persia at the beginning of the twentieth century, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.'Checkmate' is Forbes-Leith's first hand account of his time in the service of one of the feudal nobleman of Persia.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and fourteen plates.Collated, complete.Written by Francis Arthur Cornelius Forbes-Leith, who also wrote 'By Car to India'. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few minor marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light spots to the fore edge. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd light spot. Very Good
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Up the Tigris to Bagdad
by F C Webb
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London: E and F N Spon, 1870. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". H J Walton. The very scarce first edition of Frederick Webb's nineteenth century account of his journey along the Tigris river to Bagdad. A signed presentation copy. Signed by the author to the recto of front endpaper, 'Mrs William Price with the Authors Love and Admiration'. An extremely scarce work, with only two auction records in the last ten years. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and two plates.The plates are taken from photographs by H J Walton, the Director of HM's Persian Gulf and Mekran Telegraph. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With an appendix of entries written about the populous, and histories of Seleucia, Ctesiphon and Bagdad. To the preface, the author notes that he wrote this work upon the request of a dinner guest who found great interest in his visit to Bagdad in March 1865. The dinner guest wished for Webb to write a piece for a periodical he…
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Oration Delivered Before the Legislature of Massachusetts At Their Request
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Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1832. Disbound. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5". None. An account of an oration delivered by Francis Calley Gray regarding the hundredth anniversary of the Birth of George Washington. This speech was delivered by the politician Francis Calley Gray to the Legistlature of Massachusetts. An uncommon publication. In this speech Gray looks at the career and the life of George Washington in the context of politics in Massachusetts. Francis Calley Gray was John Quincy Adams's private secretary, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the president of the Boston Athenaeum. Disbound. Externally, smart, with the odd spot to front and rear wrap. Internally, generally firmly bound. First leaf is detached but present. Pages are very bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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History of the Canadian Pacific Line
by Frank C Bowen
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, & Co., 1928. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7" by 5". Not Stated . A fascinating work of Canadian naval history by Frank C. Bowen. First and only edition of this work, dated via Jisc from a copy found at the British Library. A fascinating history of the Canadian Pacific Line pre-, during, and post- First World War. The Canadian Pacific was an important contributor to the Merchant Navy, providing ships to carry troops in both World Wars. Written by Frank C Bowen, author of naval histories. With numerous black and white photographic illustrations in text. Featuring numerous leaves of advertisements to front and rear. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, some damp mark to back strip and boards. Staining mark affecting inner gutter first few leaves, not affecting text but cockling leaves slightly. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Good
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