SAN MARTIN: ARGENTINE SOLDIER AMERICAN HERO
Written by John Lynch.
Stock no. 1830824
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Jose de San Martin (1778-1850) was an enigmatic figure - a revolutionary and a conservative; a professional soldier and an intellectual; and a taciturn man who nevertheless was able to inspire the peoples of South America to follow his armies and accept his battle strategies. One of the great leaders in the wars for independence, he was a pivotal force in the liberation of Chile and Peru from Spanish rule. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. xiv and 265 pages including index. ISBN: 9780300126433. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has previous bookseller's price-label to rear panel.

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GOD'S OWN GENTLEWOMAN: THE LIFE OF MARGARET PASTON
Written by Diane Watt.
Stock no. 1830823
Published by Icon Books Ltd.. 1st 2024. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The remarkable story of Margaret Paston, whose letters form the most extensive collection of personal writings by a medieval English woman. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few colour photos. xiv and 274 pages including index. ISBN: 9781837731640. A lovely copy.

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NELSON AND EMMA
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1330581
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Edited by Roger Hudson. A story of love and war. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt title. Ivory boards. Colour pictorial onlay to front and rear. Maps to endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 256 pages. A super copy contained in publishers original pictorial slipcase which is lightly foxed on top edge and slightly rubbed on open edges.

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REPORTAGE (5 VOLUMES)
Written by George Orwell.
Stock no. 1208976
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Five volumes: Homage To Catalonia; Down And Out In Paris And London; Funny But Not Vulgar; The Road To Wigan Pier; My Country Right Or Left. B/w photographic pictorial cloth. B/w photos. A few minor foxspots to spines else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few scuffs.

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THE TRUCE: A SURVIVOR'S JOURNEY HOME FROM AUSCHWITZ
Written by Primo Levi; Stuart Woolf; David Mendel. Illustrated by Jane Joseph.
Stock no. 1830791
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

Translated by Stuart Woolf, Introduction by David Mendel. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine, silver design. Pale blue endpapers. B/w etchings. 239 pages. Spine lightly faded and has a few foxspots. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase.

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A MEMOIR OF JANE AUSTEN
Written by J.E. Austen-Leigh; Fay Weldon.
Stock no. 1830779
Published by Folio Society. 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Fay Weldon. Peach cloth boards with silver title to spine, portrait silhouette to front cover. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. xx and 202 pages including index. Sixth impression. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase, in very good condition with some discolouration and a few marks.

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JOHN SMEATON
Written by A.W. Skempton.
Stock no. 1830766
Published by Thomas Telford. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of the famous engineer who was involved with everything from mills, bridges and fen drainage to the Eddystone Lighthouse. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 291 pages including index. ISBN: 007277088X. Boards clean. Personal gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, faded to spine and a little scuffed.

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PALLADIO
Written by Guido Beltramini; Howard Burns.
Stock no. 1830764
Published by Royal Academy of Arts. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Published for the exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of the birth of the great Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). Edited by Guido Beltramini and Howard Burns. Large heavy format. Pale grey paper boards, white title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. xv and 433 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905711246. Light shelf-wear to base of spine else boards clean. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased. Overall a lovely copy.

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RONNIE PETERSON: FORMULA 1 - SUPER SWEDE
Written by Johnny Tipler.
Stock no. 1330537
Published by Coterie Press Limited. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards with gilt title to spine and printed signature to front cover. 231 pages. Packed full of colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 190235107X. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small, light damp(?) stain to top corner tips of some pages else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and slightly grubby.

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THE NATURALIST OF THE SEA-SHORE: THE LIFE OF PHILIP HENRY GOSSE
Written by Edmund Gosse.
Stock no. 1208941
Published by William Heinemann. 1st thus 1896. Almost very good condition.

Great Lives & Events series. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w portraiture frontis. viii and 387 pages including index. Spine faded and browned, top & tail lightly shelf-worn. Board edges rubbed. Boards a little scuffed. 'Ex Libris' and signature in red ink to front pastedown. Joints starting to crack. Endpapers and text block browned. Preface is present but detached from the binding (1 page). One or two minor marks to contents else clean.

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MICHELANGELO
Written by Howard Hibbard; Michael Levey. Illustrated by Michelangelo.
Stock no. 1830731
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Michael Levey. Large format. Brown cloth spine and rear cover, gilt titles. Pictorial front board. Colour and b/w illustrations and photos. x and 278 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has just a little scuffing.

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ROBERT MYLNE: ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 1733 TO 1811
Written by A.E. Richardson.
Stock no. 1830728
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Robert Mylne was a famous eighteenth century architect. The diaries show by their day to day entries the way in which a busy eighteenth century architect worked, and, in the case of Mylne, the many long journeys he contstantly undertook and his meticulous care in carrying out his commissions, large or small. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 220 pages. Board corners lightly rubbed/worn. Foxing mainly to text block and prelims, some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is grubby, edge-rubbed, worn at corners with slight loss, browned to spine, some foxing.

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