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THE COMPLETE MEMOIRS OF GEORGE SHERSTON (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Siegfried Sassoon; Alan Lascelles.
Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1208985
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Re-issue. Three volumes: Sherston's Progress; Memoirs of an Infantry Office; Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. Introduction by Sir Alan Lascelles. Olive green pictorial cloth, red title label and gilt title to spines. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has some scuffing to base and a thin edge of white paint to top along with faint foxspots.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- BIOGRAPHY
- ILLUSTRATED
A BRUSH WITH ENID BLYTON: THE LIFE AND WORK OF MARJORIE L. DAVIES
Written by Sally Varlow.
Illustrated by Marjorie L. Davies.
Stock no. 1330643
Published by Pomegranate Press.
1st
2011.
Very good condition.
Yellow cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations and photos. 95 pages. ISBN: 9781907242182. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Some light curling to lower page corners.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ENID BLYTON
- BIOGRAPHY
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.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- MILITARY
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.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
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.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- BIOGRAPHY
- CIVIL WAR (SPANISH)
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.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- BIOGRAPHY
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.
- Categorised in:
- ENGINEERING
- LIGHTHOUSES
- STEAM ENGINES
- BRIDGES
- BIOGRAPHY
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.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
- HISTORY
- RENAISSANCE
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- BIOGRAPHY
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.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- BIOGRAPHY
- ANTIQUARIAN
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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- BIOGRAPHY
- ARCHITECTURE
- ENGINEERING
- DIARY
MEMOIRS OF A GEORGIAN RAKE
Written by William Hickey; Roger Hudson.
Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830695
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition.
From the 'idleness and dissipation' of his rakish existence in London to his travels to Madras, Calcutta and Jamaica. Edited by Roger Hudson. Burgundy cloth spine with navy blue title blocks and gilt title, blue marbled paper boards. B/w engravings. Top edge blue. xvii and 414 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a long score mark to one side and is a little scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- GEORGIAN
- TRAVEL
- ILLUSTRATED
THE DIARY OF A VILLAGE SHOPKEEPER 1754-1765
Written by Thomas Turner; David Vaisey.
Illustrated by Miriam Macgregor.
Stock no. 1830694
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1998.
Nearly fine condition.
Edited by David Vaisey. Blue cloth spine with burgundy title block and gilt title, marbled paper boards. B/w engravings. Top edge red. xxxix and 443 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is very lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
- DIARY
- RETAIL
- SOCIAL HISTORY