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HUGH TREVOR-ROPER: THE BIOGRAPHY
Written by Adam Sisman.
Stock no. 1831337
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hugh Trevor-Roper was a polemicist and essayist on a range of historical topics, but particularly England in the 16th and 17th centuries and Nazi Germany. He tainted his own reputation when in old age he erroneously authenticated the forged 'Hitler Diaries'. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xviii and 598 pages including index. ISBN: 9780297852148. Slight lean to spine and light wear to top & tail. Text block browned and foxed. A few pale foxspots to contents, mainly to prelims and margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

THE BRONTES
Written by Juliet Barker.
Stock no. 1331179
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A vivid picture of 19th century Yorkshire and an engrossing and intimate chronicle of an astonishingly creative family. Grey boards, silver title to spine. 1003 pages (including index). Some b/w plates. Second impression. Spine bumped. Grubby marks and foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

THE EUROPEAN RIGHT A HISTORICAL PROFILE
Written by Hans Rogger; Eugen Weber.
Stock no. 1331093
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A foundational academic study analyzing the development of conservative, reactionary, and fascist movements across Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. Red boards, black title to spine. 589 pages. Spine bumped. Some foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Endpapers lightly browned. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a little grubby to rear panel.

GEORGE GISSING: A LIFE
Written by Paul Delany.
Stock no. 1831266
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

George Gissing was an English novelist. Throughout his adult life, Gissing's difficult financial situation was exacerbated by the responsibility he felt to support his family. But the focus of Delany's book is on Gissing's mistakes as a young man and on his lifelong difficulty with women and sexuality. Maroon cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. xiii and 444 pages including index. ISBN: 9780297852124. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. A lovely copy.

THE MODERN HISTORY OF SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA
Written by Geoffrey Wheeler.
Stock no. 2139438
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Circa 1964. Very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Spotting to covers, bumping to corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Martin Gilbert.
Stock no. 1820512
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Recounting the courage of soldiers, sailors and airmen, the courage of partisans and resistance fighters, and the courage of those who, starving, tormented and without strength or weapons, were murdered far from the battlefields isolated and alone. Black cloth boards, orange title label to spine with silver title. Orange endpapers. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 029779616X. Small pinhole to dustwrapper spine and corresponding hole to board spine. Text block a little grubby. Dustwrapper spine is faded, rear panel of dustwrapper is scuffed.

MANSELL AND WILLIAMS: THE CHALLENGE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Written by Nigel Mansell; Derick Allsop.
Stock no. 1819975
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

World Champion 1992. A personal account of the joys and frustration of competing for the ultimate prize in Formula One. The team structure and organization, the preparation, practice, briefing and debriefing, qualifying and finally the race itself. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0297832182. Light creasing to lower front edge of cover, corners lightly rubbed, light scuffing to rear cover. Text block lightly browned. Contents fine.

LAST POST
Written by Max Arthur.
Stock no. 1818765
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Final Word from our First World War Soldiers. Beige paper boards, red title to spine. Endpapers are photographs of WWI scene. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780297846444. Clear plastic protecting dustwrapper stuck to verso with clear tape.

THE LAST KING OF POLAND
Written by Adam Zamoyski.
Stock no. 1815040
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st thus 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The rich and enthralling story of a personal dream with all the elements of grand tragedy, while at the same time an important chronicle of the birth and death of liberalism in Poland and the establishment of Russian power in Europe. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. ISBN: 029781821X. Text block a little grubby. Light pencil erasure to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few scuff marks.

GERMANY ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS, LANDSCAPE, GARDENS
Written by Christa Von Richthofen. Illustrated by Oliver Benn.
Stock no. 2117271
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. Photographs by Benn. ISBN: 0297831534. Wrapper is unevenly faded and creased to edges.

WHO'S WHO IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS A TREASURY OF THE FAMILIAR CHARACTERS OF CHILDHOOD
Written by Margery Fisher.
Stock no. 1403445
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 3rd 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A personal collection of characters, some famous and others less familiar, from the world of children's fiction. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and vignette to front board. Red and white pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w plates plus b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0297770373. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn and creased. Spine is faded. Small tear to front panel is mended with tape on verso. Couple of small marks.

GET ROMMEL: THE SECRET BRITISH MISSION TO KILL HITLER'S GREATEST GENERAL
Written by Michael Asher.
Stock no. 1810325
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The truth behind the brave but impractical plan to send a commando team deep into the desert to assassinate General Rommel. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w plates. 303 pages including index. ISBN: 029784685X. A fine copy in a dustwrapper which is slightly scuffed to rear panel.