NELSON MANDELA: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Martin Meredith.
Stock no. 1831332
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd. Circa 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This biography does not only describe Nelson Mandela's experiences and suffering under the minority white Nationalist Party rule but goes back even further. The author goes into incredible detail about Mandela's tragic past,his imprisonment and acquittal during the infamous Treason Trial of 1956 which lasted five years. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. viii and 596 pages including index. ISBN: 0241136288. Light vertical reading crease to spine. Light damp mottling to top of boards. Text block a little grubby. Photos printed on glossy paper have become stuck together by damp (can be prised apart with some surface paper loss). Orange dustwrapper is faintly sunned to spine and is just a little scuffed.

THE HOUSE OF DOCTOR DEE
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1831214
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This novel centres on the famous 16th-century alchemist and astrologer John Dee. Reputedly a black magician, he was imprisoned by Queen Mary for allegedly attempting to kill her through sorcery. When Matthew Palmer inherits an old house in Clerkenwell, he feels that he has become part of its past. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. 276 pages. ISBN: 0241125006. Slight lean to spine. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

GEORGE ELIOT: A LIFE
Written by Rosemary Ashton.
Stock no. 1831213
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This biography of George Eliot traces her early years and her time, in 1851, as a journalist on the "Westminster Review". The author examines her relationship with Lewes, his encouragement, and Eliot's unrequited love for Chapman, her employer on the Review. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 465 pages including index. ISBN: 0241134730. Basde of spine lightly shelf-worn. Top edge of text block a little grubby. Gift inscription in ink to top edge of half-title page. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, light wear to top & tail of spine, fading to spine.

THE TROUBLE MAKERS - DISSENT OVER FOREIGN POLICY 1792-1939
Written by A.J.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 1330877
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Ford Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 1956. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 207 pages including index. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock, heavy at top. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby with foxing on verso.

PERSONALITIES AND POWERS
Written by Lewis Namier.
Stock no. 1830991
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition.

The author examines the various factions and interest groups that existed within the British political system, and how they interacted with each other to shape policy and decision-making. Burgundy cloth boards, silver title to spine. vii and 157 pages. Spine very lightly faded, a few minor marks to boards. Foxing to text block and page margins. Lengthy inscription in ink to front endpaper (neat). A few foxspots to prelims and a tiny closed tear to lower edge of prelims.