Biography & Letters

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PUBLISHERSelwyn and Blount Limited, London.
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PUBLISHERThomas Holmes, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Gilt block edges. 
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Subtitled Being a Record of Sundry Expeditions, New and Old, in Search of Buried Treasure. Accounts of true-life hunts for diamonds and gold; silver, precious stones and shipwrecks.

The diary kept whilst the author was accompanying Napoleon during part of his imprisonment on the island of St. Helena.

A History of the fifth Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards and its parent regiments, written by a former colonel.

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PUBLISHERSkeffington & Son, Ltd. London.
BINDINGFaded yellow / cream cloth boards with black lettering. 
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A fascinating account of the renowned travel writers journey through islands of the Caribbean in the late 1940's. 

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PUBLISHERChatto & Windus, London.
BINDINGSky blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally a little worn and faded at edges. Binding secure. some foxing and browning...

Written by a Vice-President of the London Zoological Society. Accounts of his world travels from Africa to Arabia, Norway to China in the early years of the Twentieth Century.

The memoires of a Captain in the Hampshire Regiment; from his service in India, the Middle East and the First World War.

A biography or Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, written some time after his death and presented as a memorial of his achievements and character.

PUBLISHERPrivate Libraries Association, Pinner.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just slight signs of wear to very edges of boards. Printed pages and images remain clear with no noticeable marks.
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EDITION1991 limited edition of 1750 copies, of which 600 were for sale. 
DESCRIPTIONAn...

A double biography of what have been called the first notable husband-and -wife partnership of modern history: Emperor Justinian and Theodora, daughter of a Syrian bear trainer.

The third report by the research committee of The Society of Antiquaries of London on the ongoing excavations at Wroxeter.

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PUBLISHERCassell and Company Ltd.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and emblem and embossed border.
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A biography of the renowned Naturalist-Illustrator, published on the bicentenary of his birth.

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PUBLISHERCambridge University Press.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with title patch on spine and gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, slight wear to very edges of boards. Printed pages...

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PUBLISHERLongmans, Green and Co. 
BINDINGRed cloth boards. 
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn , with scuffing and bumped corners. Spine faded. Foxing to block edges and...