Biography & Letters

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PUBLISHERThomas Holmes, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Gilt block edges. 
BOOK CONDITIONIn poor condition. Boards are very worn, with significant damage...

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.

PUBLISHERGeorge Routledge and Sons, London.
BINDINGQuarter bound marbled paper covered boards, red cloth over spine. black title patch with gilt lettering
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and scuffed at edges, corners bumped. Small patch of marbled paper torn away on front. Spine faded. Hinges a little weakened, but...

PUBLISHERThe Limited Editions Club at The Curwen Press.
BINDINGPatterned cloth boards with leather title patch on the spine, in a brown card slipcase.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, well preserved with few signs of wear. Text and images remain clear and unmarked.
DUST JACKETSlipcase has some slight scuffing and...

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

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...

PUBLISHERVerso. London, New York.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just a little shelf wear to extremities. Some slight marking on endpapers, but text remains clear.
DUST JACKETSome wear and creasing, especially along top edge. Faint scratching, and discolouration on back cover. Preserved in removable book...

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.

PUBLISHERCountry Life and George Newnes Ltd, London; and Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
BINDINGQuarter bound brown boards with mustard cloth over spine, and a title patch with gilt lettering and border on front.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally a little worn, corners bumped. Light browning / foxing mainly affecting...

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.
DUST JACKETNo.
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.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn at edges, with some...

A biography of the renowned Naturalist-Illustrator, published on the bicentenary of his birth.

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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...