The Life of Samuel Johnson… 1823.
£75.00BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, In Chronological Order. 4 volumes. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Johnson to volume 1. 2 folding tables. Interior: No half titles, occasional spotting, endpapers detaching/detached. Some pages mis-numbered- but present. Occasional tearing with loss to blank margins- not to text. Exterior: Full contemporary calf (boards and spines worn, one board hanging by a thread, boards loose/ detaching on other volumes). 8vo. London: J. Richardson & Co, 1823.
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Christopher North A Memoir of John Wilson. 1862.
£45.00GORDON, Mrs. [Mary]. Christopher North A Memoir of John Wilson. Compiled From Family Papers and Other Sources By His Daughter MRS. GORDON. 2 volumes, Frontispiece to volume 1. 8vo. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862.
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Memoirs of Royal Ladies. 1861.
£55.00Female Royalty – HOLT, Emily Sarah. Memoirs of Royal Ladies. 2 volumes, engraved frontispieces to each volume. Interior: occasional spotting and light browning. PROVENANCE: J. H. Burton (bookplate to pastedowns of each volume- in vol 2. It is adhered to the rear pastedown- upside down). 8vo. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861.
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Letters Written by the Late Earl of Chatham… 1804.
£25.00PITT, William, Earl of Chatham. Letters Written by the Late Earl of Chatham to his Nephew Thomas Pitt, Esq. 8vo. London, T. Payne, 1804.
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A Great Peace Maker… 1914.
£55.00GALLATIN, Count (Editor). A Great Peace Maker [.] The Diary of James Gallatin Secretary to Albert Gallatin U.S. Envoy to France and England 1813-1827 and Negotiator of the Treaty of Ghent. 10 plates (including frontispiece). PROVENANCE: ‘CLIVE 18.X.34’. Clive refers to Mervyn Horatio Herbert, 17th Baron Darcy de Knayth, styled Viscount Clive (1904 – 1943) British peer and Royal Air Force Officer, who died tragically in 1943, leaving behind his wife Vida, who later married Brigadier Derek Schreiber- Chief of Staff to the Governor-General of Australia. 8vo. London: William Heinemann, 1914.
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The Life and Letters of Walter Farquhar Hook… 1878.
£110.00STEPHENS, W.R.W. The Life and Letters of Walter Farquhar Hook D.D. F.R.S. 2 volumes, frontispieces to both volumes. PROVENANCE: W. Carnelley, Fallowfield, Manchester (bookplate to front pastedowns). William Carnelley, (1823-1919) was a senior director and chairman of Rylands & Sons Ltd., one of the most important cotton manufacturers in Manchester during the 19th century. Throughout his 96 year life Carnelley was spinner, dyer, weaver, book-keeper, cashier, salesman, and buyer, eventually becoming director and then chairman of Rylands & Son. Walter Farquhar Hook ( 1798 -1875), was an eminent Victorian high churchman. 8vo. London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1878.
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Roger Bannister: The First Four Minutes. (2005)
£50.00BANNISTER, Roger (1929-2018). The First Four Minutes. Soft-cover (paperback edition). Featuring “Brand New Material for 50th Anniversary”. 8vo. Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2005. SIGNED by Roger Bannister on the title page.
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Anita Loos. Kiss Hollywood Good-By. (1974)
£50.00LOOS, Anita (1889-1981). Kiss Hollywood Good-By. 8vo. New York: The Viking Press, 1974. SIGNED by Loos on the half title.
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Moses Brown Captain U.S.N. 1904.
£25.00MACLAY, Edgar Stanton. Moses Brown Captain U.S.N. Illustrations and maps as called for. PROVENANCE: Previous owner’s inscriptions to front endpaper. 8vo. New York: The Baker and Taylor Company, 1904.
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The Sexagenarian: or, The Recollections of a Literary Life. 1818.
£60.00[BELOE, William. (1756-1817)]. The Sexagenarian: or, The Recollections of a Literary Life. 2 volumes. (Occasional light spotting, occasional light soiling, occasional browning, one old paper repair at blank margin of a page, some tearing with minor loss to blank margins in places-without loss to text, otherwise a good copy). Contemporary half calf with marbled boards, red morocco title labels to spine, some wear to calf). 8vo. London: F.C and J. Rivington, 1818.
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Memoirs of the Life and Works of the Late Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair Bart. 1837.
£100.00Rare 2 volume set with additional piece of ephemera. SINCLAIR, Rev. John. (1797-1875). Memoirs of the Life and Works of the Late Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair Bart. By His Son The Rev. John Sinclair, M.A. 2 volumes. (Occasional light spotting, occasional tearing). Publisher’s half purple (?)(faded) cloth, with paper title labels to spines (text blocks broken in places throughout both volumes, bindings loose). Vol 1: [6], vi, ii, 362. Vol 2: [4], ii, 427 pp. 8vo. London: William Blackwood, 1837.
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ANNAND TAYLOR, Rachel. Leonardo The Florentine. 1927.
£60.00SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. ANNAND TAYLOR, Rachel (1876-1960). Leonardo The Florentine. 9 plates. (Occasional light spotting to text). Publisher’s blue cloth (corners bumped, minor wear) with cream pictorial dust-jacket (torn with loss, visible old paper repairs to front, spine and lower part of jacket). London: Richards Press, 1927.
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