General biography and reference books from the 19th and 20th century

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Anne Baker: Morning Star

CODE: 100544

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London. William Kimber. 1972.

First edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 6" x 9 1/2". 235 pages. Black and white illustrations. Slight bump top front corner of spine, some wear top and bottom of spine. Top edge and top of spine of dust jacket slightly worn.

Very Good / Very Good condition

Catherine Phillips: Memoirs of the Life - To which are added some of her epistles

CODE: 101154

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London. printed and sold by James Phillips and Son. 1797.

First Edition. Full natural tan leather binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Hardback. 8vo. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4". 382 pages. Owners inscription on front endpaper reads "John and Mary Pryor." Printed stamp on prelims reads "Henry Manser. The Lynch Hoddesdon. "There is wear to all edges. the hinges on the spine are cracked 2" on the bottom and 2 1/2" at the top. There is a slight browning to the edges of the pages. the gilt rules on the spine are also fading. An account of a Quaker womans travels to meeting houses in England. Scotland. Ireland and the United States. born in England. traveled to South Carolina where she comments on slavery. and then goes up the east coast. then back to Europe. Mrs Phillips is said to have considerable knowledge of medicine and botany and is said to have "published something on planting and beautifying waste grounds" but no such works seem to be known.

Good condition

Col Henry Yule and A C Burnell: Hobson-Jobson - A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases

CODE: 1706095

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London. John Murray. 1903.

New edition. Hardback. Original quarter red leather binding. 8vo. 1021 pages. Edited by William Crooke. Title continued "and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive." Ex library. Some wear.

Good + condition

Crews. Frederick C.: The Pooh Perplex - A Student Casebook

CODE: 101513

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London. Arthur Barker. 1964.

Reprint. Second impression. Hardback. Dust jacket. 8vo.. x/ 150 pages. Dust jacket has some small closed tears to the edges. Price clipped. Name on front blank end page. Winnie-the-Pooh meets literary criticism.

Very Good + / Very Good condition

Dallaway. J.: Heraldic Miscellanies

CODE: 102020

Price : £280.00 Price: £0.00

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London. T Cadell. No date (Circa 1790).

Folio. Quarto leather over marbled boards. vi/ 112 pages. Consisting of the lives of Sir William Dugdale. Garter. and Gregory King. Esq. With an exact copy of the third part of The Boke of St. Albans. Gilt title and decoration on spine. Marbled endpages matching covers. Three book plates on front end page. each with a different name. There is also an accompanying booklet of architectural notes on St. Albans Abbey with bookplate. Light foxing to pages. Corners and edges of covers and spine worn. Pages are rippled.

Good + condition

E-J Delfortrie: Mémoire sur les Analogies des Langues Flamande - Allemande et Anglaise

CODE: 3080910

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Brussels. M Hayez. 1858.

First edition. Period half green Morocco leather binding by Hersant. hardback. Small Folio. 566 pages. Small section of page edges creased. Small closed tears to lead edge of the last four pages. Nice ex libris bookplate of Caroli Sarolea. Ex university of Keele library. Most marks removed. Edges chipped and worn. Pages starting to yellow with age.

Good + condition

E. Blisland (editor): The Japanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn

CODE: 102222

Price : £44.99 Price: £0.00

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London. Constable & Co Ltd. 1910.

First UK edition. Blue cloth boards. No dust jacket. 8vo. lx/ 468 pages including illustrations. Frontis showing four generations of Hearn. Gilt front cover and spine. Gilt top page edges. Browning to end pages. Some surface wear to spine. Corners are slightly bumped. Slight soiling to covers.

Very Good condition

Earl of Elgin: Speeches by the Earl of Elgin - Viceroy and Govenor General of India

CODE: 100179

Price : £350.00 Price: £0.00

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Calcutta. Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. 1899.

Full tan leather. 8vo. ix/ 504 pages. Five raised bands to spine. Gilt decorated covers and spine with armorial motif to front cover. Marbled end pages. Authors name 'Victor Alexander Bruce' inscribed on front end page, dated 25th December 1908. Victor Alexander Bruce was the 9th Earl of Elgin. Red speckled page edges. Very odd spot of foxing to first and last few pages. Corners slightly bumped.

Very Good condition

Frederic Raphael: Somerset Maugham and his World

CODE: 101225

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London. Thames and Hudson. 1976.

First Edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. Royal 8vo. 128 pages. Illustrated throughout with b&w photos. Dust jacket has been price clipped. Owners name and date. Covers slightly marked.

Very Good + / Very Good + condition

Friedrich Wencker-Wildberg: Bernadotte - A Biography

CODE: 101987

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London. Jarrolds. 1936.

Second impression. Hardback. Small 4vo. 317 pages. Black and white frontis plus 15 plates. Black covers with gilt title on spine. Owners name and date on front end page. Translated from the German by Kenneth Kirkness. Foxing on first and last few pages. and edge of pages.

Very Good condition

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