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A Dance To The Music of Time (ALL 1st printings, 12-volume-set)
- £4,000.00
- Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, and is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. It is unrivalled for its scope, its humour and the enormous pleasure it has given to generations. Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time is…
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A History of England from the Accession of James the Second (10 books 5 volumes)
- £150.00
- From Tauchnitz's series Collection of British Authors, as follows (vol, # in series, date etc) - I, #172, 1849 - Bks 1 & 2, 413pp - II, #174, 1849 - Bks 3 & 4, 332pp - III, #338, 1855 - Bks 5 & 6, 300pp - IV, #340, 1855 -…
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A History of England from the Accession of James the Second (in 2 volumes)
- £110.00
- Macaulay's History was originally published in 1848 in 5 volumes, but this edition reduced that to two, without a reduction in text. The History is famous for its brilliant ringing prose and for its confident, sometimes dogmatic, emphasis on a progressive model of British history. According to this view, England…
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C. S. Lewis trilogy: Becoming C. S. Lewis; The Making of C. S. Lewis; The Completion of C. S. Lewis (3 vols)
- £95.00
- Becoming C. S. Lewis (3-Volume Set) by scholar Harry Lee Poe represents a landmark achievement in the study of one of the greatest Christian thinkers of the modern era. This groundbreaking trilogy provides an in-depth look into literary scholar, novelist, and apologist C. S. Lewis. Each book painstakingly unfolds Lewis's…
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Departmental Ditties and other verses (in 2 vols)
- £25.00
- Methuen 'Service Edition' of Kipling's works: Poetry with a military theme, particularly of the English Raj period of time late in Queen Victoria's reign.
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Eighteenth Century Vignettes (vol I & II)
- £25.00
- The first two series of Dobson's very popular vignettes (from 1894).
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Festivals and Prayers (6 vols) according to the ritual of the German and Polish Jews
- £250.00
- 6-volume set of Jewish liturgies from the traditions of Polish and German Jews, in Hebrew with parallel English translation by Rev. D. A. de Sola of the Congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London. Ex-Library (Latimer Trust)
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (SIGNED Simon Heffer) TRILOGY
- £350.00
- Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family, and served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958. His career was unremarkable. His diaries are quite the opposite. Elegant, gossipy and bitchy by…
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History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century (vols 1 & II but missing III)
- £50.00
- Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubign (1794-1872) was a Swiss protestant minister who became a renowned church historian. His Reformation history became an instant classic and was translated into many languages soon after its publication. This combined edition is scarce.
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Hume’s History of England (vols I & II only)
- £75.00
- Hume set out at first only to write a history of England under the Stuart monarchs James I and Charles I, which appeared in 1754. He followed this with a second history that continued to the Revolution of 1688. With the relative success of these two volumes, Hume researched the…
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Le Morte Darthur (2 vols)
- £120.00
- Two volumes in Macmillan's Library of English Classics, of Thomas Malory's classic fable. Central figures in the Matter of Britain, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table still inspire many books and films today. Drawing on the legends of Camelot from French and English sources, Sir Thomas Malory…
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LETTERS FROM A LIFE: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten. (Two vols) I: 1923-1939; II: 1939-1945
- £60.00
- This two-volume set of letters sheds new light on the composer Benjamin Britten's personal and musical life. "Volume One, 1923-39" opens with a letter from Britten, aged ten, to his mother Edith. This first volume includes the period he spent at the Royal College of Music where he meets influential…
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Life and Correspondence of Arnold (vols I & II)
- £60.00
- The biography of the famous Victorian educator and headmaster of Rugby, by one of this former pupils.
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Lord of the Rings (3 vols)
- £190.00
- Tolkien's classic trilogy with author's original fold-out maps
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Memoirs of The Life and Correspondence of Mrs H. More (4 vols) (SIGNED LETTER)
- £1,000.00
- 3rd edition (revused with new preface). The first edition of a biography of Hannah More (1745-1833) by William Roberts (1767-1849). More's reputation rests firstly as a bluestocking poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick; secondly as an immensely successful author of moral and religious works; and,…
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-
A Dance To The Music of Time (ALL 1st printings, 12-volume-set)
- £4,000.00
- Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, and is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. It is unrivalled for its scope, its humour and the enormous pleasure it has given to generations. Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time is…
- Add to basket
-
A History of England from the Accession of James the Second (10 books 5 volumes)
- £150.00
- From Tauchnitz's series Collection of British Authors, as follows (vol, # in series, date etc) - I, #172, 1849 - Bks 1 & 2, 413pp - II, #174, 1849 - Bks 3 & 4, 332pp - III, #338, 1855 - Bks 5 & 6, 300pp - IV, #340, 1855 -…
- Add to basket
-
A History of England from the Accession of James the Second (in 2 volumes)
- £110.00
- Macaulay's History was originally published in 1848 in 5 volumes, but this edition reduced that to two, without a reduction in text. The History is famous for its brilliant ringing prose and for its confident, sometimes dogmatic, emphasis on a progressive model of British history. According to this view, England…
- Add to basket
-
C. S. Lewis trilogy: Becoming C. S. Lewis; The Making of C. S. Lewis; The Completion of C. S. Lewis (3 vols)
- £95.00
- Becoming C. S. Lewis (3-Volume Set) by scholar Harry Lee Poe represents a landmark achievement in the study of one of the greatest Christian thinkers of the modern era. This groundbreaking trilogy provides an in-depth look into literary scholar, novelist, and apologist C. S. Lewis. Each book painstakingly unfolds Lewis's…
- Add to basket
-
Departmental Ditties and other verses (in 2 vols)
- £25.00
- Methuen 'Service Edition' of Kipling's works: Poetry with a military theme, particularly of the English Raj period of time late in Queen Victoria's reign.
- Add to basket
-
Eighteenth Century Vignettes (vol I & II)
- £25.00
- The first two series of Dobson's very popular vignettes (from 1894).
- Add to basket
-
Festivals and Prayers (6 vols) according to the ritual of the German and Polish Jews
- £250.00
- 6-volume set of Jewish liturgies from the traditions of Polish and German Jews, in Hebrew with parallel English translation by Rev. D. A. de Sola of the Congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London. Ex-Library (Latimer Trust)
- Add to basket
-
Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (SIGNED Simon Heffer) TRILOGY
- £350.00
- Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family, and served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958. His career was unremarkable. His diaries are quite the opposite. Elegant, gossipy and bitchy by…
- Add to basket
-
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century (vols 1 & II but missing III)
- £50.00
- Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubign (1794-1872) was a Swiss protestant minister who became a renowned church historian. His Reformation history became an instant classic and was translated into many languages soon after its publication. This combined edition is scarce.
- Add to basket
-
Hume’s History of England (vols I & II only)
- £75.00
- Hume set out at first only to write a history of England under the Stuart monarchs James I and Charles I, which appeared in 1754. He followed this with a second history that continued to the Revolution of 1688. With the relative success of these two volumes, Hume researched the…
- Add to basket
-
Le Morte Darthur (2 vols)
- £120.00
- Two volumes in Macmillan's Library of English Classics, of Thomas Malory's classic fable. Central figures in the Matter of Britain, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table still inspire many books and films today. Drawing on the legends of Camelot from French and English sources, Sir Thomas Malory…
- Add to basket
-
LETTERS FROM A LIFE: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten. (Two vols) I: 1923-1939; II: 1939-1945
- £60.00
- This two-volume set of letters sheds new light on the composer Benjamin Britten's personal and musical life. "Volume One, 1923-39" opens with a letter from Britten, aged ten, to his mother Edith. This first volume includes the period he spent at the Royal College of Music where he meets influential…
- Add to basket
-
Life and Correspondence of Arnold (vols I & II)
- £60.00
- The biography of the famous Victorian educator and headmaster of Rugby, by one of this former pupils.
- Add to basket
-
Lord of the Rings (3 vols)
- £190.00
- Tolkien's classic trilogy with author's original fold-out maps
- Add to basket
-
Memoirs of The Life and Correspondence of Mrs H. More (4 vols) (SIGNED LETTER)
- £1,000.00
- 3rd edition (revused with new preface). The first edition of a biography of Hannah More (1745-1833) by William Roberts (1767-1849). More's reputation rests firstly as a bluestocking poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick; secondly as an immensely successful author of moral and religious works; and,…
- Add to basket