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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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A Modern Comedy (I-III)
- £36.00
- The sequel to the Forsyte Saga , with 3 novels and 2 'interludes' made up A Modern Comedy: 19: The White Monkey, A Silent Wooing (1924, 1927); 20: The Silver Spoon, Passersby (1926, 1927); 21: Swan Song (1928) in the Grove complete Galsworthy series
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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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End of the Chapter (I-III)
- £30.00
- Final Forsyte trilogy: Maid in Waiting (24: 1931), Flowering Wilderness (25: 1932), Over the River (26: 1933)
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Hornblower (4 titles)
- £12.00
- Group includes: #2 A Ship of the Line; #8 H. and the 'Atropos'; #9 H. in the West Indies; plus short story collection H. Goes to Sea
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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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In a Glass Darkly (3 vols)
- £35.00
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was one of the great masters of Victorian of mystery and horror fiction, and can be regarded as the father of the modern ghost story. In a Glass Darkly (1872), one of his most celebrated volumes, purports to be the casebook of Dr Hesselius, a…
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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)
- £350.00
- Tolkien's classic trilogy with author's original fold-out maps
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Lord Peter Wimsey set (7 vols)
- £35.00
- 7 of Sayers' detective stories in Gollancz's reprint after the war. Clouds of Witness 1926 / Unnatural Death 1927 / Five Red Herrings 1931 / Have His Carcass 1932 / Gaudy Night 1935 /Busman's Honeymoon 1937 /In the Teeth of the Evidence 1939 (short stories)
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Madame Bovary, Moeurs de Province (tomes I, II)
- £250.00
- 2-volume edition of Flaubert's masterpiece published by renowned Paris editor and publisher Alphonse Lemerre. Illustrations by Emile Bolvin (1875)
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of William Hayley Esq. (Vols I & II)
- £450.00
- Full title: Memoirs of the life and writings of William Hayley Esq. the friend and biographer of Cowper written by himself. With extracts from his private correspondence and unpublished poetry and memoirs of his son Thomas Alphonso Hayley the young sculptor edited by John Johnson.
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Novels and Tales (4 vols): Tancred, Coningsby, Alroy Etc, Contarini Fleming
- £60.00
- From the Hughenden Edition of 'The Novels & Tales of the Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G.' Vol. III: Contarini Fleming, and the Rise of Iskander Vol. IV: Alroy; Ixion in Heaven; The Infernal Marriage; And Popanilla. Vol. VIII: Tancred, or the New Crusade Vol. IX: Coningsby, or the New Generation.
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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 -…
- Add to basket
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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…
- Add to basket
-
A Modern Comedy (I-III)
- £36.00
- The sequel to the Forsyte Saga , with 3 novels and 2 'interludes' made up A Modern Comedy: 19: The White Monkey, A Silent Wooing (1924, 1927); 20: The Silver Spoon, Passersby (1926, 1927); 21: Swan Song (1928) in the Grove complete Galsworthy series
- 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
-
End of the Chapter (I-III)
- £30.00
- Final Forsyte trilogy: Maid in Waiting (24: 1931), Flowering Wilderness (25: 1932), Over the River (26: 1933)
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-
Hornblower (4 titles)
- £12.00
- Group includes: #2 A Ship of the Line; #8 H. and the 'Atropos'; #9 H. in the West Indies; plus short story collection H. Goes to Sea
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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…
- Add to basket
-
In a Glass Darkly (3 vols)
- £35.00
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was one of the great masters of Victorian of mystery and horror fiction, and can be regarded as the father of the modern ghost story. In a Glass Darkly (1872), one of his most celebrated volumes, purports to be the casebook of Dr Hesselius, a…
- 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)
- £350.00
- Tolkien's classic trilogy with author's original fold-out maps
- Add to basket
-
Lord Peter Wimsey set (7 vols)
- £35.00
- 7 of Sayers' detective stories in Gollancz's reprint after the war. Clouds of Witness 1926 / Unnatural Death 1927 / Five Red Herrings 1931 / Have His Carcass 1932 / Gaudy Night 1935 /Busman's Honeymoon 1937 /In the Teeth of the Evidence 1939 (short stories)
- Add to basket
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Madame Bovary, Moeurs de Province (tomes I, II)
- £250.00
- 2-volume edition of Flaubert's masterpiece published by renowned Paris editor and publisher Alphonse Lemerre. Illustrations by Emile Bolvin (1875)
- Add to basket
-
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of William Hayley Esq. (Vols I & II)
- £450.00
- Full title: Memoirs of the life and writings of William Hayley Esq. the friend and biographer of Cowper written by himself. With extracts from his private correspondence and unpublished poetry and memoirs of his son Thomas Alphonso Hayley the young sculptor edited by John Johnson.
- Add to basket
-
Novels and Tales (4 vols): Tancred, Coningsby, Alroy Etc, Contarini Fleming
- £60.00
- From the Hughenden Edition of 'The Novels & Tales of the Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G.' Vol. III: Contarini Fleming, and the Rise of Iskander Vol. IV: Alroy; Ixion in Heaven; The Infernal Marriage; And Popanilla. Vol. VIII: Tancred, or the New Crusade Vol. IX: Coningsby, or the New Generation.
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