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[HARROWBY, Dudley Ryder, Earl of]. Substance of the speech of the right honourable the earl of harrowby, in the House of Lords, october 4th, 1831: on the motion, that the reform bill be read a second time. London. Roake and Varty, 1831. First edition. 8vo. [4], 55pp, [1]. With a half-title. Modern marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. A trifle rubbed. Half-title stained, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30618

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[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign, 1804. [London]. [Printed by T. R. Harrison], [1804]. 8vo. [2], 264pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, slight loss to head and foot of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30722

[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign, 1806. [London]. [Printed by T. R. Harrison], [1806]. 8vo. [2], 212pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, slight loss to head of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30721

ARKWRIGHT, John Stanhope. The supreme sacrifice. London. Skeffington and Son, Ltd., 1919. First edition. 8vo. 78pp, [2]. With a terminal colophon leaf. Original publisher's navy rexine, lettered and tooled in gilt. Internally bright and clean throughout. Corners bumped and spine ends torn, some small holes and losses to rear board. Pencil inscription of 'D. L. Arkwright' to top right FFEP. With a manuscript leaf, loosely inserted, of 'The Pilgrim's Way', which also appears within the collection. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30505

BENSON, E. F.. The White Eagle of Poland. London. Hodder and Stoughton, [1918]. First edition. 8vo. 265pp, with two folding full colour maps. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered black, with a white eagle design stamped to front. 'For review' stamp to half-title. All edges faded, corners bumped, spine slightly sunned. Internally bright save the toned endpapers and a few small marks throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30514

BENSON, E. F.. The freaks of mayfair. London . T. N. Foulis, 1916. First edition. 8vo. 236pp [4]. With eight illustrations reproduced from drawings by George Plank. Original publisher's cloth lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edge untrimmed, several pages unopened. Boards rubbed, with wear to hinges, corners and spine ends. Crude grey endpapers, page block foxed lightly throughout. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30121

BENSON, E. F.. Crescent and iron cross. London. Hodder and Stoughton, 1918. First edition. 8vo. [10] 269pp. With two bound in colour maps of the Balkan states, with a further fold out map glued to the RFEP of the Turkish Empire in 1914. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered silver. Shelf-worn with corners bumped, spine faded. Internally bright, with very minor toning and a few nicks to pages. Folding map to the rear has a tear but remains complete. More > £ 100.00 On Sale: £ 80.00 Antiquates Ref. 30134

BENSON, E.F.. Six common things. London. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1893. First edition thus. 8vo. [6], 271pp. Original publisher's green cloth boards lettered gilt with blind tooling. Boards are scuffed and marked, rolled spine ends fraying, with some staining. Decorative endpapers remain bright, with a little toning through the loosening page block. With an ink ownership inscription to the title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30110

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ROWSE, A. L. The england of elizabeth: The Structure of Society. London. Macmillan & Co., 1950. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 546pp, [2]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further 23 photographic plates. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Anthony Eden's copy, without overt indication of such. Presentation copy, ink inscription to recto of FFEP: This small tribute of admiration for the statesman and with the best wishes of the author. ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29795

BLUNDEN, Edmund. Masks of time. London. Beaumont Press, 1925. First edition. 8vo. [16], 58pp. Original publisher's quarter vellum, lettered gilt, with green and orange paper pattern boards. Fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Minor bumping to corners, spine a little sunned, internally bright save a little toning to edges. One of eighty printed on Japanese vellum, of which this is no 33. With the signatures of the author, illustrator Randolph Schwabe, and publisher Cyril William Beaumont. A further ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29903

ARKWRIGHT, John Stanhope. The supreme sacrifice. London. Skeffington and Son, Ltd., 1919. First edition. 8vo. 78pp, [2]. With a terminal colophon leaf. Original publisher's burgundy rexine, lettered and tooled in gilt. Internally bright and clean throughout. Corners bumped and spine ends torn. Pencil dedication 'For R. R. Walker from John S. Arkwright Decr. 1930 on the FFEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29344

BELL, Clive. Since cézanne. London. Chatto and Windus, 1922. First edition. 8vo. 229pp, [1]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further seven photographic plates. Original publisher's navy cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and bumped, lettering-piece chipped and browned. Scattered spotting. Anthony Eden's copy, with his armorial bookplate FEP, an occasional pencil annotations in his hand. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29821

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FALL, Bernard B. The two viet-nams: A Political and Military Analysis. New York. Frederick A. Praeger, [1965]. Revised edition. 8vo. xvi, 498pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Anthony Eden's copy, with occasional pencil notes in his distinctive hand. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30664

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MIKSCHE, F. O. The failure of atomic strategy & a New Proposal for the Defence of the West. New York. Frederick A. Praeger, [1958]. First edition in English. 8vo. 224pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, surface loss to spine panel. Extensive ink and pencil annotations/corrections in the hand of the author and another unidentified hand. Presentation copy, ink inscription to title page: 'My very last copy, to Colonel / Paul H. Raftery, with the / compliments of the author, / Paris 29/11/60 / Miksche / P.S. The original was ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30667

MIKSCHE, Lieut.-Colonel F. O. Atomic Weapons and Armies. London. Faber and Faber, [1955]. First edition. 8vo. 222pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30666

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[APOCRYPHA, English Authorised Version]. The apocrypha, according to the authorised version. Oxford. Printed at the University Press, [s.d., c. 1898] 8vo. [186]pp. Printed in double columns. Bound by Hatchards in contemporary brown morocco, lettered in gilt, with initials 'W. E.' (likely William Eden (1849-1915), father of Anthony Eden) to upper board. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Ink inscriptions to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'With my best wishes M. H. Xmas 1898. "Friendship maketh day light in the understanding, out of darkness & ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29535

ARKWRIGHT, John Stanhope. The supreme sacrifice. London. Skeffington and Son, Ltd., 1919. First edition. 8vo. 78pp, [2]. With a terminal colophon leaf. Original publisher's dark green buckram, lettered and tooled in gilt. With the original pale blue dustwrapper lettered black, Wrappers slightly sunned. Top edge uncut. With a manuscript on lined paper, of poem 'Other Children', initialled and dated 'J. S. A, Sept 2 1932.'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29343

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ROWSE, A. L. All souls and appeasement: A Contribution to Contemporary History. London. Macmillan a& Co., 1961. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 121pp, [1]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further seven photographic plates. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and cocked. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden loosely inserted. Presentation copy, ink inscription to recto of FFEP: 'With kindest wished from A L Rowse'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29796

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FITZGERALD, Edward. Polonius: a collection of wise saws and modern instances. London. Chatto and Windus, 1907. 8vo. xxx, [2], 143pp, [1]. With a portrait frontispiece. Contemporary navy half-calf, blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29829

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SHAKESPEARE, William. Shakespeare's tragedy of hamlet. London. Published by J. M. Dent, 1913. 12mo. xv, [1], 215pp, [1]. Bound by J. & E. Bumpus in richly gilt-tooled dark green morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, dulled. From the recently dispersed library of Anthony Eden, without any indication of such. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29533