World History
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1948-52 Winston Churchill's Speech at the Annual Conservative ConferenceLondon : 1948-52Three scarce volumes featuring accounts of the annual conferences of the National Conservative Union, with reports of Churchill's speeches.
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1906 Lord Randolph ChurchillLondon: 1906The first edition of Winston Churchill's two volume biography on his father, Randolph Churchill.
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1956 B I Centenary 1856-1956London: 1956This uncommon first edition, first impression monograph of the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited's history by George Blake, with the original unclipped dust wrapper and the original bookmark as issued.
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1903-1904 The Works of John Lothrop MotleyLondon: 1903-1904A beautiful nine volume Zaehnsdorf bound set of the historical works of American author and diplomat John Lothrop Motley.
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1886 Oceana or England and Her ColoniesLondon: 1886An attractive early edition of this insightful chronicle of James Anthony Froude's travels from Cape Town to Australia and New Zealand.
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1894 The Memoirs of Jacques CasanovaLondon: 1894Eleven volumes only of this limited edition set of the memoires of the eighteenth century Italian adventurer and author, Casanova.
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1909 Oeuvres Choisies de Jean CalvinGeneve: 1909A very scarce French language edition of the works of French theologian John Calvin, the founder of the Christian theology of Calvinism.
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1918 Within the Rim and Other EssaysLondon: 1918The first edition of this collection of essays, published late in the career of the celebrated novelist Henry James, and concerning the Second World War.
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1894 The Works of James Fenimore CooperLondon: 1894A thirteen volume set of historical novels by the popular American author, James Fenimore Cooper.
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1952 Memoires Sur La Deuxieme Guerre MondialeBruxelles: 1952A smart copy of the second volume of the memoirs of Sir Winston Churchill from the Second World War, in French.
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1966-82 Winston S. Churchill With Companion VolumesLondon: 1966-1982A first edition set comprising of the first four volumes of the official biography on Winston Churchill, with ten volumes of the companion volumes, with a signed set of letters by the author Martin Gilbert.
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1896 Les Femmes Illustres de la FranceTours: 1896The fourth edition of Oscar Havard's beautifully illustrated biographical study of notable women hailing from France.
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1879 Curiosities of LiteratureLondon: 1879A compilation of engaging insights and anecdotes related to the literary world, from British writer and scholar Isaac D'Israeli.
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1951 The Monastic Constitutions of LanfrancLondon: 1951The first UK translated edition of this account of the Medieval Benedictine monk and Archbishop, Lanfranc.
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1950 Farm and Cottage Inventories of Mid-Essex 1635-1749Essex: 1950The first edition of this interesting account of seventeenth and eighteenth century furniture and belongings in Essex.
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1864-9 Annales MonasticiLondon: 1864-9A complete collection of works on the history of monasticism in the middle ages.
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1975-85 Materials for the History of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of CanterburyLondon: 1875-1885A seven volume set of historical works on the medieval Archbishop Thomas Becket, collected from old manuscripts.
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1953 Parnassian Molehill: An Anthology of Suffolk Verse Written Between 1327 and 1864Ipswich: 1953A limited edition collection of Suffolk verses collected by the Earl of Cranbrook, in the original slipcase.
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1935 The Borough of Bury St. Edmund'sOxford: 1935The first edition of this very scarce historical work by Mary Doreen Lobel, on the town of Bury St Edmunds.
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1971 A General Introduction to Domesday BookLondon: 1971A two volume facsimile of Henry Ellis' introduction to the Domesday Book, in their original dust wrappers.
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1882 Atlantis: The Antediluvian WorldNew York: 1882The scarce first edition of Ignatius L. Donnelly's pseudoarchaeological work, in which the author suggests all ancient civilisations were descendants of Atlantis.
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1908 Sayings of Dr. JohnsonLondon: 1914A very scarce pocket sized collection of sayings from the noted writer Samuel Johnson.
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1914 Music in the Time of Queen ElizabethLondon: 1914A scarce limited edition work featuring a paper read to the 'Sette of the Odd Volumes' society by Frederick Keel on music from the Elizabethan era.
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1887 The Life of Saint Werburge of ChesterLondon: 1887A vanishingly scarce sixteenth century work on Saint Werburg, re-edited and published by the 'Early English Text Society'.
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1923-4 Three Very Scarce Works on Australian Life, History and GeographyLondon; Melbourne; Sydney: 1923-4Three very scarce Australian works including a book of Australian geography, a collection of educational children's stories and a memoir by an Australian settler.
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1933 Little Arthur's History of the Twentieth CenturyLondon: 1933The first edition of this vanishingly scarce novel by Cicely Hamilton which recounts the twentieth century from the point of view of a future civilisation, in the original dust wrapper and illustrated by John Farleigh.
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1937 The Disasters of the WarLondon: 1937Francisco De Goya's impactful etchings depicting the horrors of the Spanish uprising in 1808.
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1865 CawnporeLondon: 1865A smartly bound first edition of this account of the massacre at Cawnpore from British statesman Sir Georg Otto Trevelyan.
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1957 Margaret the First: A Biography of Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle 1623-1673London: 1957The first edition of this biography on Margaret the First by Douglas Grant, in the original vanishingly scarce dust wrapper and previously owned by the author, with a letter addressed to him.
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1905 Bucolici Graeci Recensuit et EmendavitOxonii [Oxford]: [1905]An interesting work on bucolic poetry from ancient Greece, written in Latin by Udalricus de Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, and bound in full crushed Morocco by Bumpus.
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1908 George Grenfell and the CongoLondon: 1908Exceptionally bright examples of the richly illustrated first edition of Johnston's study of Grenfell's travels.
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1917 The Tale of a Casualty Clearing StationEdinburgh: 1917The first edition of this very scarce autobiographical account of the author's experiences during WWI while being posted at a casualty clearing station.
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1940 Nordic TwilightLondon: 1940The first edition of this Macmillan War Pamphlet containing E. M. Forster's important statement of his belief in the British effort during the Second World War.
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1949-1954 8vol The Geography of StraboLondon: 1949-1954A smart later edition of this study on Strabo's geography, complete in eight volumes.
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1824 A History of the Earth and Animated NatureLondon: 1824A three volume edition of Goldsmith's study of the animal kingdom, with numerous engraved illustrations.
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1829 The Harleian Dairy SystemLondon: 1829The very scarce first edition of William Harley's discussion of the 'various methods of dairy husbandry pursued by the Dutch'.