Recent Acquisitions
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BOND,, Henry
A History of the Trinity Hall Boat Club [1827-1928] [with] The Trinity Hall Boat Club 1928 to 1949 [with] A History of the Trinity Hall Boat Club and Club Records 1949/50 – 1986/87THE TRINITY HALL BOAT CLUB TO DATE; FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY AUTHOR
[Prefaces by by Mr. Justice Maugham, Professor H.R. Dean and the Right Reverend Launcelot Fleming, respectively.]
£224
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EDEN, Anthony
The Eden Memoirs. Facing the Dictators [with] The Reckoning [with] Full Circle. [Complete set.]THE EDEN MEMOIRS COMPLETE
£212
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TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
The Lord of the RingsFIRST APPEARANCE OF LEE'S ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE ORIGINAL FORMAT
Illustrated by Alan Lee. ['New Reset' Edition. With a Note on the Text by Douglas A. Anderson.]
£400
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BARTON, ed., R. M.
Life in Cornwall. Early Nineteenth Century [with] Mid- Nineteenth Century [with] Late Nineteenth Century [with] End of Nineteenth Century. [Complete set.]NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
Being Extracts from the West Briton Newspaper. Selected and edited by R. M. Barton.
£126
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HAVELL, Ernest Binfield
The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India. A Study of Indo-Aryan CivilisationBRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
£130
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FREEMAN, Edward Augustus
The History of the Norman Conquest of England, its Causes and its Results. [Complete set.]AUTHOR'S UNSIGNED PRESENTATION COPY IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH
£710
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ADMIRALTY.
Ships of the Royal Navy. Statement of Losses during the Second World WarNEAR FINE COPY IN MODERN BOARDS
£240
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SCOTT, Manda
Dreaming the Eagle [with] Dreaming the Bull [with] Dreaming the Hound [with] Dreaming the Serpent SpearTHE BOUDICA QUARTET COMPLETE: FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
£198
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KIRBY, William Egmont
An Introduction to Entomology: or Elements of the Natural History of InsectsSPLENDID SET: FROM THE LIBRARY OF SIR EDMUND CURREY WITH BOOKPLATES
Fourth Edition.
£460
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MALLINSON, Allan
The Matthew Hervey novels completeMATTHEW HERVEY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
£410
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NICOL, Jean
Hotel Regina [with] Home is the Hotel [with] Bertioni’s HotelTHE 'HOTEL REGINA' TRILOGY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
£220
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MARTIN, George R.R.
A Game of Thrones [with] A Clash of Kings [with] A Storm of Swords [with] A Feast for Crows. [Books 1-4 of A Song of Ice and Fire]THE FOLIO 'GAME OF THRONES' COMPLETE TO DATE: ALL FIRST PRINTINGS IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASES
Introduced by Joe Abercrombie. Illustrated by Jonathan Burton.
£1,950
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CROSSING, William
Amid Devonia’s Alps, or Wanderings and Adventures on DartmoorREMARKABLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
£120
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WREN, Christopher
Parentalia: or, Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens; viz. of Mathew [sic] Bishop of Ely, Christopher Dean of Windsor, but chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren Late Surveyor of the Royal BuildingsTHE MARQUESS OF ORMONDE'S COPY WITH BOOKPLATE
£5,240
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AESOP
The Fables of Aesop with a Life of the AuthorSTOCKDALE'S AESOP: THE CROZIER COPY ON LARGE PAPER
Embellished with One Hundred and Twelve Plates. [Translation by Samuel Croxall.]
£1,600
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PEEL, J.H.B.
Country Talk [with] More Country Talk [with] New Country Talk [with] Country Talk Again [with] Country Talk Continued [with] Latest Country Talk [with] Another Country Talk'COUNTRY TALK' COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
£160
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DONACHIE, David
The Devil’s Own Luck [with] The Dying Trade [with] A Hanging Matter [with] An Element of Chance [with] The Scent of Betrayal [with] A Game of BonesTHE PRIVATEERSMAN SAGA COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS; FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
£160
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BYATT, A. S.
The Virgin in the Garden [with] Still Life [with] Babel Tower [with] A Whistling WomanTHE FREDERICA QUARTET COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
[The Frederica Quartet complete.]
£470
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ANCIENT HEBREW LITERATURE
Ancient Hebrew Literature. Law and History. Volumes 1-4. [Complete set thus.]NEAR FINE SET
[Arranged by Rev. R. Bruce Taylor.]
£74
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PARLOUR, Andy
Phantom at War. The British Army’s Secret Intelligence and Communication Regiment of World War TwoNEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Foreword by Sir Robert Mark.
£96
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STEIN, Sir Aurel
On Alexander’s Track to the Indus. Personal Narrative of Explorations on the North-West Frontier of India carried out under the Orders of HM Indian GovernmentBRIGHT, CRISP COPY
£640
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LE GUIN, Ursula
A Wizard of Earthsea [with] The Tombs of Atuan [with] The Farthest Shore [with] Tehanu [with] Tales from EarthseaTHE FOLIO EARTHSEA SEQUENCE COMPLETE: ALL FIRST PRINTINGS
Illustrated by David Lupton. Introduction by David Mitchell.
£695
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LOVESEY, Peter
Wobble to Death [with] The Detective Wore Silk Drawers [with] Abracadaver [with] Mad Hatter’s Holiday [with] Invitation to a Dynamite Party [with] A Case of Spirits [with] Swing, Swing Together [with] Waxwork. [The Sergeant Cribb novels complete.]SERGEANT CRIBB COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
£312
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BARRON, pseud., Stephanie
Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor [with] Man of the Cloth [with] Wandering Eye [with] Genius of the Place [with] Stillroom Maid [with] Prisoner of Wool House [with] Ghosts of Netley [with] His Lordship’s Legacy [with] Barque of FrailtyFINE RUN OF THE FIRST NINE JANE AUSTEN MYSTERIES; TWO VOLUMES SIGNED
£290
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WOODMAN, Richard
[Nathaniel Drinkwater. The series complete.]THE NATHANIEL DRINKWATER SERIES COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
£540
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MAHAN, Captain Alfred T.
The Problem of Asia and its Effect upon International PoliticsINSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
£660
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HARPER, Charles G.
Thames Valley VillagesNEAR FINE SET
Illustrated from Photographs by W.S. Campbell and from Drawings by by the Author.
£160
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CLEVERLY, Barbara
[The Joe Sandilands series complete.]THE JOE SANDILANDS SERIES COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS; FOUR VOLUMES SIGNED
£400
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CLUTTERBUCK, Richard
The History and Antiquities of the County of HertfordTHE PEROWNE COPY
Embellished with Views of the most curious Monuments of Antiquity and illustrated with a Map of the County.
£2,400
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TANGYE, Derek
The Minack Chronicles. [Complete set.]THE MINACK CHRONICLES: COMPLETE SET SIGNED/INSCRIBED IN DUSTWRAPPERS
Illustrations by Jean Tangye.
£3,000
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PHILLIPS, C.E.Lucas
The Greatest Raid of AllTHE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
With Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
£485
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CRAIG, William
Enemy at the GatesBRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
The Battle for Stalingrad. [Maps by Donald T. Pitcher. First UK Edition.]
£72
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SAYERS, R. S.
The Bank of England 1891-1944. Volume 1; Volume 2; Appendices. [Complete set.]GEORGE WANSBROUGH'S REVIEW COPY. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
£570
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WORTHEN,, John
D.H. Lawrence. The Early Years 1885-1912 [with] Triumph to Exile 1912-1922 [with] Dying Game 1922-1930. [The Cambridge Biography complete.]THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
£360
Fine Bindings
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GOLDSMITH, Oliver
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, with an Account of his Life and WritingsIN SIGNED PURGOLD BINDING
A New Edition in Four Volumes. Edited by Washington Irving.
£680
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MURRAY'S HANDBOOK
A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon, including all British India, The Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Protected Native StatesSPLENDID AND UNIQUE COPY IN SIGNED HATCHARDS BINDING
Tenth Edition.
£670
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AINGER, Arthur Campbell
Eton SongsETONIANA: NOTABLE ASSOCIATION COPY IN THEMED BINDING
Set to Music by Joseph Barnby. Illustrated by Herbert Marshall.
£445
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AUSTEN, Jane
[The Novels of Jane Austen.]THE STEVENTON AUSTEN IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
[With] A Memoir by her Nephew J.E. Austen-Leigh [with] Lady Susan and Fragments of two other unfinished Tales. New Edition. [Complete set of the Steventon Edition.].
£1,720
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HINCHLIFF, Thomas Woodbine
Summer Months among the Alps: with the Ascent of Monte RosaIN FULL THEMED MOROCCO
£1,200
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CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Ian Hamilton’s MarchSPLENDID COPY IN SIGNED SOTHERAN BINDING
Together with Extracts from the Diary of Lieutenant H Frankland, a Prisoner of War at Pretoria.
£1,000
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CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Marlborough. His Life and TimesSPLENDID SET IN SIGNED SOTHERAN BINDING
£3,600
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COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor
The Friend [with] Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit [with] Aids to Reflection [with] Essays on his Own Times [with] Notes on English Divines [with] Notes Theological Political and MiscellaneousSPLENDID COLLECTION OF THE POET'S POSTHUMOUS WORKS IN PERIOD BINDING
£2,460
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CHURCHILL, Peter
Of their own Choice [with] Duel of Wits [with] The Spirit in the CageTHE SOE TRILOGY IN FULL MOROCCO; FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
£1,120
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GALSWORTHY, John
The Forsyte Saga [with] A Modern Comedy [with] End of the ChapterTHE COMPLETE COLLECTED 'FORSYTE' IN FULL MOROCCO
[The Omnibus editions complete.]
£1,200
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FUCHIDA, Mitsuo
Midway. The Battle that doomed JapanFIRST UK EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
Foreword by Professor Michael Lewis. [Introduction by Admiral Kondo. Translation by M. Chihaya. Edited from the Japanese edition by C.H. Kawakami and R. Pineau]. [First UK Edition].
£468
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DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan
The Tragedy of the KoroskoTHE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
[Illustrations by Sidney Paget.]
£565
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BURNETT, Frances Hodgson
The Secret GardenCHARLES ROBINSON'S SECRET GARDEN IN FULL MOROCCO
Illustrated by Charles Robinson. [Fifth Impression thus.]
£522
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GRIMBLE, Arthur
A Pattern of Islands [with] Return to the IslandsTHE 'ISLANDS' IN FULL MOROCCO
£780
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BRONTE,, Charlotte
[The Life and Works of the Bronte Sisters. The Novels, Poems and Gaskell’s ‘Life’]NEAR FINE SET IN SIGNED TRUSLOVE & HANSON ART-NOUVEAU VELLUM
£2,860
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STAUNTON, Howard
The Laws and Practice of ChessIN FULL MOROCCO
Together with an Analysis of the Openings, and a Treatise on End Games. Edited by Robert B. Wormald. A New Edition.
£460
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LOVECRAFT, H. P.
The Haunter of the Dark and other Tales of HorrorTHE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
Edited, and with an Introduction by August Derleth
£520
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RUSSELL, Bertrand
History of Western PhilosophyFIRST ISSUE IN FULL MOROCCO
[First UK Edition. First Issue.]
£568