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	ARMSTRONG, MARTIN Lady Hester Stanhope London, Gerald Howe Ltd, 1927, First Edition. Hard Cover , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. 96 pages. Frontispiece portrait drawn by J. Gower Parks. Fore-edge untrimmed. Bump to fore-edge of front board. Small hole to cloth at head of spine. End papers darkened. Boardsl lightly soiled. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Part of the Representative Women Series. Good/No Jacket. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 023461 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	ARRIANUS, FLAVIUS The Life of Alexander the Great London, The Folio Society, 1970. Hard Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Clean, crisp copy which has faded very slightly to the spine. 265 pages inc index. Presented in a very good slipcase which is slightly sunned. Map endpapersTranslated by Aubrey de Selincourt, and illustrated with wood-engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. A very attractive copy. Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 007790 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BAILEY, JOHN Dr. Johnson and His Circle London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1937. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. A look at the life and work of the great litarary figure, covering his genius, his works, his relationship with his biographer Boswell, his friends etc. A very good clean copy in price-clipped dustjacket. 226 pages. Part of the Home University Library series. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 008027 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BALFOUR, GRAHAM The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson London, Methuen, 1915, Fifteenth Edition. Hard Cover . A comprehensive biography of Stevenson, which includes tissue protected frontispiece and a map. 449pp including appendix & index. Some foxing throughout. Spine ends worn. Untrimmed edges. Dark blue cloth. Good/No Jacket. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 005277 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BANKES, VIOLA; WATKIN, PAMELA Kingston Lacy Childhood - Reminiscences of Viola Bankes Wimborne, Dorset, United Kingdom, Dovecote Press, 1986. (ISBN: 0946159335) Soft Cover . Viola Bankes tells of her childhhood spent against a background of Edwardian high society at its most aristocratic living at the stately home of Kingston Lacy in Dorset. A very good clean copy containing 130 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Very Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 031310 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BARDENS, DENNIS Elizabeth Fry : Britain's Second Lady on the Five-Pound Note London, Chanadon Publications, 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0954197356) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. With a foreword by John Mackrell. The life of the prison reformer whose faith and health were pushed almost beyond endurance and who became a truly remarkable historic figure. Some light sunning to page edges else a clean, square hardback in an unclipped d/w showing light shelfwear - 122 pages including index. Very Good/Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 037620 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BARNETT, CORRELLI Marlborough London, Eyre Methuen, 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0413295400) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to. Comprehensive biography of John Churchill, the First Duke of Marlborough examining his character and personality, his relationship with his wife, the views of his contemporaries and intimates and his leadership and role in history. A clean, crisp hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. 288 pages. Illustrated with colour and b.w. paintings and photographs. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 US$ 20.83 \| JP¥ 1852] Book number: 037314 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BEER, FRANK H. The Angel of Love : Emily Hobhouse 1860- 1926 Liskeard, United Kingdom, Charaton Books, 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0954336402) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The story of the English-born whistleblower who drew international attention to the suffering that Britain facilitated in the concentration camps it set up in South Africa during the Boer War. 216 pages . As New/As New. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.16 \| JP¥ 2593] Book number: 022162 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BEST, GEOFFREY FRANCIS ANDREW Churchill : A Study in Greatness London, Hambledon & London, 2001, FIRST EDITION. (ISBN: 1852852534) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. One of Britain's most distinguished historians makes sense of this extraordinary man and his long, controversial, colourful, contradictory and heroic career. A clean, crisp copy in unclipped jacket. Appears unread. Illustrated with b.w. photographs. 370 pages. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 037966 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BIRKINSHAW, PHILIP The Livingstone Touch London, Macdonald, 1973, First British Edition. (ISBN: 0356047180) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Reveals a picture of a man who, perhaps uniquely among those who opened up Africa, fell in love with Africa without condescending to it. Clean, bright copy in an unclipped d/w showing light shelfwear & tear - 182 pages. Very Good/Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 039323 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BLACK, JEREMY The Hanoverians : The History of a Dynasty London, Hambledon & London, 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 1852854464) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. From George I - William IV - in a series of personal portaits the author shows how these kings, though constitutional monarchs, continued to exert influence through the period 1714-1837. A clean, crisp copy in unclipped jacket. Appears unread. Illustrated in b.w. 266 pages including index. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 035888 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BOND, GEOFFREY The Baden-Powell Story United Kingdom, Arco Publications, 1959, Second Impression. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. A very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustjacket. 160 pages including index. Previous owner's bookplate has been paritally removed from front endpaper. The story of the life of Baden-Powell - who apart from being the founder of Scouting was also a great humourist, fine writer and a brilliant soldier. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 028028 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BRADFORD, SARAH America's Queen : A Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 1111, First Edition. (ISBN: 0670874221) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. A very good, clean copy in unclipped jacket which shows signs of light shelfwear. Definitive biography of the twentieth-century icon complete with previously unseen photographs from the private collections of Jackie's friends and family. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 023721 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BRADFORD, ERNLE Cleopatra London, Penguin, 2001. (ISBN: 014139014x) Card Covers , 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 279pp. Part of the Penguin Classic Biography series. An illustrated biography of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt -only 17 when she ascended the throne and who was to become one of the world's legendary women. Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 014726 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BRYANT, ARTHUR Samuel Pepys the Man in the Making London, The Reprint Society, 1952. Hard Cover , 8vo. A very good clean copy. 333 pages including index. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 042013 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BURR, JAMES WILLIAM The Memoirs of James William Burr Swansea, The Author, 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover , 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Memoirs of the Swansea Borough Electrical Engineer (1914-1939) and Consulting Engineer. A little foxing to page edges, but text block is generally clean. A very good copy of this now hard-to-find title. Frontis of the author. 51 pages. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 47.50 [Appr.: EURO 53.25 US$ 79.14 \| JP¥ 7039] Book number: 041034 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CARNEGIE, DALE Lincoln the Unknown New York, Dale Carnegie & Associates, 1975, Tenth Printing. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Short biography of Lincoln, telling the most interesting facts about his career. A good clean hardback in unclipped dustwrapper which has faded to the spine. Slihgtly cocked with a little foxing to edges but text block is clean. Gift presentation bookplate onn the front endpaper. 256 paes including bibliography. Good/Good. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.49 \| JP¥ 3334] Book number: 039782 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CARPENTER, LOUISE An Unlikely Countess: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway London, United Kingdom, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 000710880x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. As new, unread copy which shosws signs of minimal shelfwear. The true story of how working class Lily Budge met and married Randolph Stewart, the future 13th Earl of Galloway beginning a furious family feud which was played out in newspaper headlines. Near Fine/Near Fine. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 037984 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	COLQUHOUN, KATE A Thing in Disguise - the Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton London, Fourth Estate, 2003. (ISBN: 0007143532) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. A compelling biography of Joseph Paxton - victorian horticulturalist, architect and designer of Crystal Palace the home of the Great Exhibition of 1851. A lovely clean, copy in unclipped jacket which shows signs of edge wear and has small tear to front cover at top corner. Near Fine/Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 031588 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	COOTE, STEPHEN Samuel Pepys - a Life London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340751231) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Charts both Pepys's professional and private life to give a rounded picture of this most popular and interesting figure. Clean, bright hardback in unclipped dustwrapper which shows signs of light shelfwear. 386 pages including index. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 US$ 14.99 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 035966 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CRAWFORD, DONALD Michael and Natasha : Life and Love of Michael II, the Last Tsar London, United Kingdom, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Limited, 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297818368) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. A very good, clean copy in unclipped dustjacket which shows signs of light shelf wear including small nick to front cover along bottom edge and surface scratches to rear cover. Text block clean. Square, tight binding. Provides a fascinating insight into the days of revolution in the last days of the Tsars. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 024883 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CREIGHTON, MANDELL Cardinal Wolsey London, Macmillan and Co, 1895, Reprint. Hard Cover , 8vo. Bound in navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Part of the Twelve English Statesmen series. Light wear to spine ends. Top edge a little dusty. Text block clean. Binding square and tight. An attractive copy of this biography of Wolsey,and his contribution to English politics. 226 pages including index. Good/No Jacket. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 021480 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CROSLAND, MARGARET The Mysterious Mistress : The Life and Legend of Jane Shore Stroud, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing, 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 075093851X) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. The first complete biography of Jane Shore looks at the woman behind the myth, examining how she has been transformed in legend and history. Good, clean copy with some light sunning to page edges. Unclipped d/w shows light signs of shelf life - 203 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.83 \| JP¥ 1408] Book number: 038849 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CURIE, EVE Madame Curie London, The Reprint Society, 1942, Reprint. Hard Cover . A square tight copy bound in red boards with black lettering to spine. 386pp including index. The life of Marie Curie written by her daughter. Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 009846 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	DECAUX, ALAIN Napoléon's Mother London, The Cresset Press, 1962, First British Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Translated from the French by Len Ortzen and with a foreword by His Imperial Highness Prince Napoléon. The story of Letizia Bonaparte who was born in obscurity and became the mother of an emperor, three kings and a queen. Clean, square hardback in an unclipped d/w showing light signs of shelf life - 286 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 035263 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.

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	ARMSTRONG, MARTIN Lady Hester Stanhope London, Gerald Howe Ltd, 1927, First Edition. Hard Cover , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. 96 pages. Frontispiece portrait drawn by J. Gower Parks. Fore-edge untrimmed. Bump to fore-edge of front board. Small hole to cloth at head of spine. End papers darkened. Boardsl lightly soiled. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Part of the Representative Women Series. Good/No Jacket. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 023461 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	ARRIANUS, FLAVIUS The Life of Alexander the Great London, The Folio Society, 1970. Hard Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Clean, crisp copy which has faded very slightly to the spine. 265 pages inc index. Presented in a very good slipcase which is slightly sunned. Map endpapersTranslated by Aubrey de Selincourt, and illustrated with wood-engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. A very attractive copy. Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 007790 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BAILEY, JOHN Dr. Johnson and His Circle London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1937. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. A look at the life and work of the great litarary figure, covering his genius, his works, his relationship with his biographer Boswell, his friends etc. A very good clean copy in price-clipped dustjacket. 226 pages. Part of the Home University Library series. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 008027 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BALFOUR, GRAHAM The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson London, Methuen, 1915, Fifteenth Edition. Hard Cover . A comprehensive biography of Stevenson, which includes tissue protected frontispiece and a map. 449pp including appendix & index. Some foxing throughout. Spine ends worn. Untrimmed edges. Dark blue cloth. Good/No Jacket. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 005277 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BANKES, VIOLA; WATKIN, PAMELA Kingston Lacy Childhood - Reminiscences of Viola Bankes Wimborne, Dorset, United Kingdom, Dovecote Press, 1986. (ISBN: 0946159335) Soft Cover . Viola Bankes tells of her childhhood spent against a background of Edwardian high society at its most aristocratic living at the stately home of Kingston Lacy in Dorset. A very good clean copy containing 130 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Very Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 031310 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BARDENS, DENNIS Elizabeth Fry : Britain's Second Lady on the Five-Pound Note London, Chanadon Publications, 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0954197356) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. With a foreword by John Mackrell. The life of the prison reformer whose faith and health were pushed almost beyond endurance and who became a truly remarkable historic figure. Some light sunning to page edges else a clean, square hardback in an unclipped d/w showing light shelfwear - 122 pages including index. Very Good/Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 037620 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BARNETT, CORRELLI Marlborough London, Eyre Methuen, 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0413295400) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to. Comprehensive biography of John Churchill, the First Duke of Marlborough examining his character and personality, his relationship with his wife, the views of his contemporaries and intimates and his leadership and role in history. A clean, crisp hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. 288 pages. Illustrated with colour and b.w. paintings and photographs. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 US$ 20.83 \| JP¥ 1852] Book number: 037314 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BEER, FRANK H. The Angel of Love : Emily Hobhouse 1860- 1926 Liskeard, United Kingdom, Charaton Books, 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0954336402) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The story of the English-born whistleblower who drew international attention to the suffering that Britain facilitated in the concentration camps it set up in South Africa during the Boer War. 216 pages . As New/As New. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.16 \| JP¥ 2593] Book number: 022162 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BEST, GEOFFREY FRANCIS ANDREW Churchill : A Study in Greatness London, Hambledon & London, 2001, FIRST EDITION. (ISBN: 1852852534) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. One of Britain's most distinguished historians makes sense of this extraordinary man and his long, controversial, colourful, contradictory and heroic career. A clean, crisp copy in unclipped jacket. Appears unread. Illustrated with b.w. photographs. 370 pages. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 037966 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BIRKINSHAW, PHILIP The Livingstone Touch London, Macdonald, 1973, First British Edition. (ISBN: 0356047180) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Reveals a picture of a man who, perhaps uniquely among those who opened up Africa, fell in love with Africa without condescending to it. Clean, bright copy in an unclipped d/w showing light shelfwear & tear - 182 pages. Very Good/Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 039323 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BLACK, JEREMY The Hanoverians : The History of a Dynasty London, Hambledon & London, 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 1852854464) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. From George I - William IV - in a series of personal portaits the author shows how these kings, though constitutional monarchs, continued to exert influence through the period 1714-1837. A clean, crisp copy in unclipped jacket. Appears unread. Illustrated in b.w. 266 pages including index. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 035888 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BOND, GEOFFREY The Baden-Powell Story United Kingdom, Arco Publications, 1959, Second Impression. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. A very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustjacket. 160 pages including index. Previous owner's bookplate has been paritally removed from front endpaper. The story of the life of Baden-Powell - who apart from being the founder of Scouting was also a great humourist, fine writer and a brilliant soldier. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 028028 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BRADFORD, SARAH America's Queen : A Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 1111, First Edition. (ISBN: 0670874221) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. A very good, clean copy in unclipped jacket which shows signs of light shelfwear. Definitive biography of the twentieth-century icon complete with previously unseen photographs from the private collections of Jackie's friends and family. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 023721 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BRADFORD, ERNLE Cleopatra London, Penguin, 2001. (ISBN: 014139014x) Card Covers , 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 279pp. Part of the Penguin Classic Biography series. An illustrated biography of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt -only 17 when she ascended the throne and who was to become one of the world's legendary women. Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 014726 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BRYANT, ARTHUR Samuel Pepys the Man in the Making London, The Reprint Society, 1952. Hard Cover , 8vo. A very good clean copy. 333 pages including index. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 042013 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BURR, JAMES WILLIAM The Memoirs of James William Burr Swansea, The Author, 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover , 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Memoirs of the Swansea Borough Electrical Engineer (1914-1939) and Consulting Engineer. A little foxing to page edges, but text block is generally clean. A very good copy of this now hard-to-find title. Frontis of the author. 51 pages. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 47.50 [Appr.: EURO 53.25 US$ 79.14 \| JP¥ 7039] Book number: 041034 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CARNEGIE, DALE Lincoln the Unknown New York, Dale Carnegie & Associates, 1975, Tenth Printing. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Short biography of Lincoln, telling the most interesting facts about his career. A good clean hardback in unclipped dustwrapper which has faded to the spine. Slihgtly cocked with a little foxing to edges but text block is clean. Gift presentation bookplate onn the front endpaper. 256 paes including bibliography. Good/Good. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.49 \| JP¥ 3334] Book number: 039782 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CARPENTER, LOUISE An Unlikely Countess: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway London, United Kingdom, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 000710880x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. As new, unread copy which shosws signs of minimal shelfwear. The true story of how working class Lily Budge met and married Randolph Stewart, the future 13th Earl of Galloway beginning a furious family feud which was played out in newspaper headlines. Near Fine/Near Fine. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 037984 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	COLQUHOUN, KATE A Thing in Disguise - the Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton London, Fourth Estate, 2003. (ISBN: 0007143532) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. A compelling biography of Joseph Paxton - victorian horticulturalist, architect and designer of Crystal Palace the home of the Great Exhibition of 1851. A lovely clean, copy in unclipped jacket which shows signs of edge wear and has small tear to front cover at top corner. Near Fine/Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 031588 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	COOTE, STEPHEN Samuel Pepys - a Life London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340751231) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Charts both Pepys's professional and private life to give a rounded picture of this most popular and interesting figure. Clean, bright hardback in unclipped dustwrapper which shows signs of light shelfwear. 386 pages including index. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 US$ 14.99 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 035966 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CRAWFORD, DONALD Michael and Natasha : Life and Love of Michael II, the Last Tsar London, United Kingdom, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Limited, 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297818368) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. A very good, clean copy in unclipped dustjacket which shows signs of light shelf wear including small nick to front cover along bottom edge and surface scratches to rear cover. Text block clean. Square, tight binding. Provides a fascinating insight into the days of revolution in the last days of the Tsars. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 024883 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CREIGHTON, MANDELL Cardinal Wolsey London, Macmillan and Co, 1895, Reprint. Hard Cover , 8vo. Bound in navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Part of the Twelve English Statesmen series. Light wear to spine ends. Top edge a little dusty. Text block clean. Binding square and tight. An attractive copy of this biography of Wolsey,and his contribution to English politics. 226 pages including index. Good/No Jacket. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 021480 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CROSLAND, MARGARET The Mysterious Mistress : The Life and Legend of Jane Shore Stroud, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing, 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 075093851X) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. The first complete biography of Jane Shore looks at the woman behind the myth, examining how she has been transformed in legend and history. Good, clean copy with some light sunning to page edges. Unclipped d/w shows light signs of shelf life - 203 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.83 \| JP¥ 1408] Book number: 038849 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CURIE, EVE Madame Curie London, The Reprint Society, 1942, Reprint. Hard Cover . A square tight copy bound in red boards with black lettering to spine. 386pp including index. The life of Marie Curie written by her daughter. Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 009846 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	DECAUX, ALAIN Napoléon's Mother London, The Cresset Press, 1962, First British Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Translated from the French by Len Ortzen and with a foreword by His Imperial Highness Prince Napoléon. The story of Letizia Bonaparte who was born in obscurity and became the mother of an emperor, three kings and a queen. Clean, square hardback in an unclipped d/w showing light signs of shelf life - 286 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 035263 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.