BROWN F. Martin

Jamaica and its Butterflies. Illustrated by Majorie Statham Favreau. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

E W Classey,, 1972. 4to., First Edition, with fine coloured frontispiece, 10 fine coloured plates and endpaper maps; olive cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright, crisp copy of a standard reference.

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Book number: 31874

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: natural history, insects, butterflies, jamaica, lepidoptera, west indies, martin brown, bernard heineman, marjorie statham favreau

BRUCE Evangeline

Napoleon and Josephine. An Improbable Marriage. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, [1995]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published simultaneously with the US edition.

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Book number: 46280

Catalogue: History0

Keywords: history, france, napoleon, bonaparte, josephine, evangeline bruce

BRYANT Arthur

The Fire and the Rose. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, 1965. 8vo., First Edition; blue tweed cloth, gilt back, blue top, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel.

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Book number: 21422

Catalogue: History0

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BRYANT Arthur

The Fire and the Rose. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Collins,, 1965. 8vo., First Edition; blue tweed cloth, gilt back, blue top, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly spotted at fold-ins. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.

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Book number: 36409

Catalogue: History0

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BRYANT Arthur

A History of Britain and the British People. Set in a Silver Sea [with] Freedom's Own Island [with] The Search for Justice. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS

Collins,, 1984-90. 3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous plates and all volumes with front and rear endpaper maps; original red cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Bryant's last sizeable compilation is also one of his finest. The set comprises 'Set in a Silver Sea' (1984), 'Freedom's Own Island' (1986) and 'The Search for Justice' (1990). COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION

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Book number: 46124

Catalogue: History0

Keywords: history, bryant, arthur bryant, britain, united kingdom

BRYANT Arthur

King Charles II. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Collins,, 1965. 8vo., with portrait frontispiece, plates and large folding plan at end, title and preliminaries spotted; orange cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately sunned at backstrip. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Bryant's standard account was first published in 1931.

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Book number: 49368

Catalogue: History0

Keywords: history, bryant, arthur bryant, charles II, king charles ii

BRYANT Sophie

Liberty, Order and Law under Native Irish Rule. A Study in the Book of Ancient Laws of Ireland. [Subscribers' Edition.] ANCIENT LAWS OF IRELAND: 500 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Harding & Moore,, 1923. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, title in blue and black, free endpapers lightly browned; dove-grey boards, oatmeal hessian back with printed paper label, uncut, a near fine copy. SUBSCRIBERS' EDITION [WITH LIST] LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 158). We have been unable to locate any institutional holding of this edition. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 49071

Catalogue: History0

Keywords: history, ireland, eire, sophie bryant

BRYANT (ed.) Arthur

The Man and the Hour. Studies of Six Great Men of our Time. SCARCE EARLY WORK BY BRYANT

Philip Allan,, 1934. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; red cloth, gilt back, joints rubbed else a very good, clean copy. Bryant provides a characteristic introduction and summary to six studies by eminent historians of the day: Edward VII (Hearnshaw), Lenin (Bruce Lockhart), Briand (Mowat), Pilsudski (Patterson), Mussolini (Charles Petrie) and Hitler (Tennant). ONE OF THE SCARCEST OF BRYANT'S EARLY WORKS

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Book number: 23544

Catalogue: History0

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BRYANT Arthur

The Medieval Foundation [with] Protestant Island. ['English Social History' complete]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS WITH BOOKMARK

Collins,, [1967]. 2 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions; tweed cloth (green/brown respectively), gilt backs, coloured tops (green/brown respectively), a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Dell'Orco. WITH PUBLISHER'S 'ARTHUR BRYANT' BOOKMARK. The 'English Social History' set comprises: 'The Medieval Foundation' (secomd impression, 1967) and 'Protestant Island' (first impression, 1967).

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Book number: 46160

Catalogue: History0

Keywords: history, arthur bryant, english social history, medieval foundation, protestant island

BRYANT Arthur

Samuel Pepys. The Man in the Making [with] The Years of Peril [with] The Saviour of the Navy. [The trilogy complete.]. [Second Edition]. THE PEPYS TRILOGY COMPLETE

Collins,, [1948-49]. 3 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, with 3 portrait frontispieces, 13 plates, and front and rear endpaper maps in first and second volumes, neat contemporarey inscription on front free endpapers; original blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set. One of the outstanding biographies of the twentieth century, the trilogy was first published by Cambridge (1933-38) in plain typographical dustwrappers. When Collins secured the right to reprint, maps were produced for the second volume. NMML Catalogue II, Part 1, 1194-1196; Albion, p.215 (all recording the first edition).

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Book number: 29275

Catalogue: History0

Keywords: history, topography, london, naval, royal navy, pepys, samuel pepys, bryant, arthur bryant

BRYANT Arthur

The Story of England. Makers of the Realm [with] The Age of Chivalry. COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Collins,, 1953-1963. 2 vols., 8vo., First Editions, second volume with with maps in the text and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: Makers of the Realm (1953); Volume II: The Age of Chivalry (1963).

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Book number: 28634

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BRYANT Sir Arthur

The Years of Endurance [with] Years of Victory [with] The Age of Elegance. [The 'Napoleonic' trilogy complete.] AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION SET TO JOHN OWEN

Collins,, [1942-44-50]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition (save one volume), with numerous maps in the text and endpaper maps, neat contemporary signature on half-title of first volume; purple cloth, gilt backs, a bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers mildly rubbed at extremities. THIS SET WAS PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE EMINENT NAVAL AND MILITARY HISTORIAN J. H. OWEN. THE SECOND VOLUME BEARS THE FORMER'S LONG AND WARM ENCOMIUM TO OWEN ON COLLINS STATIONERY MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO, AND SEPARATE HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE ON TITLE. The trilogy comprises The Years of Endurance 1793-1802 (second impression, 1942); Years of Victory 1802-1812 (first impression, 1944); The Age of Elegance 1812-1822 (first impression, 1950). 'A well-written narrative of the years of war with France and of return to peace' (Brown & Christie). With a small quantity of relevant cuttings loosely inserted. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Brown & Christie 98; Sadler 525.

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Book number: 47481

Catalogue: History0

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BUCZACKI Stefan

New Naturalist 102. Garden Natural History.. First Paperback Edition; NN 102]. NEAR FINE COPY

Collins,, [2007]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 143 coloured photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. New Naturalist, 102. Dustwrapper artwork by Robert Gillmor.

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Book number: 19486

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BURGON J.W.

The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Gresham, Founder of the Royal Exchange, including Notices of Many of his Contemporaries. [Facsimile reissue]. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET

Burt Franklin, New York NY,, n.d.. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with a frontispiece and illustrations in the text, neat annotation on front free endpapers; red cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set. Resource and Source Work Series, No.123. High quality reissue of the scarce original edition of 1839. NOW VERY SCARCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.

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Book number: 23768

Catalogue: History0

Keywords: history, thomas gresham, john burgon, royal exchange, j.w. burgon, history, the, life, times, sir, thomas, gresham, founder, the, royal, exchange, including, notices, many, his, contemporaries

BURL Aubrey

The Stone Circles of the British Isles. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Yale University Press,, [1977]. 8vo., with photographs, plans and maps throughout; green cloth, gilt back, covers very slightly faded else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Crisp copy of a standard reference.

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Book number: 48742

Catalogue: History0

Keywords: history, archaeology, stone circles, henges, burl, aubrey burl