BOSWELL, JAMES & FREDERICK A. POTTLE & CHRISTOPHER MORLEY

Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1950. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. The price clipped dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and chips missing. The reverse of the dust jacket has noticeable toning, and several pieces of tape added by a previous owner to reinforce the joints. "James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck, was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of his friend and older contemporary, the English writer Samuel Johnson, which is commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the English language. A great mass of Boswell's diaries, letters, and private papers were recovered from the 1920s to the 1950s, and their ongoing publication by Yale University has transformed his reputation. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 47827

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Journals James Boswell Frederick A. Pottle Christopher Morley London Journals Reminiscences

COLUMBIA ARTISTS FESTIVALS CORP.

The Queen's Silver Jubilee Tour

New York, NY: Dunetz & Lovett, 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Programs. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback program of the events of the Regimental Band of her Majesty's Grenadier Guards and the Pipes, Drums and Dancers of Her Majesty's Scots Guards in the Queen's Silver Jubilee Tour....The book has illustrated covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good, clean condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There are a couple of smallish spots of rubbing / wear to the book covers (mostly the bottom front edge) . The text pages are clean and bright. "{The Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the 25th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. It was celebrated with large-scale parties and parades throughout the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth throughout 1977, culminating in June with the official "Jubilee Days", held to coincide with the Queen's Official Birthday. The anniversary date itself was commemorated in church services across the land on 6 February 1977, and continued to be for the rest of that month. In March, preparations started for large parties in every major city of the United Kingdom, as well as for smaller ones for countless individual streets throughout the country. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 48934

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: British History Columbia Artits Festivals Corp. Elizabeth II The Silver Jubilee Scots Guards The Grenadier Guards Regimental Bands Bands

DUFF, CHARLES

England and the English

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0582527341. B&W Illustrations & Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some light sunning / fading to the spine and a couple of smallish edge tears. "Duff's book James Joyce and the Plain Reader (1932) is an introduction James Joyce's major works that seeks to guide "the plain reader" through the author's oeuvre. [5] Duff both situates Joyce within a long literary tradition and emphasises his originality. [6] In describing Joyce, Duff draws on ethnic stereotypes, describing Irish people as motivated by "a restless and often fantastic imagination". [7] Joyce himself owned a copy of Duff's book, [7] and the literary scholar Jean-Michel Rabaté argues that, when Joyce came to complete Finnegans Wake (1939) , he was pleased with Duff's book and incorporated elements of Duff's thought into his work, including the vindication of the rights of the "plain reader." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 43508

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: 0582527341 British History Charles Duff England The English Peoples

SANDERS, LLOYD

The Holland House Circle

New York / London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The covers have several small spots of discoloration. The text pages are clean and bright. TEG (Top Edge Gilt). "Under the 3rd Baron Holland and his wife Elizabeth, the house became noted as a glittering social, literary and political centre with many celebrated visitors such as Byron, Thomas Macaulay, the poets Thomas Campbell and Samuel Rogers, 'Conversation' Sharp, Benjamin Disraeli, Charles Dickens and Sir Walter Scott. The figure of the political and historical writer John Allen was so associated with the house that he was known as Holland House Allen and there was a room in the house named after him. The prestige of Holland House extended to British colonies. In 1831 Henry John Boulton, who was born in Holland House, erected a baronial-like home in the city of Toronto. Henry John Boulton had been born in the famous English house, and he commemorated that fact by naming the Toronto home Holland House.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 35847

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: British History Lloyd Sanders Holland House Holland House Circle Authors Politics Baron Holland British History

WEIR, ALISON

The Lost Tudor Princess the Life of Lady Margaret Douglas

New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 2016. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0345521390. Color & B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There are a couple of small edge tears to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (8 October 1515 – 7 March 1578) , was the daughter of the Scottish queen dowager Margaret Tudor and her second husband Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and thus the granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and the half-sister of King James V. She was the grandmother of King James VI and I. In her youth she was high in the favour of her uncle, Henry VIII, but later incurred his anger for her unauthorised engagement to Lord Thomas Howard, who died imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1537. In 1544, she married Scottish nobleman Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. Her son Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, married her niece Mary, Queen of Scots, and was the father of James VI and I. "(from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 49517

Catalogue: British Royal History

Keywords: 0345521390 Biography Alison Weir Tudor England Henry VIII