HUGHES Emrys

Macmillan. Portrait of a Politican. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Allen & Unwin,, [1962]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper, fore-edge lightly spotted; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Keywords: political economy, politics, macmillan, harold macmillan, prime ministers, emrys hughes

HUNT Sir David

On the Spot. An Ambassador remembers. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Peter Davies,, [1975]. 8vo., First Edition; grey cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly browned dustwrapper. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Sir David Hunt's service as soldier and subsequently diplomat includes Uganda, Cyprus, Nigeria and Brazil. VERY SCARCE; SIGNED COPIES THE MORE SO.

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HUNTER Archie

A Life of Sir John Eldon Gorst. Disraeli's Awkward Disciple. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Frank Cass,, [2001]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue loth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.

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HURST Michael

Joseph Chamberlain and Liberal Reunion. The Round Table Conference of 1887. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Longmans,, [1960]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and plates, tiny contemporary signature on front free endpaper; purple cloth, gilt back, a very good,bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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HYDE H. Montgomery

Strong for Service. The Life of Lord Nathan of Churt. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

W H Allen,, 1968. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 25 plates on 16; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nathan commanded a battalion in the Dardanelles before commencing an eminent career in politics, including service as Under-Secretary of State for War and Minister of Civil Aviation. Uncommon in this condition.

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IRVING R.E.M.

The Christian Democratic Parties of Western Europe. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Allen & Unwin [for] Royal Institute of International Affairs,, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, purple endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 48564

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Keywords: political economy, politics, europe, christian democrats, irving

JACKSON Stanley

Rufus Isaacs. First Marquess of Reading. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Cassell,, [1936]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 5 plates, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, clean copy.

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Book number: 20693

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JEFFRIES Charles

The Colonial Empire and its Civil Service. With a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Lord Harlech. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,, 1938. 8vo., First Edition, with double-page map, free endpapers lightly browned, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a very good copy.

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Book number: 2595

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JOHNSON Paul

Consolidated Gold Fields. A Centenary Portrait. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER WITH PUBLISHER'S MAILING-CASE

Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, [1987]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's board mailing-case. With the company's printed presentation card.

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Book number: 24022

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KAMM Josephine

John Stuart Mill in Love. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Gordon & Cremonesi,, [1977]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 10954

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Keywords: political economy, politics, economics, john stuart mill, josephine kamm

KEEZER Dexter M.

The Story of Wilton Park. A Unique Contribution to International Relations. [Foreword by Sir Robert Birley.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

McGraw Hill, [Maidenhead],, [1973]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 36787

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LAMBERT Royston

Sir John Simon 1816-1904, and English Social Administration. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Macgibbon & Kee,, 1963. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, tiny signature on front free endpaper; oatmeal hessian, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 49850

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LAND TAX 1697 Act of Parliament

An Act for Granting an Aid to His Majesty. as well as by a Land Tax as by several Subsidies and other Duties payable for One Year. WITH FINE WOODBLOCK ARMS ON COVER

Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty,, 1697. Sm., folio, 51 leaves, BLACK-LETTER, with fine woodcut arms of William III on front cover, woodcut head-piece, neat contemporary signature on front cover, front cover a little dusty and age-soiled; sewed as issued (extracted from bound volume), a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy ideal for framing and display. 8 & 9 Gulielmi III.

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LAYTON Baron [Walter Thomas]

Dorothy. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR'S SON

Collins,, 1961. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR'S SON CHRISTOPHER, WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER AND T.L.s MOUNTED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN.

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Book number: 29121

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LEMMON H.G.

Public Rights in the Seashore. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO KING GEORGE V

Sir Isaac Pitman,, 1934. Roy. 8vo., First Edition,; green cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-browned and frayed with minor loss at extremities. THE AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIFTH, WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. Includes numerous detailed appendices and a table of cases. A unique presentation copy of a very scarce work seldom found in this condition.

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