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FIFTY YEARS OF A LONDONER'S LIFE
Written by H.G. Hibbert.
Stock no. 1820981
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. 1st 1916. Almost very good condition.

Light blue/grey cloth boards, brown titles. 18 b/w plates. Spine browned and worn at top & tail with some fraying. Corners worn, small bump to lower front edge of board. Grubby marks to boards. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Front hinge pulled and frontis almost detached. Scattered foxing throughout.

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THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT
Written by Anna Harriette Leonowens.
Stock no. 2134233
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1980. Very good condition.

Peach cloth. Recollections of 6 years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok. Spine is grubby. Slip case is good - unevenly browned with grubby marks and surface paper damage to one side.

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THE DEVIOUS DR. FRANKLIN, COLONIAL AGENT: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S YEARS IN LONDON
Written by David T. Morgan.
Stock no. 1820754
Published by Mercer University Press. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Benjamin Franklin's fifteen-and-a-half-year career as a colonial agent in London. Beige cloth boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 0865545251.

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FRANK RICHARDS - THE CHAP BEHIND THE CHUMS
Written by Frank Richards; Mary Cadogan.
Stock no. 1319703
Published by Viking. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. A book about the life and works of Frank Richards. Full of photgraphs and pictures. 258 pages. 9.5 x 6.25". ISBN: 0670819468.

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THE INCREDIBLE KAISER: A PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM II
Written by Lawrence Wilson.
Stock no. 2134016
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with silver title to spine. B/w photos. Fading and bumping to top and tail of spine. Some corners are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine with edge-creasing and chipping; but minimal loss.

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HOCKNEY: THE BIOGRAPHY VOLUME 1 1937-1975
Written by Christopher Simon Sykes. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 2134000
Published by Century. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Rake's Progress. White cloth, black title to spine. ISBN: 9781846057083. Grubby marks along bottom edge of front cover.

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SIR RICHARD BURTON: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Michael Hastings.
Stock no. 2133996
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Dark red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0340218525. Some grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine; edge-creased with large tear to top of front panel.

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THE LURE OF SPEED
Written by Henry Segrave.
Stock no. 2133952
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1928. Good condition.

Autobiography of Major Henry Segrave, an early British pioneer in land speed and water speed records. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 286 pages. Spine is browned with some marks. Bumping to corners. A few marks to covers. '1st' written in red ink to front endpaper. Endpapers & text block browned. Foxing throughout.

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IT BEATS WORKING: MY 35 YEARS INSIDE MOTOR RACING
Written by Eoin S. Young.
Stock no. 1820310
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The author's career reporting on 35 years of international motor sport. B/w photos. ISBN: 1852604603. Reprint. Light yellowing to text block. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Written by Selma G. Lanes. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1319491
Published by Harry N. Abrams. 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sendak's life and work are explored in affectionate detail in this charming fun-filled book. 94 full-colour illustrations and more than 165 b/w illustrations. Large oblong format. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0810980630. Spine and corners are bumped and slightly rubbed (heavy bump to top front corner. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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WALTER CRANE AS A BOOK ILLUSTRATOR
Written by Rodney K. Engen.
Stock no. 1319489
Published by Academy Editions. 1st UK 1975. Good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 085670170X. Covers are edge rubbed and faded to spine and edges of front cover. Small black mark to top edge of front cover. Foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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GEORGE HUDSON OF YORK
Written by A.J. Peacock; David Joy.
Stock no. 2133742
Published by Dalesman Books. 1ST 1971. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0852061269.

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