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A BRUSH WITH LIFE
Written by Frank Sidney Smith; John Man. Illustrated by Frank Sidney Smith.
Stock no. 1808592
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour illustrations. Autobiography. ISBN: 029783231X. Pictorial wrapper is lightly faded at spine and has a few score marks present.

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DAUGHTER OF WYEDEAN AND KERNOW: NOTES FROM A WEST COUNTRY CHILDHOOD
Written by Jessie M. Stonham.
Stock no. 1808100
Published by Thornhill Press. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography. The author's childhood in Ross on Wye, her move to Weston Under Penyard, her visits to the Forest of Dean. Her long periods in Cornwall. ISBN: 0904110648. Name in ink to front endpaper else contents fine. Green wrapper is grubby and worn at corners.

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A WOUNDED THING MUST HIDE: IN SEARCH OF LIBBIE CUSTER
Written by Jeremy Poolman.
Stock no. 1807992
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Haunted by the death of his own wife, the author follows Libbie Custer, the wife of General Custer, through her extraordinary life in search of he knows not what. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0747549494. Lower corners bumped. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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ROMNEY A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAY WITH A CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF HIS WORKS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Humphrey Ward; W. Roberts.
Stock no. 2111890
Published by Thos. Agnew & Sons. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue leather spines with gilt titles and intricate decorations. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles. Captioned, tissue-guard plates. Limited edition to 350 copies. These volumes are copy no. 20. Spines are faded; now look green. Some bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. A little brown spotting to covers. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Names in ink to front endpapers. Page browning; some foxing. The books appear to have been restitched at one time - bindings are nice and tight.

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THE STORY OF SAINT JOAN
Written by Margaret R. Keary.
Stock no. 1310965
Published by A.R.Mowbray & Co. Ltd. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 130 pages. Rear endpapers are a map of Northern and Central France. 9 b/w plates plus a plan of Orleans. Spine and corners worn, spine and rear cover rubbed. Name in heavy pencil to front endpaper. Foxing and fingering else contents clean. Endpapers discoloured.

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NAPOLEON III
Written by W. H.C. Smith.
Stock no. 1605067
Published by Wayland Publishers. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0853401470. Spine bumped. Pale brown stain to lower margin of pages. Wrapper edge worn and unevenly faded.

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A PATHFINDER'S WAR AND PEACE
Written by Laurence Deane.
Stock no. 1604993
Published by Merlin Books Ltd.. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Life story of Group Captain Laurence Deane. B/w photos. ISBN: 0863036317.

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'NOBLE AND PATRIOTIC' THE BEAUMONT GIFT 1828
No author listed.
Stock no. 1604895
Published by National Gallery. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w and colour photos. The collection of paintings gifted to the National Gallery by Sir George Beaumont. ISBN: 0947645470.

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ONE RISSOLE ON MY PLATE REMINISCENCES OF AN ERK WHO SERVED BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS
Written by Antony Brian Tinsley.
Stock no. 1708436
Published by Merlin Books Ltd.. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. 88 pages. ISBN: 0863031560. Faint ink initials to front cover.

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AMBASSADORS AT SEA
Written by Henry E. Catto.
Stock no. 2111058
Published by University of Texas Press. 1st USA 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The High and Low Adventures of a Diplomat by Henry E. Catto Jnr. B/w photos. American edition. ISBN: 029271212X. SIGNED by author, with dedication to front endpaper. Wear and a few marks to cover edges. Wrapper is unevenly browned, creased with a few marks.

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