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CHARLES II
Written by H. Miller.
Stock no. 1831441
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
This biography delves into the multifaceted character of Charles II, the monarch who was restored to the throne in 1660 after the tumultuous period of civil war in England. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xv and 458 pages including index. ISBN: 0297812149. Boards clean and bright. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine and has a few minor grubby marks to rear panel.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- ROYALTY
- STUARTS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
HERBERT BUTTERFIELD: HISTORIAN AS DISSENTER
Written by C.T. McIntire.
Stock no. 1331314
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
2004.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Describing the career trajectory of a man who intellectual achievements propelled him from a worker's cottage in an industrial village in West Yorkshire to the Regius Professorship of Modern History at Cambridge University and to a knighthood from the Queen. Grey boards, silver title to spine. 499 pages (including index). Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0300098073. There is a stain to textblock vertical edge (and a little on the lower edge). Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.
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DISRAELI
Written by Robert Blake.
Stock no. 1331313
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode.
1st
1966.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A lively portrait of an extraordinary man and of the age he lived in. Green cloth. Black title label to spine with gilt title. 819 pages (including index). Some b/w photos. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Small mark to front pastedown. Textblock is foxed and grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is well edge worn.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICS
THE LIFT AND THOUGHT OF HERBERT BUTTERFIELD: HISTORY, SCIENCE AND GOD
Written by Michael Bentley.
Stock no. 1331311
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An excellent study of one of the pivotal figures in 20th century historiography. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 381 pages (including index). ISBN: 9781107003972. Minimal bumping to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and has the remains of a small label to rear panel.
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HENRY V AS WARLORD
Written by Desmond Seward.
Stock no. 1331310
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd..
1st
1987.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A startling reassessment of on of England's hero kings. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 251 pages (including index). B/w photos and text illustrations. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and slightly sunned to spine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
- ROYALTY
C. S. LEWIS A BIOGRAPHY
Written by A.N. Wilson.
Stock no. 1331309
Published by Collins.
1st
1990.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, gilt title to spine. 334 pages (including index). Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0002151375. Spine slightly bumped. Covers slightly dusty. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly sunned.
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- BIOGRAPHY
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE - THE LIFE OF THE GREAT ANTI-SLAVE TRADE CAMPAIGNER
Written by William Hague.
Stock no. 1331308
Published by Harper Press.
1st
2007.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The extraordinary story of a politician who shunned all honours, titles and ministerial positions, yet became on of the most influential Britons in history. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 582 pages. Colour and b/w plates. ISBN: 9780007228850. Spine slightly bumped. Small, light mark to rear cover. Top edge of textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and slightly faded to spine.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
- SLAVERY
- YORKSHIRE
LORD ABERDEEN - A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
Written by Muriel E. Chamberlain.
Stock no. 1331307
Published by Longman Group Ltd..
1st
1983.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, silver title to spine. 583 pages. B/w plates. ISBN: 0582504627. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
- SCOTLAND
ELIZABETH FRY
Written by L. Du Garde Peach.
Illustrated by Roger Hall.
Stock no. 1331284
Published by Ladybird Books.
Circa
1980.
Very good condition.
Ladybird Series 561. Pictorial paper boards with blue and purple border. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721403379. Spine slightly bumped. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Ink address stamp to front free-endpaper, contents otherwise fine. Printed price of 30p to rear cover.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- LADYBIRD
- LADYBIRD 561 ADVENTURES FROM HISTORY
- BIOGRAPHY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Written by Barbara Brill.
Illustrated by Roger Hall.
Stock no. 1331283
Published by Ladybird Books Ltd.
1st
1975.
Very good condition.
Ladybird Series 561. Blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721404006. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Ladybird logo to top of spine has been partially scratched off. Small nick to lower edge of spine. Pencil name erased from front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Tally 370. This is the last title listed on the rear cover.
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- LADYBIRD
- LADYBIRD 561 ADVENTURES FROM HISTORY
- BIOGRAPHY
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
Written by Edyth Harper.
Illustrated by Frank Humphris.
Stock no. 1331282
Published by Ladybird Books.
1st
1977.
Very good condition.
Ladybird Series 561. Pictorial paper boards with blue and purple boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721404650. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, cover edges rubbed. Some light foxing to covers. Name in red ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- LADYBIRD
- LADYBIRD 561 ADVENTURES FROM HISTORY
- BIOGRAPHY
WARWICK THE KINGMAKER
Written by L. Du Garde Peach.
Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1331281
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd..
1st
1966.
Very good condition.
Ladybird Series 561. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721401791. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Tally 150. This is the last title listed on the rear cover.
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- CHILDRENS
- LADYBIRD
- LADYBIRD 561 ADVENTURES FROM HISTORY
- BIOGRAPHY