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ANTHONY EDEN
Written by Robert Rhodes James.
Stock no. 1830996
Published by George Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A portrait of Anthony Eden, Neville Chamberlain's foreign secretary in the 1930s, who held the same position under Churchill during World War II and succeeded the latter as prime minister in 1955. A sympathetic but not uncritical historiography. Purple cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xiv and 665 pages including index. ISBN: 0297789899. Boards clean, light rubbing to base of spine. Text block a little grubby with a few small foxspots. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, minor foxing to flaps.

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MACMILLAN 1957-1986: VOLUME II OF THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Written by Alistair Horne.
Stock no. 1830995
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1989. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A masterly account of Harold Macmillan's Prime Ministership (1957 - 63) and emergence as one of the most influential international statesmen of the 20th century. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvii and 741 pages including index. ISBN: 0333496213. Boards are clean. Text block a little grubby to lower edge and a little foxing to top edge. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and last few pages. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily foxed to flaps and a little scuffed.

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ANGLICAN ATTITUDES: A STUDY OF VICTORIAN RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSIES
Written by A.O.J. Cockshut.
Stock no. 1830993
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In the second half of the 19th century the Church of England suddenly found that its official religious monopoly was being seriously threatened. At a time of growing challenge from the Roman Church on the one hand and Agnosticism on the other, Anglicans were thrown into confusion by three celebrated controversies - the Gorham case, Essays & Reviews, and the Colenso case. A most readable account of the events which ended in the body of Anglican Bishops openly defying the Privy Council. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 128 pages including index. Boards clean, top corners bumped. Text block browned with minor foxing. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to prelims and endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and a little grubby, worn at corners, lightly faded to spine.

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PERSONALITIES AND POWERS
Written by Lewis Namier.
Stock no. 1830991
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition.

The author examines the various factions and interest groups that existed within the British political system, and how they interacted with each other to shape policy and decision-making. Burgundy cloth boards, silver title to spine. vii and 157 pages. Spine very lightly faded, a few minor marks to boards. Foxing to text block and page margins. Lengthy inscription in ink to front endpaper (neat). A few foxspots to prelims and a tiny closed tear to lower edge of prelims.

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ENGLISH JOURNEY
Written by J.B. Priestley; Margaret Drabble.
Stock no. 1330858
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Being a Rambling but Truthful Account of What One Man Saw and Heard and Felt and Thought During a Journey Through England During the Autumn of the Year 1933. Introduced by Margaret Drabble. Black cloth, b/w photos to front cover and contents. 348 pages includes index. A fine copy contained in publishers original slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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LLOYD GEORGE
Written by Martin Pugh.
Stock no. 1330841
Published by Longman Group UK Ltd.. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Profiles in Power series. Black cloth covers with gilt title to spine. 206 pages, including index. ISBN: 0582023874. Heavy foxing, mainly at page edges. Some browning to endpapers. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

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THE CEREMONIAL CITY
Written by Iain Fenlon.
Stock no. 1330839
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

History, memory and myth in Renaissance Venice. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 448 pages, including index. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780300119374. Top of spine is bumped. Contents are fine. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine, also affecting edges of front panel.

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THE LAUREL AND THE IVY
Written by Robert Kee.
Stock no. 1330836
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Charles Stewart Parnell and Irish Nationalism. Black boards, silver title to spine. Green endpapers. 659 pages (including index). A few b/w photos. ISBN: 0241128587. Slight bumping to spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing and fingermarks to textblock, top edge of textblock slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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THE PASSING OF THE WHIGS 1832-1886
Written by Donald Southgate.
Stock no. 1330835
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1965. Very good condition.

Portraying Whiggery in its last generations. Papermac 114. Cardwraps. 488 pages (including index). Some b/w photos and pull-out tables. Cardwraps are a little marked at edges and browned to spine. Foxing to textblock, also affecting some page margins.

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THE YOUNG LLOYD GEORGE
Written by John Grigg.
Stock no. 1330834
Published by Eyre Methuen. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Covering Lloyd George's life from his birth in 1863 to the end of the Boer War in 1902. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. 320 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0413256901. Minimal shelf wear to spine and corners. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and top edge a bit dusty. Dustwrapper is just a little rubbed at edges.

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ROY JENKINS: A WELL-ROUNDED LIFE
Written by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1330831
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2014. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The best Prime Minister that Britain never had. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. 818 pages (including index). B/w photos. ISBN: 9780224087506. Slight shelf wear to spine and corners. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON: THE INVINCIBLE QUEST
Written by Conrad Black.
Stock no. 1330830
Published by Quercus. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A thrilling and masterly re-appraisal of the most controversial president in US history. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w photos. 1152 pages (including index). ISBN: 184724209X. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to lower edges of front endpapers, also affecting the lower edges of the prelims and the lower edge of the textblock. Textblock is lightly fingered, top edge is grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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