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MR BALFOUR'S POODLE
Written by Roy Jenkins.
Stock no. 1330814
Published by Collins. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An account of the struggle between the House of Lords and the Government of Mr Asquith. Grey mottled cloth with gilt title to spine. 320 pages. B/w plates. Minimal shelf wear to spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is lightly edge worn, foxed on rear panel, small mark to top edge of front panel.

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THE DONS: MENTORS, ECCECNTRICS AND GENIUSES
Written by Noel Annan.
Stock no. 1330813
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Why the dons mattered and their role in shaping higher education. Black boards, silver title to spine. 357 pages (including index). B/w plates. ISBN: 0002570742. Minimal shelf wear to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is sunned to spine and edges of front panel.

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POLITICS IN THE AGE OF PEEL
Written by Norman Gash.
Stock no. 1330812
Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1953. Good condition.

A study in the Technique of Parlimentary Representation 1830-1850. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. 496 pages (including index). Covers edge rubbed, bumped to spine and lightly damp(?) marked. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock and endpapers.

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FOUR QUARTETS
Written by T.S. Eliot.
Stock no. 1330811
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1952. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth, gilt title to spine. 44 pages 9th impression. Spine slightly darkened and gilt title rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper.

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THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS
Written by Deborah Cadbury.
Stock no. 1330810
Published by Fourth Estate. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story of scientific rivalry and the discovery of the prehistoric world. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1857029593. Minimal shelf wear to spine. Spine of dustwrapper is badly sunned.

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THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CONSTITUTION 1688-1815 DOCUMENTS AND COMMENTARY
Written by E.N. Williams.
Stock no. 1330809
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1960. Good condition.

Paperback. 464 pages (including index). Covers rubbed and creased, vertical creases to spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean. Slight musty smell to contents.

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THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DOCTRINES OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
Written by Michael Oakeshott; Ernest Barker; Frederic A. Ogg.
Stock no. 1330808
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1950. Almost very good condition.

American edition if 5 prefaces by Ogg. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 241 pages. 8th printing of the American edition. Cloth is slightly dusty. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. A few corner tips creased. Some light foxing to textblock.

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LIFE IN GEORGIAN ENGLAND
Written by E.N. Williams.
Stock no. 1330807
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. A serious study of Georgian society and social life. A perceptive and revealing historical record. The author is a graduate of Cambridge University, and an authority on 18th Century England. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, slightly grubby and foxed/browned to spine.

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REFORMATION: EUROPE'S HOUSE DIVIDED 1490-1700
Written by Diarmaid Macculloch.
Stock no. 1330806
Published by The Penguin Group. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

Paperback edition. 831 pages (including index). B/w plates. ISBN: 0140285342. Spine lightly creased where book has been held open to read. Spine also lightly faded. Foxing to textblock and prelims. Pale page edge browning.

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BIGGLES AND THE LITTLE GREEN GOD
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330805
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. 179 pages. ISBN: 0340041943. Slight bumping to top of spine. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed, slightly browned to spine and with some light foxing on verso.

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BIGGLES SEES TOO MUCH
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330804
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. 156 pages. The final complete Biggles novel to be issued. ISBN: 0340042362. Minimal bumping to spine. Light browning to endpapers. Small light mark to fore-edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is complete and bright. A super copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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BIGGLES AND THE LEOPARDS OF ZINN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330803
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

In Central Africa Biggles & Co. free a primitive race from sinister influences and expose a plot. Green boards, black title to spine. 6 colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few small light marks to lower edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss, rear panel is grubby.

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