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JOHN CLARE: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Jonathan Bate.
Stock no. 1830936
Published by Picador. Circa 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

John Clare (1793-1864) is the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. Here is his full story told by the light of his voluminous work: his birth in poverty, his work as an agricultural labourer, his burgeoning promise as a writer - cultivated under the gaze of rival patrons - then his moment of fame in the company of John Keats as the toast of literary London, and finally his decline into mental illness and his last years confined in asylums. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xix and 648 pages including index. ISBN: 0330371061. Third printing. Boards clean. Light browning to text block. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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GARIBALDI AND THE MAKING OF ITALY
Written by G.M. Trevelyan.
Stock no. 1830935
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1911. Almost very good condition.

This is the final volume of British historian GM Trevelyan’s epic trilogy, covering the life and career. of Guiseppe Garibaldi The first two books covered Garibaldi’s rise as a national figure in the Italian states, and how he navigated the web of European powers who sought to retain control of their territories. This final instalment shows Garibaldi at last achieving his dream of a united Italy, by way of compromise with the powerful republican Count Cavour. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates plus 4 maps. xix and 390 pages including index plus 2 page publisher advert to rear. Third impression. Spine faded and a little marked, shelf worn at head and tail. A few light marks to boards. Endpapers and text block browned. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to margins.

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LORD CHATHAM: A WAR MINISTER IN THE MAKING
Written by O.A. Sherrard.
Stock no. 1830934
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Biography of William Pitt, the Elder, best known as the wartime political leader of Britain during the Seven Years' War, especially for his single-minded devotion to victory over France, a victory that ultimately solidified Britain's dominance over world affairs. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 8 b/w plates including frontispiece. 323 pages including index. Spine slightly cocked, lightly browned and light vertical reading crease. A few dusty marks to boards. Text block heavily foxed, lighter foxing to contents. Endpapers browned, neat inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF CHESTERFIELD AND NEWCASTLE 1744-46
Written by Richard Lodge.
Stock no. 1830933
Published by Offices Of The Royal Historical Society. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

Part I: Chesterfield at the Hague; Part II: Chesterfield at Dublin; edited with an introduction and notes. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xlv and 155 pages including index. Spine is very faded, a couple of pin holes to spine cloth. Heavy fading also to rear spine edge and a small mark to rear board. Minor foxing to text block, top edge of text block browned. Endpapers lightly browned, neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to prelims else contents clean.

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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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