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EDWARD WILSON OF THE ANTARCTIC: NATURALIST AND FRIEND
Written by George Seaver; Apsley Cherry-Garrard.
Stock no. 1830946
Published by John Murray. 1948. Very good condition.

Polar icon, doctor and naturalist, who died with Scott on the return home from the 'Terra Nova' ill-starred expedition to the South Pole. Includes a Memoir of Oriana Wilson. Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cheap Edition. Grey cloth boards, blue title to spine. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. xxxiv and 310 pages including index. Spine cocked and lightly browned. A few minor marks to boards. Text block browned. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned, contents generally clean.

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KING GEORGE III AND THE POLITICIANS: THE FORD LECTURES DELIVERED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 1951-2
Written by Richard Pares.
Stock no. 1830945
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1954. Very good condition.

This study of British politics from 1760 to 1832 deals with the reasons why people went into politics, the functions of party and patronage and the balance of power between King, Lords and Commons. George III is the central figure of the work and the author discusses the King's conception of his mission and his struggles with "that hydra faction". Reprinted lithoghraphically from corrected sheets of the first edition of 1953. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 214 pages including index. A few tiny air bubbles between cloth and boards. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Top rear edge of board knocked. Text block browned with a few minor foxspots. Endpapers browned. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots mainly to prelims.

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LLOYD GEORGE: THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION 1902-1911
Written by John Grigg.
Stock no. 1830944
Published by Eyre Methuen Ltd.. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This sequel to the author's "The Young Lloyd George", describes the career of David Lloyd George from 1902 to 1911. The book's central drama is the political and constitutional drama surrounding his 1909 Budget, but there are many sub-plots, including his dealings with the suffragettes. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 391 pages including index. ISBN: 0413326209. Minor scuffing to boards. Text block a little grubby, foxed to top edge. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly rubbed at edges.

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THE YEAR OF LIBERTY: THE STORY OF THE GREAT IRISH REBELLION OF 1798
Written by Thomas Pakenham.
Stock no. 1830943
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A very thorough and readable telling of the 1798 United Irishmen movement and the uprising against British rule in Ireland. The author gives an almost day-to-day account of the heroic and tragic events that shook the British and the Protestant Ascendency in Ireland. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 416 pages including index. ISBN: 0340106409. Small mark to top of front board, top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed, else boards clean. Text block is grubby & dusty with a few foxspots. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a small chip to top of spine, very lightly faded to spine.

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THE KING'S GLASS: A STORY OF TUDOR POWER AND SECRET ART
Written by Carola Hicks.
Stock no. 1830942
Published by Chatto & Windus. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Each year more than 250,000 people visit the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, one of Europe's best known buildings. This book tells the untold story of the Chapel's crowning glory, its stained glass windows, and of the people who created them - the triumphant culmination of a project completed despite wars, the death of kings and violent religious conflict. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine.Colour & b/w plates. ix and 246 pages including index. ISBN: 9780701179922. Fifth impression. Boards clean. Small mark to vertical edge of text block. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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SPIES
Written by Michael Frayn.
Stock no. 1830941
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A novel structured as a coming-of-age story or bildungsroman, narrated by an elderly man named Stephen Wheatley as he reminisces about his life during the Second World War, and how his game of spycraft with a childhood friend, Keith, turned into a very real and dangerous game when Keith revealed a shocking secret. Dark green paper boards, cream title to spine. 213 pages. ISBN: 0571212867. Spine slightly cocked. Text block lightly browned, contents clean. Green dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE BARRY JOHN STORY
Written by Barry John.
Stock no. 1830940
Published by Collins. 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography. Barry John was the best fly half of his generation. His story from a welsh mining village to wearing the Jersey of Wales & touring with the British lions is told here. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 190 pages including index. ISBN: 0002160110. Reprint in the same year as first publication. Minor fade to front board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn to top of spine and has a closed tear to front panel which has been repaired with clear tape to front and verso. Front panel also has a faded patch (corresponding with the faded patch to front board).

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MY PRIDE OF LIONS: THE BRITISH ISLES TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA 1997
Written by Fran Cotton.
Stock no. 1830939
Published by Ebury Press. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This account chronicles the Lions tour of South Africa in 1997, within the context of the recent professionalization of Rugby Union. It contains game-by-game analyses, up to and including the final three test matches against South Africa. Red cloth boards, black title to spine. Yellow endpapers, colour photos. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 0091854229. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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LLOYD GEORGE: WAR LEADER 1916-1918
Written by John Grigg.
Stock no. 1830938
Published by The Penguin Group. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In this biography, John Grigg gives a detailed account of how Lloyd George steered Britain to victory in the First World War, handling the generals and politicians at home and abroad with mastery. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos to endpapers. B/w photos and maps. xv and 669 pages including index. ISBN: 071399343X. Boards clean, text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly rubbed at edges.

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GROWING ORCHIDS: SUCCESSFUL GARDENING INDOORS AND OUT
Written by Brian Ritterhausen; Wilma Ritterhausen.
Stock no. 1830937
Published by Southwater. 1st thus 2005. Almost very good condition.

Previously published as: The Practical Encyclopedia of Orchids. A guide to growing orchids with an inspirational encyclopedia of orchids, with guidance on the best varieties to choose. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 9781842158876. Spine faded, a few marks to covers. Small mark to vertical edge of half-title page. Damp stain to vertical edge of last few blank pages. Else contents are clean.

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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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