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PRINCELY PAGEANT One time Mint Master Superintendent of Stamps Chief Electrical Engineer Director of State Workshops Warden of Weights and Measures and Currency Officer to His Exalted Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar

ARMSTEAD Christopher · 1987 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Thomas Harmsworth, 1987 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (faint spotting on page edges - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 248, illus with b&w photos and map (no inscriptions).

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH In Two Volumes

MACKINTOSH Robert James · 1835 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Edward Moxon, 1835 1st edn. 2 vols. 8vo (8 x 5¾ ins). Contemporary full polished calf, spines elaborately gilt tooled in six compartments with contrasting labels, gilt tooled borders, board edges and returns, marbled edges and matching endpapers (spines chipped at tails, and c...

FINDING MANGAN The Lives and Afterlives of Ireland's National Poet

HOURICAN Bridget · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Dublin: Gill Books, 2024. 9780717194834 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black paper laid boards (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 389, illus with coloured photos in text (no inscriptions).

THE REBEL EMPRESSES Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France Power and Glamour in the Struggle for Europe

GOLDSTONE Nancy · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2025. 9781399603997 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. viii + 625, illus with coloured plates, b&w photos in text and b&w maps (no inscriptions).

NEFARIOUS A Life in Crime

FIELD Ronnie, KNIGHT Martin · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

HarperCollins, 2024. 9780008659035 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 310, illus with coloured and b&w plates (no inscriptions).

A HISTORIAN'S DIARY 1935-1980

CRAIG Gordon A., KEHLER Edward, THOMPSON Bruce [Editors] · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Palo Alto: The Society for the Promotion of Science and Scholarship [&] Stanford Historical Society, 2023. 9780930664367 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xv + 383 (no inscriptions).

THE MEMOIRS OF JAMES STEPHEN Written by Himself for the Use of His Children

STEPHEN James, BEVINGTON Merle M. [Editor] · 1954 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Hogarth Press, 1954 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth, top edge brown (VG), dustwrapper (small tears at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 439, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

AND THEN AND THEN WHAT ELSE A Writer's Life

HANDLER Daniel · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Oneworld, 2024. 9780861549429 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered very light grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (upper flap a little creased - otherwise near Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 230 (no inscriptions).

CHARLES DARWIN No Rebel Great Revolutionary

RUSE Michael · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Cambridge University Press, 2024. 9781009438940 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xi + 239, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

TIME PAST

SCHEIKEVITCH Marie, DELISLE Francoise [Translator] · 1927 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Thornton Butterworth, 1927 Keystone Library edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blind-stamped green cloth (VG),no dustwrapper. Pp. 287, illus with b&w portrait frontispiece (no inscrptions).

THE CHEVALIER DE BOUFFLERS A Romance of the French Revolution

WEBSTER Nesta H. · 1918 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

John Murray, 1918 1st edn 4th imp. 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue cloth (spine ends a little rubbed, slight lean to casing - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xii + 441, illus with b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard and with b&w plates (previous owner's neat 1919 ink inscr...

THE REMINISCENCES OF LADY DOROTHY NEVILL

NEVILL Dorothy, NEVILL Ralph [Editor] · 1906 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Edward Arnold, 1906 1st edn signed by editor on front free endpaper. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (top edge dust stained, a little rubbed at spine ends - otherwise VG). Pp. xiv + 336 + advts., illus with b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard (previous owner's armorial ...

SON OF TALLEYRAND The Life of Comte Charles de Flahaut 1785-1870

BERNARDY Francoise de, NORTON Lucy [Translator] · 1956 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Collins, 1956 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered pink cloth (page edges and endpapers rather spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (tear at tail of spine and light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 320, illus with b&w plates and genealogical table (...

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND An Autobiography

AALL Christian Hiorth · 1991 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Combloux: Starvan Montagne, c. 1991 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. 416, illus with b&w plates (no other inscriptions).

THE ANNUAL BIOGRAPHY AND OBITUARY FOR THE YEAR 1817 Vol I.

Anon · 1817 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown, 1817 1st edn. 8vo (9 x 5¾ ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spine gilt tooled in six compartments (corners a little bumped - otherwise bright VG). Pp. x + 606, illus with silhouette cameos in text (previous owner's ar...

ROBERT LOWELL Setting the River on Fire A Study of Genius Mania and Character

JAMISON Kay Redfield · 2017 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue/black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xix + 532, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

THE INVENTION OF ANGELA CARTER

GORDON Edmund · 2016 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Chatto & Windus, 2016 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (page edges a little tanned - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. xvii + 525, illus with coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions).

T.H. WHITE A Biography

WARNER Sylvia Townsend · 1967 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Jonathan Cape [&] Chatto and Windus, 1967 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo (8¾ x 6 ins). Contemporary gilt tooled quarter morocco on red cloth sides, top edge gilt (near Fine). Pp. 352 illus with b&w plates and decorative endpapers (no inscriptions).

THE INTERIOR CASTLE A Life of Gerald Brenan

GATHORNE-HARDY Robert · 1992 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

New York: W.W. Norton, 1992 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red/cream cloth (page edges spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small sticker at tail of spine - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 660, illus with b&w plates (no inscr...

THE LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM OSLER Complete in One Volume

CUSHING Harvey · 1940 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Oxford University Press, 1940 Rebound in gilt lettered maroon buckram cloth, top edge maroon (bottom edge stamped - otherwise near Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. xviii + 1417, illus with b&w frontispiece and b&w plates (ex academic library with usual stamps and markings).