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  • My Life. The Rise and Fall of a Dictator.

    TROTSKY, Leon.
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    Association copy. The first edition in English of the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky's autobiography, My Life. The Rise and Fall of a Dictator....

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  • The History of Christina, Queen of Sweden.

    LACOMBE, Jacques.
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    'Minerva of the North'. The first edition in English of Lacombe's (1724-1811) History of Christina, Queen of Sweden, an early biography of this 'qu...

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  • A History of the English Speaking-Peoples.

    CHURCHILL, Winston.
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    A very good set. A rousing account of the early history of Britain, the work describes the great men and women of the past and their impact on the ...

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  • Churchill Said...

    CHURCHILL, Winston.
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    Two of these leaflets are described by Woods (A18/1 and A18/2) and both have sections for personal details of prospective applicants to apply to j...

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  • ...So Few,

    PIERCE, Michael; et al.
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    [second world war]. A lavish and stunning tribute. The fighter pilots commemorated in this volume are :Wing Commander P.P.C Barthropp; Wing Command...

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  • Our Campaign for the Presidency in 1940.

    BABSON, Roger W.
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    Inscribed by the author to prohibitionist leader Earl Dodge. A reflection on electoral defeat by Roger Babson (1875-1967), an economist and tempera...

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  • Bond-Certificate Campaign.

    [American Commission on Irish Independence].
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    A rare political pamphlet promoting the first American bond-drive to finance the newly declared Irish Republic.The bonds were issued as part of th...

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  • A briefe chronicle of the foure principall empyres.

    SLEIDANUS, Johannes.
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    Only three copies traced. The first edition in English of Johannes Sleidanus' (1506-1556) De quatuor summis imperiis, a chronicle of world history ...

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  • Annals of The King's College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor.

    STERRY, Wasey.
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    Eton College interest. The first edition of Sterry's history of Eton College, from its grammar-school foundation under Henry VI to its function at ...

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  • Discours dv Bon et Loial Subiet de la Grande Bretagne,

    [CIVIL WAR PAMPHLET].
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    A curious and rare anonymous English Civil War pamphlet published in Paris by Michel Mettaier (sometimes spelt Mettayer) in 1648 following the cap...

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  • A History of Eton College (1440-1898).

    LYTE, Sir H.C. Maxwell.
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    Gift inscription for Sir James Horlick. A handsome presentation copy of Lyte's (1848-1940) popular history of Eton College. Inscribed to 'James Noc...

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  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

    GIBBON, Edward.
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    A beautiful eight-volume set of this classic work. Gibbon's (1737-1794) History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire continues to rank as a...

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  • The history of jewels, and of the principal riches of the East and West,

    [CHAPPUZEAU, Samuel].
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    The wealth of the East. 'There is nothing more admirable in this lower World then Precious Stones, seeing they are the Starres of the Earth, and sh...

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  • Calligraphic manuscript:

    PONCET DE LA GRAVE, Guillaume.
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    An exceptional presentation & association manuscript, bound for and with manuscript dedication to King Louis XVI from the author, with the arm...

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  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

    GIBBON, Edward.
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    First great history of Rome's fall. A beautiful six-volume set of this classic work. Gibbon's (1737-1794) History of the Decline and Fall of the Ro...

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