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Lubbock, Percy
The Region Cloud
The Region Cloud
Bound in marbled boards with a note from the publisher included: "With the author's compliments." The note is pro forma, but the words "the author's" have been handwritten in pencil. Lubbock's only novel, which Wharton privately criticized in a…
Lubbock, Percy
Earlham
Earlham
A memoir recounting Lubbock's childhood days at Earlham Hall, the home of his maternal grandparents in Norfolk. The book was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1922.
The volume includes a handwritten note from the publisher, Jonathan…
The volume includes a handwritten note from the publisher, Jonathan…
Wheeler, H.F.B. & Bradley, A.M.
Napoleon and the Invasion of England: The Story of the Great Terror, With Numerous Illustrations from Contemporary Prints, Caricatures, Etc. Eight in Color. Two Volumes. Vol. II
Napoleon and the Invasion of England: The Story of the Great Terror, With Numerous Illustrations from Contemporary Prints, Caricatures, Etc. Eight in Color. Two Volumes. Vol. II
Cover is worn with a faded gold seal. Title page is torn and and discolored in the lower right corner. Illustrated.
Roberts, Field-Marshal Lord
Forty-One Years in India
New edition, in one volume, featuring forty illustrations. Frontispiece includes reproduction of photograph by Messrs. Bourne and Shepherd. Quoted underneath is, “FIELD-MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS, V.C. From a photograph by Messrs. Bourne and …
Harrison, Frederic
Chatham
This book follows the history of Chatham through the lens of a biography of Pitt.
This is one book is a series called the Twelve English Statesmen. The man this book pays attention to is William Pitt the Elder, Ist Earl of Chatham. He was a very…
This is one book is a series called the Twelve English Statesmen. The man this book pays attention to is William Pitt the Elder, Ist Earl of Chatham. He was a very…
The Gardens of England;
(in the Northern Counties)
(in the Northern Counties)
Charles Holme (editor); features illustrations; contains inscription from unknown author that reads: "Edith from Simon 1936"
Ramsden speculates that the inscription may have come from the artist Simon Bussy, who was Wharton's neighbor at Hyère…
Ramsden speculates that the inscription may have come from the artist Simon Bussy, who was Wharton's neighbor at Hyère…
Freeman, Edward A.
Historical Essays
Historical Essays
First Series in a total of four; fourth edition
Davidson, John
The Last Ballad and Other Poems
The Last Ballad and Other Poems
Signed by Charles Scribner and bound in black leather with embossed gold lotuses.
Several marked sections.
Several marked sections.
Amherst, The Hon. Alicia A History of Gardening in England
Second Edition. Contains illustrations. Decorative gilt cloth. Octavo.