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Byron; The Flawed Angel, Phyllis Grosskurth, Signed, 1997
Byron; The Flawed Angel, by Phyllis Grosskurth. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academi...
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At John Murray's; Records of a Literary Circle 1843-1892, George Paston, 1932
At John Murray's; Records of a Literary Circle 1843-1892, by George Paston. Preface by The Rt. Hon. Lord Ernle. SOLD Provenance; from the library o...
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Leabar A' Chlachain; Home Life of the Highlanders 1400-1746, Highland Village Association Ltd, 1911
Leabar A' Chlachain; Home Life of the Highlanders 1400-1746. Printed for the Highland Village Association Limited; Scottish Exhibition of National ...
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The Highlanders of Scotland, William F. Skene, 1902
The Highlanders of Scotland, by the Late William F. Skene, D.C.L., LL.D., F.S.A. (Scot). Edited, with Excursus and Notes, by Alexander Macbain, M.A...
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Argyll's Highlands: or MacCailein Mor and the Lords of Lorne, Cuthbert Bede, 1902
Argyll's Highlands: or MacCailein Mor and the Lords of Lorne; With Traditional Tales and Legends of the County of Argyll and the Campbells and Macd...
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The Genealogie of the Mackenzies, Preceeding Ye Year 1661, by a Person of Qualitie, 1829 limited edition
The Genealogie of the Mackenzies, Preceeding Ye Year M.DC.LXI. (1661); Wreattin in Ye Year M.DC.LXIX (1669), by a Person of Qualitie (unnamed, but ...
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Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels Centenary Edition set, with The Life of Scott & Tales of a Grandfather, 29 Vols in Vintage Leather Suitcase. 1871-72.
Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels (25 volumes) Centenary Edition set, with The Life of Scott (2 Volumes) & Tales of a Grandfather (2 Volume...
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Les Alsaciens Dans La Garde Imperiale et Dans Les Corps D'Elite, Henry Ganier, 1914
Les Alsaciens Dans La Garde Imperiale et Dans Les Corps D'Elite; Publication Illustree. Texte par Henry Ganier. Planche par Tanconville et Maurice ...
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Detaille by Marius Vachon, 2 Volume Set complete, 1898
Detaille by Marius Vachon, 2 Volume Set complete. Features the work of French military artist, Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille (1848-1912). Publishe...
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Napoleon; The Last Phase, Lord Roseberry, 1900
Napoleon; The Last Phase, by Lord Roseberry. Published by Arthur L. Humphreys, London, 1900. Third impression of the First edition. A good maroon c...
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Great Thinkers of The Eastern World, Ian P. McGreal, 1995
Great Thinkers of The Eastern World; The major thinkers and the philosophical and religious classics of China, India, Japan, Korea, and the world o...
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Constable's Miscellany; Frederick The Great, Memoirs of His Reader, Henri de Catt, 2 Volume Set, 1929
Constable's Miscellany; Frederick The Great, Memoirs of His Reader, Henri de Catt 1758-1760. Translated by F.S. Flint, with an Introduction by Lord...
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Harold Nicolson; Diaries and Letters 1930-1962, 3 Volume Set
Harold Nicolson; Diaries and Letters 1930-1962, 3 Volume Set. Edited by Nigel Nicolson. The writings of Sir Harold George Nicolson (1886-1968), pol...
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Our Bank; The Story of The Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd., 1810-1941
Our Bank; The Story of The Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd., 1810-1941. Anonymous. Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, London, Edinburgh, Pari...
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Hill and Adamson's Photographs of Linlithgow, Roddy Simpson, 2002
Hill and Adamson's Photographs of Linlithgow, by Roddy Simpson. Published by West Lothian History and Amenity Society, Linlithgow, 2002 first editi...
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Famous Women of Fife, Lillian King, 1987
Famous Women of Scotland Series: Volume One; Famous Women of Fife, by Lillian King. Published by Windfall Books, Fife, 1997 first edition. Uncommon...
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Raffles; The Story of Singapore, Raymond Flower, 2007
Raffles; The Story of Singapore, by Raymond Flower. Published by Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2007. First Singapore edition, following The Times fi...
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Le Corbusier; Numero Hors Serie de Architecture D'Aujourd'hui, 1948
Le Corbusier; Numero Hors Serie de Architecture D'Aujourd'hui. Introduction by Claude Beraud and B. Zehrfuss. Published by Editions de L'Architectu...
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Le Regne de Robespierre, Maria Helene Williams, c. 1900
Memoires et Souvenirs; Publie sous la Direction de F. Funck-Brentano: Le Regne de Robespierre, by Maria Helene Williams. Traduit pour la premiere f...
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Early Letters of Marcus Dods, 1850-1864, selected and edited by his Son, 1910 - possibly author inscribed
Early Letters of Marcus Dods, D.D. (Late principal of New college, Edinburgh), 1850-1864, selected and edited by his Son, Marcus Dods, M.A., Advoca...
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Bound Collection of Biblical Pamphlets, 1914. Collated by James Hope Moulton, with Correspondence.
Bound Collection of Biblical Pamphlets, 1914. With authors' names to spine; Thackeray, Simpson, Findlay, Mayor, Stawell, Bladon, Peake, Burkitt, La...
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Geschichte der Basler Mission, 1815-1899, Paul Eppler, 1900. 6 Maps.
Geschichte der Basler Mission, 1815-1899, mit vier Kartenstizzen, by Paul Eppler (History of the Basel Mission with four map sketches). Published b...
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Albrecht Ritschls Leben, Dargestellt von Otto Ritschl. 2 Volumes complete. 1892 - 1866.
Albrecht Ritschls Leben, Dargestellt von Otto Ritschl. 2 Volumes complete. Comprises: Vol 1: Published 1892: Ertser Band. 1822 - 1864. Vol 2: Publi...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson, Illustrated, 4 Volumes complete, Routledge, 1857-67
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order ; a series of his epistolary co...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith; Now First Uniformly Collected, 1791
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith; Now First Uniformly Collected. Collecta Revirescunt. Vol. I. Containing the author's life and his essa...
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The Life of James, Late Duke of Ormonde, 1747
The Life of James, Late Duke of Ormonde. Containing: I) An Historical and Genealogical Account of His Grace's Family. II) An Impartial View of His ...
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An Account of the Infancy, Religious and Literary Life, of Adam Clarke, 1833
An Account of the Infancy, Religious and Literary Life, of Adam Clarke, L.L.D., F.A.S., & C. Written by One who was Intimately Acquainted with ...
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Stanley Gibbons Royal Wedding Stamp Collection 1981, 3 Volume Set
Stanley Gibbons Royal Wedding Stamp Collection 1981, 3 Volume Set; The Royal Wedding, H.R.H. Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, 29th July 1981....
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Latran V et Trente, O. De La Brosse, J. Lecler, H. Holstein & CH. Lefebvre, 1975
Histoire Des Conciles Oecumeniques 10; Latran V et Trente, by O. De La Brosse, J. Lecler, H. Holstein & CH. Lefebvre. Published under the direc...
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Trelawny by R. Glynn Grylls, 1950
Trelawny by R. Glynn Gryll. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and author. H...
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Memoirs of the Count de Grammont by Count Anthony Hamilton, Horace Walpole, 1928
Memoirs of the Count de Grammont by Count Anthony Hamilton. Translated by Horace Walpole. Wood engravings by Wilfred Jones. Published by John Lane ...
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Sir Richard Church, Commander in Chief of the Greeks in the War of Independence, Stanley Lane-Poole
Sir Richard Church, C.B., G.C.H., Commander in Chief of the Greeks in the War of Independence, by Stanley Lane-Poole. Provenance; from the library ...
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The Greek Adventure (Lord Byron), by David Howarth, signed, first edition
The Greek Adventure; Lord Byron and Other Eccentrics in the War of Independence, by David Howarth. Provenance; from the library of the late William...
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Jacob Epstein; Let There Be Sculpture; An Autobiography, 1940 first edition
Let There Be Sculpture; An Autobiography, by Jacob Epstein. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British histor...
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A Shelley Library; Thomas James Wise Collection, 1971. Limited edition.
A Shelley Library; A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft...
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The Life and Times of Selina Countess of Huntingdon, Vol. I, 1939
The Life and Times of Selina Countess of Huntingdon, Vol. I. by 'A Member of the Houses of Shirley and Hastings' (attributed to Aaron Crossley Hobb...
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Piracy, The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates, by Adrian Johns
Piracy, The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates, by Adrian Johns. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - ...
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Winston S. Churchill; The Second World War, 4 Volumes, 1948-1951
Winston S. Churchill; The Second World War, 4 Volumes, 1948-1951. SOLD Published by Cassell & Co. Limited, London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney,...
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Et Virtutem... Essays on Mill Hill by George F. Timpson. Limited private printing
Et Virtutem... Essays on Mill Hill by George F. Timpson. SOLD Published privately to mark the 150th Anniversary of Mill Hill School and the visit o...
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Young Romantics; The Shelleys, Byron and Other Tangled Lives, Daisy Hay, 2010
Young Romantics; The Shelleys, Byron and Other Tangled Lives by Daisy Hay. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2...
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The Courtesan's Revenge, Frances Wilson, unsigned
The Courtesan's Revenge; Harriette Wilson, the Woman who Blackmailed the King, by Frances Wilson. Provenance; from the library of the late William ...
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The Business of Enlightenment; A Publishing History of the Encyclopedie 1775-1800, Robert Darnton.
The Business of Enlightenment; A Publishing History of the Encyclopedie 1775-1800, by Robert Darnton. Provenance; from the library of the late Will...
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The Beauty and The Sorrow; An intimate history of the First World War, by Peter Englund, Signed.
The Beauty and The Sorrow; An intimate history of the First World War, by Peter Englund, Signed. Provenance; from the library of the late William S...
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A Tour in the Lakes Made in 1797 by William Gell, edited by William Rollinson, 1968.
A Tour in the Lakes Made in 1797 by William Gell, edited by William Rollinson, 1968. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (193...
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Guilty Thing; A Life of Thomas de Quincey, Frances Wilson, Inscription copy, 2016
Guilty Thing; A Life of Thomas de Quincey, by Frances Wilson. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British hist...
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The Courtesan's Revenge, Frances Wilson, Inscription copy, 2003
The Courtesan's Revenge; Harriette Wilson, the Woman who Blackmailed the King, by Frances Wilson. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late Wil...
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Arthur Miller; Echoes Down the Corridor, signed first edition with inscription to William St Clair, 2000
Arthur Miller: Collected Essays, 1944-2000; Echoes Down the Corridor. Edited by Steven R. Centola. Provenance; from the library of the late William...
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The Scottish Nation, William Anderson, 3 Volumes, Fullarton 1863
The Scottish Nation; or the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours and Biographical History of the People of Scotland. By William Anderson. Publis...
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