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Lord Elgin and the Marbles, William St. Clair, 1967

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Lord Elgin and the Marbles, by William St. Clair. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, acade...

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A Shadow of Magnitude; The Acquisition of the Elgin Marbles, Theodore Vrettos, 1974

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A Shadow of Magnitude; The Acquisition of the Elgin Marbles, Theodore Vrettos, 1974. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (193...

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A Shadow of Magnitude; The Acquisition of the Elgin Marbles, Theodore Vrettos, 1974, William St Clair signed copy

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A Shadow of Magnitude; The Acquisition of the Elgin Marbles, Theodore Vrettos, 1974, William St Clair inscribed copy

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A Shadow of Magnitude; The Acquisition of the Elgin Marbles, Theodore Vrettos; William St Clair inscribed copy. Provenance; from the library of the...

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The Elgin Affair, Greek Language edition, 1998. Υπόθεση Έλγιν : το χρονικό της αρπαγής των μεγαλύτερων θησαυρών της αρχαιότητας, Γιώργος Η. Κουσουνέλος

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The Elgin Affair; The Abduction of Antiquity's Greatest Treasures and the Passions it Aroused, by Theodore Vrettos. (Υπόθεση Έλγιν : το χρονικό της...

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The Elgin Affair; The Abduction of Antiquity's Greatest Treasures and the Passions it Aroused, Theodore Vrettos, 1997

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The Elgin Affair; The Abduction of Antiquity's Greatest Treasures and the Passions it Aroused, by Theodore Vrettos. Provenance; from the library of...

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Benjamin Robert Haydon and the Critical Reception of the Elgin Marbles, PhD dissertation, Frederick Cummings, Chicago, 1967

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Benjamin Robert Haydon and the Critical Reception of the Elgin Marbles; A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Division of the Humanities i...

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Byron and Greece, by Harold Spender, 1924

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Byron and Greece, by Harold Spender. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and autho...

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Byron; The Flawed Angel, Phyllis Grosskurth, Signed, 1997

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Les Alsaciens Dans La Garde Imperiale et Dans Les Corps D'Elite, Henry Ganier, 1914

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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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Great Thinkers of The Eastern World, Ian P. McGreal, 1995

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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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Harold Nicolson; Diaries and Letters 1930-1962, 3 Volume Set

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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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Hill and Adamson's Photographs of Linlithgow, Roddy Simpson, 2002

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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

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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

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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 Regne de Robespierre, Maria Helene Williams, c. 1900

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Sir Richard Church, Commander in Chief of the Greeks in the War of Independence, Stanley Lane-Poole

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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 Life and Times of Selina Countess of Huntingdon, Vol. I, 1939

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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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A Tour in the Lakes Made in 1797 by William Gell, edited by William Rollinson, 1968.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Commissioned Officers in the Medical Services of the British Army 1660-1960 Peterkin & Johnston, Drew

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Commissioned Officers in the Medical Services of the British Army 1660-1960 by A. Peterkin (1660-1727) & William Johnston (1727-1898), and Sir ...

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Highways and Byways in the West Highlands, Seton Gordon 1935

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Highways and Byways in the West Highlands, by Seton Gordon. With illustrations by Sir D.Y. Cameron R.A. and a Glossary of Place-Name Elements with ...

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Hesiod; Theogony and Works and Days, Northwestern University Press, 2017

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Hesiod; Theogony and Works and Days. Translated from the Greek by Kimberly Johnson. A new Bilingual Edition. Part of Northwestern World Classics se...

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