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European Interest Books

European Interest Books

A selection of books with a European flavour...

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Journal of the Late Campaign in Egypt including Descriptions of That Country, and of Gibraltar, Minorca, Malta, Marmorice, and Macri; by Thomas Walsh, 1803

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A richly illustrated contemporary account of Britain's campaign against Napoleon's forces in Egypt, written by Thomas Walsh, who served as ...

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The Oxford History of England, Complete in 17 Volumes, from Roman Britain to English History 1914-1945 plus Index. Published 1985-1991

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The Oxford History of England. Complete in 17 Volumes, including the Consolidated Index. Edited by Sir George Clark. Published by Oxford University...

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The History of Freemasonry, Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs etc, by Robert Freke Gould, T.C. & E.C. Jack, Edinburgh, c. 1888

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Robert Freke Gould's History of Freemasonry is one of the landmark nineteenth century studies of the subject, long regarded as a foundational work ...

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A complete original set of Reynolds' Geognostic Profiles, compiled and engraved by John Emslie, published by James Reynolds, London, 1853

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A complete original set of Reynolds' Geognostic Profiles, an exceptionally scarce and visually striking suite of Victorian scientific educational w...

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Cultural Amnesia; Necessary Memories from the History and the Arts, Clive James, signed first edition, 2007

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Cultural Amnesia by Clive James is an expansive and highly personal work of literary and cultural criticism, first published in 2007. Structured th...

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With Malice Toward Some, Margaret Halsey, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1938

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With Malice Toward Some by Margaret Halsey is a humorous travel memoir first published in 1938, recounting the author’s experiences in Britain (and...

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David Roberts; Egypt & Nubia, and The Holy Land, Two-volume gift edition in slipcase, 1999

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The work of David Roberts (1796-1864) remains among the most celebrated visual records of the Near East produced in the nineteenth century. Based o...

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A collection of 6 original albumen prints of Burma by Phillip Klier, circa 1880

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Philip Adolphe Klier (c.1845-1911) was a German photographer who worked in British Burma from the 1860s until the early 20th century. After establi...

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The Present State of the Universe, printed by Benj. Motte, sold by John Nutt, 1704

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A wide-ranging handbook of the crowned heads of Europe and their dominions at the opening of the 18th century, including heraldry, mottoes, titles,...

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The Lord of The Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; 2nd edition set; all 3rd impressions, 1968

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First published between 1954 and 1955, The Lord of the Rings is Tolkien's epic high-fantasy masterpiece and one of the most influential works of mo...

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A Sketch of a Tour on the Continent, by James Edward Smith, 1807

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A Sketch of a Tour on the Continent by James Edward Smith is an engaging early nineteenth-century travel account, first published in 1793 and prese...

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Memoirs of General Count Rapp, First Aide-de-Camp to Napoleon, London, 1823

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First published in 1823, the Memoirs of General Count Rapp provide a vivid first-hand account of the Napoleonic era from one of the Emperor’s most ...

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The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow, 1889, Two Volume numbered limited edition set

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Captain Gronow’s lively recollections of Regency and early Victorian society remain one of the most engaging first-hand accounts of life in the cam...

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History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, by William H. Prescott, 1885. Bickers binding.

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History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic by William H. Prescott is a landmark work of nineteenth-century historical writ...

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Haig by Duff Cooper, in Two Volumes, Faber and Faber, 1935

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Haig by Duff Cooper is a major two-volume biography of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, first published in 1935. Drawing on extensive research a...

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Castle Richmond. A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. Chapman & Hall, London, 1861

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Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope is a social novel set in Ireland during the Great Famine, first published in 1860. Drawing on his own e...

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History of the English People, The Conquest of England, & The Making of England, by John Richard Green, Macmillan, 1884-1886

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A substantial and handsomely bound six-volume set of John Richard Green's celebrated histories of England, comprising the complete four-volume Hist...

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Histoire Secrète de la Cour de Berlin, ou Correspondance d’un Voyageur François, 1786-1787, by Le Comte de Mirabeau, 1789

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A scarce first edition of Histoire secrète de la cour de Berlin (1789) by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, one of the most influ...

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Photo album from Royal Air Force Photographic Section at Luqa, Malta, c. 1942-43, World War II

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A fascinating album of life at the Royal Air Force Photographic Section at Luqa, Malta, c. 1942-43. This album features many original photog...

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The Nature of Capitalist Crisis, John Strachey, Victor Gollancz, 1935

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First published in 1935 by Victor Gollancz, The Nature of Capitalist Crisis is John Strachey's influential Marxist analysis of the structural weakn...

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Mediaeval Greece, Nicolas Cheetham, Yale University Press, 1981

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A smart first edition copy of Nicolas Cheetham's Mediaeval Greece, published by Yale University Press, New Haven and London. 1981 first edition. Pr...

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Pleasure of Ruins, first edition 1953, by Rose Macaulay. With interesting ephemera including her autograph correspondence to Roger Senhouse, Publisher, with 2 manuscript pages by him, & William St Clair provenance

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Pleasure in Ruins by Rose Macaulay, first published in 1953, is a highly personal work of nonfiction that blends travel writing, cultural history, ...

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Birth Control; Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population, Francis Place, Allen and Unwin, 1967

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A key reissue of a foundational text in social and demographic history, reproducing Francis Place's Illustrations and Proofs of the Princip...

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Folk-Lore in the Old Testament; Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend and Law, Sir James George Frazer, 3 Vols complete, 1919

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A major scholarly work by Sir James George Frazer, expanding the comparative method that made The Golden Bough famous and applying it to th...

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The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, BCA edition, 1992

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Illustrated by Alan Lee, HarperCollins, 1997 Hardback

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Schillers Werke, Textrevision von Heinrich Kurz, Leipzig, with 1886 autograph inscription by Mabell, Countess of Airlie

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A well-presented part set of Schillers Werke, edited by Heinrich Kurz and published by Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Friedrich Schiller (175...

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Third edition, Ninth impression, 1974

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Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell, Tinder Press, 2020, Signed first edition

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Winner of the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell is a richly imagined and deeply moving novel inspired by the life and loss...

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The Lord of The Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; Illustrated by Alan Lee, HarperCollins, 1991 Centenary Edition

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Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien, HarperCollins box set, 1993 1st impression

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This is a scarce miniature edition boxed set featuring poems by J.R.R. Tolkien - from his writings in The Hobbit and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil...

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Illustrated by Alan Lee, HarperCollins, 2000

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Lord of the Rings boxed set, plus The Hobbit in matching edition, Unwin Paperbacks, 1981

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First published between 1937 and 1955, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings together form J.R.R. Tolkien's monumental contribution to modern fantas...

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Allen & Unwin Paperback Edition, 1975

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Third edition, Tenth impression, 1975

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, First Paperback Edition, Puffin, 1961

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, HarperCollins, 1995

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Second edition, Thirteenth impression, 1961

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The History of Middle Earth; The Book of Lost Tales, Part I, J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, 1991

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The Book of Lost Tales, Part I is the opening volume in The History of Middle-earth series, edited by Christopher Tolkien from his father J.R.R. To...

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The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien, 1977 1st edition, 1st impression

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The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited and published after the author's death by his son Christopher Tolkien, presents the mythic prehistory of...

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The Lord of The Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; 1st edition set; 5th, 4th & 3rd impressions, 1956-1957

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Marci Antonini Imperatoris, Libri XII - Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations (Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν)

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Marci Antonini Imperatoris, Libri XII (Marcus Aurelius – The Meditations / Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν) One of the great works of Stoic philosophy, preserved in ...

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Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum; With Engravings / Engravings from the Ancient Marbles – Parts VIII (Parthenon Frieze, 1839) & X (Townley Collection, 1845), folio, edited by Edward Hawkins.

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Two impressive folios from the British Museum’s celebrated Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles, a monumental series issued between 181...

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Euclidis; Elementorum Sex Priores Libri Recogniti Opera, Christiani Melder, Jacobus Bernardus, 1711

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A scholarly early 18th century Latin edition of the first six books of Euclid’s Elements, the foundation of classical geometry. Edited and correcte...

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The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, with The Relation of a Wonderful Voyage made by William Cornelius Schouten of Horne, Facsimiles of 1628 & 1619 printings, in vellum, with solander box and leather slipcase by J Fellows

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A handsome facsimile edition presenting two landmark voyages of the early 17th century bound as one: The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, Be...

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Photographic Album of Egypt and Burma, c. 1898 – With Albumen Prints of the Nile, Pyramids, Rangoon Colonial Architecture and Burmese Rural Life.

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Photographic Album of Egypt and Burma, c. 1898 – With Albumen Prints of the Nile, Pyramids, Rangoon Colonial Architecture and Burmese Rural Life. S...

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The Idyls of Theocritus; With Bion & Moschus. Translated by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by W. Russell Flint, Medici Society, 1922 limited edition in luxury custom binding

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The Idyls of Theocritus, accompanied here by the bucolic poems of Bion and Moschus, represents one of the finest Riccardi Press productions of the ...

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, James Anderson, Volume Eighteenth, 1793, Edinburgh

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

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