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Lot 131:
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18 Hardcover Misc. Books on English History including The Victorian Bar by J.R. Lewis c. 1982 1st edition; Memoir of Sir Charles Reed by Charles E.B. Reed c. 1883; Mrs. Dizzy by Mollie Hardwick c. 1972; The Rakes by Henry Blyth c. 1970 1st edition; The English Rothschilds by Richard Davis c. 1983; The British Eccentric by Harriet Bridgeman and Elizabeth Drury c. 1975; The Scramble for Africa – The White Man’s Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 by Thomas Pakenham c.1991; First on Everest by Tom Holzel & Audrey Salkeld c. 1986; The Cambridge Apostles by Richard Deacon c. 1986 1st American Edition; Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton by Edward Rice c. 1990; The Woeful Victorian – A Biography of John Addinton Symonds by Phyyllis Grosskurth c. 1964 1st edition; Harriette Wilson’s Memoirs edited by Lesley Blanch c. 1979 published by the Folio Press London in slip cover; Travels in the Interior of Africa by John Keay c. 1984 published by the Folio Society London in slip cover; English Eccentrics by Edith Sitwell c. 1994 published by the Folio Society London in slip cover; John Evelyn’s Diary edited by Philip Francis c. 1963 published by the Folio Society London in slip cover; Three Volume Set – Pax Britannica by James Morris – Vol. I Heaven’s Command; Vol. II Pax Britannica and Vol. III Farewell the Trumpets c. 1994 published by the Folio Society London in graphic slip cover. Combined lot measures approximately 15"x11"x12".
Condition: Condition – Good to Very Good – Some volumes have light soiling and wear to covers. Some volumes may have light toning and/or foxing. Some dust jackets have small tears and wear to edges. Please see photos.
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