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The Royal Victoria Keepsake; or Souvenir of Literature and Art
ORIGINAL BINDING, 8vo, blue cloth boards, blind stamped & gilt decoration to bds, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, aeg, frontispiece, viii + 280 pp., plates not counted assumed all present, G+ (moderate soiling & chaffing to bds & spine, moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, minor tear to cloth of rear hinge & spine extrems, moderate rubbing & surface loss to spine, ffep missing, moderate soiling/foxing to eps & prelims & terminals, moderate cracking of front/rear & central gutters, light foxing/soiling & tanning throughout)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Holmes (Successor to Edward Lacey,) 76, St. Paul's Church Yard, and sold by all booksellers 1855
KEYWORDS: Victorian art literary literature essays social history op ed opinions
The Marble Foot: An Autobiography 1905-1938
LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1976
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Peter Quennell history
Hugh Walpole: A Biography
LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1952
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Hugh Walpole literature literary history English novelists writers authors New Zealand born
Reality Hunger: A Manifesto
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Vintage 2011
KEYWORDS: modern literature history criticism modernism David Shields
Grand Canyon
LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1942
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature alternate alternative history V Vita Sackville-West
Jade Engraved
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy & delicate; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Bookroom 1947
KEYWORDS: Chinese artefacts jade engraving carving history New Zealand E G Jansen
Lytton Strachey by Himself: A Self Portrait
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1971
KEYWORDS: Lytton Strachey autobiography autobiographies memoir history literary
Duncan Grant
Oblong octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1945
KEYWORDS: art history artists Duncan Grant modern painters
Dear Lady Ginger: An Exchange of Letters Between Lady Ottoline Morrell and D'Arcy Cresswell
Slim octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Century 1984
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Lady Ottoline Morrell D'Arcy Cresswell Bloomsbury era New Zealand England English history literary
Remarkable Relations: The Story of the Pearsall Smith Family
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1980
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Pearsall Smith family history
Good Company: Diaries, January 1967-December 1970
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1994
KEYWORDS: Frances Partridge diaries journals autobiography autobiographies memoir history
Everything to Lose: Diaries 1945-1960
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1985
KEYWORDS: Frances Partridge diaries journals autobiography autobiographies memoir history
Life Regained: Diaries January 1970-December 1971
Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1998
KEYWORDS: Frances Partridge diaries journals autobiography autobiographies memoir history
Who's Who in Bloomsbury
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Harvester Press 1987
KEYWORDS: Bloomsbury biographies portraits history
Ancestors and Friends
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1962
KEYWORDS: art history Lehmann first editions
The Letters of Charles Greville and Henry Reeve 1836-1865
Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1924
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Charles Greville Henry Reeve history politics political
Personal Record 1920-1972
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1975
KEYWORDS: literature literary Bloomsbury group Gerald Brenan history
Walter Sickert: A Conversation
ILLUSTRATED, octavo stapled light card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Bloomsbury Workshop 1992
KEYWORDS: art history Walter Sickert Virginia Woolf
Ottoline Morrell: Life on the Grand Scale
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1992
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Ottoline Morrell history
Progress at Pelvis Bay
LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1947
KEYWORDS: ancient Rome Roman history Pelvis Bay antiquity