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The Royal Victoria Keepsake; or Souvenir of Literature and Art


n/a

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

$15.00
xxfta201071

The Marble Foot: An Autobiography 1905-1938


QUENNELL, PETER

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

$35.00
xxfta201075

Hugh Walpole: A Biography


HART-DAVIS, RUPERT

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

$17.50
xxftd201083

Reality Hunger: A Manifesto


SHIELDS, DAVID

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

$35.00
xxftd201084

Grand Canyon


SACKVILLE-WEST, V

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

$15.00
xxfub201088

Jade Engraved


JANSEN, E G

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

$16.50
xxfub201089

Lytton Strachey by Himself: A Self Portrait


STRACHEY, LYTTON & HOLROYD, MICHAEL (Ed & Intro)

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

$15.00
xxfuf201105

Duncan Grant


MORTIMER, RAYMOND

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

$18.50
xxfuf201107

Dear Lady Ginger: An Exchange of Letters Between Lady Ottoline Morrell and D'Arcy Cresswell


MORRELL, LADY OTTOLINE & CRESSWELL, D'ARCY & SHAW, HELEN (Ed)

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

$16.50
xxfuf201109

Remarkable Relations: The Story of the Pearsall Smith Family


STRACHEY, BARBARA

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

$28.50
xxfvd201111

Good Company: Diaries, January 1967-December 1970


PARTRIDGE, FRANCES

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

$35.00
xxfvd201112

Everything to Lose: Diaries 1945-1960


PARTRIDGE, FRANCES

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

$18.50
xxfvd201113

Life Regained: Diaries January 1970-December 1971


PARTRIDGE, FRANCES

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

$22.50
xxfwb201119

Who's Who in Bloomsbury


PALMER, ALAN and VERONICA

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

$16.50
xxfwf201129

Ancestors and Friends


LEHMANN, JOHN

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

$35.00
xxfwf201134

The Letters of Charles Greville and Henry Reeve 1836-1865


GREVILLE, CHARLES & REEVE, HENRY & JOHNSON, Rev A H (Ed)

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

$35.00
xxzac201136

Personal Record 1920-1972


BRENAN, GERALD

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

$19.50
xxzac201141

Walter Sickert: A Conversation


WOOLF, VIRGINIA & SHONE, RICHARD (Intro)

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

$22.50
xxzal201158

Ottoline Morrell: Life on the Grand Scale


SEYMOUR, MIRANDA

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

$10.00
xxzbd201168

Progress at Pelvis Bay


LANCASTER, OSBERT

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

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