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Hardbound. Condition: Good. Description: Illustrated with wood engravings by Peter Reddick. Introduction by Kenneth Hopkins. This was originally published in 1831 and issued again in a slightly revised edition in 1837. The Folio Society date is printed only on the title page; no further printings are indicated. BINDING/CONDITION…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Description: Illustrated by Helen Smithson; preface by Graham Payn and Sheridan Morley. The date on the title page is the same as that on the copyright page; no further printings are indicated. BINDING/CONDITION: gold cloth with black text and panoramic vignette; a Fine book, with a Very Good sli…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Printing. Description: Frontis plus a few more black and white illustrations. From the introduction: ''The two memoirs of which this book consists are those of Clery, valet de chambre to Louis XVI during his imprisonment in the Temple, and of the Abbe Edgeworth de Firmont, who attended the Ki…

Hardbound. Condition: Fine. Description: Portrait frontis, and a few other black and white illustrations. Same date on title page and copyright page; no further printings indicated. BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy cloth with gilt; the top edge tint is a dark shade matching the binding; a Fine book, with a Very Good slipcase. bibliog…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Description: Many black and white illustrations by Val Biro, plus a few photo plates. Introduction by Bruce Chatwin. The date on the title page is 1990; the copyright page gives various dates of earlier editions -- first published as The Sudden View in 1953; first published as A Visit to Don Otav…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. Description: Illustrated by Nick Hardcastle. Originally published in 2005, this is a later printing. BINDING/CONDITION: the illustrator has also provided the cover design printed in black and light gray on light yellow-green cloth; a Fine book, with a Good slipcase. Pale green endpa…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. 10th Printing. Description: Facsimile illustration serves as the frontis; most of the entries include a portrait (in black and white). Includes among the ninety or so brief literary biographies are: Francis Bacon, Samuel Butler, William Butler, Thomas Hobbes, Richard Lovelace, John Milton, Sir Wa…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. Description: Frontis portrait plus several other black and white illustrations. The copyright page explains that Lieutenant-General Richard Barter's Mutiny memories were written in 1869, and are published here for the first time by kind permission of his great-great grandson, John S…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. Description: This collection reprints any illustrations that may have accompanied the original article, plus includes several cartoon selections. Authors represented here include John Mortimer, Anthony Burgess, P M Hubbard, Robert Morley, Quentin Crisp, E S Turner, Dorothy Drake, ma…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Hardcover in gold colored slipcase. Book in near fine condition. Black and gold design to front and back covers. Slipcase with some rubbing wear to gold finish but in tact. Pages clean and unmarked. Embossed library stamp to title page of previous owner. For 59 years from January 1891,…