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As it Happened

As it Happened

ATTLEE, Clement

First edition; reprint; 8vo; original cloth boards. Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon's copy with his bookplate loosely-inserted. Annotated and highlighted in pencil throughout by Eden...

£1250.00

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Democracy. Today and Tomorrow

Democracy. Today and Tomorrow

BENES, Eduard

First edition; 8vo; original boards. Inscribed by the author on half title,"To my dear friend, H. E. Anthony Eden, with sincere thanks and best wishes, Eduard Benes, Nov...

£2000.00

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Personal address book

Personal address book

CARTER, Howard

Personal address book; 8vo; a lease leaf ring binder with original leather covers. The contains approximately 200 addresses many with telephone numbers, hand written by Carter in pencil...

£5000.00

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Ted Hughes: Waiting for T. S. Eliot

Ted Hughes: Waiting for T. S. Eliot

GILL, Lorraine

Two original signed drawings by Lorraine Gill; 105 by 150mm, ink on paper. Both drawn on the evening of 29th November 1995 at St George's Church, Gloucester Road, London where Ted Hughes recited some of his favourite T...

£450.00

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Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi: Being the 26th and 27th Chapters of Saint Matthew's Gospel from the Latin Text.

Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi: Being the 26th and 27th Chapters of Saint Matthew's Gospel from the Latin Text.

GILL, Eric

Limited edition; 4to; original cream buckram and dust jacket. Edition of 250 copies, this being number 57. Printed in red and black, wood-engraved title vignette and illustrations by Gill...

£1850.00

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The 1922: The Story of the Conservative Backbenchers' Parliamentary Committee

The 1922: The Story of the Conservative Backbenchers' Parliamentary Committee

GOODHART, Philip, with Ursula Branston

First edition; 8vo; original boards and dust jacket. Signed by the author and 15 other members of the 1922 Committee on 5th December 1974. Signatures of Edward du Cann, Charles Morrison, Geoffrey Finsberg, John Biffen, Paul Bryan, Peter Morrison, Mark Carlisle, Nigel Fisher, David Walder, Bernard Braine, Godman Irvine, Airey Neave and three others...

£850.00

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The German Prisoner

The German Prisoner

HANLEY, James

Limited edition; 8vo; original red cloth, frontispiece by William Roberts and an introduction by Richard Aldington. This is number 243 of an edition of 500, signed and numbered by the author on the limitation page...

£475.00

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Wodwo.

Wodwo.

HUGHES, Ted

First edition; 8vo; original boards and dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Henry Williamson, three days before publication, 'To Henry / always with thanks / "We that are young / Shall never see so much nor live so long" / Only an owl knows the worth of an owl / from Ted / 15th May 1967'...

£2000.00

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The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

KEYNES, John Maynard

First edition; 8vo; original blue cloth and dust jacket. One of the most influential economic works of the Twentieth Century. Described as "the chief of his [Keynes'] major theoretical works...

£8000.00

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Secret Speech: Delivered to the Closed Session of the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Secret Speech: Delivered to the Closed Session of the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

KHRUSHCHEV, Nikita Sergeyevich

First edition, first issue, 8vo; original paper wrapper, ink-stamp '3083' to upper cover. Khrushchev's speech, given to a closed session of Communist Party delegates on 25 Feburary 1956, in which he openly denounced Joseph Stalin (who died in March 1953)...

£4000.00

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Signed and dated Power of Attorney in his capacity as Trustee of the Estate of the late Cecil John Rhodes

Signed and dated Power of Attorney in his capacity as Trustee of the Estate of the late Cecil John Rhodes

KIPLING, Rudyard

Signed and dated Power of Attorney in his capacity as Trustees of the late Cecil John Rhodes estate, relating to farms in Melsetter, part of Chimanimani District, in modern Zimbabwe...

£1250.00

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Autograph letter signed

Autograph letter signed

MACDONALD, Ramsey

Autograph letter signed on a Chequers headed card from Prime Minister Ramsey Macdonald to Sir John Foster Fraser. "Though I have to bar journalists from this heaven of rest, you sit on my table and you are a really welcome guest...

£300.00

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Typed letter signed

Typed letter signed

PANKHURST, Christabel

Typed letter signed on 'Votes for Women' National Women's Social & Political Union headed paper, 26th January 1909; 8vo one page. Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958) writes to the Editor of the Evening Standard, reporting that 'Five Women have been arrested for seeking an interview with the Prime Minister at Downing Street and complaining that 'Mr Asquith has never, since assuming this office of Prime Minister, received a deputation from any of the Women's Societies which claim the vote...

£1750.00

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Hitler's Interpreter

Hitler's Interpreter

SCHMIDT, Paul-Otto

Edited by R. H. C. Steed. First English edition; 8vo; original boards. Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon's copy with his bookplate loosely-inserted...

£1250.00

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Autograph Letter signed

Autograph Letter signed "Stephen" to John Morris, Head of the Far Eastern Service of the BBC on the 'Cambridge Spies'

SPENDER, Stephen

Autograph Letter signed, 1½pp, original envelope, 4to, Albergo, Verona, [Italy], 18th June [1951]. "It happens that as Wystan [WH Auden] was staying with us, I was the last person telephoned by Guy Burgess, who wanted to see him...

£2250.00

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The Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and Where is it Going?

The Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and Where is it Going?

TROTSKY, Leon

First edition; 8vo; original cloth boards and dust jacket. Signed and dedicated on the front free end page "To Mr John Finerty with best regards, Leon Trotsky, 13 April...

£3500.00

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Tarka the Otter, by Henry Williamson

Tarka the Otter, by Henry Williamson

TUNNICLIFFE, Charles Frederick

An original pen and pencil drawing on paper, 14 x 8.5 cm, sheet size 22 x 15 cm, measurements in pencil to verso, hinge-mounted. An unused design for the front cover of Henry Williamson's story, first published in 1927...

£3750.00

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A collection of over twenty pamphlets bound in one volume.

A collection of over twenty pamphlets bound in one volume.

VENEREAL DISEASES: Contagious Diseases Acts of the 1860s

A collection of pamphlets bound in one volume. Recently bound in half calf, 8vo. The Contagious Diseases Acts were originally passed by the Parliament in 1864 with additions made in 1866 and 1869...

£1250.00

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Munich. Prologue to Tragedy

Munich. Prologue to Tragedy

WHEELER-BENNETT, John W.

First edition; 8vo; original cloth boards. Inscribed on the front free end paper "For Anthony Eden, with warmest best wishes and very many thanks, John W...

£1750.00

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