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THE MEMOIRS OF ELISABETH VIGEE-LE BRUN Member of the Royal Academy of Paris Rouen, Saint-Luke of Rome, Parma, Bologna, Saint-Petersburg, Berlin, Geneva and Avignon

VIGEE-LE BRUN Elisabeth, EVANS Sian [Translator] · 1989

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Camden Press, 1989. 0948491396 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. 368, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's armorial book-plate on front paste-down; no inscriptions).

THE REBEL AND THE PEACEMAKER The Incredible Story of Charles and Mary Bagot

ROBERTS Geraldine · 2026

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

August Books, 2026. 9781835984062 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xiii + 425, illus with b&w photos in text (no inscriptions).

WILLIAM STUKELEY AN Eighteenth-Century Antiquary

PIGGOTT Stuart · 1985

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Thames & Hudson, 1985. 9780500013601 Revised and enlarged edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (lightly marked on lower cover - otherwise near Fine). Pp. 191, illus with b&w plates and with b&w drawings in text (previous owner's armorial bo...

LORD MELBOURNE 1779-1848

MITCHELL L.G. · 1997

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Oxford University Press, 1997. 9780198205920 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xviii + 349, illus with b&w plates, tables and genealogical tables (previous owner's armorial book-plate...

TOUR DE FRANCE

COBB Richard · 1976

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1976. 0715607200 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (some slight rubbing on upper board - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped), Pp. xxiv + 216 (no inscriptions).

COLETTE EARTHLY PARADISE An Autobiography Drawn from Her Lifetime Writings

COLETTE Sidonie-Gabrielle, PHELPS Robert [Editor] · 1966

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Secker & Warburg, 1966 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (bumped at head of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (chipped at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxxiv + 505 (no inscriptions).

A NEW LIFE OF ANTON CHEKHOV

HINGLEY Ronald · 1976

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Oxford University Press, 1976. 0192117297 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xx + 358, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

MEMOIRS Volume I [&] Volume II

BENOIS Alexandre, BUDBERG Moura [Translator] · 1960

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Chatto & Windus, 1960 [&] 1964 1st edn. 2 vols. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue and red cloth (VG), no dustwrappers. Pp. 286 [&] 267, illus with b&w plates (endpapers tanned; previous owner's bookplate on front paste-downs; no inscriptions).

HUBERT HOWARD A Man for All Seasons

HOWARD Esme · 2021

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Marble Hill, 2021. 9781838303648 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xiii + 180, illus with coloured and b&w plates and b&w photos in text (no inscriptions).

THE KING OF INVENTORS A Life of Wilkie Collins

PETERS Catherine · 1991

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Princeton University Press, 1991. 0691033927 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xiii + 502, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

THE ART OF SCANDAL Life and Times of Isabella Stewart Gardner

SHAND-TUCCI Douglas · 1997

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New York: HarperCollins, 1997. 9780060186432 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black and purple cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, price clipped). Pp. xvi + 351, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

ELIZABETH GASKELL A Habit of Stories

UGLOW Jenny · 1993

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Faber and Faber, 1993 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (page edges tanned - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xiii + 690, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

THE YELLOW EARL The Life of Hugh Lowther 5th Earl of Lonsdale 1857-1944

SUTHERLAND Douglas · 1969

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Cassell, 1969 4th edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (upper board discoloured at bottom edge - otherwise VG), repaired tears on lower cover and ight wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 272, illus with b&w plates and genealogical t...

A KING'S STORY The Memoirs of H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor K.G.

WINDSOR Duke of · 1951

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Cassell, 1951 2nd edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth, top edge red (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xvi + 440, illus with coloured endpaper maps and b&w plates (no inscriptions).

BURN THIS LETTER Love and Trouble in a Marriage of Four

PEDERSEN Susan · 2026

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John Murray, 2026. 9781399806220 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black lettered orange cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (front inside fold creased - otherwise VG). Pp. xix + 328, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

THE BARD OF COLOUR ROBERT ROSE The Life of a Poet and Activist in the Nineteenth Century

COOPER Glynis · 2026

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Pen & Sword Books, 2026. 9781036110321 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. ix + 162, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

BONAPARTE 1769-1802

GUENIFFEY Patrice · 2013

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2013 Rebound paperback edn. Tall 8vo. Rebound in gilt lettered maroon buckram cloth with original pictorial upper cover stuck to rear paste-down (small mark on lower board - otherwise Fine). Pp. 855, illus with coloured plates (previous owner's armor...

MONSIEUR ET MADAME TALLIEN

BOURQUIN Marie-Helene · 1987

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Paris: Librairie Académique Perrin, 1987 Rebound paperback edn. 8vo. Rebound in gilt lettered green buckram cloth (Fine). Pp. 385, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). [French text].

MADAME TALLIEN La reine du Directoire 1773-1835

GILLES Christian · 1999

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Biarritz: Atlantica, 1999 Rebound paperback edn. 8vo. Rebound in gilt lettered maroon buckram cloth with original pictorial upper cover stuck to front paste-down (Fine). Pp. 348 (no inscriptions). [French text].

BECOMING GEORGE The Invention of George Sand

SAMPSON Fiona · 2026

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Doubleday, 2026. 9781529924336 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 384 (no inscriptions).