The Edwardian Era (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.'s copy) by Andre Maurois - 1933

Knaresbrough: Hargrove and Son, 1815. Eleventh. Very Good. Eugene Aram (1704â€"1759) was an English philologist, but also infamous as the murderer celebrated by Thomas Hood in his ballad, The Dream of Eugene Aram, and by Bulwer-Lytton in his 1832 novel Eugene Aram In 1734 he moved to Knaresbrough, where he remained as schoolmaster till 1744 In that year a man named Daniel Clark, a shoemaker and an intimate friend of Aram, after obtaining a considerable quantity of goods from some of the tradesmen in the town, suddenly disappeared Suspicions of being concerned in this swindling transaction fell upon Aram His garden was searched, and some of the goods found there However, there was not sufficient evidence to convict him of any crime, and he was discharged In February 1758 a skeleton was dug up at Thistle Hill in Knaresbrough, and some suspicion arose that it might be Clark's Aram's wife had more than once hinted that her husband and a man named Houseman knew the secret of Clark's disappearance… Read More

London: T. and W. Boone, 1849. First. Good. Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson 2 vol, engraved portrait frontispieces, facsimiles and folding plates, contemporary full calf gilt, unfortunately 3 of 4 boards detached, thus good only Would be very good + if boards were intact, since the books and boards otherwise are in solid, undamaged condition, with tight text blocks 1) [xxxiv],501pp, portrait frontispiece, plate of facsimiles of Nelson's autographs, 3 facsimile letters, 5 facsimile autographs in text & 2) [ii]+668pp, portrait frontispiece, folding engraving of the Danish fleet at Copenhagen, 2 plates of Lady Hamilton, 7 facsimile letters and signatures Interestingly, both volumes include custom facsimiles on quality stock of period newspaper articles of Nelson related stories Most are undated, but one is dated 1853 These are bound in at the end of each volume, 11p in vol1 and 21 p in vol2 This is a quite important work, as it includes facsimile and transcribed Nelson letters… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1966. First editions, first printings all. Fine/Near Fine. This is a complete set of the 8-volume official biography of Winston Churchill, together with the complete 13 companion volumes of Churchill's papers up to 1939 (Four additional volumes of his wartime papers were published later) All 21 volumes are the British first (i.e. "true first") editions, first printing All are in near fine to fine condition, and all include dust jackets There are some minor tears on several dust jackets, apparently from shelf wear, but the books themselves appear unread The companion volumes are all essentially pristine There is really nothing else in print to rival the scale and comprehensiveness of this set, which documents the life of one of the 20th century most important leaders (The last three companion volumes total nearly 5,000 pages by themselves!) In 1966, Winston Churchill's son Randolph began writing a was intended to be a definitive, comprehensive biography of his father However, he… Read More

London: Cassell, 1948. First. Very Good+/Very Good-. A complete set of first editions of all of Churchill's speeches after WWII These volumes are scarcer than his War Speeches, since they were published in smaller quantities These are all the "true first" British editions US editions were published for the first four, but there was no US edition of the last, The Unwritten Alliance All DJ's are in protective mylar covers The Set includes: 1 The Sinews of Peace - 1948, 256 pp Book is fine in orange cloth, with no marks or damage at all Unclipped DJ is near fine, with just slight edge wear at spine ends [Woods A124] 2 Europe Unite - 1950, 506 pp Book is near fine in green cloth, with just very slight bumping at spine ends and extremely slight fading at top spine end Unclipped DJ is very good, with slight chipping at spine ends, and slight darkening on rear [Woods A128] 3 In the Balance, 1951, 406 pp Book is near fine in blue cloth, with just slight bumping on spine ends Cipped DJ is very good, with… Read More

London: Cassell, 1948. First. Very Good+/Very Good-. A complete set of first editions of all of Churchill's speeches after WWII These volumes are scarcer than his War Speeches, since they were published in smaller quantities These are all the "true first" British editions US editions were published for the first four, but there was no US edition of the last, The Unwritten Alliance All DJ's are in protective mylar covers The Set includes: 1 The Sinews of Peace - 1948, 256 pp Book is near fine in orange cloth, with just slight bumping on spine ends and slight darkening of endpapers Unclipped DJ is very good, with just slight chipping at spine ends and slight foxing on rear [Woods A124] 2 Europe Unite - 1950, 506 pp Book is very good in green cloth, with front hinge cracked and very slight bumping at spine ends and top corner Unclipped DJ is very good, with chipping at spine ends, and minor foxing on rear and flaps [Woods A128] 3 In the Balance, 1951, 406 pp Book is near fine in blue cloth, with just… Read More

Knaresbrough: Hargrove and Son, 1815. Eleventh. Very Good. Eugene Aram (1704â€"1759) was an English philologist, but also infamous as the murderer celebrated by Thomas Hood in his ballad, The Dream of Eugene Aram, and by Bulwer-Lytton in his 1832 novel Eugene Aram In 1734 he moved to Knaresbrough, where he remained as schoolmaster till 1744 In that year a man named Daniel Clark, a shoemaker and an intimate friend of Aram, after obtaining a considerable quantity of goods from some of the tradesmen in the town, suddenly disappeared Suspicions of being concerned in this swindling transaction fell upon Aram His garden was searched, and some of the goods found there However, there was not sufficient evidence to convict him of any crime, and he was discharged In February 1758 a skeleton was dug up at Thistle Hill in Knaresbrough, and some suspicion arose that it might be Clark's Aram's wife had more than once hinted that her husband and a man named Houseman knew the secret of Clark's disappearance… Read More

London: T. and W. Boone, 1849. First. Good. Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson 2 vol, engraved portrait frontispieces, facsimiles and folding plates, contemporary full calf gilt, unfortunately 3 of 4 boards detached, thus good only Would be very good + if boards were intact, since the books and boards otherwise are in solid, undamaged condition, with tight text blocks 1) [xxxiv],501pp, portrait frontispiece, plate of facsimiles of Nelson's autographs, 3 facsimile letters, 5 facsimile autographs in text & 2) [ii]+668pp, portrait frontispiece, folding engraving of the Danish fleet at Copenhagen, 2 plates of Lady Hamilton, 7 facsimile letters and signatures Interestingly, both volumes include custom facsimiles on quality stock of period newspaper articles of Nelson related stories Most are undated, but one is dated 1853 These are bound in at the end of each volume, 11p in vol1 and 21 p in vol2 This is a quite important work, as it includes facsimile and transcribed Nelson letters… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1966. First editions, first printings all. Fine/Near Fine. This is a complete set of the 8-volume official biography of Winston Churchill, together with the complete 13 companion volumes of Churchill's papers up to 1939 (Four additional volumes of his wartime papers were published later) All 21 volumes are the British first (i.e. "true first") editions, first printing All are in near fine to fine condition, and all include dust jackets There are some minor tears on several dust jackets, apparently from shelf wear, but the books themselves appear unread The companion volumes are all essentially pristine There is really nothing else in print to rival the scale and comprehensiveness of this set, which documents the life of one of the 20th century most important leaders (The last three companion volumes total nearly 5,000 pages by themselves!) In 1966, Winston Churchill's son Randolph began writing a was intended to be a definitive, comprehensive biography of his father However, he… Read More

London: Cassell, 1948. First. Very Good+/Very Good-. A complete set of first editions of all of Churchill's speeches after WWII These volumes are scarcer than his War Speeches, since they were published in smaller quantities These are all the "true first" British editions US editions were published for the first four, but there was no US edition of the last, The Unwritten Alliance All DJ's are in protective mylar covers The Set includes: 1 The Sinews of Peace - 1948, 256 pp Book is fine in orange cloth, with no marks or damage at all Unclipped DJ is near fine, with just slight edge wear at spine ends [Woods A124] 2 Europe Unite - 1950, 506 pp Book is near fine in green cloth, with just very slight bumping at spine ends and extremely slight fading at top spine end Unclipped DJ is very good, with slight chipping at spine ends, and slight darkening on rear [Woods A128] 3 In the Balance, 1951, 406 pp Book is near fine in blue cloth, with just slight bumping on spine ends Cipped DJ is very good, with… Read More

London: Cassell, 1948. First. Very Good+/Very Good-. A complete set of first editions of all of Churchill's speeches after WWII These volumes are scarcer than his War Speeches, since they were published in smaller quantities These are all the "true first" British editions US editions were published for the first four, but there was no US edition of the last, The Unwritten Alliance All DJ's are in protective mylar covers The Set includes: 1 The Sinews of Peace - 1948, 256 pp Book is near fine in orange cloth, with just slight bumping on spine ends and slight darkening of endpapers Unclipped DJ is very good, with just slight chipping at spine ends and slight foxing on rear [Woods A124] 2 Europe Unite - 1950, 506 pp Book is very good in green cloth, with front hinge cracked and very slight bumping at spine ends and top corner Unclipped DJ is very good, with chipping at spine ends, and minor foxing on rear and flaps [Woods A128] 3 In the Balance, 1951, 406 pp Book is near fine in blue cloth, with just… Read More