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The Times The Churchill Years 1874-1965 . Text by ' The Times'
London William Heinemann Ltd 1965 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good in Good dust jacket
Black cloth bound boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. The edges of the boards have some slight light fading. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which has been price-clipped, is also slightly faded in parts to the top edge and with chips and tears both of which are now closed (neatly repaired with archive tape to the reverse) where possible - but with some loss mainly to the top of the spine, but not affecting any lettering. The black edges have also been re-coloured and although the d/j is overall just Good it is 98% complete - and is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks much better - Near VG. NO Inscriptions or Marks. VERY Clean and tight internally. An Excellent photo-biography. Forward by Lord Butler of Saffron Walden. 264 large size pages including a chronology of Sir Winston Churchill's life, a list of his books and speeches and index, etc. Lavishly illustrated throughout with numerous black and white and some colour plates. " 'The Churchill Years' chronicles ninety of the most momentous years of British and of world history, relating to the life span of the greatest Englishman of his time, Sir Winston Churchill." This book is overweight and very heavy and MAY require extra postage depending on your location. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall
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18.00 GBP
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"The Times" THE LIFE OF QUEEN VICTORIA. Reproduced from "The Times" with Photogravure Illustrations.
London "The Times" & Sampson Low, Marston & Company Limited. 1901 Limited Edition 846/1000 Hardcover Good+ Illustrated by The Misses Capper
In Full Scarlet Red Leather boards Elaborately blocked/decorated in Gold with a large gold border on the front and rear boards with the Royal Coat of Arms in the centre of this border, which is surrounded by numerous small gold stamped Thistles (Scotland), Leeks (Wales), Roses (England) and Shamrocks (Ireland) which completely fill the surrounding area, apart from large Decorative corners. The Front and Rear boards are Very Bright, 'tho there is some rubbing/chaffing to the edges/corners of the boards, now 'tidied up' and looking pretty good with some toned leather polish. The spine, however, - which has five raised bands, gold titling/lettering, and the other compartments similarly filled with thistles, leeks, roses and shamrocks - is a little faded/sl. worn/cracking to the edges and with a small edge loss to the head of the spine. Overall a Very Handsome and Sumptuous Binding, as befits a Queen, of course! Internally No Inscriptions. Plain Navy endpapers. There is an heraldic bookplate of 'William MacAndrew, Westwood, Essex' on the front pastedown. Printed on Quality rough-edged paper (type not stated) with 18 Fine Sepia Photogravure Engravings, including the Frontispiece, all of which are thick 'tissue' Guarded with Captions to each. There is a double-fold Geanealogial table of Queen Victoria's Descendants at the end. An integral thick blue ribbon marker has split/frayed from its 'mooring' in the spine. The Initial letters to the chapters are charmingly illustrated in black and white by the Misses Capper. Overall a Very Clean, Beautifully Bound, Limited Edition of this work. Images available on Request.; 108203; Limited Edition of 1000 Copies; 4to LARGE
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120.00 GBP
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