Lions in Winter by Turowetz, Allan, and Goyens, Chrys - 1986

First editions. 2 volumes. Sumptibus Soc. Antiq. Londinensis. Londoni. 1840, 1844. Royal 8vo. ccxxxvii, 288pp, engraved frontis., folding map, hand coloured in outline; ccxxx, 575pp, engraved frontis. Recent quarter full grained calf, cream cloth, spines with raised bands in six compartments, gilt lettering, blind tooling and rules, new endpapers. Pages untrimmed. Plates and titles spotted, small ink spot to margin I, 9. Light pencil date annotation to margins. Bookplates of David Douglas. A crisp and handsome set.
Stapleton, Thomas (1806 – 1849), antiquary, FRS, was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on 15 January 1839. His most important literary work was this edition of the rolls of the Norman exchequer, printed by the Society of Antiquaries as Magni rotuli scaccarii Normanniae sub regibus Angliae (2 vols., 1840 – 4), which 150 years later remains the authoritative edition of these important twelfth-century records. (ODNB)
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Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1910. Quarto. (5), 150, (1)pp. Tissue guarded mounted colour frontis., 24 further tissue guarded mounted colour plates. Original red and black decorative cloth, in excellent condition. Toned to endpapers, edges lightly spotted. A lovely copy.Publishers' original decorative red and black box, lightly rubbed and faded.
Together with "Jorrocks on 'unting and 'osses". Hodder and Stoughton. Printed at The Edinburgh Press London. nd. Small 8vo. 12pp. Mounted colour plate. Line illus. Card boards, with mounted colour vignette to upper cover. Ribbon tie. Covers lightly faded.

2 volumes. Royal octavo. Wm. Isbister Limited. London. 1889. Two mounted tissue guarded Woodburytype photo frontispieces, 33 illustrations. xviii, (1), 326pp.; ix, (1), 370pp. Half speckled calf, renewed to spines, marbled boards, gilt lettering, rules and floral and foliar edging. Marbled endpapers. Light shelf wear to edges and rubbing to corners. Light spotting to endpapers. A handsome bright crisp set.
Mary Howitt (1799-1888) Poet, writer, journalist, translator, editor of numerous books. Wife of William, "The Howitts had been all their lives great wanderers; they would journey for weeks or months at a time, chiefly on foot, through England, Wales, or Scotland, and the Continent, and knew intimately and minutely every place they wrote about. Their literary industry was marvellous, as is shown by appended list of books. Mary Howitt's name was attached, either as author, editor, or translator, to 110 works." (Evelyn Noble Armitage) A beautifully written vivid literary autobiography.

Longman Green & Co. London. 1890. Octavo. (2), 424pp. Handsome full contemporary morocco. Spine in six compartments with raised bands. Gilt lettering to spine. Blind triple bordering rules to boards. Inner gilt curlicues. All edges gilt. Triple banded silk bookmark. Some slight shelfwear. Appears unread. Eton prize binding with bookplate to fep (Edmund Warre).
John Conington (1825 - 1869) Classical scholar. Corpus Professor of Latin at the University of Oxford from 1854 till his death.

New York: Island Records & Mango Records, 1993. Illustrated by Adrian Boot photos, color reproductions. First edition. Limited edition 146212. gloss pictorial paper boards, 4 CDS. Tall 8vo. pp. 65. Near Fine/Fine CDS. Small nick to rear cover, else fine. Preface by Chris Blackwell. Introduction by Linton Kwesi Johnson. 35 years of Jamaican Hits: Ska, Rock Steady, Reggae, Dub, Dance Hall, Ragga. Original blank Mango Records promo card laid in..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in fine dust jacket. PEN/ Faulkner Award winner.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Most uncommon signed. Winner of The National Book Award.

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BRAND NEW HUNGER GAMES 4 HARDCOVER BOOK SET INCLUDES ALL 4 TITLES:THE HUNGER GAMESMOCKINGJAYCATCHING FIRETHE BALLAD OF THE SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES (This title released on May 19, 2020)Picture is stock photo (This is not a box set)

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