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London, The Pilgrim Press, nd.. Hardback. Good+/ No dj. vii, 263pp with coloured frontis. & black/white illustrations by John F. Campbell plus 16pp Publishers catalogue. Prize label dated 1929 on front pastedown. Light foxing to prelimns & edges. Blue lightly scuffed & soiled pictorial covers . .

London, Warne, 1950;. 1st edition; Hardback; Very good/ Dj Good+; 256pp with coloured frontis.; Prize label on ffep; Red covers with yellow lettering; Dust jacket by Leslie H. Shepherd has some edge wear. " Newly escaped from slavery in Barbados a young Welshman Hugh Morgan arrives at Port Royal in 1669 determined to join the buccaneers." m .

lonodn, Hutchinson, 1943;. Reprint. Hardback. Very good/ Dust jacket poor. 272pp. Black covers with gilt title on spine. Protected dust jacket has loss at spine extremities, edge wear, price 9/6d intact. "A novel based on the life story of Chopin." .

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1907;. 1st edition. Hardback. Good/ No dust jacket. 336pp with delightful tissue guarded colour frontis. by Elsa Hahn. Faint foxing on endpapers.Text pages are clean, unmarked and in good condition with no foxing. Green marked covers with bright gilt title on front & spine. .

London, John Lane, 1910;. Hardback. Good/ No dust jacket. 332pp with illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg plus 14pp publishers catalogue. green lightly marked covers with faded white title on front & spine. Book text pages are clean, unmarked and in good condition with no foxing Neat inscription on free front endpaper. All Overseas postings via Air Mail. .

London, Cassell, 1935;. 3rd edition. Hardback. Very good/ No dust jacket.410pp. Black covers with gilt title on lightly sunned spine. .

Edinburgh/ London, Sands & Co, 1905;. Hbk; Good+; xv, 379pp incl. index with tissue guarded Frontis. & 7 Illustrations plus 4pp Pub. Ads; Brown covers with gilt title ; Front edges untrimmed, Top edge gilt; Spine slightly faded, light wear to spine extremities.Chapters include Margaret Tudor, The Runic Crosses of Northumbria, The Royal Library & Charles the First and the Popish Plot. .

London, J. Parsons, 1794;. Hardback. 5.5" x 3.5". Good+ condition. v, 302pp with Portrait frontis. and 2 other engravings plus index. Marbled endpapers with Wherwell Priory armorial on bookplate on front pastedown. Small split in internal hinge. Brown leather scuffed covers with gilt line decoration on front & back edge, gilt decoration on spine rubbed off. Crack on front hinge but boards firm. Internally very clean and tight. .

Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Coy, 1976; 0--672-52201-2. 1st Edition; SIGNED; Nr Fine/ Dw Good+; 356pp with red endpapers; Dust wrapper has small tears, edge wear. A Novel about Christopher Marlowe. .

London, Warne, nd;. reprint, G++/no Dw, 312pp with coloured frontispiece by R. Mills. Brown covers embossed in art nouveau style with gilt title on spine & black lettering. Page cracked at title page but firm, light soiling to back cover. hard to find in this edition. .

London, Cassell, nd. (c 1900?). G++/ No DW; 382pp with 4pp Pub. Ads; Green blind dec. covers with gilt title on spine. Mk on front, owners inscript. in pencil. .

London, Shaw, nd ( c 1900's?);. New Edition; Hardback; Good+/ No dj; 380pp with delightful illustrations. Lacks ffep, pages slightly age browned; Red pictorial covers with gilt lettering. Some marks on back cover. All edges gilt. An exciting story of the British Empire. .

London, Century Hutchinson for the Leisure Circle,1985;. Hbk; Nr Fine/ Dj Very Good++; 479pp with Genological table on endpapers; Blue covers with gilt title on spine. Set against the backdrop of the royal court of Scotland and the papal court of Rome. .