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hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Good Slipcase. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Book Club Edition. First Book Club edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of largely dark blue jacket and spine, spine and strips of front jacket slightly faded, corners slightly bruised, no price, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 220p, illustrated. With the victory of Henry Tudor, the usurping dynasty made an effort to besmirch the last Plantagenet's reputation, and some historians claim that Richard's "black legend" is nothing more than political propaganda. Yet such an interpretation, as Desmond Seward shows in this powerfully argued book, suggests a refusal to face the facts of history. Even in the king's lifetime there were rumours about his involvement in the murders of Henry VI and of his nephews, the 'Princes in the Tower' while his reign was considered by many to be a nightmare, not least for the king himself. The real Richard III was both a chilling and compelling monarch, a peculiarly grim young English precursor of Machiavelli's Prince. Sweeping aside sentimental fantasy, this is a colourful, authoritative biography that offers a definitive picture of both the age and the man. Jacket after an original portrait (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition Thus. [9], Vi-Xxix, [3], 367, [1], 401-472, [4] Pages, [1] Leaf Of Plates : Portrait (Copper Engraving) ; 23 Cm (8Vo). (Note That Pages Vii, 468, 470 Are Mis-Numbered Vi, 486, 468 Respectively). List Of Presidents At End [473], Followed By Three Pages Of Ads. The Leaves Are 20.8 X 12.5 Cm. First Published 1780 In The U.S., First London And Irish Editions 1782, This Edition Considerably Enlarged With Treaties, Etc. In 1783. Original Speckled Calf, Worn, Edges Frayed And Rounded; Spine, Newly Re-Backed To Style, Red Morocco Spine Label, Gilt. . Contents Complete, Including Frontispiece Of Washington. Tightly Bound. Bookplate, Motto Pro Rege Et Patria / Denique Caelum", Motto Of The Leslie-Melville Family, The Earls Of Leven And Earls Of Melville, With Printed Signature Of "A. Leslie Melville" . The Honorable Major General Alexander Leslie (1731 - 1794), Son Of The 5Th Earl Leven And 6Th Earl Of Melville, Was A Major General In The British Army During The American Revolutionary War. He Was The Commander Of The British Troops At The Battle Of Harlem Heights. He Replaced Cornwallis As Commander In The South In 1782. Very Little Is Known Of His Childhood. Leslie Was Brother To Lady Mary Hamilton. He Enlisted In The 3Rd Foot Guards Of The British Army In 1753. He Was Promoted To Lieutenant-Colonel Of The 64Th Regiment Of Foot In 1766. In 1775, Before The American War Of Independence Broke Out, He Led Troops To Salem, Massachusetts Looking For Contraband Weapons. His Advance Was Delayed By A Standoff At A Bridge, During Which The Colonists Removed The Weapons He Was Looking For. His Force Was Eventually Allowed To Proceed, But Found Nothing Of Consequence, And Was Received With Hostility During The Expedition. In 1776, Leslie Was Promoted To Brigadier-General. He Fought In The Battle Of Long Island, The Landing At Kip's Bay, The Battle Of White Plains And The Battle Of Harlem Heights, The Battle Of Princeton And The Siege Of Charleston During The American War Of Independence. At Princeton, His Nephew, Captain William Leslie Was Mortally Wounded. In 1780, He Was Sent To The Chesapeake Bay By Sir Henry Clinton In Order To "Make A Powerful Diversion In [Earl Cornwallis's] Favor By Striking At The Magazines Then Collecting By The Enemy . For Supplying The Army They Were Assembling To Oppose Him." He Became Major General In 1782 And Was Made Colonel Of The 63Rd (West Suffolk) Regiment Of Foot The Same Year. He Transferred In 1788 To Be Colonel Of The 9Th (East Norfolk) Regiment Of Foot To His Death. Also, With A Later Gift Inscription Dated 1960.…

Condizione: Good. Engraving. 8.5 x 11 cm. Very Good with minor foxing.

Condizione: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original purple paper-covered boards, with Rea Irvin illustration and gilt title lettering to the front board. Folio. 14½'' x 10½''. Contains 24 pages of humorous colour illustrations by Rea Irvin with text around concerning the demise of the network, as shares in the company continued to be sold off owing to its success. The network was organised on September 29, 1934, with the members contracting for telephone-line transmission facilities and agreeing to collectively enter into contracts with advertisers for their networked shows. WOR and WGN, based in the two largest markets and providing the bulk of the programming, were the acknowledged leaders of the group. On October 29, 1934, Mutual Broadcasting System, Inc. was incorporated, with Bamberger and WGN Inc. each holding 50% of the stock-five each of the ten total shares. To ascertain the approximate year of the is book the company shares in early 1940 show; Shareholder Lead station Shares: Bamberger Broadcasting WOR 25, WGN Inc. WGN 25, Don Lee Network KHJ 25, Colonial Network WAAB 6, United Broadcasting WHK 6, Western Ontario Broadcasting CKLW 6, The Cincinnati Times-Star WKRC 6, Fred Weber Mutual General Manager 1. Along the bottom edge of page 10 shows 'Percent (August 1939) of network hours originating outside of New York, Chicago, and California MUTUAL 32.3%, NETWORK A 16.2%, NETWORK B 23.0%'. Long rubbed scuff mark to the front cover, corners and spine ends rubbed, light foxing to the end papers and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. HUMOUR (Satire, Cartoon).…

Condizione: In fine condition. With an original, vintage, black and white photo portrait of the author. First edition. Samizdat. Typescript, carbon copy, copied and signed by Olga Havlová. The 62 volume of "Edice Expedice". In publisher's cloth with gilt "EE" (initials of the publisher) on front panel and title on spine. (2), 106 leaves; and 10 plates of photographic reproductions. Samizdat edition, with several full page photographic illustrations and an original photo portrait of the author. Signed by Olga Havlová the wife of Václav Havel. One of the earliest book by Vlastimil T?e?ák the Czech singer-songwriter and writer, who was forced to emigrate from Czechoslovakia because of signing Charta 77 and for other oppositional political activities. "Edice Expedice" (Dispatch Series) was a series of typewritten, carbon copied editions of independent literature, founded by Václav Havel in 1975. During Havel's imprisonment his wife Olga Havlová took charge of it. . In publisher's cloth with gilt "EE" (initials of the publisher) on front panel and title on spine First edition. Samizdat. Typescript, carbon copy, copied and signed by Olga Havlová. The 62 volume of "Edice Expedice". With an original, vintage, black and white photo portrait of the author. (illustratore).…