Editor Romney Sedgwick (13 results)

vg/vg, some paper toning, dj lite edgewear, o/w clean & tight. size approx 5x8 with 278 pages. Illustrated by photographs. 1st revised. Binding is maroon hc.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. No dust-jacket. Boards are warped, pastedowns foxed, and some minor evidence of pests. Text block is solid and in very good condition, save minor tanning. No known marginalia. Contains a 68-page introductory essay by Romney Sedgwick, paginated in roman numerals; letters paginate from 1-277. Sedgwick suggests that these letters, which were almost lost, and represent a rare portion of George III's correspondence with Bute that had not been destroyed, are crucial to fixing distortions that appear in prior histories of George III. For example, the letters show the origin of the view that George III was attempting to subvert the system of responsible government, an accusation manufactured originally by his political opponents. Richard Romney Sedgwick (1894-1972) was a British historian, civil servant and diplomat. Hardcover, acceptable condition. 277 pages plus introduction and publisher's list, octavo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. No dust-jacket. Boards are warped, pastedowns foxed, and some minor evidence of pests. Text block is solid and in very good condition, save minor tanning. No known marginalia. Contains a 68-page introductory essay by Romney Sedgwick, paginated in roman numerals; letters paginate from 1-277. Sedgwick suggests that these letters, which were almost lost, and represent a rare portion of George III's correspondence with Bute that had not been destroyed, are crucial to fixing distortions that appear in prior histories of George III. For example, the letters show the origin of the view that George III was attempting to subvert the system of responsible government, an accusation manufactured originally by his political opponents. Richard Romney Sedgwick (1894-1972) was a British historian, civil servant and diplomat. Hardcover, acceptable condition. 277 pages plus introduction and publisher's list, octavo.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition vintage book including an acceptable dust jacket. Second edition. General foxing and toning but still fine and fit for purpose.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Spanning the first ten years of George IIs reign these memoirs are alive with the bustle and intrigue of a world where privacy was rare and elegance jostled with dirt and brutality. / This is the 'revised' 2nd impression paperback in good condition-the covers is edges are rubbed. (278 pages & 9 pages of introduction & 8 pages of illustrations).…

paperback. Condition: Good. Highlighted; spine repaired with clear tape; jh.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Set Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. 3 volumes. 8vo. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, one of 900 copies. T.e.g. Slightest fading to spine of covers. Faintly bumped spine ends of covers. Minor spotting to deckled bottom and fore edges of textblocks. Faint uneven toning to f.p.d.s. Faint toning to margins of leaves. Chipping and tearing to joint ends, spine ends, and fore corners of yellowed, faintly scratched, and slightly spotted glassine d.j.s. Some cracking across with occasional chipping to fore edges of glassine d.j.s. Occasional tearing with minor chipping to glassine d.j. edges. Tear with chipping bissecting middle of glassine d.j. spine of volume 3. Tearing with minor chipping to rear joints of volumes 1 & 2. Slight starting to upper gutter of 303-305 of volume 1. VG/VG THE SET.…

Hardcover - as published. Limited Edition. VG. 890 of 900 nubered copies. Three volumes, blue cloth spines are sunned. Slipcase, is FAIR.

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. No jacket. First Edition Thus. London:(Eyre and Spottiswoode, Publishers). The Kings Printers. 1931. 1st edition thus, limited to 900 copies of which this is No. 248.  pp.,lxii+313; (315)-648; (649)-1004. Illustrated with 5 portraits. Hardcover.  Blue buckram spines all sun-faded, with light soiling and shelfwear.  Vol. 2 has 2/88 written on front cover, now faded, in some sort of crayon. The other two volumes have the same numbers to the 1st free end-pages. Volume 3 has some bubbling to covers both front and rear.  Top page edges gilt on all volumes.  Internally all 3 volumes have a previous owners label to top of 1st free end-page, and all have age-toning to end-papers.  Otherwise a very good, clean set. Bindings are tight with hinges intact. *"Printed from a copy of the original manuscript in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle; and from the original manuscript at Ickworth.".Tp.…

Gilt Decorated Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. Limited Numbered Edition. 3 volumes. Numbered limited edition, one of 900 copies. Bevelled buckram boards, gilt crest to front in buckram slipcase. Top edge gilt. Uncut. Spines evenly sunned. Bindings square and tight. Fresh internally, no markings. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 8vo. …

Hardcover. Octavo, Three volumes continuously paged (lx, 1003 pages). In Good condition. Spines are blue with gold print. Boards have mitred edges, gilt heraldry on front panel. Light wear to spine caps and corners, light shelf wear. Text blocks have gilt top edge. Spotting to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece in each volume, 2 additional plates in first volume. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-volume Section. 1390677. FP New Rockville Stock. First complete edition; Limited edition 667/900. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Very good condition, first edition, Volume I, II and III complete. This edition is limited to nine hundred copies of which this is number 733. Includes five plates, and newspaper clipping laid in. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering to spines and gilt crests to fronts (no dust jackets). Page bock heads are gilt edged, faces and feet are rough cut. Spines are faded and sunned. Some minor rubbing and handling marks to boards, and corners are a little bumped. Page blocks are tanned. Inside pages all very clean and tightly bound. LW. Used.…