Jackson Sir Peter (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 132 pages. J. M. Barrie and Peter Pan with Complete Bibliography, Joseph Conrad with Complete Bibliography, Sir Compton Mackenzie with Complete Bibliography and Crime writer Ngaio Marsh.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. publication no 147, 59pp, illustrated, bound in cream cloth with ldustwrapper; Large Quarto.

hardcover. Condition: New. **HARDBACK**.

Lg quarto, dark grey heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, xv + 509pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to spine extrems & board corners) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers).

Condition: Very Good. First Reprinted edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xviii] 230 printed pages of text, light grey end papers. A little wear to the edges, card taped to the front paste down with tape shadow to the facing page. Very Good condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with a little curling to the top edges, shallow rubs to the corners, not price clipped 50s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 090841700 ESPIONAGE (Clandestine).

Lewis's entry in the Oxford DNB describes how, as Minister of War in 1861, successfully led the British cabinet to reject Lord John Russell and Gladstone's calls for Britain to intervene on behalf of the Confederacy in the American Civil War. 1p, foolscap 8vo. Folded twice. In fair condition, on lightly aged laid paper, with slight chipping at the head. With J. Green & Son 1848 Britannica watermark. Signed 'G. Cornewall Lewis', and addressed to 'Mr. Peter Jackson / The Caxton Press / Angel Street / St. Martin's-le-Grand'. Begins: 'Sir, / I am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the weight of your Letter of the 9th instant, and to inform you that he has not failed to lay before The Queen the Petition of the Members of the Congregation assembling the Divine Worship in Barbican Chapel in the City of London'. The petition opposes 'the opening of the General Post Office on the Lord's Day'.