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Nancy Mitford: a Memoir. First Edition in dustjacket

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London, 1975,:

Seller ID: 92

[MITFORD, Nancy] ACTON, Harold. Nancy Mitford : A Memoir. London : Hamish Hamilton, 1975. Pp (10),xi-xvi,1-252,(2) + 12 pp plates. 8vo, rose cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Ritchie, Harold Acton : A Bibliography. A23a. Several page corner creased from in-lieu-of-book-mark folding over, else very good in unclipped dustjacket. Ex libris Rev. R.J. MacSween (1915-1990) with his name on flyleaf. 25.00
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Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial : A Handbook.

By: BRUCE-MITFORD, Rupert

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Trustees of the British Museum, 1972,:

Seller ID: 68566

BRUCE-MITFORD, Rupert. The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial : A Handbook. L: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1968. Pp. 85. With 31 figures (including 4 folding charts) + 4 colour plates, 32 monochrome plates at rear. 8vo, white ill. card covers, black titles to front and spine. A detailed look at the excavation and artifacts found following the 1938 discovery of a sizeable groupof ancient burial mounds, or barrows, on the heathlands of Sutton Hoo in W oodbridge, England. Covers slightly browned, else vg. 30.00
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Grace had an English Heart. UK in dj

By: DARLING, Grace). MITFORD, Jessica MITFORD, Jessica

Price: $25.00

Publisher: 1988,:

Seller ID: 16834

(DARLING, Grace). MITFORD, Jessica. Grace Had an English Heart. (L.: 1988). Pp 176. 8vo, green cloth. On Grace Darling and her part in the 1838 rescue of survivors from the wrecked steamer Forfarshire on the coast of Northumberland. Well-illustrated. Vg in dj. 25.00
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Atlantic Monthly. Volume 193, Number 6, June 1954

By: FROST, Robert MITFORD, Nancy McCLOY, John J.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly, Concord, N.H., 1954,:

Seller ID: 85349

(FROST, Robert; MITFORD, Nancy; McCLOY, John J.). The Atlantic Monthly. Volume 193, Number 6, June 1954. Concord, N.H.: The Atlantic Monthly, 1954. Pp[1]-96. Double Column. 4to, illustrated yellow and black wrappers. Include s : “Ten Years from Now” (by John J. McCloy, pp 26-30); “One More Brevity” (a poem by Robert Frost, p. 34); “How to Catch a King: Madame de Pompadour”[2nd of 2 parts] (by Nancy Mitford, pp 39-46); and much more. Rubbed, pen mark to front cover, else very good. 20.00
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Atlantic Monthly. Volume 193, Number 5, May 1954

By: HEMINGWAY, Ernest MITFORD, Nancy FENTON, Charles A.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly, Concord, N.H., 1954,:

Seller ID: 85348

(MITFORD, Nancy; HEMINGWAY, Ernest; FENTON, Charles A.). The Atlantic Monthly. Volume 193, Number 5, May 1954. Concord, N.H.: The Atlantic Monthly, 1954. Pp [1]-96. Double Column. 4to, illustrated red wrappers. Includes : “How to Catch a King: Madame de Pompadour” [1st of 2 parts] (by Nancy Mitford,pp 25-34, to be continued); “Ernest Hemingway: The Paris Years” [3rd of 3 parts] (by Charles A. Fenton, pp 39-44); and much more. Very good. 30.00
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Tale of Forty Seven Ronins

By: MITFORD, A.B.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Shoeido, Tokio / Tokyo, 1890,:

Seller ID: 96610

MITFORD, A.B. The Tale of Forty Seven Ronins. Tokio : Shoeido, n.d. [late 19th century]. Pp (2),[1]-24,(2). frontispiece. Small 8vo, illustrated whitestitched wrappers. From the Tales of Old Japan by A.B. Mitford which was f ist published in London in 1871. Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (1837-1916), Lord Redesdale, was in the British Foreign Service as a young man. He was assigned to the legation in Japan for several years and acquired a life-long fascination with Japanese culture. This book has been a standard source of information about Japanese folklore and customs. Covers worn, nicked, ...
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Sketches of English Life and Character. With Sixteen Reproductions from thePaintings of Stanhope A. Forbes.

By: MITFORD, Mary R.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: T. N. Foulis, Edinburgh and London, 1909,:

Seller ID: 95872

MITFORD, Mary R. Sketches of English Life and Character. With Sixteen Reproductions from the Paintings of Stanhope A. Forbes. Edinburgh and London : T. N. Foulis, 1909. Pp [1]-320,(4,ads),+ 16 tipped in plates with printed guards. 8vo, red cloth, gilt lettering to front board and spine, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Contents : A Great Farmhouse; A Country Cricket Match;A Village Beau; Tom Cordery; Bramley Maying; A Country Apothecary; The Cop se; Whitsun Eve; The Rat-catcher; The Old Gipsy; The Bird-catcher; A Visit to Lucy; Hannah Bint; Doctor Tubb; A Country Barber; Our Maying; The Hard S...
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Lovely She Goes!

By: MITFORD, William

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Lippincott, 1970,:

Seller ID: 32688

MITFORD, William. Lovely She Goes!: A Story of Arctic Trawling. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1970. Pp 194. 8vo, black spine with green boards. "The heroine of the story- small, trim, and occasionally stubborn- is the Arctic Fox, a fishing trawler out of the English port of Grimsby. This is an account of a three-week voyage that takes the Arctic Fox 3,421 miles across two of the most inhospitable oceans of the world to the southern limits of the polar ice cap." -from the dj. Owner's signature, else vg in rubbed dj. 30.00
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Lovely She Goes! : A Story of Arctic Trawling UK in dj

By: MITFORD, William

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Michael Joseph, London, 1969,:

Seller ID: 14179

MITFORD, William. Lovely She Goes! [dj adds: A Story of Arctic Trawling]. London : Michael Joseph, (1969). First Printing. Pp 195. Map. 8vo, blue cloth. An account of the Arctic Fox, fishing from the port of Grimsby. "'LovelyShe Goes' is a cry which belongs to the age of sail. It can still be heard when a trawler leaves port for distant waters, and is made from the bows t o the man at the wheel when the ship is free to pass through the lock gatesto the open seas. After that there is no turning back.. The men of Grimsby have answered the call of the sea ever since this famous port furnished...
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