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While the author has not been name it is suspected to be Payne Fisher who was Poet Laureate to Oliver Cromwell.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Love Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365186732328,"sku":"45970","price":1165.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-home-of-the-blizzard-being-the-story-of-the-australian-antarctic-expedition-1911-1914-two-volumes","title":"The Home Of The Blizzard - Being the Story of the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911 - 1914. Two Volumes","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlong with Amundsen, Scott and Shackleton, Mawson  was an expedition leader during what is known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Awarded an OBE, the was nevertheless a geologist first and explorer second and these famous, classic volumes  cover the exploration in 1911 to 1914 of King George V Land and Adelie Land neither of which had been previously explored, so that the charted over 2000 miles of coastline and several glaciers.  Not uncommonly having to resort to eating their huskies  when food ran out and also enduring the deaths of two other expedition members Belgrave Ninnis and then Xavier Mertz, the experiences of the Mawson party were heroic in the extreme and Mawson's description of arriving solo back at base  after 30 days trekking solo and then seeing his ship departing in the distance condemning him to wintering-over with scarce supplies (but fortunately with  the six men who volunteered to  to stay behind as  a rescue mission) ,is quite unforgettable. the did return to Antarctica from 1929 to 1931 in the British, Australian,New Zealand Research Expedition that was largely government funded.  These two beautiful volumes in such excellent condition are a must for an appropriate collector. As always the text block is too heavy for the board covers, but these two books are still as good or better than is usually seen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Love Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365204984104,"sku":"46621","price":2650.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"lawrence-and-the-arabs","title":"Lawrence And The Arabs","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo be sold with its likewise uniformly rebound sister volume (7 Pillars 1955), This is the story of the Middle East in the early 20th century - through the eyes of arguably two of that period's greatest Englishmen - Robert Graves and Lawrence of Arabia. Beginning his life-long affair with the Middle East, T.E Lawrence made his first journey to the region, a four month walking tour of Syria studying the Crusaders' castles, while still a student at Oxford. the later returned to the area as an archeologist and at the outbreak of World War I was attached to British Army intelligence in Egypt. In 1916 the set out on his greatest adventure. With no backing, Lawrence joined Arab forces facing almost insurmountable odds in a rebellion against Turkish domination. His brilliance as a desert war strategist made him a hero among the Arabs, a legendary figure throughout the world, and earned him the moniker Lawrence of Arabia. Lawrence, though, had a major dislike of publicity and, at the time Graves began writing this book, had begun a life of self-imposed obscurity as T.E. Shaw, an anonymous RAF soldier.First published in 1927, Grave's biography remains a unique study of Lawrence. As a close personal friend (Lawrence had earlier saved the aspiring poet from bankruptcy), Graves was the only biographer to write with Lawrence's permission and cooperation, enabling Graves to bring to this intensely personal book, the precision  and insight that was necessary to separate the man from the myth.Several rare photos, illustrations and maps are included throughout. Overall a stunningly beautiful pair of expertly uniform rebound volumes. $1600 with its sister volume written by Lawrence (Seven Pillars of Wisdom)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Love Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365218582824,"sku":"47496","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"seven-pillars-of-wisdom-a-triumph","title":"Seven Pillars Of Wisdom - A Triumph","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is to be sold with its sister volume by Graves as a pair of uniform bindings. It is a very famous autobiographical  account of the experiences of British Army Colonel  T.E Lawrence, whilst serving as a military advisor to Bedouin forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire of 1916 to 1918. It was completed in 1922 to be published in 1926. The title comes from the Book of Proverbs as Lawrence had already begun a scholarly  book about seven great cities of the Middle East that was incomplete when war broke out and the destroyed the manuscript. This Seven Pillars book had to be rewritten three times with the loss of the original manuscript in his briefcase on a railway station amazingly. The final publication details are a lengthy and convoluted story.  There are fourteen interesting illustrations and four maps included throughout and both books are an absolute testimony to the bookbinder's art. $1600 as a pair with the other uniformly bound volume about Lawrence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Love Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365218615592,"sku":"47497","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"some-english-gardens","title":"Some English Gardens","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis masterpiece of the gardening genre showcases thirty-six British gardens attached to great houses or castles, with 50 beautiful watercolours by Elgood reproduced perfectly in full colour on separate pages, with all text by the famous Gertrude Jekyll. 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Somewhat surprisingly, this early travelogue is extremely readable and \"bubbles with Churchill's irrepressible interest in everything new, whether it was the thrill of hunting rhino, the dangers of sleeping sickness, or the engagingly extempore justice  of the District Officers\" (Woods. p. 81).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Love Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365237719336,"sku":"48327","price":1300.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0957\/5209\/3992\/files\/WChurchillMyAfricanJourney01.png?v=1770779219"},{"product_id":"the-south-pole-an-account-of-the-norwegian-antarctic-expedition-in-the-fram-1910-1912-two-volumes","title":"The South Pole - An Account Of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the \"Fram\", 1910-1912. 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His deceit was exposed in n1984  by an Indian activist and a reporter in separate publications. Despite this, Marks still continued to be widely perceived by the general public as Native American and clearly Dee Brown had been one whom the successfully deceived. Hence this example  is a very rare and certainly unique copy of an important book . When Marks died in 2001 the New York Times and others carried obituaries repeating his false claims of his alleged Indian background. Aside from this irregularity, the book is still an eloquent, fully documented  account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century and in the 1970's it changed forever our vision of how the West was really won. The great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyanne and other tribes were allowed to tell the public in their own words of the battles, massacres and broken treaties that finally left them demoralised and defeated. 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Arguably Churchill's greatest and most well known literary work, these volumes were written between the early 1930's and the latter 1950's as twelve independent books and though NOT signed by the author, a complete set of these four works in near fine condition is rare to see and hence is sold  as a complete set rather than separately. 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This number is as small as any being equaled only by that of the first edition... and is remarkably hard to come by  (Freeman pp 80-81 of F401)\"  Note: the actual print number as quoted has recently been disputed elsewhere and possibly may have been as many as 2000 copies. Still, very scarce with about 150 years of age patina too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Love Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365309579560,"sku":"49639","price":2950.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-wind-in-the-willows-1908-1st-uk-ed","title":"The Wind In The Willows - 1908 (1st UK Ed)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first US edition is technically four days earlier and the second UK edition was printed in the same month and year too but this example is the more recognised (and now increasingly rare) UK first edition, so sought-after, worldwide. No explanation is necessary about the beloved characters Mole, Toad , Ratty and Badger, remembering that it was not until 23 years later that Ernest Shepard did the first illustrations of these characters. Generally accepted to be one of those uncommon books that will increase further in value as the next century rolls on, it is almost a privilege to hold and read from this historical beauty with its wonderful \"patina of age\" that originated from the stories and letters written to Grahame's fragile little boy Archie ('Mouse'), who tragically died in his twenties.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Love Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365309808936,"sku":"49640","price":5160.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-lord-of-the-rings-3-volumes","title":"The Lord Of The Rings (3 Volumes)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo need to describe the complex narrative of this very famous work, comprising I) The Fellowship of the Ring,then II) The Two Towers and finally III) The Return of the King. A finer set of three books in this series is certainly scarce anywhere particularly in this original format. A newspaper clipping of Tolkien's obituary in 1973 is loosely inserted in the first book too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Love Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365318197544,"sku":"49766","price":1540.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-complete-harry-potter-collection-boxed-set-x-7-vols","title":"The Complete Harry Potter Collection, Boxed Set x 7 Vols","description":"\u003cp\u003eApparently Bloomsbury published numerous  box sets, as each new novel came out, with each set obviously 'widening each time' and although novelty variations have been  since published, this is the original precursor to them all and is a very rare complete set in perfect new condition. A magnificent present for the keen Potter future devotee.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Love Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365335007528,"sku":"50017","price":2450.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-english-patient","title":"The English Patient","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a Sri Lankan - born Canadian poet, his career  began in 1967 and accelerated in 1970, culminating  with the 1992  Booker Prize and then the 2018 Golden Man Booker for this novel that evolved into an Oscar winning film in 1996. His startling  narrative inventiveness, richness of imagery and emotion and the spell-binding quality of his language are involved in his weaving of a complex tapestry that will remain one of his finest works. 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Chekov was another who benefitted from his support as well as Dostoevsky and Rozanov amongst others, being the manager of the prominent literary journal The Adelphi that published  works of Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield and even Dylan Thomas in the rarified world of mid-20th century  English letters together with Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Hence the prominence of his name on the front board under the title and geometric pattern. 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There is little to be gained from a plot description of this so very famous play but suffice it to say that the travelling salesman, Willy Loman is seen in a very simple human situation that touches all audiences and readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Love Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781949620520,"sku":"51093","price":2600.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-wind-in-the-willows-first-edition","title":"The Wind In The Willows - First Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo need to describe the plot in arguably the most famous of children's books, but it was not until the 38th edition that the great illustrator Earnest Shepard was invited to produce his classic drawings of the different characters on the riverside and despite multiple other illustrators trying their hand, it is these pictures that have stood the time. 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