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London: Constable. Very Good. 2017. 1st Thus. Paperback. The book is tightly bound with minor shelf wear. Internally the book is clean, free of markings and foxing. ; From the library of David Lodge. David Lodge is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, another theme is Roman Catholicism. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; he also served as the chairman on the Booker Prize jury in 1989. Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. After retiring, he continued to publish literary criticism. Inscribed to Lodge on the title page. ; Drawings; 275 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Thomas Kelly. Very Good. 1825 &1829. Leather. Two volumes. Containing 13 folding maps, 75 additional plates and maps and a frontispiece to each volume. Despite the bold claims of the title, the first volume deals in quite summary fashion with Asia, Africa and America and the entire second volume is devoted to Europe, with excessive focus upon France and recent events involving a Mr Bonaparte, scant attention is paid to the polar regions, although we do get a section on Astronomy at the start in order to give us a sense of our place in the wider cosmos. The books are firmly bound in contemporary calf with marbled endpapers and page ends, re-backed at some point preserving most of the spines and the original endpapers and pastedowns, the boards are somewhat bumped, rubbed and stained. The text blocks are toned, slightly foxed and with some staining. ; Maps & illustrations .