One of my prized possessions is a copy of Oliver Cromwell; A History by Samuel HArden Church, Litt. D, A.M. It's the 1899 edition, celebrating the 300th anniversary of Cromwell's birth, and was limited to 600 copies, each hand-signed and numbered. Mine is number 487. So I have to say that as one.
Other non-fiction books I'm most fond of include:
Synchronicity by C G Jung,
Wally Hammond: The Reasons Why by David Foot,
A Mirrror of Witchcraft by Christina Hole,
The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer,
and two books about my local area, both late 19th century, by Hilda Gamlin; namely 'Twixt Mersey and Dee and Chronicles or Memories of Birkenhead
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