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Hudson, Richard & Lee, Raymond:
GLORIA SWANSON
Vg/VG delightful clean copy tightly bound. dj has full plastic covering, loose-fitting. internally no fault. price-clipped. no inscriptions. 1st edition. Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 - April 4, 1983) was an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American Hollywood actress. She was prolific during the silent film era, but her career declined with the advent of "talkies". She is now best known for her comeback role in the film Sunset Boulevard (1950), in which, mirroring her own life, he portrayed a former silent movie star largely forgotten by audiences of the day.
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Wilson Harris:
Life So Far
Vg/good . clean copy tightly bound. dj is rather grubby and worm with edgewear, split and tarnish marks. boards beneath are clean and bright . internally no fault. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. 1st edition. Of West Country Quaker origin, Harris became editor of The Spectator in 1932 and was an Independent Member of Parliament for Cambridge University
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Kathleen Tynan (Ed):
The Life of Kenneth Tynan
Vg/VG . delightful clean copy tightly bound. internally no fault save for owner signature to title page.. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp467, illustrated. A brave exploration of the playwright's life of loves, dramas and an account of their marriage
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Stephen Bogart:
Bogart In Search Of My Father
Vg/VG not price-clipped. no inscriptions. First Edition.Clean throughout with no inscription or annotation. Biography of Humphrey Bogart written by his son Stephen, with an introduction by his mother Lauren Bacall
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Boatner III, Mark M:
THE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF WORLD WAR II.
Vg/VG dj is slight;y creased to top edge, but no loss. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. First Edition.Clean throughout with no inscription or annotation. A single-volume reference containing authoritative accounts of more than one thousand key personalities from the war . Medium octavo with black boards. Maps on end papers and throughout text. XVIII plus 1286 pages including index
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jeffrey meyers:
Edmund Wilson
Vg/Vg.near fine. clean and crisp copy. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. full plastic loose-fitting sleeve over all. The life of the American writer who was often controversial, chaotic and romantic.
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Aline Countess of Romanones:
THE SPY WENT DANCING My Further Adventures as an undercover Agent
VG/VG some rubbing to ends of dj over spine. Octavo 319pp illustrated. Reveals how she recruited the Duchess of Windsor as a mole...
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Roncalli, Angelo Giuseppe [Pope John XXII]:
Mission to France 1944-1953
VG/VG some rubbing to ends of dj over spine, and 1 small closed cut. Octavo 216pp, illustrated
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charles reid:
John Barbirolli : A Biography
Vg/Vg ex library with stamps cancels etc. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. 1st edition. A biography of the famous conductor
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Anthony Summers:
THE SECRET LIFE OF J EDGAR HOOVER
VG/VG First Edition. Some edgewear, and some light speckling to top edge of textblock. Octavo 528pp with B&W photographs. A biography of J Edgar Hoover, revealing the side of his life kept secret from the public.
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Stewart, Desmond:
T. E. LAWRENCE
VG/VG dj is not price-clipped. some edge-creasing but no loss. no inscriptions. good clean copy. the text is clean and tidy, fully bound and without annotations. Illustrated with photographs, illustrations and maps. xii 352 pages including notes incorporating bibliography and index. "Refeshingly honest in both its new research and its judgements, and of absorbing interest not only as biography but as a study of that fascinating area where fact and fiction mix; the genesisi of a modern myth." - John Fowles
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Leo Planiscig:
LORENZO GHIBERTI
Good+ no dj. spine covering is damaged to both ends - bad bumping. front orange boards is partly sunned to the edges. corners rounded. fepps are somewhat tarnished and browned. 1 inscription. internally, pages browned and spotted in parts. all pages present. text and images all present. text entirely in german.
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Goodman, Benny with Introduction By Baron, Stanley:
Benny, King of Swing: A Pictorial Biography Based on Benny Goodman's Personal Archives
VG/G+. dj has creasing to edges with some closed cuts, light wear to corners, and a flap down from top of spine -which would repair easily with tape. not price-clipped. prior owner's inscription to ffep. benny goodman's signature and best wishes to reverse of front board. First Edition. collectable title with this rare signature. 140 unpaginated pages with illustrations. Over 212 illustrations
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Peter Costello:
James Joyce the Years of Growth 1882 - 1915
VG/VG. First US Edition. Gently read book with little sign of use. The dust jacket is clean and complete. A biography of James Joyce
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Pearson, Hesketh:
Bernard Shaw
VG near fine. paperback. clean bright copy. no inscriptions. detailed biography
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Daniele Vare:
TWILIGHT OF THE KINGS
G (no dj, green cloth with yellow title on spine, patchy light fading back cover, ex library marks and pocket else contents clean and tight throughout) octavo 184pp. First edition. Reminiscences of the monarchy and courts of Italy and Europe.
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Annette Kobak:
ISABELLE the life of Isabelle Eberhardt
Vg (no dj, red cloth with gilt title on spine, back board lightly marked, light browning page edges else clean and tight) octavo 258pp. With 12pp b/w plates.
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Bean, J. P.:
Joe Cocker: With A Little Help From My Friends. The Authorised Biography.
VG. no dj. paperback with glossy covers and slightly rounded corners. octavo
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A P Rowe:
IF THE GOWN FITS
Vg/Vg (light wear to dj edges, contents no significant fault) octavo 227pp. The personal story of a Vice-Chancellor of an Australian university, and his urges for university reform.
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TOMLINSON, RICHARD:
Divine Right: The Inglorious Survival Of British Royalty
VG/VG. First Edition. Well illustrated history of this theatrical family, founders of two famous London theatres.
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Richard Hough:
EDWINA Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Vg/Vg (all clean and bright, book and dj no significant fault) octavo 240pp. Biography tracing Edwina's fascinating life from the tragic and unloved childhood to the crusader and last Vicereine of India. With 32pp b/w illustrations.
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TREWIN .wendy:
ALL ON STAGE-CHARLES WYNDHAM-AND THE ALBERYS
VG/VG. First Edition. Well illustrated history of this theatrical family, founders of two famous London theatres.
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Noel Barber:
FIRES OF SPRING
G/G (intact unclipped yellow dj lightly tanned round edges, clean red cloth with silver titles on spine, light shadow browning free endpapers, pages clean and unmarked, light browning outside page edges) octavo 182pp. First edition. Autobiography. Early days in Denmark, wanderings to a fishing trawler off Iceland, Chelsea, Paris, Mexico and Singapore, and many strange characters.
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John Bainbridge:
GARBO
G/G (unclipped dj creased and rubbed edges with small tear across tail of spine, tape marks on the black cloth boards and brown tape marks on endpapers, number stamped on title page, pages clean, a good reading copy) 12mo 256pp. First edition. Biography of Greta Garbo with portrait frontis and 14pp b/w plates.
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Pamela Clarke Keogh:
ELVIS PRESLEY The Man. The Life. The Legend.
Fine/fine (new unopened copy with unclipped dj, all in fine condition) quarto 264pp. First printing. Biography that answers the question "Why does Elvis matter?". Photographs in colour and b/w.
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Maxine Hong Kingston:
THE WOMAN WARRIOR Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts.
Near fine/near fine ( a very crisp bright clean copy with gift inscription front free endpaper, dj not clipped, no marks) octavop 209pp. Life in the modern West, haunted by China and its past. Best-seller which won the 1976 Critics Award.
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John Lahr:
SHOW AND TELL New Yorker profiles
Uncorrected Proof. Very good uncorrected proof with blue card covers, contents clean tight and bright with no marks, small faint smudge back cover, octavo 298pp. Profiles of some of the most compelling public personas of our time including Woody Allen, David Mamet,Ingmar Bergman, Frank Sinatra, Roseanne, Irving Berlin, Bob Hope, Arthur Miller.
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Ray Coleman:
JOHN WINSTON LENNON Volume 1 1940-1966
Vg/Vg (unclipped dj lightly rubbed top edge and touch browning extreme top edges, black cloth lightly worn head and tail of spine, ink gift inscription front free endpaper else contents clean and unmarked, shelf cocked and front board leaning) octavo 350pp. Reprint. Biography, volume 1. Several b/w photographs.
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Ken Wiwa:
IN THE SHADOW OF A SAINT
Fine/fine (fine unopened copy in fine unclipped dj) octavo 261pp. Autobiography of Ken Saro-Wiwa, one of Nigeria's best loved writers and an outspoken critic of military rule, and a prime mover in bringing the human rights abuses in Nigeria to the attention of the world. He was executed in November 1995. In this autobiography he recalls his childhood and relationship with his father.
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translation and introduction by Bernard Wal:
PRIEST AND WORKER the autobiography of Henri Perrin
Vg/G (lightly discoloured unclipped dj with light edgewear and few small chips top edge, clean bright green coth with bright gilt lettering on spine, a very good square tight clean copy with no marks or inscriptions, fairly heavy brown speckling top page edges) octavo 246pp. First British edition. Autobiography. The story of a Jesuit trainee who left the cloister for the factory floor in Germany and France, and whose fearless approach to industrial problems, coupled with a determination to treat the teachings of Christ as the yardstick for industrial action, brought him into collision with the authorities in Church and State.
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Lucjan Blit:
THE EASTERN PRETENDER Boleslaw Piasecki his life and times
VG (no dj, black cloth with gilt titles on spine, shallow scratch on front board, contents very clean and bright, a very good clean copy) octavo 223pp. First edition. Biography and political career of Boleslaw Piasecki, founder of the PAX movement.
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Carol Easton:
JACQUELINE DU PRE a biography
Fine/fine (book and dj both no fault) octavo 224pp. The story of the life and talent of the outstanding cellist.
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Jorge Castaneda:
COMPANERO The Life and Death of Che Guevara
Vg/Vg (clean bright unclipped dj lightly rubbed at edges and one small clean tear to bottom edge, clean black cloth with bright silver lettering on spine, a very good clean tight copy with no marks or inscriptions, faint browning to page edges) octavo 456pp. First British edition. 16pp b/w plates.
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Meryle Secrest:
SALVADOR DALI a biography
Vg/Vg (transparent protective wrapper to intact unclipped dj with red damp stain on reverse, clean maroon paper-covered boards with bronze titles on ivory cloth backstrip, a square clean tight copy with no marks or inscriptions, narrow light damp stain top edge of front free endpaper, faint yellowing page edges) octavo 307pp. First printing first American edition. Intimate biography. 16pp b/w photographs.
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Robert Slater:
WARRIOR STATESMAN the life of Moshe Dayan
Vg/Vg (clean bright unclipped dj with 1" tear fore-edge of back cover, a very crisp bright clean copy slightly skewed) octavo 466pp. First edition. Biography. 16pp b/w plates.
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Molyda Szymusiak:
THE STONES CRY OUT a Cambodian childhood 1975-80
Vg/Vg (clean unclipped intact dj, very good clean tight copy with no marks or inscriptions, browning all page edges) 12mo 248pp. First British edition. Young girl's experience of living for five years under the Khmer Rouge, a regime which caused the death of nearly a third of Cambodia's population.
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Ginette Spanier:
AND NOW IT'S SABLES
Vg/G (clean unclipped dj with light edgewear and one 1" tear top edge of front cover, clean red cloth with bright silver lettering on spine, no inscriptions and pages clean and crisp, touch of faint browning endpapers and speckled top page edges) octavo 158pp. Reprint. Autobiography of directrice of one of the most famous fashion houses in Paris, TV and radio personality. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Preface by Maurice Chevalier.
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Raymond C Brooks VI:
WINGING IT with the Flying Colonel
Fine/fine (new unopened copy with fine unclipped dj, trace of erased pencil price front free endpaper) octavo 175pp. First printing. Autobiography. 24pp b/w plates.
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Sam Moore:
AMERICAN BY CHOICE
Fine/fine (fine copy in fine unclipped dj) octavo 214pp. First printing. Autobiography. The story of an Old World immigrant who found faith, fame and fortune in New York.
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Gino Rancati:
ENZO FERRARI the man
G/G (transparent protective wrapper over unclipped dj with light edgewear tail of spine, a good clean sound ex-library copy with library markings and remains of plate endpapers, contents clean and unmarked, good reading copy) octavo 198pp. First UK edition. Biography of the man whose name is immortalized by the world's most exciting cars. B/w photographs.
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Stuart Weaving:
AMBASSADOR OF FRIENDSHIP an autobiography
Vg/G (clean unclipped dj with small tear head of spine and creasing top edge front cover, clean blue leatherette boards with gilt title, pages bright and unmarked throughout) octavo 217pp. First edition. Autobiography. The story of a remarkable man who was born in Yorkshire, found success in Wales, fell in love with South Africa, and devotes much of his time to charity, travelling and promoting sporting and cultural tours between Britain and South Africa. B/w photos and 2pp colour plates.
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C F Palmstierna:
MY DEAREST LOUISE Marie-Louise and Napoleon 1813-1814
VG (no dj, clean yellow cloth with maroon titles on spine, lightly rubbed at lower edges,remnants triangular paper plate on clean back endpaper, very lightly browned front endpaper with stamp "showroom display copy only", else contents clean and bright without fault) octavo 267pp. First edition. Unpublished letters from the Emprtess with previously published replies from Napoleon. Translated by E. M. Wilkinson. With b/w illustrations.
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Mabel Brookes and illustrations Harold Freedman:
RIDERS OF TIME
Vg/Vg (light wear to dj at top of spine,gift inscription front free endpaper else contents no fault) octavo 217pp. Dame Mabel Brookes' memories,combined with those of her grandmother who was an early settler, encompass nearly the whole of 'European' Australian history. A flavour of Australian life through the ages, and a personal knowledge of many of the exciting events of Australian history. Illustrated with 75 two-colour illustrations.
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Henry Lyon Young:
Eliza Lynch REGENT OF PARAGUAY
Vg/Vg (minor edgewear to clean unclipped dj, faint browning top edges of flaps, clean brown cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine, top page edges tinted red, very crisp bright square copy with no marks or inscriptions, touch of very faint speckling outside fore-edges) octavo 196pp. First edition.
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Louis Kronen Berger:
THE EXTRAORDINARY MR. WILKES
VG/VG 1st US edition. dj has an edge missing from the top of the dj over spine - a large chip. bottom edge of back cover has 1/2 inch tear to corner. corners a touch rubber - but no significant loss. not price-clipped. no inscriptions.clean tidy copy. detailed biography
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Silviu Craciunas:
THE LOST FOOTSTEPS
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj) Rpt. In 1949 the author had been smuggling enemies of the regime out of his native Roumania. Soon he was forced to escape with police on his heels. In the west he fell in love but soon accepted an invitation to return to Roumania. Eventually he was caught and interrogated for four years. He escaped after severe torture...
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Maurice Toesca:
THE OTHER GEORGE SAND
G (no dj, blue cloth lightly darkened on spine and surface scratches to both boards, internally a very clean sound crisp copy with no marks or inscriptions) 119pp. First British edition. B/w portrait frontis, 5 b/w plates. Biography.
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Gwyn Thomas and drawings John D Evans:
A WELSH EYE
Vg/Vg (dj lightly creased at edges with one small tear and reverse side tarnished, neat gift inscription front free endpaper else contents clean) octavo 176pp. First edition. Gwyn Thomas writes about the people, the places, the prejudices and the passions which have formed him as a individual and which make Wales whatever it is today. Illustrated with John Dd. Evans' strong and evocative drawings.
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Evelyn Hilary:
WHITE SPRING
VG/VG (couple of small marks to front of clean bright dj, large stain on page 42 else all clean tight and bright) octavo 134pp. True account of how the author's young Polish stepson survived the horrors of exile in Siberia and forced labour camps during the second world war.
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Jessie Hickford:
I Never Walked Alone
Vg/Vg (clean unclipped dj, gift inscription front free endpaper, speckling top page edges, pages clean and bright) octavo 127pp. The story of a very special relationship between a guide dog and its owner.
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