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Dorothy Parker:
SINGING AN INDIAN SONG a Biography of D'Arcy McNickle
VG/VG. dj is rather rumpled and rubbed to some edges but no cuts or tears. appears unread. partly erased pencil numerals title page) octavo 316pp. Biogrpahy of one of the foremost Native American intellectuals of his generation, tracing his life from the reservation of his childhood through a career of major import to American Indian political and cultural affairs.
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Gordon Stables:
OLD ENGLAND ON SEA
VG pictorial red cloth covers with gilt titling and edging. cover shows signs of wear with slight scuffing around the edges , and waer with some loss to one corner. previous owner's inscription dated 1902 inside the covers, otherwise no sigificant fault with book. octavo pp308 Biographical story of Sir Francis Drake told across three distinct episodes.
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Hill, Lee:
Grand Guy, A: The Art and Life of Terry Southern
Paperback Very Good
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Fraser-Cavassoni, Natasha:
Sam Spiegel: The Biography of a Hollywood Legend
Hard Cover Illustrated Near Fine Very Good minor rubbing to jacket edges. Sam Spiegel (1904-85), the Austrian-born Hollywood film producer, won Oscar after Oscar, particularly through his famous association with British director David Lean on THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI and LAWRENCE OF ARABI
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Abrahamsen, David:
Murder and Madness: Secret Life of Jack the Ripper
Hard Cover Illustrated Near Fine Very Good Forensic scientist and leading expert on the criminal mind Dr Abrahamsen sheds new light upon many classic questions that still remain, approaches the case from a psychiatric perspective and examines all the evidence available to Scotland Yard.
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Basil Maine:
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT His Life and Achievement.
G/Fair (transparent protective wrapper to clipped dj with large tear and 4" x 2" area of loss back cover, heavy browning to free endpapers, clean tan cloth with small area of damp spotting bottom of back board but no signs of damp internally, a good clean sound copy with clean pages, foxing outside page edges) octavo 286pp. First edition. Biography. B/w frontis, 7 b/w plates.
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Herbwert Lottman:
FLAUBERT
Vg/G (clean unclipped dj with minor loss head of spine and one small tear to creased bottom edge, clean cream boards with silver title on sky-blue cloth backstrip, backstrip darkened head and tail of spine, internally a very crisp bright clean copy in fine condition, no marks or inscriptions) octavo 396pp. First UK edition. Biography. 8pp b/w plates.
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Teresa Ransom:
FANNY TROLLOPE a remarkable life
Near fine/fine (fine clipped dj, clean red cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, very tight bright clean copy with ink gift inscription front free endpaper, no other marks) octavo 236pp. Reprint with corrections. Biography of a remarkable woman writer. 16pp b/w plates on gloss art paper. SIGNED by the author on title page.
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Carolly Erickson:
ALEXANDRA The Last Tsarina
Near fine/near fine (clean bright tight copy with no marks or inscriptions, hint of faint yellowing page edges, unclipped dj has one small crease lower edge) octavo 390pp. Historical biography.
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John Watney:
MERVYN PEAKE
Vg/Vg (intact unclipped dj with scuff marks back cover and top edge rubbed with small chip one corner, attractive colour portrait painting by Maeve Gilmore on front cover of jacket, a very good clean crisp copy with no marks or inscriptions, hint of faint yellowing page edges) octavo 255pp. First edition. Biography with several b/w illustrations.
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Robert Sopwith:
THOMAS SOPWITH SURVEYOR a exercise in self-help
Fine/fine (fine copy in fine unclipped dj) octavo 266pp. First edition. Biography. Detailed study of the life and career of Thomas Sopwith (1803-79).
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Philip Guedalla:
MASTERS AND MEN
G (no dj, lightly marked red cloth with gilt titles worn on darkened spine, lightly worn spine edges and both bottom corners very heavily bumped,date stamps and signatures endpapers and remains of old pencil price, small tear top of front free endpaper, back hinge cracked but binding remaining very firm, the pages are clean but beginning to yellow) octavo 171pp plus 2pp publisher's adverts. First edition. 8 b/w plates.
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Stan Lauryssens:
The Man Who Invented the Third Reich
Fine/fine (fine copy in fine unclipped dj with bookseller's price sticker front of wrapper) octavo 166pp. Biography of Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, the leader of the young conservative revolutionaries in Weimar Germany, and the inspiration of Hitler and the other Nazis.
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Paul Murray Kendall:
Louis XI
Vg/Vg (two 1" tears to clean clipped dj, blue cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, boards lightly discoloured extreme edges, a very crisp tight bright copy with no marks or inscriptions, contents in fine condition but front board and contents leaning) octavo 464pp. First edition. Scholarly biography. Maps to endpapers.
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Cuthbert Lennox and Andrew Melrose:
GEORGE DOUGLAS BROWN author of "The House With the Green Shutters"
G (no dj, clean red cloth with gilt titles on lightly sunned spine, tiny splits either side of head of spine, front free endpaper missing, a tight clean copy with scattered foxing endpapers, pages generally very clean and bright with occasional small patches of spotting, all page edges rough cut) 12mo248pp. A biographical memoir by Cuthbert Lennox and reminiscences by Andrew Melrose. With introduction by Andrew Lang. First edition. A scarce item.
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Bernhardt J Hurwood:
MY SAVAGE MUSE The Story of my Life EDGAR ALLAN POE an imaginative work
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj, as new) Octavo 336pp. Hurwood is a life-long Poe scholar has filled the gaps in what was known about Poe's life in an authoratative and believable style
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Philip Ziegler:
OSBERT SITWELL
VG/VG (no significant faults with book or dj, unpriceclipped) Substantial octavo 461pp illustrated. Ziegler's monumental biography uncovers the essence of the famous poet, novelist, essayist, grandee and literary pugilist FIRST EDITION
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Rosamond Lehmann:
THE SWAN IN THE EVENING Fragments of an Inner Life
VG/VG FIRST EDITION (dj is very slightly tarnished, minimal wear. Book has neat previous owner's name on front free endpaper) Octavo 156pp Mystical experiences after the death of her daughter.
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Van Wyck Brooks:
OPINIONS OF OLIVER ALLSTON
Vg (no dj, clean green cloth with white titles on spine and publisher's small white logo front board, remnants of paper less than 1/2" x 2" stuck to bottom of back board, a very good clean tight copy with yellowing outside page edges and light browning endpapers, faint yellowing page edges) octavo 309pp. Stated first edition. Examining the writing of the American writer, and his views on literature, journals, socialism, communism, human nature, writers and painters etc.
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Carola Oman:
THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH The Life of Sir Walter Scott
VG/G (dj is worn at edges and has a number of unclosed short tears without loss) Octavo 396pp illustrated
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Nancy Mitford:
MADAME DE POMPADOUR
VG/G First US Edition. DJ is quite worn and grubby with some small tears. No significant faults with the book. Octavo 324pp. Biography of this famous mistress of the French King.
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Eileen Waugh:
NO MAN AN ISLAND a biography of Peter Spencer
Vg/Vg (clean bright undamaged dj, clean blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, a very good clean bright copy) octavo 196pp. First edition. With foreword by Douglas Bader. Biography of war-time pilot who lost the use of both arms, and after the war taught himself innumerable skills, and became ambassador for the International Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists. Colour frontispiece and 4 other colour plates of his paintings, 12pp b/w photographs.
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LESLIE COCKBURN:
OUT OF CONTROL
Vg/Vg (clean bright undamaged dj, clean red cloth with gilt titles on spine, a very good clean bright copy) octavo no insciptions or marginalia. First edition.
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LEO ABSE:
MARGARET DAUGHTER OF BEATRICE
Vg/Vg (clean bright undamaged dj, clean black cloth with gilt titles on spine, a very good clean bright copy) octavo no insciptions or marginalia. First edition.
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Desmond Stewart:
THEODORE HERZL artist and politician
Vg/Vg (dj lightly worn at edges, contents clean tight and bright, no fault) octavo 395pp. Biography of the founder of political Zionism, showing Herzel evolve from a duelling student, an aspiring playwright and a sophisticated journalist to the man who decides, in the summer of 1895, to set himselgf at the head of a movement of the Jews.
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Godfrey Talbot:
Permission to Speak.
VgVg (transparent protective wrapper to very good unclipped dj with one tiny tear bottom of front cover, red cloth with bright silver titles on spine and one small light stain front board,a very clean crisp bright copy with small gift inscription front free endpaper) octavo 190pp. Second impression. Memoirs of the BBC's first court correspondent. B/w photos.
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IAN McEWAN:
ON CHESIL BEACH
Vg/Vg (unclipped dj with faint edge-rounding to top edge of dj. a very good clean bright copy with no marks or inscriptions)
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TERENCE ENGLISH:
FOLLOW YOUR STAR
Vg/Vg near fine. a very good clean bright hardback copy with no marks or inscriptions. The central part of this story is a fascinating account of the trials and tribulations associated with the author s determination to establish a heart transplant programme in Britain. He eventually performed Britain s first successful heart transplant at Papworth Hospital near Cambridge in 1979. At the time there were only four other centres in the world performing heart transplants. However, within a decade over 4,000 patients a year were being transplanted worldwide, and Papworth had become one of the best known hospitals for heart and lung transplantation.The author s involvement in this work led to professional recognition and the presidency of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Amongst other responsibilities, he became engaged in trying to modify some of the more controversial reforms of the National Health Service being introduced at that time by the Thatcher government. Other honours followed, including a knighthood and seven years as Master of St Catharine s College in Cambridge, which added a new dimension of interest to his life.The story also covers his early years in South Africa, including his work as a diamond-driller in Rhodesia and then qualification as a mining engineer before deciding to become a doctor. Prior to starting at Guy s Hospital in London, he engaged in mining exploration in Northern Quebec and the Yukon and during the next three years returned to Canada each summer for similar work. His training in cardiac surgery coincided with exciting developments in this new specialty, during which his background in engineering proved helpful.A theme present throughout Terence English s autobiography is that of Follow Your Star . For him this meant being prepared to change direction if a brighter star seemed to appear on the horizon. This led to several false starts along the way, but most provided valuable and enriching experiences, even if they did not contribute to his eventual career.
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IAN McEWAN:
Decorative ironwork: Some aspects of design and technique
Vg/Vg (unclipped dj within full plastic over-sleeve. a very good clean bright copy with no marks or inscriptions, save for pencil pricing to ffep, which would erase) not a coffee-table book - this is an exceptional sourcebook for hands on "how to" work and shape ironwork.. timeless resource material
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Diana Cooper:
Angel Inspiration: How to Change Your World With The Angels
VG. softcover. a good clean copy with no marks or inscriptions. pages a tad age-tanned.
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Charlie Chester:
CHARLIE CHESTER'S CRY SIMBA !
VG/Vg (dj is a little worn) Large Octavo 154pp illustrated throughout. The lkife of this popular humorist and broadcaster
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Max Lenz:
NAPOLEON a biographical study
VG (no dj, oiriginal dark blue clothy with gilt titles and gilt heraldic device on front board, light browning to endpapers else contents clean and unmarked) octavo 391pp. Illustrated with many b/w plates.
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Adelaide Lubbock:
PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES Growing Up in Government House.
Vg/Vg (unclipped dj with one small tear top edge, clean purple cloth with white titles on spine, boards rubbed under bottom edges, a bright clean copy with pencil numerals front free endpaper, no other marks) octavo 196pp. First edition. Autobiography providing rare insights into the private and public life of a vice regal household, written by wife of Governor of Victoria during the late summer of the British Empire. 8pp b/w plates.
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Ronald Segal:
Into Exile
G/Poor (large tear across front of dj with large area of loss bottom of back cover and bottom of spine, black cloth with gilt titles on spine, top page edges tinted pink, a good sound clean copy, indentations from erased pencil price front endpaper, no other marks, front board leaning) octavo 319pp. Political autobiography governed entirely by the author's opposition to the white terrorism in South Africa. After a campaign of violence against him in 1960, and shortly after the Sharpeville shootings, he escaped to exile in London.
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Francoise Delisle:
FRIENDSHIP'S ODYSSEY In Love with Life.
G (no dj, green cloth with few white splashes on boards, internally a very clean bright tight copy with no marks or inscriptions) octavo 324pp. Autobiography recounting her loving relationship with Havelock Ellis as friend, counsellor, consultant, lover and husband. B/w frontis and 8 b/w plates.
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John Cornwell:
HITLER'S POPE : The Secret History of Pius XII
VG/VG First edition. DJ is quite grubby with some small tears and some staining, otherwise no significant faults. Octavo 430pp. Good copy of the biography of Pope Pius XII, who became infamous for not speaking out against the Holocaust.
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Arthur Calder-marshall:
No Earthly Command
VG/VG unclipped dj ' Being an inquiry into the life of vice admiral the Rev Alexander Riall Wadham Woods D.S.O. and bar of whom it was said that during the Battle of Jutland while signals officer to the admiral of the Grand Fleet, Sir John Jellicoe he received an " interposed message" telling him to serve God.'.
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Cameron, Roderick William:
Viceroyalties of the West The Spanish Empire in Latin America
VG/VG unclipped dj 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 276 pp. 950g. Illutrated with 166 b/w photographs and 3 maps. In examining the buildings of the new world, the author brings to life the history of the Spanish empire
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Overall, Sonia:
A Likeness
VG/VG. 'First Edition. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. As new, appears unread. 'The drama of the time and the vibrancy of its language, the lives of noblemen and servants, artists and courtesans: all are painted afresh here. A Likeness is shiningly vivid, vigorously drawn and deliciously colourful.'
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Gattey, C. N.:
A Bird of Curious Plumage, Princess Cristina Di Belgiojoso 1808 - 1871.
VG/VG. 'First Edition. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. Very clean, tightly bound book
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Michele Sarde:
COLETTE Free and Fettered
Vg/Vg (undamaged unclipped dj with light browning edges of back cover, a very good clean crisp copy with no marks or inscriptions, faint browning page edges) octavo 479pp. First British editiion. Biography.
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Neville Cardus - editor:
KATHLEEN FERRIER 1912-1953 a memoir
Vg (lightly worn red cloth with black title panel on spine, gift inscription front free endpaper, no other marks) octavo 125pp. Second impression. Six contributors write of the life and work of Kathleen Ferrier. Illustrated with 50 b/w photographs.
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S N Behrman:
THE SUSPENDED DRAWING ROOM
Vg (no dj, green cloth with gilt titles on spine, a few small very light spots back board, a very clean tight bright coy with no marks or inscriptions, a little very faint spotting edges of prelims and endpapers) octavo 253pp. First British edition. Memoirs of plays and playwrights, London and New York.
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Ruth Hall:
MARIE STOPES a biography
Vg/Vg (a very good clean bright copy in similar dj, no marks or inscriptions) octavo 351pp. Biography of the pioneer of birth control and sex education.
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John Kobler:
LUCE his Time, Life and Fortune
Vg/Vg (one small tear to unclipped dj at tail of spine and edges lightly darkened ,the soft brown cloth boards are clean but rubbed, internally contents clean and tight with no marks or inscriptions, light yellowing to outside edges of deckle-edged pages) octavo 295pp. First edition. Biography of Henry R. Luce, the missionary's son who invented a new kind of journalism, created a publishing empire, and throughout his career struggled to abide by the Calvinistic ideals his father had installed in him.
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Frank Longford:
THE GRAIN OF WHEAT an Autobiography
VG/VG (no significant faults with book or dj) Small octavo. 286pp Earl of Longford, campaigner against pornography
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Finis Farr:
RICKENBACKERS LUCK an American life
Fine/Poor (large tear to dj front cover, contents clean tight and bright without fault) octavo 366pp. The biography of an American hero - Edward Vernon Rickenbacker, "Ace of Aces" and the most decorated pilot of World War I. Also auto mechanic, racing car driver, car manutacturer, speedway owner and business tycoon. 8pp b/w photographs.
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Hendrik Willem Van Loon:
JEFFERSON AND BOLIVAR New World Fighters for Freedom
VgVg (clipped dj lighty worn head and tail of spine and lightly marked round edges,clean green cloth with white lettering on spine, pages unmarked and binding firm, trace of erased pencil numerals front free endpaper) 12mo 238pp. Dual biography dealing with Thomas Jefferson and Simon Bolivar. Illustrated with the author's drawings.
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Sheila MacLeod:
LAWRENCE'S MEN AND WOMEN
VG/VG (book and dj both no fault, save for speckling/foxing to top edge of textblock) octavo 230pp. A study of D. H. Lawrence and his views on men, women, and sexuality.
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Michael Harrison:
ROSA
Fair/Poor (grubby dj with 1" area of loss across head of spine and 2" loss at tail, lightly soiled pink cloth boards with damp stain top 1" of spine and light damp spotting top edges of boards, damp spotting edges of fixed endpapers, the pages are clean and bright and the binding firm, front board is skewed, reading copy only) octavo 289pp. First edition. Biography of a modern Cinderella, the Victorian scullery-maid who became the proprietress of the Cavendish Hotel in London which she transformed into the meeting-place of international aristocracy. Rosa Lewis of The Cavendish
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