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G. Wilson Knight:
JACKSON KNIGHT
VG/VG First Edition. DJ is a little marked and grubby, otherwise no significant faults with book or DJ. Octavo 523pp with a few B&W plates. Biography of the Classicist and Spiritualist as written by his brother.
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Margaret E Popham:
BORING - NEVER! the memoirs of Margaret E Popham
G/G (dj chipped and worn round edges with light browning edges and back cover a bit grubby, clean blue cloth boards discoloured at edges, pages clean but scattered spotting and few marks outside pages, ownership signature front free endpaper) octavo 234pp. First edition. Memoirs of Margaret E Popham who started her career as a junior schoolmistress at Chatham County High School, and was Principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College for nearly 17 years. SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper.
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Lord Hartwell:
WILLIAM CAMROSE Giant of Fleet Street
G (no dj, grubby black cloth with gilt titles on spine, internally the contents are very clean crisp tight and bright, few small spots and grubby marks prelims) octavo 362pp. First edition. Biography of the newspaper magnate written by his son. Illustrated with b/w plates.
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Arnold Matthews:
MEGAN (MAY) an inadequate tribute to a unique wife, mother and friend
Vg (no dj, lightly discoloured white card covers with light edgewear, one very small light stain front free endpaper, contents very tight and bright) octavo 279pp. The author's memoirs of his wife. SIGNED on title page by author "To Kerrison Davies with best wishes, Arnold Matthews 30.10.80", and also included is personal handwritten note from author.
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Audrey Baylis:
AND THEN GARHWAL
Vg (no dj, lightly discoloured white pictorial card covers, a very crisp tight bright copy with no marks or inscriptions but early binding poor and a few pages almost detached and rubbed at fore-edge) large octavo 216pp. First edition. The life of an English family in India in the early 1900s. B/w photographs.
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John Hadfield editor:
COWARDY CUSTARD The World of Noel Coward
Near fine/near fine (near fine unclipped undamaged dj with transparent protective wrapper, a very clean square tight bright copy in fine condition, bright yellow cloth boards have small touch of discolouration at extreme tail of spine) quarto 144pp. First edition. Collection of Coward's lyrics and poems, extracts from his plays and autobiography, packed with illustrations in colour and b/w.
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James Riordan:
STONE a Biography of Oliver Stone - the controversies excesses and exploits of a radical filmmaker
Fine/fine (Priceclipped dj else no faults with book or dj) Octavo 572pp illustrated
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Peter Batt:
BATTY the life and wild times of the Guvnor of Fleet Street
Fine/fine (a fine copy in a fine unclipped dj, possibly unread, no inscriptions, faint yellowing outside page edges) octavo 248pp. First edition first printing. Autobiography of a living Fleet Street legend, the man who shared the triumphs and disasters with generations of sporting stars. Packed with colourful anecdotes.
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Robert Maxwell editor and K U Chernenko:
Leaders of the World K U CHERNENKO Speeches and Writings
vg/vg (clean undamaged maroon dj, maroon leatherette boards with bright gilt titles on spine, contents all clean tight and bright, a very good clean bright copy) octavo 256pp. Second enlarged edition. Introduction by Robert Maxwell and biographical sketch. Selected speeches and writings of K. U. Chernenko, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and President of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet.
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Henri Troyat:
CATHERINE THE GREAT
Vg/Vg (some water marks to intact dj, book no fault) octavo 385pp. Biography. 16pp b/w plates.
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R. J. Mitchell:
THE LAURELS AND THE TIARA
VG/GOOD First Edition. DJ is a little grubby, faded along the spine and several small tears, . Octavo 319pp with B&W illustrations. The life of Pope Pius II, who lead a varied life in and out of the church. Covers his life from birth in 1405 to death in 1464
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Malcolm Hay:
PRINCE IN CAPTIVITY
VG/Poor (torn and worn dj with minor loss top and base of spine, clean brown cloth with gilt titles on spine, scattered spotting outside page edges, internally a sound clean copy with just a few faint isolated spots in margins, publisher's compliments slip within the book typed "with the compliments of Malcolm Hay" to Mrs. Fraser) octavo 252pp. First edition. Illustrated with half-tone reproductions. Based on the memoirs and unpublished letters of Antoine Philippe D'Orleans, Duc de Montpensier, 1775-1807. A unique record containing the memoirs of a French aristocrat imprisoned under the Terror and in constant danger of death.
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H J Massingham:
THE FRIEND OF SHELLEY a Memoir of Edward John Trelawny
G (no dj, beige cloth with browning on spine and light browning board edges, cloth lightly worn top of spine, tiny neat annotation front fixed endpaper, a good sound copy with light browning to edges of rough cut pages, no inscriptions, all pages clean and no foxing, one or two small pencil annotations in margins) octavo 350pp. Portrait frontis and 9 b/w plates.
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William Freeman:
THE INCREDIBLE DE FOE
VG/VG (dj is scuffed and worn at edges without loss) Octavo 304pp illustrated. The life of Daniel de Foe
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M M Marberry:
SPLENDID POSEUR The Story of A Fabulous Humbug
G (no dj, red cloth with gilt titles dull on lightly tanned spine, top page edges tinted red, scattered foxing outside edges and foxing edges of prelims and last few pages, pages clean with occasional small speckles in margins) 12mo 286pp. First edition. Biography of Joaquin Miller, 1837-1913, flamboyant literary figure in English and American Society.
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Sylvain Mangeot:
THE ADVENTURES OF A MANCHURIAN the story of Lobsang Thondup
Vg/Vg (protective transparent wrapper over price clipped dj lightly rubbed at edges, clean green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, internally no fault save for slight speckling top edge) octavo 281pp. First edition. Biography of Lobsang Thondup. Describes how the civil war in China was lost and won, what Tibet was really like in the twilight of its independence, and why India guards her Himalayan borders so jealously. Maps to endpapers, b/w photographs.
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Donald Portway:
MILITANT DON
Vg/G (intact dj with light wear to edges and lightly tarnished, blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, very narrow band of fading top and base of spine, internally no inscriptions and clean and bright) octavo 187pp. First edition. Biography of an academic and military man. Reminiscences of Cambridge and both world wars. B/w photographs.
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Lewis's 1844-1944
VG . no dj. clean and crisp copy. attractive red boards with gilt titling to spine. no inscriptions. First edition. Numerous b/w illustrations, including colour frontis painting of The New Building at Gower Street.
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Wilfrid Blunt:
THE COMPLEAT NATURALIST - A Life of Linnaeus
Vg/G (clean unclipped dj, small tear at head of spine and large tear along fore-edge of back cover, clean green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, a very good clean sound copy, small neat ink numeral pre-title page, no other marks) quarto 256pp. Beautifully illustrated biography of one of the world's greatest naturalists. 32pp colour plates including reproductions of 18th century flower drawings and oil-paintings, more than 150 monochrome pictures.
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Frank Wells:
H. G. Wells : A Pictorial Biography
VG/G ex library with stamps to title page and 1st endpaper mostly removed - neatly. no library signs in text. full plastic cover over all. spine is badly bleached/sunned - with labels. written by his son - a detailed biography of the famous author, wit numerous intimate family photographs.
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Percy Colson - editor:
LORD GOSCHEN AND HIS FRIENDS The Goschen Letters
Vg (no dj, maroon cloth faded on spine, few light marks front board,contents clean and bright) octavo 205pp. Date of publication unknown, but conforming to wartime economy standards. The letters of Lord Goschen, friend of Queen Victoria. On the Royal Family, politicans and diplomets, Florence Nightingale, Matthew Arnold and others.
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Murphy, A:
The Works of Cornelius Tacitus with An Essay on his Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements: a new edition with the authors last corrections
reading copy only. both right-hand edges of front nd back covers have impact damage and loss. originally would have protruded over textblock, but now almost flush. cover over this section is rolled back. label to spine is almost worn away. endpapers missing - internally starts at title page- which shows some discolouration to right edge! internally all pages are clean and tidy and well-bound. would be a good re-binding project. no inscriptions or underlinings.
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Stanley Weintraub:
BEARDSLEY
Vg/Vg (dj lightly rubbed at edges, contents clean and bright throughout) octavo 285pp. Aubrey Beardsley's life and times. A biography. With 16pp of Beardsley's drawings.
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Benjamin Franklin Doer of Good A Biography
Good+ no dj as issued. bright red boards with decorative flower design and gilt titling. ffeps badly foxed particularily to pre-title page and frontis image. similar to title page, but text itself is not effected. prize plate to endpaper. no inscriptions. foxing to textblock edge.
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Raymond Ackerman and Denise Prichard:
Hearing Grasshoppers Jump
Vg/Vg (bright tight near-fine copy but spine twisted and front board and contents leaning, old price in ink front free endpaper) octavo 342pp. The story of South Africa's most succesful retailer.
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Helen Keller:
THE STORY OF MY LIFE
G (no dj, lightly worn green cloth frayed top and base of spine, previous owner's bookplate front fixed endpaper, front free endpaper missing, front hinge and one central hinge lightly cracked but contents remaining firm, glue marks at front and back hinges and one central hinge else pages are clean firm and bright) 12mo 441pp. Sixth edition. With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy. B/w portrait frontis and 13 b/w plates.
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Richard Aldington:
PORTRAIT OF A GENIUS BUT... (The Life of D H Lawrence 1885-1930)
Fair (no dj, lightly worn blue cloth wih silver titles on spine and silver eagle front board, spine lightly sunned and few marks both boards,front hinge beginning to weaken, few speckles outside page edges and faint speckles index pages, frontispiece missing, small mark one margin else pages clean)octavo 367pp. First edition. 11 b/w plates.
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MORLEY, SHERIDAN:
The Authorised Biography of JOHN GIELGUD
Vg/VG not price-clipped. no inscriptions. .Clean throughout with no inscription or annotation. First edition . This is the story of one remarkable man in his time, playing many parts across a lifetime of 96 years, in private and in public. Following years of research and access to the subject's personal archive, Sheridan Morley has produced the definitive portrait of one of the most-loved actors of the twentieth century. Contains 24 black and white photographs. 510 pages
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H D Traill:
STERNE
G (no dj, very grubby red cloth with black lettering and black decorative title panel front board, boards a bit limp, no foxing, touch of rust at gutter from staples here and there, two or three page corners creased else contents very clean and very tight) 12mo 176pp plus 6pp publisher's lists. English Men of Letters series. Biography.
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Roy M. Stanley:
Axis Warships. As Seen from Photographs Frpm Allied Intelligence Files.
VG/VG . not price-clipped. no inscriptions. a lovely clean copy. Aerial b/w wartime photographs of the German and Italian fleets; with expert descriptive commentary. Illustrated. ; 256 pages.
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Robert Slater:
SOROS The Unauthorised Biography THE LIFE TIMES & TRADING SECRETS OF THE WORLDS GREATEST INVESTOR
Fine (pictorial card covers) Octavo 272pp illustrated
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CAROLE ANGIER:
The Double Bond-Primo Levi, a Biography
Vg/VG lovely clean copy without inscriptions. not price-clipped. slight wear to some corners - it is a heavy title. charity stamp to top edge of textblock - nothing internally. looks unread .
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Davies, Hunter:
The Eddie Stobart Story
Vg/VG lovely clean copy without inscriptions. not price-clipped. slight creasing to dj at ends of spine, but no cuts. the story of a multi-million pound business that spawned a middle-class motorway game. It details dynastic struggles that ended in a merchandising shop opposite Carlisle Cathedral and the entrepreneurial spirit that built the biggest road haulage business in Britain
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Yates, Douglas.:
Franz Grillparzer: A Critical Biography: Volume I
VG/VG (dj is worn and a little creased at the edges without significant loss) Octavo 1 inscription to ffep.
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Markus, Julia:
Dared And Done. The Marriage of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.
VG/VG . not price-clipped. no inscriptions. a lovely clean copy. 1st Edition. Medium octavo over 9x6inches, 382pp with index & bibliography, b/w photo illustrations, black cloth/gilt, colour endpapers
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Sylvain Mangeot:
THE ADVENTURES OF A MANCHURIAN the story of Lobsang Thondup
Vg/Vg (protective transparent wrapper over. not price clipped clean green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, internally no fault) octavo 281pp. First edition. Biography of Lobsang Thondup. Describes how the civil war in China was lost and won, what Tibet was really like in the twilight of its independence, and why India guards her Himalayan borders so jealously. Maps to endpapers, b/w photographs.
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Lucas, Robert:
Frieda Lawrence: the story of Frieda von Richthofen and D.H. Lawrence
VG/VG . not price-clipped. no inscriptions. a lovely clean copy. 1st Edition. The life-story of Frieda Von Richthofen, the wife of D.H.Lawrence. 308pp
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McNally, Ward.:
Cry Of A Man Running
VG/G . dj has wrinkled edges and rubbing, with one closed tear/flap to rear panel. no inscriptions. not price-clipped. internally, a crisp clean copy. Octavo story of how an ex-criminal made a new life for himself after release from custody.
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Wineapple, Brenda:
Sister Brother: Gertrude and Leo Stein.
VG/VG no inscriptions. not price-clipped. lovely clean copy 8vo, numerous monochrome text illustrations, 514pp, green spine over light blue paper covered boards, silver gilt. few smudges to edges of textblock.
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LESLIE, Anita.:
COUSIN CLARE: The Tempestuous Career of Clare Sheridan.
VG/VG dj is edge-creased/rubbed in part. 8vo. 272pp. A very clean copy and free of inscriptions in an unclipped dust jacket. Looks sunned to spine with some spots.
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Valentin Katayev:
A MOSAIC OF LIFE Memoirs of a Russian Childhood
VG/VG (dj is slightly tarnished and a tad worn. Book is tight, bright and clean) Octavo 447pp Recollections of turn-of-the-century Russia by the author of 'Squaring the Circle' and ' The Grass of Oblivion'
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Madeline Clemenceau - Jacquemaire:
THE LIFE OF MADAME ROLAND
VG First Edition. Red Cloth boards are a little grubby, with a faded spine, otherwise no significant faults. Octavo 346pp with illustrations. Biographical story translated from the French by Laurence Vail.
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Dennis Bardens:
PORTRAIT OF A STATESMAN the personal life story of Sir Anthony Eden
G/G (lightly tarnished dj chipped at corners and small tear head of spine with minor loss, lightly rubbed dark blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, top page edges tinted blue, few faint spots prelims and outside page edges, pages clean) octavo 326pp. First edition. Biography with b/w photographs.
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DEREK JARRETT:
INGENIOUS MR. HOGARTH
VG/VG. No inscriptions. not price-clipped. attractive copy. A biography of William Hogarth (1697-1794)
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Axel Madsen:
HEARTS AND MINDS the common journey of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre
Vg/Vg (intact unclipped dj lightly discoloured on spine and around edges, clean matt cream boards with bright gilt title on pink cloth backstrip, clean bright red endpapers, one tiny chip to front fixed endpaper else contents clean and bright without fault) octavo 320pp. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Susan Chitty:
THAT SINGULAR PERSON CALLED LEAR
Vg/Vg (clean unclipped dj has damp stain bottom corner of front cover and bottom of front flap, a near fine copy very clean tight and bright but small remant of paper from dj stuck to bottom of front board and faint browning page edges) octavo 305pp. Biography of Edward Lear, painter and poet, illustrated with 8 pp b/w photographs.
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J. M. Scott:
Gino Watkins
VG First Edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration. Spine and edges are a little grubby and worn. Top edge of the text-block is gilt, while the other two edges show significant spotting. Plate inserted by prior owner. Octavo 317pp with a few photographic plates. Life of Gino Watkins, the famous arctic explorer.
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Richard Mangan editor:
GIELGUD'S LETTERS
Fine/near fine (near fine unclipped dj with one small crease bottom edge of front cover, black cloth with bright silver titles on spine, a fine tight bright copy with no marks or inscriptions) octavo 564pp. First edition. A rich life seen through eighty years of letter-writing. Introduction by Richard Mangan.
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Walter S Scott:
WHITE OF SELBORNE
Fine/fine (slight spine-faded dj else no faults with book or dj) Octavo 262pp illustrated. Gilbert White wrote the first systematic account of the natrural history of a defined area. This book looks at the man behind work
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WALDMAN, Milton:
The Lady Mary : A Biography of Mary Tudor 1516 - 1558
VG/VG. First Edition. not price-clipped. 1 inscription to ffep. Detailed biography of Mary Tudor- the only surviving child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. The book includes 8 plates
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