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Patricia W. Romero:
E.Sylvia Pankhurst: Portrait of a Radical
Vg no dj. paperback. clean and tidy. no inscriptions. 334pp + index. B/w illustrations. Daughter of Emmeline and sister of Christabel, Sylvia was a relentless campaigner for the rights of women and, in particular, for the rights of unmarried mothers
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Alan Ryan:
Bertrand Russell, A Political Life.
VG/VG near fine. First Edition. price-clipped. no inscriptions.. 8vo "Concentrating on Russell's activities as a polemicist, agitator, educator, and popularizer, Ryan traces the evolution of Russell's moral philosophy, beginning with his fervid opposition to the Great War
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Edwards, Anne:
Sonya: The Life of Countess Tolstoy
VG/VG price-clipped. no inscriptions. lovely clean copy with some creasing to edges, but no significant loss. a detailed biography of the famous family member
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Kang-i Sun Chang:
THE LATE-MING POET CH'EN TZU-LUNG
VG/VG First Edition. Slight lean to the text block, otherwise no significant faults with the book. Octavo 183pp. A critical analysis of the poetry of Ch'en Tzu-lung, examining the liks between his writing and beleifs.
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Kang-i Sun Chang:
THE LATE-MING POET CH'EN TZU-LUNG
VG/VG First Edition. Slight lean to the text block, otherwise no significant faults with the book. Octavo 183pp. A critical analysis of the poetry of Ch'en Tzu-lung, examining the liks between his writing and beleifs.
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Robin Tanner and editor Tim Fenn:
FROM OLD CHAPEL FIELD selected letters of Robin Tanner 1920-1988
Vg/Vg near fine. clean and bright. appears unread. no inscriptions. not price-clipped large octavo 297pp. Collection of the letters of Robin Tanner, celebrated etcher, influential educationalist, and committed campaginer for peace and the environment.
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Roy Hattersley:
BLOOD AND FIRE William and Catherine Booth and Their Salvation Army
Near fine/VG (unclipped dj lightly creased and rather loose, one small mark back cover, clean black cloth with gilt titles on spine, a very clean tight copy with one small abrasion front free endpaper and small mark in one margin) octavo 471pp. First edition. Endpapers illustrated in colour, 16pp b/w plates. Dual biography of the Booths, and also an important insight into a fascinating priod of social history.
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Richard Church:
THE VOYAGE HOME
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj) Small octavo 238pp
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David Liddiard and Jennifer dAlton:
BARLEY AND BALLOONS David Lidiard remembers SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
VG (no dj, pictorial card covers, all clean tight and bright, no fault) octavo 350pp. Biography of David Liddiard, farmer, Monte Carlo rally driver, balloonist, councillor, airship pilot and family man. Illustrated with photographs in colour and b/w. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
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Gottfried Wagner:
HE WHO DOES NOT HOWL WITH THE WOLF The Wagner Legacy
Fine/near fine (tiny chip to one corner of unclipped dj, black cloth with small bump to one bottom corner, internally a very bright copy in fine condition, no inscriptions) octavo 335pp. Autobiography of Richard Wagner's grandson. 24pp b/w plates. Notes.
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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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Foot, Michael:
Aneurin Bevan Volume I 1897-1945
Vg/Vg (clean bright dj but sunned to spine. few tarnish marks to edges of dj from old sellotape, but nothing unsightly. no cuts or tears. internally all tight and bright without fault - except someone has taped in a newspaper article to ffep. spine cracked at front, but all pages present and tightly bound in. no inscriptions. price-clipped. octavo
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Michael g lerner:
maupassant
Vg/Vg (clean bright dj inside loose-fitting plastic sleeve. all pages present and tightly bound in. no inscriptions. not price-clipped. octavo First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A biography of one of France's greatest writers whose works have always enjoyed immense popularity. His spectacular rise to fame brought him into contact with the leading celebrities of 19th century France and yet he was to end his days in a mental asylum.
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Rolph, C.H.:
The Life, Letters and Diaries of Kingsley Martin
Vg/Vg (clean bright dj very lightly creased at ends over spine but no loss. all tight and bright without fault. no inscriptions. price-clipped. octavo This book is not about politics: it is the story of a highly complex individual, whos relationship with friends, his enemies and his colleagues are examined with subtley and perception. The author has had at his disposal an enormous mass of material covering every aspect of Kingsley Martins life. who was editor of the New Statesman amongst other things
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Rodgers, Silvia:
Red Saint, Pink Daughter
Vg/Vg (clean bright dj very lightly creased at ends over spine but no loss. all tight and bright without fault. no inscriptions. not price-clipped. octavo The authors Communist childhood in Berlin and London and her later involvement with mainstream British politics through her marriage to Labour and later Social Democratic politician Bill Rodgers
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Foot, Michael:
Aneurin Bevan Volume I 1897-1945
Vg/Vg (clean bright dj but sunned to spine. few tarnish marks to edges of dj from old sellotape, but nothing unsightly. no cuts or tears. internally all tight and bright without fault - except someone has taped in a newspaper article to ffep. spine cracked at front, but all pages present and tightly bound in. no inscriptions. price-clipped. octavo
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Booth, Stanley:
Sir Alfred Munnings, 1878-1959: A Centenary Tribute
Vg/Vg (clean bright dj, a faint rub to top edge over the spine. shelf-life really - no cuts or tears. internally all tight and bright without fault. collectable. no inscriptions. not price-clipped.
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Jules-Verne, Jean:
Jules Verne: A Biography
Vg/Vg (clean bright dj with slight rubbing to corners. all pages present and tightly bound in. no inscriptions. not price-clipped. First Edition. Author is the third son of this amazing story teller
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REES C B:
100 Years of the Halle
Hard Cover. VG . No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A centenary tribute by a music-loving journalist whogives anaccount of its history, conductor by conductor, but adopts a personal rather than an objective viewpoint. 174pp, b/w ills
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Rowan, Carl T.:
Breaking barriers : a memoir / Carl T. Rowan
VG/VG no inscriptions. lovely clean copy. .1925-2000. Journalists--United States--Biography. African American journalists---Race relations
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Rowse, A.L.:
FOUR CAROLINE PORTRAITS Thomas Hobbes, Henry Marten, Hugh Peters, John Selden
VG/VG no inscriptions. lovely clean copy. .9.5ins x 6.25ins, 184pp. The four civil war characters featured are Thomas Hobbes, Henry Marten, Hugh Peters and John Selden.
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Pamela Neville-Sington:
FANNY TROLLOPE The Life and Adventures of a Clever Woman
Fine/Fine (priceclipped dj else no faults with it or book) Octavo 416pp illustrated throughout. Famous and successful Victorian novelist
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James Prideaux:
KNOWING HEPBURN and other Curious Experiences
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj) Octavo 317pp. Author wrote a number of screenplays for Katharine Hepburn and knew the star for many years. Tender portrait of her
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Hesketh Pearson:
JOHNSON AND BOSWELL the story of their lives
VG (no dj, original red cloth with gilt titles on spine, contents clean tight and bright throughout) octavo 390pp. Biography. With 16 b/w plates.
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Klein, Edward:
All Too Human: The Love Story of Jack and Jackie Kennedy
VG/VG not price-clipped. no inscriptions. a clean attractive copy. well bound. 1st edition. An entertaining and informative account of the famous "first couple"
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Ralph Arnold:
ORANGE STREET AND BRICKHOLE LANE
Vg/Vg (unclipped dj with light edgewear head of lightly discoloured spine, clean red cloth with gilt titles on spine, scattering of faint speckles top page edges and faint dustmarks, internally pages clean and bright, slightly shelf cocked) octavo 190pp. First edition. Autobiography of a full-time publisher and part-time writer.
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Wood, Michael:
Stendhal
Hardback. No Jacket.First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fascinating study of the life and works of Stendhal. From his life at home as a youth, the execution of Louis XVI, brief but horrifying experience of Napoleon's wars, his passion for travel, society, the opera, and for Italy
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Laurens Van der Post:
ABOUT BLADY a Pattern out of Time
Fine/fine FIRST EDITION (no faults with book or dj, as new) Octavo 255pp Autobiographical
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Maurice Collis:
STANLEY SPENCER a biography
VG (grey cloth boards with green cloth backstrip, neat ink annotation to one map else contents no significant fault) octavo 255pp. Biography of the artist, illustrated with b/w plates of his work.
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Mineko Iwasaki:
GEISHA OF GION Memoirs
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj) Small octavo 334pp illustrated, partly in colour. The first Japanese Geisha to shed light on the fascinating and arcane geisha tradition
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Andrew Sinclair:
Jack a biography of jack london
VG?VG dj is sunned to spine, with a little wear/rounding to corners . not price-clipped. no inscriptions. foredge of textblock is untrimmed. internally. a clean copy with all pages present and tightly bound.
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HOTCHNER, A.:
PAPA HEMINGWAY: A Personal Memoir.
VG/VG dj has small wear/rounding to ends of spine, but nothing serious. full loose-fitting plastic covering round entire book and dj -protected well. not price-clipped. no inscription. inside text is clean and tightly bound . affectionate biography of the great adventurer
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Maurice Goldsmith:
Sage. A Life Of J.D.Bernal
VG/VG pale boards beneath have been well protected - and bright gilting. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. 1st edition. internally a clean attractive copy. well bound. an ex-libris copy, but no signs of this except 2 stamps to first endpaper - nothing else.
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Ernest H Hayes:
DOCTOR PENNELL Afghan Pioneer
VG/VG (dj has slight edgewear) 12mo 128pp 'Pioneer' series
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Michael Wood:
GO AN EXTRA MILE Adventures and Reflections of a Flying Doctor
Fine/near fine (clean unclipped dj very lightly rubbed upper edge, clean mottled turquoise cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, no marks or inscriptions, clean and bright throughout) octavo 160pp. Reprint. Adventures as a doctor and pilot in Africa. Maps to endpapers, photographs in colour and b/w.
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Bertita Harding:
AGE CANNOT WITHER
VG (no dj, clean greeen cloth with one small spot on front board, ex-owner's signature front free endpaper else contentsmno fault) octavo 256pp. The life of the Italian actress Eleonora Duse. With 8 b/w plates. the story of Duse and dAnnunzio
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Frederick Franck:
DAYS WITH ALBERT SCHWEITZER a Lambarene Landscape
Fine/fine (no significant faults with book or dj) Octavo 178pp illustrated.An intimate portrait of Schweitzer by one of his professional associates
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Rod McKuen:
FINDING MY FATHER
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj) Small octavo 255pp illustrated. America's national poet writes about his search for the father he never knew
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Louis Kronenberger:
MARLBOROUGH'S DUCHESS a study in worldliness
G (no dj, blue cloth with silver titles on lightly darkened spine, owner's bookplate front fixed endpaper, foxing to outside page edges, edges of prelims, and some margins) octavo 314pp. Biography of the Duchess of Marlborough, illustrated with 16 b/w plates.
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Donna Perlmutter:
SHADOWPLAY - The Life of Antony Tudor
VG/VG First Edition. Slight Edgewear, otherwise no significant faults with book or DJ. Octavo 419pp with B&W photographs. Biography of Antony Tudor, the ballet dancer and choreographer.
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Sarah Curtis (editor):
THE JOURNALS OF WOODROW WYATT Volume One
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj, as new) Octavo 748pp illustrated. Remembered as a politician, journalist, Chairman of the Tote and confident of Margaret Thatcher...
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VALLERY-RADOT, Rene:
The Life of Pasteur.
484pp. Red cloth. Hardback., 1919. Some dust-soiling and small marks, else a good plus copy. no dj. page edges untrimmed as printed.
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Sanders, Edward:
The Poetry and Life of Allen Ginsberg : A Narrative Poem
VG A biographical narrative poem by a Ginsberg contemporary and friend. no inscriptions. lovely clean copy. appears unread.
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Harris, Wilson:
J.A.Spender
Good+/reading copy .dj has rubbing to all edges and areas of loss, with creases and other signs of use, including tarnish spots. price-clipped. ffeps are foxed as are the ends of textblock - not in text however. no inscription. good clean copy. Hardback. First Edition.
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Middleton Richard:
POEMS & SONGS BY RICHARD MIDDLETON
Good+/reading copy .no dj. spine is sunned and rubbed to both ends - without loss. former owner's signature to ffep which are unattractively foxed and browned in parts - and similar to edges but nothing in text. darkened to top edge. good clean copy. Hardback. First Edition.
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E M Almedingen:
CATHERINE THE GREAT a portrait
Vg/Vg (clean unclipped dj lightly worn at edges, clean black cloth with gilt titles on spine, no inscriptions, contents clean and bright) octavo 240pp. First edition. B/w frontispiece.
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Coleman, Terry:
The Railway Navvies: A History of the Men Who Made the Railways
Vg. softcovers. bright clean copy which appears unrread. no creases to spne, corners sharp, no inscriptions or marginalia.
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Walmsley, Tony.:
Shed by Shed: Scottish - Steam Locomotives Allocated to Sheds 60A to 68E 1950 - 1968 Pt. 4
Vg. softcovers. bright clean copy which appears unrread. no creases to spine, corners sharp, no inscriptions or marginalia.
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G. Freeman Allen:
Trains Annual 1964
Vg/good+ (clean unclipped dj lightly worn at edges and some marked creasing and rubs to top edge. no inscriptions, contents clean and bright) not price-clipped
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Whiteley, J.S. & Morrison, G.W:
Steam in the West Riding
Vg/good+ (clean unclipped dj lightly worn at ends of spine, but no cuts or loss. no inscriptions, contents clean and bright) not price-clipped
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