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Thayer, William M.
From Log-Cabin to White House: Life of James A. Garfield
wear along the spine and edges; first inner hinge half-torn; pages yellowed; previous owner's name on FEP Used
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Cecil, David
Two Quiet Lives: Dorothy Osborne; Thomas Gray
sunning to spine; fading and age spotting to covers; age spotting to FEP, BEP, some early pages and page block Used
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PEARSON, Hesketh
Bernard Shaw, His Life and Personality
Rubbing and wear to cover corners and edges, page block remains tight. Text is clean and bright.
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Guinness, Alec
My Name Escapes Me : The Diary of a Retiring Actor
First published in 1996, these excerpts from Alec Guinness' diaries cover a period of about 18 months from January 1995. Combining wit, anecdotes and observation, the topics range from the National Lottery to Ralph Richardson, from the Catholic Church to the Hampshire countryside
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Ludovici, L.J
Fleming Discoverer of Penicillin
Last owner's name on the FEP. 223 pages including index. Used
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Lacey, Robert
Majesty - Elizabeth II and the House of Windsor
Gift note on Small Title page.
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Gilbert, W.Stephen
Fight & Kick & Bite: The Life and Work of Dennis Potter
This is a biography of the playwright and television dramatist Dennis Potter. Stephen Gilbert explores his work alongside a study of Potter himself - how his underprivileged childhood and debilitating illness were constant themes in his work and yet never curtailed his ambitions
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Hibbert, Christopher
The Personal History of Samuel Johnson
Yellowing pages, illustrations Clean Copy
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Daiches, David
Milton
Paperback. Previous owner's name on FEP
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Du Parcq, Herbert
Life of David LLoyd George, Volumes I, II, III and IV
No date and edition stated (not 1900. Tissues over a frontispiece portraits; spines with gilt tooling; sunning to spines; spine of Vol. 2 torn at the top; fading to covers; softening to top and bottom of spine; age stains to FEP and BEP; hinge break at pages 48-49 of Vol. 1; previous owner's name on front pastedowns. 4kg wrapped Used
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Hutton, W.H.
John Bunyan
Dust Jacket in pieces but portrait on front cover is not affected. 287 pages including index.
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Elizabeth A Life in Pictures
Spine break on the second page in and four pages after are and have become detached from the book. This book has been badly bound and, as a result, some pages protrude from cover.
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Gielgud, John
Early Stages
Hardcover without jacket. Ex-libris of Z.Deshaw on inside cover Used
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Bowen, Elizabeth
English Novelists (Britain in Pictures)
With 8 plates in colour and 19 b/w illustrations. Minor wear along the spine. Used
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Cecil, David
The English Poets (Britain in Pictures)
With 8 plates in colour and 13 b/w illustrations. Just-jacket worn along the spine and edges; minor wear along the spine and edges; gift-note on FEP. Used
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Hans Christian Anderson
23 pages, includes two page timeline of Anderson's life. Used
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West, W.M.S.
To be a Pilgrim, a Memoir of Ernest A. Payne
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Lipman, Maureen
Thank You for Having Me
Maureen Lipman continues to examine the warp and weft of her own life's rich tapestry - including doing the weekly wash in a floor - length taffeta gown before going off to shake hands with HM The Queen
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Lodge, Edmund
Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britian Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country with Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions (12 volumes)
Volume I (1823); Volume II (1824); Volume III (1825); Volume IV (1825); Volume V (1826); Volume VI (1827); Volume VII (1827); Volume VIII (1828); Volume IX (1829); Volume X (1830); Volume XI (1832); Volume XII (1834) All volumes have bumping and some rubbing and wear to spine and cover edges. Volume XI has top inch or so of spine chipped away. Text and illustrations clean, tight and amazingly bright in all volumes. Overall, a wonderfully preserved set that will instantly add a flair of 'posh' to any bookcase. Email for shipping options and cost or for photos. Used
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Grenfell, Joyce
Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure
Hardcover. Used
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DENMAN D.R.
A Half and Half Affair: Chronicles of a Hybrid Don
In which this leading Cambridge academic pours forth upon a life "too full to be more than half filled". 359pp. with b&w photos.. good condition.
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Davis, W. Beymon
Writers of Wales: Thomas Gwynn Jones
Paperback. Limited edition of 750 copies (number 42). Series editors Meic Stephens & R Brinley Jones. From the collection Alun R. Jones. Please email for multiple titles from this series.
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MORGAN, T.J.
Writers of Wales: W.J. Gruffydd
Paperback. Limited edition of 750 copies (Number 55). Series editors Meic Stephens & R Brinley Jones. From the collection Alun R. Jones. Please email for multiple titles from this series.
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JAMES, William F.
St Patrick of England
Signed by author, 135 of 200, rough cut pages, green cloth with beige spine with red lettering Used
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Kingsley, Charles
Letters and memories of His Life
Edited by his wife. Portrait with protective paper. Foxed. Content edges are damp mottled, but the contents are clean, tight and bright. Ex - libris label inside cover. Cover shows shelf - wear, corners slightly knocked. Used
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HEARSEY, John
Young Mr Pepys
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Hartman, Jane E.
Cougar Woman
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Browder, Clifford
Andre Breton, Arbiter of Surrealism
Cover is folded, dirty and held together with adhesive tape. Cover and some pages are dog - eared. Clean, tight and bright. Ex - library. Ex - Library
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Mercier, Vivian
Beckett / Beckett
Shadow of library label on spine. Spine slightly faded, corners also. Library label inside cover, FEP. Some moisture damage to the edge of content. Ex - Library
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D'AUVERGNE, Edmund B.
The Dear Emma: The Story of Emma Lady Hamilton, her Husband and her Lovers
284pp. Bright blue cover with gilt lettering. Dust Jacket is worn along edges and corners with a rather large scrape to front and tears to front along spine and cover edge. Internally, book is in Very Good condition - all text is clean, tight and bright. Used
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Ruzicka, Rudolf
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bicentenary essay, in very good condition. Text clean, tight and bright. Slight wear to cover. Previous owner name inside cover In Dutch
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Jullian, Philippe
Oscar Wilde
creases going down the spine, rubbing at the ends and edges of the cover and spine.
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Braybrooke, Neville
T. S. Eliot
A 'Symposium for His Seventieth Birthday' first published in 1958, Usual library labels and stamps. Jacket is plastic protected. Cover in good condition. Page block a little dirtied. All contents clean, tight and bright. Ex - Library
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Fisher
Napoleon
Some rubbing to covers. text is clean, tight and bright
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Busch, Moritz
Bismarck; Some Secret Pages of His History
Hardcover. Ex-Westfield College library, Condensed edition. Presentation stickers on the inside of the cover and on the FEP, faded on the spine and edges. A clean and tight copy. Ex-Library
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Ferris, George T. (Sharp, William - Edited with introduction)
The Great Composers German, french and Italian
Some wear to covers. Roughcut pages. text clean, tight and bright. Chip to top of spine.
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Rowland, John
George Stephenson, Creator of Britian's Railways
Chipping and tears to DJ but illustration not affected. Slight lean to spine and light spotting to page block. Text and illustrations are clean, tight and bright
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Moss, Arthur & Marvel, Evalyn
Cancan and Barcarolle: The Life and Times of Jacques Offenbach
Used
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White, George S
Memoir of Samuel Slater: The Father of American Manufactures Connected with a History of the Rise and Progress of the Cotton Manufacture in England and America
Used
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Robson, John
One Man in His Time: Biography of David James
Clean Copy
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Lewis, Brian; Enright, Jane; Enright, Duncan & Enright, Simon
The Man Who Sang Yellow Submarine in Latin, Derek Enright, 1935 - 1995
Slight shelf wear. Signed by Editors. Used
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Rowley, Brian A.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832): Catalogue of an Exhibition to Mark the 150th Anniversary of Goethe's Death on 22 March 1832
Used
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Cameron, Isabel
Angus our Precentor
colour illustration tipped-in front cover; covers slightly soiled; gift-note on FEP Used
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Bogarde, Dirk
Snakes and Ladders
Hardcover in unclipped jacket. Tooling to spine; minor yellowing to d/j Used
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Whittle, Tyler
Bertie: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
Hardcover in clipped jacket. Spine with gilt lettering; sunning to d/j; mild dust staines to top of page block Used
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Crawford, Deborah
Franz Kafka: Man Out of Step
b / w illustrations, softening to head of spine, dust spotting to top of page block, text clean and tight Used
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PEARSON, Hesketh
Extraordinary People
significant wear to spine; soiling to cover; chips to corners; dust jacket glued on to front cover and to front inside cover; club stamp on FEP and half - title page; remains of library pocket on back inside cover; yellowing to page block Ex - Library
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Marshall, George N.
A. Powell Davies and His Times
In very good condition, only very light shelfwear to jacket, otherwise excellent. Used
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McLachlan, John
The Wine of Life: A Testimony to Vital Encounter
Signed with a dedication by the author. In very good condition. Used
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Schroeder, W. L.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, an Appreciation.
1909 First Edition. Green cloth cover water stained and worn. Endpapers badly foxed. Some age spotting on page block. All contents clean, tight and bright. Used
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