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Powicke, F. M.
Stephen Langton, Being the Ford Lectures Delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 1927
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. Jacket is marked, tanned and scored. Front upper edge is stained. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn and nicked. Minor abrasion on front flap. Boards are marked and slightly faded. Hardcover leading corners and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Page block is lightly foxed. Pen on FEP. Front pastedown hinge is slightly worn. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Prater, Donald
Thomas Mann: A Life
Hardcover with jacket in very good condition. HCW Used
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Goodhart, C.A.E.
John Flemming, 1941-2003: A Biography
Very good hardcover, with a few minor marks and scores on exterior. Pages are clean and sound; all text is clear. TS Used
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Lamond, John
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Memoir
Hardcover in good condition for age. No jacket. First edition. 310 pages. With an epilogue by Lady Conan Doyle. Boards are marked, faded and mottled. A few light creases on boards. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are bumped and worn. Spine foot is nicked. Boards are slightly bowed. Page block and pages are tanned and marked. Bookplate on front pastedwon. Previous owner's details inked on FEP. Binding is exposed at title page but remains intact. Minor bumps throughout pages. Spine is slightly cocked. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Patey, Douglas Lane
The Life of Evelyn Waugh: A Critical Biography (Blackwell Critical Biographies)
Paperback in good condition. Covers are lightly scored and worn. Sticker residue on rear cover. Spine is creased. Front lower leading corner is lightly bumped, affecting early pages. Page block is lightly marked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Coren, Michael
Gilbert: The Man Who Was G. K. Chesterton
Hardcover with jacket in very good condition. Jacket and boards are lightly worn. Jacket edges are slightly creased. Jacket and hardcover spine ends are bumped. Page block is lightly marked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Rexroth, Kenneth
An Autobiographical Novel
Paperback in very good condition. Covers are lightly scored and worn. Spine is sunned and lightly creased. Page block is marked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Max, D. T.
Every Love Story is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
Hardcover - first UK edition. Minor edgewear at points on jacket. Interior sound and clean; all text is clear. TS Used
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Backhouse, E.; Bland, J. O. P.
China Under the Empress Dowager, Being the History of the Life and Times of TzU Hsi, Compiled from State Papers and the Private Diary of the Comptroller of Her Household
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. 'New and revised cheaper edition', 1914. Xxvi, 322 pp. Includes map of Peking. Boards and spine are marked and slightly faded. Leading corners and spine ends are bumped and worn. Lower edges are nicked. Page block and pages are marked and tanned. Penned dedication on FEP. Closed tears on rear pastedown hinge. Minor bumps and creases on some pages. Plate between pages 16 and 17 is creased and nicked. Contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Browne, G. F.
Alcuin of York: Lectures Delivered in the Cathedral Church of Bristol in 1907 and 1908
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Boards and spine are marked and slightly faded. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are bumped and worn. Page block and pages are tanned and marked. Stamps on FEP and preface page. Previous owner's details penned on title page. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Cunningham, Peter (ed.); Goldsmith, Oliver
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Wakefield Edition, Vol. VII: Biographies; Reviews
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Volume seven only. From no. 236 of 500 sets. Illustrated in black-and-white. Boards and spine are worn and faded. Title plate on spine is tanned, worn and nicked. Spine ends are bumped. Rough-cut pages are lightly tanned and marked. Minor nicks on pastedowns. Binding is weak at title page but remains intact throughout. Contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Forster, John
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Wakefield Edition, Vol. IX: The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Vol. I.
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Volume nine of series, vol. one of 'Life and Times' set. From no. 236 of 500 sets. Illustrated in black-and-white. Boards and spine are worn and faded. Abrasions and correction fluid on title plate on spine. Spine ends are bumped. Rough-cut pages are lightly tanned and marked. Front pastedown hinge is partially split. Binding is exposed between a few pages but remains intact. Contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Forster, John
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Wakefield Edition, Vol. X: The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Vol. II.
Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Volume ten of series, vol. two of 'Life and Times' set. From no. 236 of 500 sets. Illustrated in black-and-white. Boards and spine are worn and faded. Abrasions on tanned title plate on spine. Spine ends are bumped. Rear leading edge is nicked. Rough-cut pages are lightly tanned and marked. Nine centimetre split on front pastedown hinge. Frontispiece and second title page are detached but laid-in. Contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Forster, John
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Wakefield Edition, Vol. XI: The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Vol. III.
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Volume eleven of series, vol. three of 'Life and Times' set. From no. 236 of 500 sets. Illustrated in black-and-white. Boards and spine are worn, scored and faded. Ttle plate on spine is tanned, marked and torn. Spine ends are bumped. Rough-cut pages are lightly tanned and marked. Four centimetre tear on frontispiece tissue paper. Contents are clear throughout. Spine is cocked but binding remains intact. HCW Used
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Forster, John
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Wakefield Edition, Vol. XII: The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Vol. IV.
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Volume twelve of series, vol. four of 'Life and Times' set. From no. 236 of 500 sets. Illustrated in black-and-white. Boards and spine are worn and faded. Ttle plate on spine is tanned, worn and nicked. Leading corners and spine ends are bumped, worn and nicked. Rough-cut pages are lightly tanned and marked. Front pastedown hinge is partially split. Contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Ferris, Paul
Dr. Freud: A Life
Paperback in very good condition. A few signs of slight wear to the edges of the cover. Minor marks on page block. Slight nicks on the front leading edge of the cover and on two or three lower page edges. All text and images are clear, with sound binding. CM Used
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REeks, Margaret
The Mother of Goethe (Frau Aja)
Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Ex-university library. From the Taylor Institution, Oxford. With 18 black-and-white illustrations. Boards are marked, worn and faded. Light abrasion on rear board. Spine ends are bumped and worn. Leading corners and edges are bumped and split. Page block and rough-cut pages are marked and tanned. Library plate on front pastedown. Minor tear on front pastedown hinge. Stamps on some pages. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Mathabane, Mark
Kaffir Boy: Growing Out of Apartheid
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. First UK edition. Publisher's review slip enclosed. Jacket is scored and worn. Jacket edges are slightly creased. Jacket and hardcover spine ends are bumped. Page block is foxed. Page block and page edges are tanned. Minor nicks on one or two pages. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Cowper, William
Private Correspondence of William Cowper, Esq. With Several of His Most Intimate Friends. Now First Published from the Originals in the Possession of His Kinsman, John Johnson, LL.D. Rector of Yaxham with Welborne in Norfolk. In Two Volumes
Hardcovers in good condition. No jackets. Two volumes. Volume one: Xxxii, 378 pp. Volume two: x, 349 pp. Blue-cloth boards and spines are marked, worn and faded. Leading corners and spine ends are bumped, with a few minor nicks. Page block and pages are marked and tanned. Minor nicks on pastedown hinges. Creases throughout pages. Spine of volume one is slightly cocked but bindings remain intact. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
The Autobiography of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Volume Two
Paperback in good condition. Covers and spine are scored and worn. Dents on front cover affect early pages. Light creases on spine head. Page block is marked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Schoenbaum, S.
William Shakespeare: A Documentary Life
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Ex-university library. From Somerville College, Oxford. Boards and spine are marked, worn and faded. Spine ends are bumped. Page block and some pages are lightly marked and tanned. Stamps on page block, early and closing pages. Library plate on front pastedown. Label residue on FEP. Minor creases throughout pages. Contents are clear throughout. Volume is slightly cocked but binding remains intact. HCW Used
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LevinE-Meyer, Rosa
LevinE: The Life of a Revolutionary
Hardcover, signed and dedicated by author on FEP. Price-clipped jacket is slightly shelfworn, with a few minor nicks along upper edge, a few marks, and a lightly faded spine. Boards are faintly marked. Interior very good: text is clear throughout. Introduction by E. J. Hobsbawm. TS Used
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Stanley, George F. G.
Louis Riel
Paperback in good condition. Covers are scored and worn. Rear upper edge is nicked. Page block is lightly marked. Previous owner's sticker on title page. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Wollaston, Nicholas
My Father, Sandy
Hardcover - first edition, first printing. Negligible wear along jacket's upper edge; minor crease on inner flap; nick at spine foot. A few minor marks on page block. Text and images are clear; pages are clean and sound. TS Used
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Fisher, Nigel
Iain Macleod
Hardcover in good condition. First edition. Signed and dedicated by the author on the title page. Light scores and edgewear to the jacket; one or two minor nicks to the edges. Jacket and hardcover spine feet are bumped. Binding is sound; text and images are clear. Introduction by Lord Boyle of Handsworth. CM Used
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Lowndes, Belloc
Where Love and Friendship Dwelt
Hardcover without jacket. First edition, with red boards. Signed by, and possibly from the collection of, author Daphne Fielding on FEP ("La Galerie des Patres"). Lower area of boards slightly marked; minor wear to extremities; foxing on page block and the occasional page edge within. All content is clear. TS Used
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MonEt, Joseph (ed.)
Casanova's Memoirs
Hardcover without jacket. Spine is a little faded, with worn ends; page block faintly discoloured. Corners of boards and upper corners of most pages are slightly bumped. Pages are clean and content is clear. TS Used
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Lukas, Ellen; Lukas, Ellen
Teilhard: A Biography
Hardcover in very good condition, with jacket in good condition. Jacket is lightly scored and bumped. Front upper leading corner is nicked. Hardcover spine head is lightly bumped. Page block is lightly marked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Lukas, Ellen; Lukas, Ellen
Teilhard: A Biography
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. Price-clipped jacket is marked, scored and worn, with a few minor nicks. Jacket spine and front edges are sunned. Jacket is laminated to boards. Labels on jacket spine foot. Jacket and hardcover spine ends are bumped and worn. Page block is marked. Upper edge of FEP is clipped. Minor pen mark on margin of page 127. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Inchfawn, Fay
Not the Final Word or A Joyful Tribute
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. First edition. Jacket is marked, sunned and worn, with one or two nicks. A few minor marks and bumps on boards. Spine ends are lightly bumped. Upper edges are slightly faded. Page block and title pages are lightly tanned and foxed. Previous owner's details penned on half title page. Remaining pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Rose, Aubrey
Journey Into Immortality: The Story of David Rose
Paperback, signed and dedicated by author, opposite title page, to previous owner Derek Ingram. Very good condition, with just one or two instances of the lightest of shelfwear to covers, and one or two faint marks on page block. Pages are clean, binding is sound, and content is clear throughout. TS Used
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Benn, Glanvill
Long Lease of Life
Paperback. Signed note from author to previous owner - Derek Ingram - laid in, plus clipping of CPU News' obituary of the author. Light wear to covers' corners. Content is clear on sound, clean pages. TS Used
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Weintraub, Stanley; Crawford, Fred D. (eds.)
Albert: Uncrowned King
Hardcover in very good condition. Previous owner's name (likely to be J.R.R. Tolkien's eldest son, John) on the FEP. Minor sunning and shelfwear to the jacket. A few minor marks on the board edges. Pages are clean; text and images are clear. CM Used
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Thomson, John
Francis Thompson the Preston-Born Poet
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Second edition. Contains frontispiece portrait and two plates. Boards and spine are worn, faded and darkened on edges. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are bumped. Spine is slightly cocked but binding remains intact. Page block and some of the rough-cut pages are tanned and foxed. Contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Williams, David
President and Power in Nigeria: The Life of Shehu Shagari
Hardcover with slipcase in very good condition. No jacket. Slight sunning on slipcase. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Scott, George
Time and Place
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. First edition. Jacket is unclipped. Original price is 16s net. Jacket is marked and edge-worn. Rear upper edge is nicked. Hardcover spine is cocked. Page block and early page edges are marked and tanned. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Fairweather, Virginia
Cry God for Larry: An Intimate Memoir of Sir Laurence Olivier
Hardcover with jacket in very good condition. First edition. Jacket is lightly scored and worn. Page block is lightly marked and tanned. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Brown, Judith M.
Gandhi: Prisoner of Hope
Hardcover in very good condition. Jacket has some light shelfwear with a slightly sunned spine. Minor bumps to the lower leading corners of the jacket and hardcover. The pages are clean and sound; all content is clear. CM Used
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Dickie, John
The Uncommon Commoner: A Study of Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Hardcover in very good condition, with jacket in good condition. Signed and dedicated by author on FEP to the late journalist Derek Ingram. First edition, first printing. Jacket is unclipped. Original price on front flap is 25s. net. Jacket is lightly marked. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn, creased and nicked. Light edge-wear on hardcover. Page block is lightly marked and tanned. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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das Birla, Ghanshyam
Bapu: A Unique Association: Volumes I - IV
Hardcovers with jackets in good condition. Four volumes. Laminated jackets are lightly marked and worn. Jacket spines are sunned, without affecting text. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are creased and nicked. Three centimetre tear on rear upper leading corner of volume three jacket. Hardcover leading corners, edges and spine ends are bumped. Page blocks and a few pages are lightly marked. Creases throughout pages. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Noor, Queen
Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life
Hardcover in very good condition. Signed and dedicated by the author on the title page. Light shelfwear to the jacket. A few lightly creased page corners. The binding is sound with clear text and images. CM Used
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Reynolds, Quentin
Don't Think it Hasn't Been Fun
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Right Book Club, 1942. Boards and spine are slightly marked and tanned. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Page block and some pages are foxed. Spine is cocked but binding remains intact. Text remains clear throughout. HCW Used
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Gordon, Ken
Getting it Write: Winning Caribbean Press Freedom
Very good hardcover with acceptable jacket. Signed and dedicated by the author on the FEP. The rear of the jacket has large portions of residue and abrasions also affecting its leading edge which is nicked and peeling. Minor nick on jacket spine head. A few small stains on the page block. The pages are clean and sound; all content is clear. CM Used
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Rose, Aubrey
The Rainbow Never Ends: The Autobiography of Aubrey Rose
Paperback in very good condition. With signed correspondence between the author and Derek Ingram (the previous owner) laid in. Pages are clean; text and images are clear. CM Used
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Irwin, Joseph J.
M. G. "Monk" Lewis
Hardcover (no jacket). Boards and first few pages are bumped at lower corners. Small marks on page block, front pastedown and FEP, otherwise clean throughout, with all content clear. TEAS 198. TS Used
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Benn, Glanvill
Long Lease of Life
Paperback, including signed letter from author to previous owner, Derek Ingram. Page edges very slightly tanned; all content is clear, and binding is sound - very good condition throughout. TS Used
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Fuller, Alexandra
Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Solider
Paperback. Covers are lightly shelfworn at points. Page block and page edges are tanned. All text remains clear, and binding is sound throughout. TS Used
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Miller, Alastair
Inside Outside: The Story of a Prison Governor
Hardcover with jacket in very good condition for age. Jacket is lightly worn. Jacket spine head is nicked. Hardcover edges are lightly worn, bumped and faded. Page block is lightly marked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Katz, Ted
The Studio Within
Paperback. Covers' edges and corners are a little worn, the latter very slightly affecting pages within. Few minor marks on page block and lower edge of p.1. All content is clear, and pages are sound throughout. TS Used
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Eisenberg, J.; Wilson, Duncan
Leonard Woolf: A Political Biography
Hardcover with jacket in very good condition. Second impression 1979. Jacket spine is sunned, not affecting text. Hardcover spine head is bumped. Light creases on early pages. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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