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Meynell, Wilfrid
Cardinal Newman
Hardcover (no jacket). Boards are marked and worn, with bumped and nicked spine ends; spine body a little sunned. Page block is rough. Endpapers are tanned; sparse foxing and minor age-related marks, mainly towards start and rear. All text and images are clear. TS Used
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King, J. Marin (ed.); Tsvetaeva, Marina
A Captive Spirit: Selected Prose
Paperback in very good condition. With an introduction by Susan Sontag. HCW Used
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Paetzold, Heinz
Ernst Cassirer-Von Marburg Nach New York: Eine Philosophische Biographie
Hardcover (no dust jacket; printed boards). Very good condition. Slight shelf wear to boards and a couple of minor marks to page block. Pages and text fine. RB Used
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Francis, Dewi B.
Master Mariner: Captain William Henry Hughes, DSC
Paperback. Very good condition. TA Used
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Thorp, Margaret Farrand
Charles Kingsley: 1819-1875
Hardcover (no dust jacket; printed boards). 1969 reprint of 1937 publication. Very good condition. Cover slightly bumped to spine ends. Pages and text fine. RB Used
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Hollis, Patricia
Jennie Lee: A Life
Paperback. Very good condition. Cover sunned to spine, with spine ends scuffed. Page block and page edges tanned. Text fine. RB Used
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Ben-Halim, Ahmed
Libya: The Years of Hope; The Memoirs of Mustafa Ahmed Ben-Halim, Former Prime Minister of Libya
Hardcover. (Errata slip) Very good condition. In unclipped dust jacket, with sunned spine. Pages and text fine. RB Used
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Reeder, Roberta
Anna Akhmatova: Poet & Prophet
Paperback. Very good condition. In unclipped dust jacket. Pages slightly tanned. Text fine. RB Used
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Minns, F. John (ed.)
Wealth Well-Given: The Enterprise and Benevolence of Lord Nuffield
Hardcover in dust jacket. Very good condition. Jacket is sunned along spine and at upper edges. Boards' corners are slightly bumped and jacket front has nick at upper corner. A few score marks on jacket rear. Pages are clean and sound. TA Used
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Smith, William Jay
Army Brat: A Memoir
Paperback, signed and dedicated by author on title page to previous owner Gavin Ewart. In excellent condition, with clean, sound pages. TS Used
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Rowbotham, Sheila
Promise of a Dream: Remembering the Sixties
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition. Signed by author on title page. Small mark on page block face. No other notable flaws. Pages are sound, text is clear. TA Used
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Stevenson, Yvonne
The Hot-House Plant: An Autobiography of a Young Girl
Paperback. Good condition. Cover tanned, with slight edge wear, creased spine, correction fluid mark on back, scuffed spine head, marked page block. Pages and text fine. Signed and dedicated by author. RB Used
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Paul, Gill; Gilbert, Adrian
World War I Love Stories: Real-life romances from the war that shook the world
Hardcover in dust jacket. Very good condition. Small closed tear to jacket rear at lower corner. Pages are sound and clear. TA Used
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Haines, Joe
Kick 'Em Back: Wilson, Maxwell and Me
Hardcover in dust jacket. Very good condition. Mark on page block face and a couple of minor score lines on jacket rear. Pages are sound, text is clear. TA Used
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Jenkins, Brian
Henry Goulburn 1784-1856: A Political Biography
Paperback. Very good condition. Light foxing and a couple of marks to page block. Several creases along spine and front cover is a little bowed. Pages are sound, text is clear. TA Used
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Plimpton, George
Truman Capote: In which various friends, enemies, acquaintances and detractors recall his turbulent career
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. First Edition. Very good condition. Pages are tanned at edges, but remain sound and clear. TA Used
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Clarke, Gerald
Capote: A Biography
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition. Jacket is slightly shelf-worn at upper and lower edges. Front board upper corner is bumped. Pages are a little tanned, but remain sound and clear. TA Used
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Wilson, Harriette; Marquis, Max (ed.)
Mistress of Many
Paperback, from the collection of the late Gavin Ewart, with his name penned on half-title page. The Bestseller Library. Spine, and to a lesser extent corners, are creased; rear is slightly marked; a little general shelfwear elsewhere on exterior. Page block and pages are tanned. All text is clear. TS Used
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Raphael, Frederic
Personal Terms: The 1950s and 1960s
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. First Edition. Very good condition. Marks to page block and spine ends and corners are bumped. Nick to jacket at spine head. Pages are sound and clear. TA Used
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Gee, Maurice
Memory Pieces
Paperback in very good condition throughout. TS Used
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Waters, Ethel
To Me It's Wonderful
Paperback with shelfworn covers, and slightly bumped spine ends. Page block and pages are tanned. All text remains clear. TS Used
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Martin, Peter
Samuel Johnson: A Biography
Paperback - very good throughout. TS Used
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Brodak, Molly
Bandit: A Daughter's Memoir
Paperback. Unread shop stock in excellent condition. TS Used
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Dawkins, Richard
Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science
Paperback. One instance of light wear on rear lower edge/page block foot. Small marker pen dot on page block foot. A very good copy indeed. TS Used
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Brabazon, James
My Friend the Mercenary: A Memoir
Paperback. Unread shop stock; slight general mark on page block foot, otherwise in very good condition throughout. TS Used
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Tan, Amy
Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir
Hardcover and jacket (faintly bumped on spine ends) - first US printing. Small marker pen dot on page block foot. A very good copy indeed. TS Used
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Brennan-Jobs, Lisa
Small Fry: A Memoir
Hardcover and jacket, slightly bumped at spine head. One or two very minor marks on exterior. A very good copy with clean, sound interior. TS Used
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Lowndes, Susan (ed.)
Diaries and Letters of Marie Belloc Lowndes, 1911-1947
Hardcover, very good condition. Second impression. Jacket is price clipped but otherwise very good. Minor mark on jacket inner front flap. Internally bright and clean. D.P. Used
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Rich, Doris L.
Amelia Earhart: A Biograpy
Paperback, very good condition. A paperback reissue of the original cloth edition. Very clean copy. No wear at all to covers and internally excellent throughout. DP Used
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Holzer, Harold (ed.)
The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition. Pen mark on page block foot and one or two other small marks on page block. Minor scuff mark on page 447 - text remains readable. Jacket is a little creased at front upper corner. Pages are sound and clear. TA Used
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Min, Anchee
Red Azalea
Paperback. Negligible exterior shelfwear; small marker pen dot on page block foot. A very good copy. TS Used
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Levi, Peter
Edward Lear: A Biography
Paperback. One or two minor marks on exterior; the lightest of wear to spine ends. A very good copy. TS Used
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Costello, Peter
Jules Verne: Inventor of Science Fiction
Hardcover - first printing; no jacket (rear flap laid in). Spine is very faintly sunned; spine ends and page block are a little worn. Text is clear throughout. TS Used
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Faulkner, Peter
Angus Wilson: Mimic and Moralist
Hardcover, very good condition. Jacket is unclipped with minimal fading and shelf wear. Boards are pristine. One or two pages are creased at upper corners, but pages remain sound and text clear. DP Used
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Micks, David
Bellow's People: How Saul Bellow Made Life Into Art
Hardcover, first ed. first print, like new condition. Pristine throughout, no issues. DP Used
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LeFavour, Cree
Lights on Rats Out : A Memoir
Hardcover, first ed. first print, very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket otherwise very clean. Boards are pristine. Internally excellent throughout. DP Used
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Von Hugel, Charles (Hnatiuk, Roger)
New Holland Journal : November 1833-October 1834 (Miegunyah Press Series; No. 17)
Numerous exquisitely beautiful colour plates and b/w text illustrations, 4 maps, gilt lettering to spine. Gift-note to David Butler on half-title page, text and illustrations are clean, bright and tight throughout. Heavy! Clean Copy
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Thomas, Donald
Henry Fielding
Hardcover, very good condition. Jacket has some light shelf wear otherwise is unclipped and clean. Boards are very good with a slight bump to the spine foot. A couple of small dents to page block head and minor marks to page block face. Internally excellent throughout. DP Used
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Bushrui, Suheil; Jenkins, Joe
Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet
Paperback, very good condition. Light shelf wear to the covers, spine is uncreased and corners are sharp. Internally excellent throughout. DP Used
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Thomson, Ian
Primo Levi
Hardcover, very good condition. A very clean copy. Jacket is unclipped with very light surface marks, no tears or creases and remains sharp. Boards are pristine and internally the text is excellent throughout. DP Used
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Caveney, Graham
The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness
An excellent first edition, first impression hardcover in jacket. Like new. TS Used
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Gascoyne, David
Journal 1938-1937, Death of an Explorer, LEON Chestov
Hardcover in unclipped jacket. First ed., very good condition. Jacket has some wear to the edges, surface marks, nicks to the corners and a slightly faded spine. Boards are very clean with just a small stain to the spine foot and front cover. Internally excellent throughout. DP Used
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Rowley, Hazel
Christina Stead: A Biography
Paperback. Page block and page edges are slightly tanned; one or two dents and imperfections on the former. Previous owner's details penned on first page. All text is clear. TS Used
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Dearborn, Mary V.
The Happiest Man Alive: A Biography of Henry Miller
Hardcover - first UK printing. Light wear on jacket. Pages are clean and sound. TS Used
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Ferguson, Robert
Henry Miller: A Life
Hardcover. One or two scores on jacket; page block and page edges are tanned. All text is clear. TS Used
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Gathorne-Hardy, Jonathan
Gerald Brenan - The Interior Castle: A Biography
Paperback. Covers are very slightly worn; page block and page edges are tanned, with two or three minor marks on the former. All text remains clear. Good to very good. TS Used
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Holroyd, Michael
Lytton Strachey: A Critical Biography (2 volumes)
Hardcovers in unclipped dust jackets. First US edition, 2 volumes in a slipcase, good condition. Volume 1 - The Unknown Years 1880-1910. Volume 2 - The Years of Achievement 1910-1932. Slipcase has some wear and staining, notably a few scuffs along one spine edge. The jackets are tanned and faded (volume 2 slightly worse) with minimal edge wear. Nick to jacket spine head of Vol. I and small dent to jacket rear of Vol. II. Boards are very good and internally the text is excellent in both volumes. DP Used
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Ondaatje, Christopher
The Last Colonial: Curious Adventures & Stories from a Vanishing World
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition. Images by Ana Maria Pacheco. Light shelf wear to the jacket but overall very clean. Boards are pristine and internally the text is excellent throughout. DP Used
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Quennell, Peter (ed.)
Marcel Proust: 1871-1922, A Centenary Volume
Hardcover in clipped dust jacket, good condition. Jacket has some wear with creasing to the top edges and very small nicks to the spine head. There are some slight stains to the boards, spine foot and the head of the page block but internally the text and images remain excellent throughout. DP Used
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Spencer Carr, Virginia
Paul Bowles: A Life
Hardcover and jacket. Page edges are very faintly tanned; no further notable issues. A very good copy indeed. TS Used
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