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Mazzucchelli, Mario
The Nun of Monza
Hardcover, 1st English translation, in plastic protected unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket illustration by Youngman Carter. Jacket lightly scuffed on upper edges and slight foxing to front pasted down and FEP. Clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Turner, Frederick
Renegade: Henry Miller and the Making of Tropic of Cancer
Hardcover 1st edition in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Newspaper clipping reviews laid in by previous owner. Light scuffs to edges and light scoring to jacket. Board spine foot bumped. Clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Amis, Martin
Experience
Hardcover, 1st edition in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket scuffed at spine head and along upper edges. Clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Weinman, Sarah
The Real Lolita
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Minor shelf wear to jacket rear. Clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Kelly, Ian
Mr Foote's Other Leg
Hardcover, 1st edition in dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket scuffed at edges and marks to rear cover and spine. Clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Robinson, W. Sydney
Speak Well of Me: The Authorized Biography of Ronald Harwood
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Signed by Ronald Harwood in pen on title page. Jacket very slightly scored front and back. A few minor scuffs to page block, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Vernon, Betty D.
Margaret Cole, 1893-1980: A Political Biography
Hardcover, 1st edition in plastic protected unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. No notable flaws and pages are clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Summerskill, Edith
A Woman's World
Hardcover in plastic protected unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Wear to jacket spine and leading corners, and foxing to page block. Internally pages are clean and text is clear. AD Used
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Federn, Karl; Miall, Bernard (trans.)
Richelieu
Hardcover in very good condition for age, no dust jacket. Name of previous owner penned to FEP, plus marginalia on page 16. Spine is heavily sunned and there is foxing to page block, endpapers and a few other pages internally. Spine ends and leading corners of boards are bumped. Binding and pages are sound and text is clear. AD Used
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Amis, Martin
Experience
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket scuffed along upper edges and rear board heavily scuffed along lower edge. Marks to page block foot. Internally, pages are clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Hendrick, Burton J.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page
Hardcover without dust jacket, very good condition. Front and rear board covers are lightly worn and lightly sunned, small dent along leading edge. Spine is heavily sunned and tear to spine head. FEP and REP lightly tanned. Pages are clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Doe, Helen
Fighter Pilot
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket lightly scuffed at edges and spine ends. Lightly scored. Board spine ends are slightly bumped. Pages clean and clear throughout. AD Used
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Foot, Michael
Loyalists and Loners
Hardcover, 1st edition in plastic protected unclipped dust jacket, very good condition - gift quality - condition. Slight bumps to spine ends. Clean and crisp throughout. AD Used
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Marteilhe, Jean; Fenwick, Kenneth (ed.)
Galley Slave: The Autobiography of Jean Marteilhe
Hardcover, 1/4 leather, no dust jacket, very good condition. Boards are lightly worn at edges and spine ends. Foxing to pastedowns, endpapers and half-title page. Pages are sound and contents are clear. AD Used
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Pryce-Jones, David
Cyril Connolly: Journal and Memoir
Hardcover, 1st US edition in plastic protected unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket lightly scuffed at spine head and a few minor scores to plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and contents are clear. AD Used
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Prescott, John; Davies, Hunter
Prezza My Story: Pulling No Punches
Hardcover, 1st edition in plastic protected unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Signed by John Prescott on title page. Jacket is lightly scuffed at spine end and scoring to plastic covering. Book is slight cocked. Pages are clean and crisp. AD Used
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Foot, Michael
The Politics of Paradise: a Vindication of Byron
Hardcover, 1st edition in plastic protected unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Scoring to plastic on front cover, otherwise mint condition. Clean and crisp, gift-quality copy. AD Used
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Lendvai, Paul
Blacklisted: A Journalist's Life in Central Europe
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket is sunned at spine and scuffed along upper edges. Publishers review notice laid-in. Pages clean and clear throughout. AD Used
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Wells, Gerald
Obsession: A Life in Wireless
Paperback, signed and dedicated by Gerald Wells on first blank ("To [???] and Miranda, best wishes from Gerry Wells, 9-12-2013"). A few minor imperfections on covers. Text and images are clear on clean, sound pages. A very good copy. TS Used
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Bermant, Chaim
Genesis: A Latvian Childhood
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition. Light wear to upper edges of jacket and leading corners of jacket are worn. Score lines to jacket spine but boards remain very good. A few bumps to jacket rear along spine side. Pages are sound with clear text. TA Used
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Benn, Tony; Winstone, Ruth (ed.)
Tony Benn: More Time for Politics, Diaries 2001-2007
Hardcover, 1st edition in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Signed by author on title page in red marker pen and newspaper clipping book review laid in. Jacket lighlty scuffed along upper edges and very minor scoring to jacket front. Pages crisp and clean throughout. AD Used
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Jones, Mervyn
Michael Foot
Hardcover, 1st impression of 1st edition, in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket lightly scuffed along edges, pages clean and unmarked throughout. Very solid copy. AD Used
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Santagata, Marco
Dante: The Story of His Life
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Light scoring to jacket and small closed tear at jacket spine head. Pages clear and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Howard, Anthony
RAB: The Life of R.A. Butler
Hardcover in plastic protected unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Dimpling to plastic cover and light wear to lower board edges. Pages clean and clear throughout. AD Used
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FOUCHE, Joseph
The Memoirs of Joseph FOUCHE, Duke of Otranto, Minister of the General Police of France
Very handsome dark blue 1/2 leather bound 2nd edition, printed by W. Clowes, quite rare. Translated from the French, two volumes in one. This copy bears a D.G. Bridson bookplate on the front pastedown, gilt upper page block and gilt printing on spine. Corners and edges are very lightly scuffed, small mark to rear cover, otherwise mint condition. Spine is tight and pages are clean and umarked. In excellent condition, especially considering age. AD Used
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Webster, Paul
Antoine de Saint-EXUPERY: The Life and Death of the Little Prince
Hardcover, 2nd impression 1st edition, in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket sunned at spine; a hint of wear at spine ends. Pages clean and crisp throughout. AD Used
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Montefiore, Simon Sebag
Young Stalin
Hardcover, 1st edition, 4th impression, in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket lightly worn along edges with a small tear to upper edge at rear and to front near spine. Front board lightly scuffed at upper corner. Pages crisp and clean throughout. AD Used
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Blakiston, Caroline
Black Bread and Cucumber: A True Story
Small paperback in very good condition. Minor scoring to covers, otherwise like new. AD Used
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Castro, Fidel; Ramonet, Ignacio (ed.); Hurley, Andrew (trans.)
My Life
Hardcover. 1st printing, 1st edition in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket lightly scuffed along upper edges and spine ends. Page clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Rackstraw, Loree
Love as Always, Kurt Vonnegut as I Knew Them
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Small ding to rear board at lower edge and pages are a little stiff but remain sound with clear text. AD Used
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Truman, Harry S.
Mr. Citizen
Hardcover, no dust jacket, in good condition. Boards are worn at edges and bumped at corners with foxing to spine. Inked writing to FEP, slightly grubby page block. Internal pages are clean and clear. AD Used
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de Saint-Exupery, Antoine
Wind, Sand and Stars
First published as Terre des Hommes in 1939, this edition is translated from the French by Lewis Galantiere. Light wear to edges, small crease to upper leading corner and sunning to spine. Dedication penned to first page and tanning to page block. AD Used
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French, Philip (ed.)
Malle on Malle
Hardcover, 1st impression, 1st edition in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket worn along upper edges, spine ends and at rear flap. Page block is tanned, pages are clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Dale, Alzina Stone
The Outline of Sanity: A Life of G.K. Chesteron
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket very lighly worn at edges and previous owner's name penned to FEP. Pages clean and unmarked, spine is tight. AD Used
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Gold, Ralph
Good as Gold: The Rags to Riches Story of the Gold Brothers
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket is scuffed at upper edges and spine ends. Boards bumped at upper leading corner and spine ends. Pages are clean and crisp throughout. AD Used
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Brand, Russell
Booky Wooky 2: This Time It's Personal
Hardcover, 1st impression 1st edition, in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket lightly scuffed at spine head and upper leading corner, otherwise like new. AD Used
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Brand, Russell
My Booky Wook
Hardcover, 1st impression 1st edition in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket lightly worn along upper edges, otherwise like new. AD Used
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Lorimer, David
Radical Prince: The Practical Vision of the Prince of Wales
Hardcover in very good condition. Jacket lightly worn at edges and spine ends. Boards lightly bumped at spine foot. Pages are crisp and clean throughout. AD Used
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Hastings, Selina
The Red Earl: The Extraordinary Life of the 16th Earl of Huntingdon
Like new copy in unclipped dust jacket, no notable flaws. AD Used
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Russell, Ross
Bird Lives! The High Life and Hard Times of Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker
Midway edition in linen finish purple card covers and unclipped dustwrapper that has a little edge wear and is sunned to the spine. Crease to spine and small dog ear to rear cover. Pages are clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Douglas, Nigel
Legendary Voices
Two small dings to spine and minor crease to lower leading corner, otherwise like new. AD Used
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Osbourne, Richard
Rossini (Master Musicians Series)
Paperback with no notable flaws, like new. AD Used
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Williams, John A.; Williams, Dennis A.
If I Stop I'll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor
Page block is tanned and with a few marks to lower page block, otherwise no notable flaws. AD Used
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Berkoff, Steven
Graft: Tales of an Actor
Unclipped dust jacket shows some wear at upper edges, otherwise like new. AD Used
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Johnston, Ron (ed.)
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy XVI
Very good condition copy in hardcover, no dust jacket. From the collection of the late professor Anthony Honore. Small bump to lower edge of front board and a few minor marks to boards and page block. Internally pages are clean and text is bright and clear. AD Used
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Johnston, Ron (ed.)
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy XIV
Hardcover, no dust jacket. From the private library of late professor Tony Honore. Spine ends are a little bumped and a couple of faint marks to boards. Pages are clean and text is bright and clear. AD Used
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Moorhead, John
Theoderic in Italy
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket with light wear to rear upper edge. No other notable flaws. AD Used
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Heuston, R. F. V.
Lives of the Lord Chancellors 1940-1970
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket with light wear to edges and sunning to spine. Pages are crisp and clean throughout. AD Used
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Bennett, Alan
Untold Stories
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, very minor wear to upper edge of jacket. Otherwise like new. AD Used
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Kenward, James
The Suburban Child
Hardcover in dust jacket which is is lightly worn at edges, sunned at spine and marked on rear cover. Small tear to rear jacket upper edge. Front printed board is marked and the corners of both boards are bumped. Mark to upper page block. Internally, the pages are clean and clear. AD Used
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