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Emery, David (Editor)
Bobby Moore - A Tribute : The Illustrated Biography of a Footballing Legend
No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to upper corner of rear cover, none to front or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. A legend with that unique touch of class. When Bobby Moore died on 24th February 1993, aged only 51, everyone who loves football mourned the passing of an authentic hero, a man of incomparable style and grace both on and off the pitch. Bobby Moore will forever be remembered for leading England to victory (for the first and only time) in the 1966 World Cup. But he achieved much more than that; he was also, in David Platt's words "a great person in every sense; a footballer of intelligence and vision, a man of dignity and stature".
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Scott, Michael
The Great Caruso
Ex-library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps - to ffep and title pages only. No other marks to contents. A clean tight copy with slightly damp-marked front board, rubbing to bottom of spine and lower edge and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with creases to upper and lower edges and well-handled. 322pp. The story of Enrico Caruso, widely held to be have been the world's greatest operatic tenor.
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Ball, Alan
It's All About a Ball : An Autobiography (SIGNED By AUTHOR)
Possibly a 'pre-first edition' copy published by the author. Rear of title page states 'Printed and bound in Great Britain by UPS Blackburn Ltd, Northgate, Blackburn, Lancs for Alan Ball'. Signed 'Best wishes Alan Ball' on half-title page. No other inscriptions or marks. Tiny crease to upper corner of rear cover, none to front, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight marking to page edges and no bumping to corners. 191pp. Autobiography by one of England's most dynamic footballers, Alan Ball was the midfielder powerhouse in England's World Cup winning team.
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Daniel, Clarence
Derbyshire Portraits
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight traces of handling and no bumping to corners. The book is probably unread. 80pp. Over two dozen pen portraits of Derbyshire personalities who, for one reason or another, have been remembered beyond their own day and generation. They include canal engineer James Brindley, Derby artist Joseph Wright and Minstrel of the Peak William Newton.
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Sixsmith, E.K.G.
Douglas Haig
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 212pp. Biography of Field-Marshall Haig, the Commander-in-Chief in the First World War of the largest army ever put into the field by Britain and to command it in circumstances more difficult than any that have existed before or since. But Haig had many critics and the author, quoting extensively from Haig's correspondence, achieves a fair and balanced view of the abilities of this great military commander and a deep appreciation of his talents.
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Tabori, Paul
Alexander Korda
No inscriptions or marks to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with very lightly marked boards, minor indent to front, fading to spine and slight bumping to lower corners. No dust jacket. 324pp. Biography of the movie magnate. Illustrated with black & white photographs.
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McCann, Graham
Woody Allen : New Yorker
Symbol on cover may be author's initialised signature. No other inscriptions or marks. Tiny creases to corners, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, no bumping to corners and general signs of handling. 267pp. This book captures the contradictory character of the comic star in a modern society. He is a gifted comedian who is a very serious person, a movie buff who shuns Hollywood, a celebrity who craves anonymity, and a New York Jew who has universal appeal.
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Cox, Gerry
The Official Tottenham Hotspur Fans' Guide : The Story of the Premier League years
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with small nick and creasing to top of spine. 128pp. This book contains a concise history of the Club plus full details of the first five years in the Premiership. Well illustrated in colour. A very scarce book.
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Coleman, Ray
Survivor : The Authorised Biography of Eric Clapton
No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to foot of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with light creasing to edges. 299pp. Reverered by millions as the greatest rock and blues guitarist in the world, Eric Clapton has had 'Clapton is God' daubed on walls since the 1960s. This in depth biography protrays the man from a teenager in love with American blues music through the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Cream and onwards. It describes in details his three-year descent into heroin addiction and his love affair with Pattie.
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Cash, Pat
Uncovered : The Autobiography of Pat Cash
Ex-library book with usuual (minimal) marks and stamps, only to ffep and acknowledgement pages. No other inscriptions or marks. A very clean tight copy with unmarked boards and tiny bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with traces of handling. 333pp. Pat Cash, tennis and Wimbledon star bares his soul with remarkable honesty in his autobiography which goes well beyond just the Centre Court.
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Walrond, Sallie and Grimshaw, Anne
Trot on : Sixty Years of Horses
Limited Edition no 930 out of 1000. Signed by both authors on title page. Other than this inscription from the authors, the book is 'as new'. No other marks, no creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with minor traces of handling. 327pp. Sallie Walrond has written a great many books on horses and horse-related activities. This book tells her entertaining life story, driving and riding all types of horses and ponies, from milk floats in London to modern carriage driving. It is packed with valuable information explaining numerous methods of how horses are managed, trained, produced and exhibited throughout the world. It is full of humorous and delightful anecdotes and is illustrated with over ninety photographs.
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Smith, Alice Kimball and Weiner, Charles (editors)
Robert Oppenheimer : Letters and Recollections
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 376pp. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) is one of the few American scientists who have become public and controversial figures in the twentieth century. This book adds a new dimension to the Oppenheimer story by offering a look at the private man behind the public figure. It consists of letters spanning the period from his Harvard student days in 1922 to his departure from Los Alamos in 1945. The letters are supplemented by recollections of those who knew him and by his own recollections from an interview a few years before his death.
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Delany, Sarah and A Elizabeth with Hearth, Amy Hill
Having Our Say : The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small nick to upper corner and traces of storage. 210pp. Filled with humorous and poignant anecdotes, this inspiring dual biography offers a rare glimpse of the birth of black freedom - and the rise of the black middle class - in America. It is a chronicle of remarkable achievement.
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Priaulx, Andy
Andy Priaulx, Triple World Champion : The Autobiography
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped, marked or torn with slight creasing to edges. 274pp. The story of the man from Guernsey who was dubbed 'Britain's Schumacher' and hailed as the greatest Touring Car driver of all time as he won the World Touring Car Championship three times.
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Bamford, Maurice
Bamford : Memoirs of a Blood and Thunder Coach
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked but lightly indented front cover and no bumping to corners. 181pp. The story of the rugby league professional who became a coach when injury cut short his career. He worked as a coach for the next 32 years including as coach of Great Britain in the 1980s. This story takes him through times at Leeds, Dewsbury, Halifax, Bramley and Wigan.
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Smith, Micky
For the Claret and Blue
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased with signs of handling. 269pp. The author recalls tales as a lifelong fan of West Ham, telling the agony and the ecstacy of the East End's most faithful following.
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Cheney, Glenn Alan
Gandhi
Very faint marking to ffep. No other inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. 87pp. Biography of the man who won independance for India from the Britsh Empire.
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Sasson, Jean P.
Mayada : Daughter of Iraq
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 304pp. The story of Mayada, a woman born into a powerful Iraqi family who fell foul of Saddam Hussein and was imprisoned and tortured for her supposed anti-government propaganda.
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Erens, Patricia
The Films of Shirley MacLaine
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, faint marking to top of page edges and very minor bumping to upper corners. No dust jacket. 202pp. Biography of the actress. Thirty of Shirley Maclaine's films are thoroughly reviewed by the author, with black & white stills from each film. There is a separate filmography of all thirty films giving production crew and cast of each.
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Parish, James Robert; Marill, Alvin H.
The Cinema of Edward G. Robinson
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright slightly marked boards, sunning to spine and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 270pp. Biography and filmography of the actor with full details including production crew, cast, synopsis, reviews and black & white stills from each of his films.
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Nils, Riccardo
Marlene
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 189pp. Biography in black & white captioned photographs from the Lesberg collection plus filmography.
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Secombe, Harry
Goon for Lunch
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, tiny spot to front page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faded spine and signs of handling. 175pp. An hilarious autobiographical collection of stories from Harry Secombe's life covering the whole period from his childhood in Wales to the 1970s. Covers the Goon Shows, the war years in Tunisia with Spike Milligan, the school cricket team and the struggles of show business.
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Simon, Kate
Bronx Primitive : A Memoir
This book contains Bronx Primitive and A Wider World, now in one volume. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge. 303pp. This book captures the immigrant neighbourhood of the Bronx in New York during the Depression years of the 1920s, told by the author, daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants who was brought up in a tenement block. It covers her life from the age of four when they arrived in the USA up to the threshold of womanhood with all its uncertainties and triumphs.
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Stewart, Jackie; Dymock, Eric
World Champion
Foxing to page edges and a few page margins. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket very slightly marked. 192pp. World 1969 racing driving champion Jackie Stewart describes what it is like to drive in and win over half the Grand prix races in a single season.
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Helvin, Marie
Catwalk : The Art of Model Style
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with rubbing to upper edge and signs of storage. 174pp. Autobiography of fashion model Marie Helvin, including her life with photographer David Bailey. A wealth of photographs of her, many taken by Bailey.
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Brown, Gordon
Maxton : A Biography
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn with creasing to upper and lower rear edges. 336pp. James Maxton was Britain's most charismatic socialist politician of the inter-war years and the best-known platform orator of his time. He was MP for Bridgetown in Glasgow from 1922 until his death in 1946. Gordon Brown's biography examines the shaping of Maxton's political career from Conservative student to socialist teacher in Glasgow, and eventually on to leadership of the Independant Labour Party.
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Izzard, Eddie and Quantick, David
Dress to Kill
No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny nick to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with nick to top of spine and creasing to upper edge. 160pp. Autobiography of comedian and transvestite, Eddie Izzard.
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Andrews, Nigel
True Myths : The Life and Times of Arnold Schwarzenegger
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small enclosed tear and small crease to rear and very minor nicks to edges. 284pp. Born in a remote Austrian village, the son of a local policeman, Arnold Schwarzenegger became the world's greatest body-builder and then the world's highest-paid film actor. Between these two career rungs he became a millionaire by dealing in real estate. Since 1980 he has hobnobbed with two Presidents, married JFK's niece - all maybe good training for his present role as Governor of California, which he became after the events of this volume.
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O'Connor, Garry (editor)
Olivier : In Celebration
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing and faint indenting to front. 236pp. Twenty-three actors, friends, playwrights, directors and critics celebrate one of Britain's greatest actors.
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Moseley, Roy; Masheter, Philip; Masheter, Martin
Roger Moore : A Biography
No marks or inscriptions. A clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards, browning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with browning and slight creasing to edges. 249pp. Biography of actor Roger Moore, best known in his roles in The Saint, The Persuaders and as James Bond.
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Tuska, Jon
The Complete Films of Mae West
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very tiny crease to upper rear corner, none to front or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright boards, trace of label removal to front and no bumping to corners. 196pp. Biography of movie star Mae West, well illustrated in black & white photographs.
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Law, Denis
The King : The Autobiography
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 308pp. The biography of the footballer from Aberdeen who in the 1960s was the king of Old Trafford.
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Giggs, Ryan
Giggs : The Autobiography
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked, torn or creased with slight traces of handling. 309pp. Autobiography of the Manchester United and Wales stalwart footballer since 1991.
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Sampson, Curt
Hogan
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny mark to lower page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing to spine ends. 262pp. Full-scale biography of Ben Hogan, one of the most complex and fascinating athletes of the twentieth century who won four US Opens in six years.
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Busby, Russ
Billy Graham, God's Ambassador : A Lifelong Mission of Giving Hope to the World
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased with very faint traces of storage. 272pp. A superb photo-biography of Christian preacher Billy Graham, capturing the public and private moments of one of the world's most prominent figures and certainly the most influential evangelist of the twentieth century.
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Goldstone, Richard H
Thornton Wilder : An Intimate Portrait
Previous owner's name on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with two tiny nicks and very light creasing to upper edge. Protected in a removable plastic sleeve. 299pp. The first full-length study of the work and life of one of the few American writers born around the start of the twentieth century whose reputation has been undiminished. His first novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey catapulted him to fame in 1927 and he remained in the literary limelight ever since.
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Derry, John W
William Pitt
Previous owner's name on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp tight copy with slightly dulled unmarked boards and minor rubbing to some corners. 160pp. Biography of William Pitt the younger, born 1759 who was a Member of Parliament and later British Prime Minister through some very troubled times, including the French Revolution and War and the Irish Rebellion and Union.
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Hawk, Tony; Mortimer, Sean
Hawk : Occupation Skateboarder
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight rubbing to upper edges of lightly faded covers. 289pp. Growing up in Serra Mesa, California with a 144 IQ, Tony Hawk was a hyperactive child who struggled hard to become a champion skateboarder and created a new style of skateboarding. This is his hard-hitting autobiography.
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Knowles, Beyonce & Rowland, Kelly & williams, Michelle
Soul Survivors : The Official Autobiography of Destiny's Child
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with tiny nick to slightly creased upper edge. 280pp. The story of Destiny's Child and its three singers - Beyonce Knowles, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland. Well illustrated in colour and black and white.
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Keeling, Peter
Masters of Old Trafford : From Busby to Ferguson, the Inside Story of the Great Managers
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor bump to bottom of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with small crease to bottom of spine and traces of storage. 230pp. The story of the managers of Manchester United, from Matt Busby who was appointed manager in 1945, through Wilf McGuinness, Frank O'Farrell, Tommy Docherty, Dave Sexton, Ron Atkinson to Alex Ferguson who has now been manager since 1986 - for 24 years. A scarce book.
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Bingham, Madeleine
Sheridan : The Track of a Comet
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing/rubbing to upper edge. 383pp. A rounded, colourful portrait of Richard Brinsley Sheridan - writer, theatre producer and politician in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, yet a man who began with neither family influence nor wealth. Illustrated.
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Kitson, Frank
When Britannia Ruled the Waves : The Heyday of the Royal Navy : The Life and Paintings of Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kitson, KBE, CB 1877-1952
Book in mint condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with two small repaired tears to upper edge and light creasing to upper and lower edges. 112pp. This is a story about a youth who joined the Royal Navy in 1891 and left it at sixty-five in 1942. In addition to being a successful officer who rose to high rank he was from his early days a beautiful artist. The book is a written account of his career illustrated extensively by his photographs and a wealth of his paintings. The author, his elder son, retired in 1985 as Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces.
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Topping, Brett; Heller, Nancy
The Age of Grandeur and a Woman Who Lived It : Artist Evelyn Metzger
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, bump to upper front edge and no bumping to corners. Other than the small bump, the book is 'fine'. 263pp. Biography of Evelyn Metzger, born in New York in 1911 and a woman who has travelled through life first class. The book is her story and is filled with the lavish and sumptuous places and buildings relevant to her life plus reproductions of over a hundred of her paintings
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Ayling, Stanley
John Wesley
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge. 350pp. A biography of John Wesley the founder of Methodism as a religious movement, a man with boundless energy who preached over 40,000 sermons.
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Kenin, Richard
Return to Albion: Americans in England, 1760-1940
Previous owner's neat book plate on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with nicks to lower edge and slight fading to spine. 288pp. An account of the Americans who, over a span of almost two centuries, left an indelible mark on England, leaving their homeland to settle overseas in the UK. Included in these are James McNeill Wjistler, Henry James, John James Audubon, T S Eliot, Robert Fulton, Ezra Pound and others.
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Peyser, Joan
Leonard Bernstein
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn but well-handled with signs of storage. 430pp. This in-depth biography is a candid, compelling and often shocking portrait of the complicated musical superstar. Illustrated.
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Search, Gay; Hamilton, Tony; Hamilton, Geoff
Geoff Hamilton : A Man and His Garden: A Portrait of Britian's Best-Loved Gardener
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased with traces of storage. 192pp. The biography of well-loved Gardener's World presenter Geoff Hamilton.
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Jarratt, Phil
The Charles Parsons Story 1915-1990
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked black leatherette boards and no bumping to corners. 143pp. The story of the Charles Parsons Group of Companies from Sydney, Australia, established in 1915 as a textiles, woollens and trimmings firm and of Charles Parsons and family. A scarce volume.
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Grant, Neil (compiler)
Rita Hayworth in Her Own Words
Book in mint condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with tiny water mark to bottom of spine and traces of storage. 62pp. How did the 'Love Goddess' and undisputed queen of 1940s Hollywood feel about herself ? In this book Rita Hayworth's own views on life, her films and her men are combined with a glorious collection of photographs to give a glimpse of the real Rita. A scarce book.
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Hatfield, Charles F.
A Sheffielder's Song : Recollections of Charles F Hatfield
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean tight copy with very lightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with nick to top of spine and well handled. A scarce book.
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