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Turner, Steve
Van Morrison : Too Late to Stop Now
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 192pp. The story of singer and poet George Ivan Morrison from Belfast including an amazing collection of photographs of him throughout his career within an excellent wide-ranging biography including interviews with the man himself.
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Hilton, Christopher
Juan Pablo Montoya
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 144pp. The story of the Formula One driver, from his early days - karting in his native Columbia, through single-seaters in Britain, dominating the Indy 500 in 2000 and shaking up Grand Prix racing when he joined Williams in 2001.
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Hazel, John
Who's Who in the Roman World
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright boards with light indent to front and very minor bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with light creasing to some edges. 372pp. This is a wide-ranging biographical survey of one of the greatest civilisations in history, covering a period from the 5th century BC to AD 364. There are over 1000 figures from all walks of Roman life - famous, infamous or hitherto little-known. With cross-referencing, glossary, bibliographies. chronology and a list of emperors and maps.
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Claybourne, Anna
Gandhi : The Peaceful Revolutionary
Ex-library with minimal marks and stamps. In fact the book looks unread. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 48pp.
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Kimber, John
The Art of Charlie Chaplin
No inscriptions or marks to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor marks to front page edges and no bumping to corners. 291pp. This book cuts through the mass of stale ideas and judgments that have accumulated around the legendary figure of Chaplin. The author enthusiastically argues for a genius in Chaplin that draws strength from theatrical and social traditions older than those of the cinema.
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Nevinson, Henry W
Life of Friedrich Schiller
A little foxing to some pages and sunning to ffep. No other inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with rubbing to lower spine and light bumping to corners. Gilt letterng on blue cloth boards, uncut front and lower page edges and gilt upper edge. 23page bibliography + 203pp. From the 'Great Writers' series.
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Roach, Martin
Take That : Now and Then
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny nick to front edge of two pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with very slight rubbing to lower front edge. 287pp. The complete unauthorised biography of the famous pop group.
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Rosenthal, Harold (editor)
The Mapleson Memoirs : The Career of an Operatic Impresario 1858-1888
No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 346pp. The memoirs of J.H. Mapleson, known as Colonel who directed the destinies of Her Majesty's and Drury Lane theatres in the second half of the nineteenth century and who was a 'character' in the Victorian operatic world.
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Hamilton, Nigel
Monty : The Man Behind the Legend
No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not torn with light creasing to upper and lower edges. 140pp. This is the definitive one-volume illustrated biography of the greatest British battlefield hero since Nelson written by the author of the award-winning three volume authorised life of Montgomery.
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Lewis, Denise
Personal Best : The Autobiography of an Amazing Woman
Previous owners's name on reverse of half-title page. No other inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with minor creasing to edges and signs of handling. 258pp. The autobiography of an inspiring woman and Olympic champion, European champion and Commonwealth champion in athletics.
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Smith, Sean
Kylie Confidential
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price or marked or torn or creased. 224pp. Biography of the Australian singing star and ex-star of Neighbours. Illustrated.
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Roose-Evans, James
One Foot on the Stage : The Biography of Richard Wilson
No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with very minor indents and slight shelf-rubbing. 236pp. Biography of the theatre and TV actor best known as Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave.
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Sinatra, Tina with Coplon, Jeff
My Father's Daughter : A Memoir
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 313pp. A biography of the movie star, sing and entertainer Frank Sinatra by his daughter who said at the time of her father's death 'my father didn't die - he escaped'. This book explains this as it tells their life stories.
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Gattey, Charles Neilson
Farmer George's Black Sheep : The Lives & Loves of George III's Siblings
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 torn with slight scratching to front and very slight fading to spine. 221pp. George III's siblings were among the most outrageous libertines of the outrageous eighteenth century when profligacy was rampant, whilst George was the only respectable member of the brood. He reflected his mother's close restraint, while his siblings reacted against it. He became the model citizen and 'Farmer King'; they became his only black sheep.
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Slater, Robert
Soros : The Unauthorized Biography
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards, signs of handling and no bumping to corners. 273pp. The life, times & trading secrets of the world's greatest investor. The truth behind the self-made billionaire investor who makes his own rules.
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Philip, Robert
Agassi
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 with minor traces of handling. 183pp. The fall and rise of the enfant terrible of tennis, Andre Agassi, who, in only his thirteenth ever match on a grass court, won the Wimbledon men's singles title.
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Latham, Caroline
Katherine Hepburn : Her Film & Stage Career
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, the very smallest traces of handling and no bumping to corners. 127pp. The author describes Hepburn as a twentieth century icon - the image of an emancipated woman, outspoken, professional and independant - in her sympathetic career analysis of the movie star.
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MacBeth, George
My Scotland
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not creased with tiny nick to upper edge. 127pp. A personal view of Scotland consisting of short prose passages and some poems reflecting on the country after the author's thirty-eight years living 'abroad'. What it means to be Scottish.
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Haining, Peter`
The Legend of Charlie Chaplin
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 224pp. The story of the movie star who, even in his twenties, was better known than any other man or woman had ever been in the world's history. This book goes behind the legend that was Charlie Chaplin with a revealing collection of articles and essays written by those who knew him intimately and worked with him.
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Nock, O S
Line Clear Ahead : 75 Years of Ups and Downs
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright red cloth boards, scuffing to rear board and no bumping to corners. Apart from the scuffing, the book would be 'fine'. Price clipped dust jacket with tiny nick to upper edge and minor creasing to edges. 217pp. O.S.Nock, author of over 100 railway books, tells of his 60 years of direct involvement with railway engineering development. He also delightfully relates 75 years of railway and travel recollections - the most vividly changing three-quarter century in the history of transport.
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Wade, Virginia with Mellace, Mary Lou
Courting Triumph
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very faint creasing to edge of last few pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with a little spine fading. 192pp. Autobiography of the British tennis star, culminating in the year Virginia won the Wimbledon Ladies Final.
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Etheridge, Melissa with Barton, Laura
The Truth is ..... My Life in Love and Music
Ex-library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps - to ffep and dedication pages only. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bump to bottom of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with signs of handling. 231pp. The autobiography of female rock musician and singer Melissa Etheridge from Kansas in which she openly discusses the massive impact of her publicly coming out, making her a highly visible spokesperson for the gay and lesbian community.
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Martin-jenkins, Christopher
The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers (revised edition)
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 torn or creased with traces of handling. 487pp. A completely revised and updated version of a unique book in the literature of cricket.
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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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