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Stafford Hildred; Bill Waddington
Percy's War: Military Memoirs of Coronation Street's Bill Waddington
Inscription on front end paper. No other marks and no creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 188pp. D-Day memories of Coronation Street's Bill Waddington.
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Brock, Michael and Brock, Eleanor
Margot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916: The View from Downing Street
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor bumping to lower edge and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 417pp. The diary of the wife of the British Prime Minister who took us into the First World War. A fascinating look behind the scenes at No 10 Downing Street as the war unfolded.
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Chris Campion
Walking on the Moon: The Untold Story of the 'Police' and the Rise of New Wave Rock
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. 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 very minor creasing/rubbing to upper and lower edges. 312pp. An unflinching look at the rise, fall and return of one of the most famous bands in rock history - The Police - with Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers.
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Maurois, Andre
Eduard VII and Seine Zeit
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked coarse linen cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Very clear lettering/embossing to front and spine. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with a little rubbing to upper and lower edges and sunning to spine. Housed in a slightly sunned plain card slipcase in very good condition with some very minor bumping. 339pp. Edward VII of Great Britain and his time. Illustrated. All text in German. Scarce in the UK.
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Lise Grenier, Maurice Culot, Robert Delevoy
Henri Sauvage 1873-1932
Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 257pp. Biographical details of French archtect and artist Henry Sauvage. With essays by a number of contributors but the main emphasis is on his work with probably hundreds of coloured and black & white depictions of his art and architecture. Text in English.
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Tim Burton and Mark Salisbury (editor)
Burton on Burton : Revised Edition
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 289pp. The definitive interview with movie director Tim Burton, revised and with a new forward by Johnny Depp. Illustrated.
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Eric Newby
A Small Place in Italy
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with a little light creasing and traces of storage. 210pp. The story of how travel writer Eric Newby, with his wife Wanda, rescued a ruined farmhouse in the foothills of the Apuan Alps in Italy and of their lives there.
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Graham Gooch; Frank Keating
Gooch: My Autobiography
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 320pp. Autobiography of England international cricketer Graham Gooch. Illustrated.
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Grant, Neil
Laurel & Hardy : Quote Unquote
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 or torn or creased. 80pp. If you love a good laugh, you will delight in this book, which includes the best film stills from the Laurel and Hardy films and pictures of the comedians' off-screen lives - and they talk about their lives.
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Stanley Dance
The World of Earl Hines (The World of Swing)
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with nicks to upper edge. 324pp. The author has compiled a portrait of the famous jazz pianist, the players around him, the South Side Chicago scene, the rise of the big bands, and their collapse in this compelling and frank oral history. In his own words, Earl Hines recalls his phenomenal career. Other notables of the jazz world tell their impressions of Earl Hines, including Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, Trummy Young and Budd Johnson.
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Graham Lord
Arthur Lowe
Small inscription on front end paper. No other marks. 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 a little creasing to upper and lower edges. 258pp. Biography of the actor behind Captain Mainwaring of Dad's Army and Leonard Swindley of Coronation Street. Illustrated.
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Alan Jay Lerner
The Street Where I Live: The Story of My Fair Lady, Gigi and Camelot
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease down spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked brown cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with tiny nicks to spine foot. 303pp. The story of the three great musicals My Fair Lady, Gigi and Camelot by the man who wrote the lyrics for them - Alan Jay Lerner. Illustrated.
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Gail Cameron
Rose: Biography of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with tiny water marks to upper rear and lower front corners. 223pp. A full-length portrait of one of America's most remarkable women, the matriarch of the Kennedy family.
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H E Bates
Down The River : Illustrated
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 or creased with slight traces of storage. 152pp. First published in 1937, this illustrated edition with paintings from Peter Partington tells the story from HE Bates of his love for the countryside and details of social history around the rivers Ouse and Nene through Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and the Fens to the sea.
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Borland, Don
Uncle Willie : 70 Years of Unbroken Congregational Ministry
Appears unread and in as new condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very light indenting and a small scratch to spine. 176pp. Biography of 'an angel on a bicycle', born in 1898, a packer in a bleach and dye works who went on to become a Doctor of Divinity and was still working as Congregational minister at the age of 96. His ministries began at and returned to Chinley and Buxworth in Derbyshire and included Mexborough, Walsall and Leicester.
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Julie Walters
That's Another Story: The Autobiography
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 torn with label removal marks and general traces of storage. 287pp. Autobiography of British actor Julie Walters. Well illustrated.
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Zeb Jones
Blues: An Illustrated History (With CD)
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with small indent to front and nick to top of spine. 127pp. A description of the Blues, its origins and development plus concise biographies of forty-four blues artists from the early days (WC Handy, Bessie Smith, etc) to modern Electric Blues (Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, etc). Includes the CD with eighteen examples in a wallet inside the rear cover.
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Butcher, Michael (editor)
Michael Jackson : Tribute to a Legend (Special Collector's Edition)
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 130pp. Pictorial tribute to Michael Jackson - 50 years of genius 1958 - 2009. Very scarce.
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Sarton, George
Six Wings : Men of Science in the Renaissance
Tape marks inside boards and to spine. (NB not a library book) No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to some page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with nicks to edges and light creasing and rubbing. 318pp. The founders of modern science come alive in this book - Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Paracelsus, Leonardo and many more.
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Rothschild, Max
Gainsborough : Masterpieces in Colour
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly sunned slightly foxed unmarked boards, rubbing to spine ends, dusty top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Fore and lower page edges untrimmed. Eight colour plates all present. 80pp. Concise biography of Thomas Gainsborough and examples of his paintings.
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Norman Beale
Joseph Priestley in Calne
Book appears in unread fine condition. 90pp. A biographical account of the pioneer chemist Joseph Priestley who spent seven years of his life in the Wiltshire town of Calne. The book gives a full appreciation of an important 18th century figure in science, religion and politics who turns out to be as fickle and fallible as the rest of us.
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Jack Merewood
To War with the Bays: A Tank Gunner Remembers, 1939-1945 (Signed by Author)
Signed 'Jack Merewood' on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor indentation to front. 209pp. A very well considered book drawing on the author's time as a tank gunner in North Africa and Italy in WW2 including the minutiae of army life. He was awarded the Military Medal after the Battle of the Mareth Line. Also tucked in is a letter from the author to the book purchaser.
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Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Audrey Hepburn, Elegant Spirit
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with wrinkling across centre of rear. 230pp. A biography of film star Audrey Hepburn by her son. Well illustrated.
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David W. Potter
Jimmy Delaney: The Stuff of Legend
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 189pp. Biography of Scottish football legend Jimmy Delaney who played for Celtic, Manchester United as well as his national team of Scotland.
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Bohuslava R. Bradbrook
Karel Capek: In Pursuit of Truth, Tolerance and Trust (Signed By Author)
Inscribed to John (Dumbreck) on title page by author. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 257pp. Biography of the important, versatile Czech author Karel Capek whose novels created a sensation in London in the 1920s. His word 'robot' was introduced into the Oxford English Dictionary. Tucked in is a note to Professor Dumbreck by the author plus comments on other printed extracts about Capek. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.
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Waugh, Alexander
Fathers and Sons : The Autobiography of a Family
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean copy with unmarked black cloth boards, tiny dint to rear and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with dint to rear and minor traces of storage. 472pp. The story of the literary Waugh family whose members have been writing books since the nineteenth century.
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James Robert Parish; Jack Ano
Liza : Her Cinderella Nightmare (Liza Minnelli)
Name label inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor sunning to top edge of boards, slightly foxed end papers and top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with foxing to dust flaps. 186pp. Biography of film star Liza Minnelli.
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Uggie and Wendy Holden
Uggie, the Artist: My Story
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 247pp. The story of canine superstar Uggie who hit fame in the film The Artist. Illustrated.
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Edwards, Percy
The Road I Travelled
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped, creased or marked or torn with very minor traces of storage. 181pp. Percy Edwards achieved fame through his ability to mimic the sounds of birds and other animals and was a prolific broadcaster on BBC radio where he has worked with, among many others, Max Millar, Peter Sellers and Sir Ralph Richardson. His amusing autobiography follows his career from his austere upbringing in East Anglia through his great love of the countryside to the fiftieth anniversay of his first broadcast.
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Christopher Hilton
Ayrton Senna: The Hard Edge of Genius
Inscription on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 208pp. This in-depth study captures both the man who was Ayrton Senna and his achievements up to 1990 - a unique portrait of a unique man.
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Pascale Noa Bercovitch
The Dolphin's Boy
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and tiny bump to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight indenting to rear. 200pp. The story of the boy who befriended a dolphin in the Red Sea and how their friendship propered. It brings together Egyptian, Israeli and Bedouin cultures together with that of the natural world.
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Alan Henry
Ayrton Senna: One Year on (updated edition)
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with sunning to spine. 120pp. Updated edition of the re-told story of legendary champion motor racer Ayrton Senna one year after his tragic death at Imola. Tucked in is a complimentary slip for this review copy from the publishers.
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Reinhold Heller
Munch: His Life and Work
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, light foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn owith very minor creasing to top edge and sunning to spine. 240pp. In-depth study of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944). With 180 illustrations.
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Ward, Kenneth
The World of William Wickham : The Biography and the Photography of a Remarkable Victorian
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. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 119pp. Biography of William Wickham, born in 1849 who was a vicar and an early pioneer photographer with associations with Lichfield, Wigan and Suffolk.
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Lee, Frank
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Prize plate inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, slightly dusty, slightly foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped with nicks, rubbing and creasing to edges and very small loss from spine foot. 196pp. The love of cricket told by one of the most able and popular post-war umpires who was also a key County Cricket player from 1929. Illustrated.
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James, Gary
The Official Manchester City Hall of Fame
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. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 178pp. A tribute to the first eighteen players inaugurated into Manchester City Football Club's Hall of Fame. Very well illustrated with detailed profiles and playing career of each player.
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Lacey, Robert
Grace
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with nick to front lower corner and slight creasing to front lower corner and to rear upper corner. 463pp. The biography of movie star Grace Kelly through her days in Hollywood and her later life as the wife of Prince Rainier of Monaco.
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Frank McGee
England's Boxing Heroes : Boxing's Hall of Fame
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 some sunning mainly around spine, one inch tear to top of spine, creasing to upper front edge and general traces of storage. 191pp. Concise sports biographies of forty of England's greatest boxers. Well illustrated.
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Simon Hawthorne
In the Furnace of Clay
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, general signs of storage and no bumping to corners. 163pp. Biography of the businessman who as a Christian a man has worked hard in the cause of freedom for the Dalits (the untouchables) of India.
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Joseph Boughey; Charles Hadfield
Charles Hadfield: Canal Man and More
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. 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 half-inch nick to upper rear edge and slight creasing/rubbing. 223pp. Biography of the canal historian, born in South Africa who helped to keep many of Britain's historic waterways open.
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Doubleday, F. N.
The Memoirs of a Publisher
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, clear gilt lettering/motif to boards, very slightly tanned page edges and no bumping to corners. Tanned dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with a little rubbing/creasing to upper edge. 304pp. Autobiography of American publisher Frank Nelson Doubleday whose publishing firm was established in the late 19th century. Originally intended only for circulation within his immediate family, the book was finally published by his grandson Tucked in is a circular letter from the company describing the book as a limited one designed now for their employees and friends.
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Steven Gerrard
My Story
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight bumping to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with tiny nick to lower front edge. 479pp. Autobiography of Liverpool and England football legend Steven Gerard. Illustrated.
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Mike Gregory; Erica Gregory; Dave Hadfield
Biting Back: The Mike Gregory Story
Appears a mint unread copy with like dust jacket. 287pp. Autobiography of Wigan rugby league hero Mike Gregory who tells of his years of playing as captain of his team and of his country. He then gives the story of his how his coaching career was brought to a close by illness and how he fought back on his recovery. Illustrated.
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Timothy Knight
Audrey Hepburn in the Movies (with DVD)
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, small bump to lower rear edge and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to upper and lower edges. 176pp. Retrospective of the Belgian-born actress's illustrious film career. Very well illustrated. Complete with DVD of over fifty of Hepburn's greatest film scenes. Scarce in the UK.
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Douglas Miller
Born to Bowl: The Life and Times of Don Shepherd (Signed By Don Shepherd)
Inscribed by Don Shepherd on half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, wrinkling to lower page margins and very minor bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 224pp. Biography of the very popular Glamorgan bowler who helped bring home the County Championship in 1969. He holds the record as the greatest wicket-taker never to be selected to play for England.
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Mark Webber
Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 390pp. Autobiography of Formula One star Mark Webber including his controversial rounds with Sebastien Vettel - one of the sport's most intriguing battles.
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Bradbrook, Bohuslava
Liberating Beauty Of Little Things : Decision, Adversity and Reckoning, Refugee's Journey from Prague to Cambridge (Signed By Author)
Inscribed by the author on half-title page. Also a little ink highlighting in the margin of some pages. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 102pp. The author tells of her escape from Czechoslovakia to England at the height of the Gold War. She describes the hardships and life without basic freedoms under Communism.
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Stephen Miller
Johnny Cash: The Life of an American Icon
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 406pp. This study of Johnny Cash explores the conflicting life and times of the country music hero. Illustrated.
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Alsop, Susan Mary
Lady Sackville
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with nick to top of slightly sunned spine. 275pp. Biography of Victoria Sackville-West who grew up in France, subsequently in 1881 she accompanied her father to Washington as his hostess when he became head of the British Legation. Her daughter was Vita Sackville-West. A biography of an exceptional woman and her world.
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Pocock, Tom
Remember Nelson : The Life of Captain Sir William Hoste
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight foxing to end papers and page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with some foxing, two cm tear to lower front corner and minor creasing. 256pp. Biography of the naval officer who served with Nelson in the Mediterranean and whom Nelson had thought of as his professional heir. Illustrated.
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