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Pete Postlethwaite
A Spectacle of Dust: The Autobiography
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. 279pp. Autobiography of actor Pete Postlethwaite, described by Steven Spielberg as 'the best actor in the world'.
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Nigel Dempster
H. R. H. Princess Margaret: A Life Unfulfilled
Name/date to 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 not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with faint indenting and traces of storage. 192pp. Biography of Queen Elizabeth's sister by the doyen of gossip columnists, Nigel Dempster. Illustrated.
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C.R.N. Routh
Who's Who in Tudor England 1485-1603
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. 476pp. With 150 short biographies of historical figures who played a prominant part in British history during this period, arranged in a chronological order. With a few illustrations and some genealogical tables.
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Charles Peter Hill
Who's Who in Stuart Britain 1603-1714
Appears unread. 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. 466pp. With many short biographies of historical figures who played a prominant part in British history during this period, arranged in a chronological order. With many illustrations and a genealogical table.
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G.R.R. Treasure
Who's Who in Early Hanoverian Britain, 1714-1789
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. 450pp. With 190 short biographies of historical figures who played a prominant part in British history during this period, arranged in a chronological order. With many illustrations.
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Roger Ellis
Who's Who in Victorian Britain
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. 465pp. With 190 short biographies of historical figures who played a prominant part in British history during this period, arranged in a chronological order. Illustrated.
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Francois LeTargat
Kandinsky (Art Monographs)
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to covers and creaser to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight fingermarking to page fore-edges and no bumping to corners. 128pp. Concise biography of Russian-born abstract artist Vasili Kandinsky plus 125 plates of his work, all in colour.
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Sheshrao Chavan
Last Days of Mahatma Gandhi
Probablu unread. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with laminated unmarked black card covers, slight (publisher's) twist to spine, small amounts of rubbing boards and spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with creasing to spine foot and general traces of storage. 308pp. The story of Gandhi at the time of Partition in India in 1947, which took place against his wishes but was imposed by the British and up to his assasination in 1948. Undated ca 1990. Extremely scarce.
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James Nice
Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. Crease down centre of front cover, none to rear or to spine. Otherwise appears in mint condition. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 546pp. The intertwined story of the music label Factory Records in Manchester, including the Hacienda, Joy Division and the founder of the label, Tony Wilson.
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Aldington, Richard
Portrait of a Geniu, But ... : The Life of D. H. Lawrence 1885-1930
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty slightly foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with slightly dusty rear and nicks and small tears to upper edge. 367pp. A definitive biography of one of Britain's greatest writers, DH Lawrence, which omits nothing of Lawrence's 'dark side'.
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Elizabeth Longford
The Queen Mother: A Biography (Signed By Author)
Signed 'With Best Wishes Elizabeth Longford' to half-title page. 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 or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 184pp. Illustrated and detailed biography of Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the mother of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Michael Kerrigan
100 Great Art Masterpieces
Book and jacket in as new condition. 144pp. This book explores the history of Western art from mthe Gothic and medieval era via the Renaissance and Impressionism to the modern era. It then showcases 100 of the most stunning and important works in full-page glory. A superb introduction to our art for those wishing to explore it further.
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Trewin Copplestone
Paul Cezanne :
Book in mint unread condition. 76pp. Forty-six colour plates from artist Paul Cezanne with much descriptive detail and a concise biography of the French painter.
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Joana Torres Ramos
Degas (Gallery of Great Painters)
Book in mint unread condition. 128pp. A study of French painter Edgar Degas whose art is a pictorial record of Paris during the Belle Epoque, a time of music halls, bohemian artists, wicked gossip, double moral standards and hidden vices among the 'respectable' from 1855 to 1917. Many of his works are included, with extensive descriptions.
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Ulrike Becks-Malorny
Cezanne 1839 - 1906 : Pioneer of Modernism
Book in mint condition.. 96pp. Concise biography and the paintings of Paul Cezanne. Very well illustrated with mostly colour plates of his work throughout.
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Julian Treuherz
Ford Madox Brown : Pre-Raphaelite Pioneer
Book in mint condition. 336pp. Biography and the paintings of Ford Madox Brown including hs involvement with the Arts and Crafts movement, designing stained glass and furniture and his murals at Manchester Town Hall. But he is mostly renowned for his new style inspired by the art of the age before Raphael even before the foundation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Very well illustrated with mostly colour plates of his work throughout.
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MarÝa JosÚ Mas
Picasso
Book in mint condition. 256pp. Concise biography and the paintings of Pablo Picasso. Very well illustrated with colour plates of his work throughout. All text in Spanish.
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Nina Kalitina & Nathalia Brodskaia
Claude Monet
Book and jacket in mint condition. 199pp. A magnificant collection of the great master Claude Monet's works with many full-colour full-page plates plus a concise biography of the man. A lavish volume. Very scarce in this condition.
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Victoria Charles
Vincent Van Gogh
Book in mint condition. 199pp. A magnificant collection of the great painter Vincent Van Gogh's works with many full-colour full-page plates together with a biography of the man. A lavish volume.
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Matthew Gale
Alfred Wallis (St Ives Artists series)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, the tiniest rubs to front cover corners and no bumping to corners. 80pp. Biography and paintings from Cornish artist Alfred Wallis who was unappreciated in his lifetime but is now considered very highly.
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Marie-Laure Bernadac; Paule Du Bouchet
Picasso: Master of the New
Book in mint condition. 191pp. An intimate portrait of Pablo Picasso which traces his life from the early years in Spain through his long residence in Paris. Very well illustrated with his master works throughout the book.
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John Finlay
Picasso's World
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with very slight traces of storage to bright padded hard covers and no bumping to corners. 180pp. The illustrated story of Pablo Picasso's life and work including over 40 documents and countless illustrations, photographs and his paintings.
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Antony Bird (editor)
Unversed in Arms: A Subaltern on the Western Front
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, slight bumping to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to edges and slight traces of storage. 166pp. The First World War Diary of P D Ravenscroft MC who was posted to France in 1915 and, three years later had become one of the longest serving officers in his batallion, having witnessed both the suffering and death, the camaraderie and the heroism of his fellow soldiers. This is his diary in its entirety, kept every day during his service, providing fascinating insights into the harsh world of trench warfare.
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Lorna Sage
Bad Blood: A Memoir
Ex-library book with usual marks and stamps. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and extremely tiny bumping to rear corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with a littel creasing plus traces of storage. 281pp. Autobiography of writer and professor of English Lorna Sage.
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Dieter Beaujean
Van Gogh
Book in mint unread condition. 96pp. The life and work of Vincent Van Gogh. Very well illustrated.
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Denis Thomas
Monet on Location
Book in mint unread condition. 80pp. The life and work of Claude Monet. Very well illustrated.
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Janice Anderson
The Life and Works of Renoir
Book and jacket in mint condition. 78pp. Very well illustrated life and works of Pierre Auguste Renoir.
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Heinrich, Christoph
Claude Monet 1840-1926
Book in mint condition. 96pp. Well illustrated life and works of Claude Monet.
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Ingo F. Walther
Van Gogh 1853-1890 : Vision and Reality
Book in mint unread condition. 96pp. The life and works of Vincent Van Gogh, very well illustrated.
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Michael Robinson
The Pre-Raphaelites
Book in mint unread condition. 384pp. The most talked about art movement in the second half of the 19th century. Very well illustrated.
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Frank Zollner
Leonardo Da Vinci : 1452-1519 : Artist and Scientist
Book appears in mint unread condition. 96pp. The art and science of Leonardo Da Vinci, very well illustrated. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Clarence Jones
The Life and Works of Constable
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. 79pp. Very well illustrated study of the paintings of John Constable with biographical details. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Jackson, Michael
Moonwalk
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and tiny bump to lower front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with a little rubbing to upper and lower edges. 290pp. Michael Jackson's own story of his life in this intimate and often moving account. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale.
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Gordon Kerr
100 Claude Monet Masterpieces
Book in as new condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with small crease to upper front edge. 144pp. Art and life of Claude Monet illustrated with 100 of his masterpieces. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Tamsin Pickeral
Impressionism
Book appears in mint condition. 384pp. The lives and paintings of artists such as Monet, Renoir, Pissarro and Manet - very well illustrated. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Norman Mailer
Marilyn
Three (page ?) numbers in ink on half-title page. 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 small tears to upper rear corner and slight creasing to upper edge. 270pp. A celebration of Marilyn Monroe, being a biography by American writer Norman Mailer and a pictorial retrospective of an actress in front of the camera. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Pastene, Jerome
Three-Quarter Time
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. 307pp. The life and music of the Strauss family of Vienna. Although the waltz had appeared in Vienna in the later half of the 18th century, it was the Strauss family which made it into the most popular dance form in the 19th century. Illustrated. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Salvador Dali
Diary of a Genius
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked pure white boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 253pp. A wildly exhibitionist book from artist and eccentric Salvador Dali where he jotted down helter-skelter his thought, his love for his wife, the story of his extraordinary encounters, ideas about aesthetics, morality, philosophy and biology. At the end is a table where he rates himself against ten other famous artists on nine different categories.
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Irina Ratushinskaya
Grey is the Colour of Hope
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased, with trace of label removal to front and sunning to spine. 286pp. The true story of the author's experience in the brutal conditions of a Soviet labour camp, to where she was sent on being arrested for her poetry aged twenty-eight.
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Joseph Vogel
Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and slight bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with rubbing to top of spine and general traces of storage. 306pp. A lavishly illustrated study of Michael Jackson which reveals the in-depth picture of 'the man in the music'. The author delves into all of Jackson's albums from his groundbreaking 1979 Off The Wall up to the music he was creating in his final years with detailed explorations of each unforgettable song. Foreword by Anthony DeCurtis Scarce in the UK.
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J. Randy Taraborrelli
Elizabeth
No marks or inscriptions. 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 very minor creases to lower front corner and top of spine. 548pp. Biography of Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor. First edition - number line 135798642.
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David Ivor Young
Enterprise Years: A Businessman in the Cabinet
Inscription to half-title page. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 338pp. Lord Young's account of his ten year stint as Minister to Margaret Thatcher's Government when he assisted with Thatcher's effect on Britain.
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Alex Hahn
Possessed: The Rise and Fall of "Prince"
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. 280pp. A biography of the late singer-songwriter Prince considered by many to be the best biography on the eclectic musician. Illustrated. Extremely scarce in the UK.
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Bernard Bale
Bremner!: The Legend of Billy Bremner
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, tiny creases to upper corners of two adjacent pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 214pp. Biography of the football legend, the Scotland and Leeds United player and captain Billy Bremner.
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Sir Alex Ferguson; Sir Michael Moritz
Leading
Appears unread. 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 with slight rubbing to upper and lower edges and minor traces of storage. 406pp. Sir Alex Ferguson reveals the secrets behind his record-breaking career of an astonishing 49 trophies as manager of Manchester United.
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Fred Hoyle
Home is Where the Wind Blows: Chapters from a Cosmologist's Life
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with single small nick to top of spine. 443pp. Fascinating autobiography of one of the most significant scientists and cosmologists of the 20th century full of humourous anecdotes. Sir Fred Hoyle was the scientist who coined the phrase 'Big Bang' for the start of the universe.
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David Tremayne
Rubens Barrichello: In the Spirit of Senna and the Shadow of Schumacher
No marks or inscriptions. 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 very slight creasing to upper edge and minor indenting. 256pp. Biography of Formul One Grand Prix driver Rubens Barrichello where he had the toughest job in the sport as Michael Schumacher's team-mate. Illustrated.
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Mark E. Smith
Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
No marks or inscriptions. 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 faint crease right across upper edge. 246pp. Autobiography of front man and leader of music band The Fall who has been with the band for three decades.
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Johan Cruyff
My Turn: The Autobiography
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright orange cloth boards, very tiny mark to top of front edge, small mark across page fore-edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to upper edge. 302pp. Autobiography of legendary footballer Johan Cruyff who played for Holland, Ajax and Barcelona.
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Ivan Ponting
George Best
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. 250pp. The extraordinary story of a footballing genius - of Manchester United - who was voted the best player in Europe at the age of twenty-two.. With forewords by Sir Bobby Charton and by Denis Law.
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