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Anna Lyndsey
Girl in the Dark
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked white cloth boards, slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Matt black dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge. 243pp. The author's memoirs of how the effect of light slowly took over her life until at best, she could only venture outside at dawn or dusk.
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Robert A. Carter
Buffalo Bill Cody: The Man Behind the Legend: The Man Behind the Legend
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. 496pp. The true story of Buffalo Bill, one of the most famous figures from the American Wild West based on exhaustive research and telling an astounding tale - poignant, boisterous and disturbing.
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Ken Rogers and the Paisley Family
The Real Bob Paisley
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge. 223pp. Biography of legendary Liverpool FC player and manager Bob Paisley, as his family tell us about the man. Also includes a record of his phenomenal career as told through the headlines and features from the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo.
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Miller, Maud (editor)
Girl Film and TV Annual 1962 : No 5
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with a little foxing to boards and end papers, mainly to rear board and no bumping to corners. Slightly dusty dust jacket not price clipped with tears around spine foot and a little rubbing to spine. 128pp. The stars of film and television from 1962, many in colour.
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Douglas Edwards
I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and tiny bump to lower front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped with very minor marking and small tear to lower front edge. 416pp. The author tells of his life working at Google for Sergey Brin and Larry Page, where he worked as the first director of consumer marketing and brand management from 1999 to 2005.
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Johnny Dean
The Beatles Appreciation Society Magazine August 1979 : No 40
No marks or inscriptions. Very minor creases to some corners. A clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rusty staples and no bumping to corners. 39pp. Bound in is a quality facsimile copy of the original Beatles Book No 40 November 1966. Pictures and features about John, Paul, George and Ringo.
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Johnny Dean
The Beatles Appreciation Society Magazine October 1979 : No 42
No added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rusty staples, damp effect down spine margin and no bumping to corners. 39pp. Bound in is a quality facsimile copy of the original Beatles Book No 42 January 1967. Pictures and features about John, Paul, George and Ringo.
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Johnny Dean
The Beatles Appreciation Society Magazine November 1979 : No 43
No added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rusty staples, damp effect down spine margin and no bumping to corners. 39pp. Bound in is a quality facsimile copy of the original Beatles Book No 43 February 1967. Pictures and features about John, Paul, George and Ringo.
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Che Guevara
The African Dream: the Diaries of the Revolutionary War in the Congo
Appears unread. 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. 244pp. The missing historical part of one of the heroes of the Cuban Revolution who vanished and eventually surfaced in the newly independent Congo.
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Beeren, Dr Willem
Hals
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to lower corners, tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. 90pp. The life and paintings of Frans Hals, very well illustrated. No 10 in the Blandfford Art Series.
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DeNys Sutton
Titian
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. 90pp. The life and paintings of Tiziano Vecelli (Titian), very well illustrated. No 13 in the Blandfford Art Series.
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Dr Xavier De Salas
Goya
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. 88pp. The life and paintings of Francisco Jose Goya, very well illustrated. No 5 in the Blandfford Art Series.
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Du Guiseppe M. Pilo
Canaletto
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. 90pp. The life and paintings of Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto), very well illustrated. No 8 in the Blandfford Art Series.
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Perruchot, Henri
Manet
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanning to page edges, minor bump midway down spine edge and no bumping to corners. 89pp. The life and paintings of Edouard Manet, very well illustrated. No 6 in the Blandfford Art Series.
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Simon Jenkins
Thatcher and Sons: A Revolution in Three Acts
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge. 375pp. This account describes the continuation of Margaret Thatcher's political legacy under John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, even though the last two were supposedly left-leaning politicians.
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Simmons, Ernest J.
Leo Tolstoy
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with label removal mark to rear board, dusty page edges and rubbing to corners and spine ends. Original descriptive dust flap pasted onto reverse of rear end paper. 867pp. Biography of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. Tucked in are three magazine articles, one from the Spectator 1961 on War and Peace, one from Punch 1954 on Tolstoy's son's account of his father 'A Life of My Father and one from John O' London's weekly 1960 on Tolstoy's wife's book Married to Tolstoy.
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James Hogg; Robert Sellers
Hello, Darlings!: The Authorized Biography of Kenny Everett
Appears unread. 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 or creased. 397pp. Biograohy of the irrespressible Kenny Everett, trailblazing comedian of both radio and television, including exclusive interviews with those closest to him. Illustrated.
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Gerald Howat
Plum Warner
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to lower edge and slightly sunned spine. 240pp. Biography of MCC cricketer Sir Pelham Warner. Illustrated.
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Martin Peters
The Ghost Of '66: The Autobiography (Signed By Author)
Flat signed by Martin Peters to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight foxing to page fore-edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. Easily removable sticker on front ' Signed by Author at Waterstones'. 312pp. Lovely signed copy of the autobiography of the England and West Ham footballer who scored the second goal in England's 1966 World Cup victory.
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Samuel Pepys and Lord Richard Braybrooke
Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys F. R. S.: Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. And James II.- Volume I
Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. An extremely clean tight copy with unmarked navy cloth boards, sunned spine, foxing to page edges and bumping to corners. 551pp. Volume I of a verbatim reprint of the edition of 1848-1849 with a copious index; Plus a life and notes by Lord Richard Braybrooke.
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Samuel Pepys and Lord Richard Braybrooke
Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys F. R. S.: Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. And James II.- Volume II
Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. An extremely clean tight copy with unmarked navy cloth boards, sunned spine, foxing to page edges and bumping to corners. 471pp. Volume II of a verbatim reprint of the edition of 1848-1849 with a copious index; Plus a life and notes by Lord Richard Braybrooke.
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Samuel Pepys and Lord Richard Braybrooke
Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys F. R. S.: Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. And James II.- Volume III
Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. An extremely clean tight copy with unmarked navy cloth boards, sunned spine, foxing to page edges and bumping to corners. 499pp. Volume III of a verbatim reprint of the edition of 1848-1849 with a copious index; Plus a life and notes by Lord Richard Braybrooke.
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Samuel Pepys and Lord Richard Braybrooke
Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys F. R. S.: Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. And James II.- Volume IV
Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. An extremely clean tight copy with unmarked navy cloth boards, sunned spine, foxing to page edges and bumping to corners. 567pp. Volume IV of a verbatim reprint of the edition of 1848-1849 with a copious index; Plus a life and notes by Lord Richard Braybrooke.
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Lord Longford
Pope John Paul II: Authorised Biography
Name/date to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and a little bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased withy traces of storage. Biography of Pope John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyla in Poland. Well illustrated.
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Anderson, Janice
Marilyn Monroe : Quote Unquote
Small inscription inside front board. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, two tiny dints to rear and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with a little rubbing to upper edge and single tiny dint to rear. 80pp. In her own words, Marilyn Monroe's films and pictures and she talks about her life. Very well illustrated.
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St. Pierre, Roger
Tom Jones : Quote Unquote
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. In his own words, Tom Jones tells us about his tough early years before he hit success and his time at the top of his act as a singer who came from the Welsh valleys. Very well illustrated.
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Winnert, Derek
Barbra Streisand : Quote Unquote
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 with tiny nick to top of spine and very faint creasing to some edges. 80pp. In her own words, Barbra Streisabd gives us an intimate portrait of her life - the acting and singing Hollywood star. Very well illustrated.
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Davis, Arthur
Elvis Presley : Quote Unquote
Small inscription inside front board. 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 very faint damp mark to lower rear corner. 79pp. In his own words, Elvis tells of his life, his rags to untold riches success. The story continues up to his death. Very well illustrated.
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Davis, Arthur
The Beatles : Quote Unquote
Small inscription inside front board. 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 indenting to front. 79pp. In their own words, the Beatles tell their story and give their thoughts on life and their careers. Very well illustrated.
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Terence Feely
Number 10: Private Lives of Six Prime Ministers
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 with light creasing to upper edge and general traces of storage. 224pp. The great events and stories which are held within the walls of No 10 Downing Street, with the author covering Robert Walpole who was Britain's first Prime Minister and who moved into No 10 in 1735 and William Pitt the younger, the Duke of Wellington, William Ewart Gladstone, Herbert Henry Asquith, David Lloyd George and James Ramsay Macdonald. Illustrated.
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Winterbottom, Vera
Lark in Smoke
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 chips and small tears to upper and lower edges. 27pp. Local history in the author's biography set in a Lancashire cotton town beneath the Pennine hills. Illustrated with personal and local photographs.
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Fritz Kreisler
Four Weeks in the Trenches
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 page edges and no bumping to corners. 88pp. The story of one of the most renowned violinists of the 20th century during his service in the Austrian Army in the First World War on the Eastern Front. Well illustrated.
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Renata Molho
Being Armani: A Biography
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked glossy black boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 236pp. Biography of fashion icon Giorgio Armani from his beginning as a shy young Italian to his fashion design industry.
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Joe Corrigan; David Clayton; Foreword by Bert Trautmann OBE
Big Joe: The Joe Corrigan Story (Signed By Author)
Signed 'To Tom (now Lord Pendry) with best wishes from Joe Corrigan'. 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 traces of storage. 224pp. Autobiography of Manchester City and England goalkeeper Joe Corrigan who was named as City's greatest keeper of all time.
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Scotty T
A Shore Thing (Signed By Author)
Signed 'Scotty T' to half-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. 277pp. The star of Geordie Shore, Ex on the Beach and Celebrity Big Brother tells the exclusive behind-the-scenes account of what happens on the show.
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Pete Postlethwaite
A Spectacle of Dust: The Autobiography
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing to upper edge. 279pp. Autobiography of leading actor Pete Postlethwaite whose career took off when he appeared in The Bofors Gun at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. He became one of Hollywood's A-listers and sadly passed away in 2011 as this work was published. Well illustrated. First edition, second impression.
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Yablonsky, Lewis
George Raft
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 with rubbing to upper edge and general traces of storage. 286pp. Biography of movie star George Raft from the 1930s and 1940s.
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Geoff Lenthall
Aiming High (Signed By Author)
Flat signed by author to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to front cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 226pp. A biography of a very full life, including his time in the RAF and as a journalist. Illustrated.
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Brown, Chris
John Gallagher : The Million Dollar Fullback
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 with slight creasing to lower rear edge and traces of storage. 188pp. Disillusioned with the rugby in the UK because of the public school attitudes towards the game, John Gallagher went to New Zealand in 1984 and by 1986 he was an All Black and in 1987 had a sensational World Cup and was tagged the best fullback in the world. Illustrated.
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Patricia Lowther
Vintage 1930: Story of a Twentieth Century Woman (Signed By Author)
Signed 'Best Wishes (name crossed out) Regards Pat Lowther' No other marks or inscriptions. Appears unread. 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 with slight creasing to upper edge and minor traces of storage. 236pp. Autobiography of a woman originally from Newcastle and of her struggle to survive halfway across the world with her four children and her husband who has descended into alcoholism. It covers the Second World War, her work with the Salvation Army and her sadness at their treatment of her as a widow in South Africa. At the end of her career and back in the UK she worked in the House of Commons as the officer who paid the MPs their office costs.
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Sue Davidson Lowe
Stieglitz: A Memoir / Biography
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, very minor dustiness to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with light rubbing to upper and lower page edges and minor traces of storage. 456pp. A biography of the founding father of modern photography and gregarious entrepreneur, Alfred Stieglitz. Illustrated.
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Cass Pennant
Cass
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, two small indents to front and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very faint creasing to upper edge. 239pp. Autobiography of one of the hardest men in Britain, bouncer, bodyguard (to Harold Wilson), West Ham supporter and who once saved the life of Frank Bruno when four skinheads attacked him with knives.
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Nikolai Tolstoy
The Half-Mad Lord : Thomas Pitt
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked dark grey boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with tiny tear near top of spine and slight traces of storage. 239pp. Biography of Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford 1775-1804, the prototype Regency hero, exceptionally talented and very well connected but who left a names renowned for excesses and eccentricities. First American Edition.
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Holmes, Martin
Proud Northern Lady: Lady Anne Clifford, 1590-1676
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very minor bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with traces of storage. 181pp. Biography of Lady Anne Clifford, born in 1590, daughter of Queen Elizabeth's Champion, the Earl of Cumberland and a lady who made her mark on the times. Second corrected edition.
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Lyle Kenyon Engel
Jackie Stewart, World Driving Champion
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight dusty top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with sunning to rear, nicks to edges and a few tiny pieces missing from upper edge around spine. 159pp. Autobiography of Jackie Stewart up to and including his astonishing World Championship win in 1969 in Grand Prix motor racing. His wife Helen has a whole chapter where she tells her side of his life.
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G. Frankcom; J.H. Musgrave
Irish Giant: Life of Patrick Cotter O'Brien
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 and general traces of storage. 128pp. The story of Patrick Cotter O'Brien, born in Ireland in 1760, whose height was over eight foot. He became a business man to sell his eccentric size to the masses in entertainment from Bartholemew Fair in London to Sadler's Well. Well illustrated.
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Lord Hartwell
William Camrose: Giant of Fleet Street
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. 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 minor traces of storage. 362pp. Biograohy of William Ewart Berry, later Lord Camrose, newspaper magnate who owned many titles when he finally bought The Daily Telegraph in 1927. He was strongly opposed to appeasement in 1938-39 and gave unflinching support to Churchill. The author was his son.
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Rooth, Signe A.
Seeress of the Northland : Fredrika Breemer's American journey 1849-1851
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Very clear gilt on blue lettering to front and spine. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to corners. 327pp. The Swedish writer and champion of social refoms, Fredrika Bremer received a warm welcome on her visit to the United States and Cuba im the middle of the 19th century. This is the story of her visit including much of her writing about it. Illustrated. Very scarce in the UK with dust jacket.
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Roger Berthoud
The Life of Henry Moore
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, a little tanning to pages and tiny bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with ninor rubbing to upper edge. 465pp. Biography of the man considered to have been the greatest sculpture of the 20th century. Very well illustrated. First American Edition.
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Willard Sterne Randeall
Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. Now protected in removable transparent sleeve. 667pp. Biography of a key general in the American evolution who was instrumental in defeating the British in a number of ways. Astonishingly he then betrayed his closest comrades and sold to the British the secret plans of the West Point fortifications which he had been charged to command. First British Edition. Scarce in the UK.
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