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Anthony Reynolds
The Impossible Dream: The Story of Scott Walker and the Walker Brothers
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, faint crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 352pp. This study of Scott Walker and the Walker Brothers phenomenally successful musical career is told here by the brothers themselves, taking us from the early 1960s to their revival in the mid 1970s.
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George Thomas, Viscount Tonypandy
George Thomas, Mr. Speaker: The Memoirs of Viscount Tonypandy (Signed By Author)
Inscribed by author to title page. No other 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 very minor traces of storage. 242pp. An earlier Speaker of the House of Commons was George Thomas who served in the role from 1976 to 1983. In this account he tells his story.
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Jill Bourne
William Wyggeston and his World
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, scratch/small bump to lower rear edge and no bumping to corners. 78pp. William Wyggeston (1467-1536) made his name in the world of business and politics with links to both Henry VII and Henry VIII. His name survives as the Wigston district of Leicester where he was a considerable benefactor - both the local Hospital and School still bearing his name today.
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Kathleen Tracy
MORGAN FREEMAN : A Biography
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. 193pp. Biography of top Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman.
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Tim Hill
Queen (Classic, Rare and Unseen)
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 faint scratches to rear. 224pp. A fabulous collection of photographs of Queen from their earliest days to date. The illustrated biography. Strangely there is no reference anywhere to Gareth Thomas, who most sites attribute to be the author.
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Slawenski, Kenneth
J. D. Salinger: A Life Raised High
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny nick to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with tiny nicks to top of spine. 423pp. Biography of the famously reclusive author of 'The Catcher in the Rye' who died in 2010.
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Black, Johnny
Eyewitness: 'The Who'
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, small bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creases to lower edge. 304pp. The classic tale of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that has been The Who ever since they emerged onto the mid-sixties music scene. This is a day-by-day account. Illustrated.
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Lyttelton, Humphrey
Take it from the Top: An Autobiographical Scrapbook
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked coral cloth boards, very minor foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with fading to spine and very light creasing around edges. 164pp. A fascinating and humorous account of his life by jazz band leader and radio and TV compere Humphrey Lyttelton. Illustrated.
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Comini, Alessandra
Egon Schiele
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. Plates on 95 pages plus introduction over 31pp. A study of the life and art of Expressionist painter Egon Schiele who died at the age of 28.
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Wight, Douglas; Wiley, Jennifer
Hot Right Now: The Definitive Biography of Rita Ora
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 indenting to rear. 246pp. The story of singer Rita Ora, from her native Kosovo, through her family's refugee status, forced separation, hardship and health fears to become one of the faces on X Factor.
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Bayer, Patricia & Waller, Mark
The Art of Rene Lalique
No marks or inscriptions to contents. 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. 192pp. A detailed study of over 250 stunning pieces with an examination of Lalique's glassmaking techniques and around 350 colour photographs of his work.
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Morley, Sheridan
Shall We Dance: The Life of Ginger Rogers
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. 96pp. Biography of dancer and movie star Ginger Rogers. Very well illustrated.
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Novotny, Fritz
Oskar Laske :24 Aquarelle
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked front board, slight mottling to rear and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with nicks and chips to upper and lower edges and small pieces missing from spine ends. Unpaginated 60pp. Concise biography of Austrian watercolour painter and full page coloured reproductions of twenty four of his paintings. Scarce in the UK. All text in German.
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Baumer, Angelica
Gustav Klimt: Women
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 traces of storage. 143pp. A fascinating collection of Gustav Klimt's favourite subject - women.
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The Editor
Elvis Special 1974
No marks or inscriptions. Not price clipped, Crosswords not done. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and slight rubbing but no bumping to corners. 93pp. Concise biography and a wealth of photographs of Elvis Presley, his discography and chart positions.
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Ferguson, Ken and Sylvia (editors)
Television Show Book
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, very slight bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Slightly dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked with a little rubbing to edges, nicks and chips to corners and slight loss near spine foot. 127pp. Photographs of hundreds of the stars seen on British television in 1965, some in colour. SCarce edition.
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Sheene Barry
Barry Sheene's Book of Motor Cycling
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to lower front corner. 63pp. The story of 1970s motor cycle World Champion Barry Sheene. Very well illustrated.
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Spice Girls
"Spiceworld": The Official Book of "Spiceworld" - The "Spice Girls" Movie
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 very light creasing/rubbing to upper and lower edges. The story of the Spice Girls Movie 'Spice World' told by Emma, Geri, Mel B, Mel C and Victoria themselves. With masses of photographs.
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Edinger, Gerd
Gerd Edinger : Zeichnungen - Malerei Objekt - Installation 1990 - 1995
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. 116pp. The works of German sculptor Gerd Edinger from 1990 to 1995. Text in German and English. Scarce in the UK.
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Price, Nancy
Shadows on the Hills
Name/address stamp & date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with repair/crease to front, slightly sunned spine and nicks and chips to corners. 320pp. A volume of reminiscences by one of the most distinguished actresses over the first half of the 20th century.
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Christopher Tyerman
Who's Who in Early Medieval England, 1066-1272
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. 424pp. With 160 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 two maps covering the period.
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The Editor
Epstein
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slight rub to front of otherwise unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. unpaginated ca 80pp. Exhibition catalogue from the Jacob Epstein Exhibition in Edinburgh in 1961.
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Beckham, Victoria
Learning to Fly : 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 marked or torn or creased. 370pp. Autobiography of Victoria Beckham, Spice Girl and fashion designer and wife of David.
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Field, Andrew (compiler)
The Complection of Russian Literature: A Cento
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 very slight traces of storage. 324pp. A critical cento (a composition formed by joining scraps from other authors) of Russian Literature in an attempt to lead the reader to a radically different understanding of what Russian literature and cuture 'felt like', Includes a fold out photo-montage of 457 Russian writers 'gathered together' in a public square in Moscow. Printed on cream coloured paper. 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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G.R.R. Treasure
Who's Who in Late Hanoverian Britain, 1789-1837
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. 466pp. With 175 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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Walker, Alan & Carol (editors)
Peter Townsend 1928-2009 : A Memorial Service Celebrating His Life
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. 24pp. Booklet of the Memorial Service celebrating the life of Peter Townsend, St Martins in the Fields, November 2009. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works.
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Spielmann, M.H.; Layard, G.S.
The Life and Work of Kate Greenaway
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 300pp. Biography of the children's writer and artist, born in 1846 whose works are very well known. With 52 of her colour illustrations and 31 black & white works. Originally published in 1905.
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Montgomery Hyde, H.
Oscar Wilde : The Aftermath
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked dark olive green boards, very slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Slightly dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight sunning, nick to upper rear edge and to lower front edge and rubbing to top of spine. 221pp. An account of Oscar Wilde's time in Reading Gaol, of penal conditions in England in the late 19th century and their impact on a man of Wilde's personality and acute sensitivity. Illustrated.
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Hughes, Simon
A Lot of Hard Yakka, Triumph and Torment: A County Cricketer's Life: Cricketing Life on the County Circuit
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 311pp. Autobiography of the cricketing life of Simon Hughes who played firstly for Middlesex and then Durham County teams. It is also a revealing account of other cricketing stars of the period.
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Suarez, Luis
Luis Suarez: Crossing the Line - My Story
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. 282pp. Autobiography of Luis Suarez who played football on Merseyside before his move to Barcelona.
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Donovan, Paul
Roger Moore
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 nicks to corners and slight creasing/rubbing to edges. 224pp. Well illustrated biography of actor Roger Moore, star of The Saint and James Bond.
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Leona Lewis
Leona : Dreams
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. ca 95 pages of full page colour photographs plus text on 95pp. The story of singer Leona Lewis who in 2006 was the first woman ever to win X Factor.
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Rappaport, Helen
The Victoria Letters: The Official Companion to the ITV Victoria Series
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 some light creasing. 301pp. The companion to the ITV series Victoria.
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Preston, Paul
The Last Stalinist: The Life of Santiago Carrillo
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, bumping to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with traces of creasing to upper and lower edges and long repaired tear down front edge. 432pp. Biography of Santiago Carrillo who became secretary general of the Spanish Communist Party by 1960, was a hero of the long struggle against Franco and by the time of his death in 2012 was a national treasure of Spain.
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Porter, Clive W.
The Test Match Career of Sir Jack Hobbs
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 sunning to spine. 177pp. Biography of legendary cricketer Sir Jack Hobbs of Surrey and England.
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Moon, Chris
One Step Beyond
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to upper and lower edges and to spine. 388pp. Autobiography of ex-army soldier Chris Moon who then signed up for mine-clearance work. He was captured by the Khmer Rouge and almost died and then worked on mine-clearance in Mozambique where he was blown up. losing an arm and a leg. Less than a year after leaving hospital he completed the London Marathon.
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Cimoli, Anna Chiara
Giuseppe Mozzanica: Scultore Lombardo
Book in as new condition. 159pp. The life and work of Italian scupltor Giuseppe Mozzanica. Text in Italian. With two leaflets on the scuptor tucked in. Scarce.
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Grimble, Ian
Robert Burns
Name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and minor bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge. 128pp. A very well illustrated biography of one of Scotland's greatest literary figures.
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Abraham, Gerald
Rimsky-Korsakov : A Short Biography
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked brick-red cloth boards, dusty, slightly foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked with rubbing/nicks to page edges and corners and small tear to top of slightly sunned spine. 142pp. The story of how a musical ignoramus became a Professor in the St Petersburg Conservatoire whilst still serving as a Naval Officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and went on to become a great composer.
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Balchin, Jon
Quantum Leaps: 100 Scientists Who Changed the World
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. 208pp. This study covers the spectrum of scientific endeavour, from Copernicus and Galieo, through Hippocrates and Galen to Newton and Einstein, covering physics, biology, chemistry and genetics.
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James Rhodes
Instrumental
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. 275pp. Autobiographical account of a struggle with mental health issues and the authors connection to music.
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Megan Aldrich
Thomas Rickman and the Victorians : The Victorian Society Volume 7
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. 151pp. Study of the life and work of the Quaker architect who wrote the ground-breaking hand-book 'An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English'. .
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Jerry Prochnicky; Ralph Hulett
Good Times, Bad Times: Led Zeppelin: A Visual Biography
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. 216pp. 'A Visual Biography of the Ultimate Band'. Led Zeppelin with John Bonham, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. Quite scarce in this condition in the UK.
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Marshall, Tilly
Life with Lowry
Ex library book with usual marks and stamps. A very clean very tight copy with tape-marked maroon cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with tape marks to dust flaps and light creasing. Missing front end paper. 260pp. Very personal recollections of LS Lowry by the author, owner at the time with her husband of Newcastle's Stone Gallery where Lowry's work was frequently promoted. During the last fifteen years of his life he spent almost as much time with the Marshalls as in his home in Mottram, Cheshire.
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McGhee, Frank
England's Boxing Heroes
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. 191pp. Concise biographies of forty of England's boxing heroes, from Terry Allen to Bruce Woodcock. From Boxing's Hall of Fame series.
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Gadney, Reg
Kennedy
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with sunning to spine. 176pp. Biography of American President John Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline.
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Konstam, Angus
Historical Atlas of the Napoleonic Era
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. 192pp. A detailed study of Napoleon Bonaparte's military activities, very well illustrated in particular with maps showing battle plans, conquests, losses and areas covered in the Europe of the early 19th century.
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George, David Lloyd
War Memoirs of David Lloyd George : Volume I (one)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked unfaded boards, slight tanning and foxing to page edges, very tiny bump to upper front edge and no bumping to corners. 1067pp. Autobiographical memoir of the First World War by the Prime Minister for much of the time.
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Summerbee, Mike
Mike Summerbee: The Autobiography (Signed By Summerbee and Tony Book)
Signed by Mike Summerbee and City Captain Tony Book on title page. 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 with very minor creasing to upper edge. 288pp. Autobiography of Manchester City hero Mike Summerbee. Tucked in are samples of the two signatures from the internet as confirmation of authenticity.
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Ali, Tariq; Evans, Phil
Trotsky for Beginners
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. 174pp. An introduction to Trotsky from his birth in 1879 in Russia to his assassination in Mexico in 1940. This part cartoon part text account explains his theories and his legacy.
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