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Lord Tom Pendry
Taking It On The Chin: Memoirs of a Parliamentary Bruiser
Book and jacket in mint unread condition.. 324pp. Surely one of the most colourful characters ever to have graced the Palace of Westminster, Tom Pendry has been a boxer, a bruiser and a scholar, whose political career as an agent, candidate, Labour MP and peer has spanned over sixty years. Full of revealing anecdotes and candid descriptions of colleagues, his memoirs throw new light on successive governments and great, epoch-making events, and are a mixture of light and shade, irreverent wit and deeply serious intent.
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Cyclone : My Story
McGuigan, Barry
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 280pp. Barry McGuigan's story of his life in boxing and his attempts at sectarian unity in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles.
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Haines, Joe
Limmers of Twilight : Harrold Wilson in Decline (Signed By Author)
Flat signed 'Joe Haines' to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean copy with unmarked black cloth boards, minor bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper and lower edges. 216pp. The memoirs of Joe Haines, Harold Wilson's press secretary when Wilson was Prime Minister. Scarce signed copy.
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Silvester, Christopher (editor)
The Literary Companion to Parliament
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 very minor traces of storage. 619pp. This account covers all aspects of parliamentary life, from the landmark events in our history down to the idiosyncratic rituals and even the eating and drinking habits of MPs, taken from letters, memoirs, diaries, biographies and from the journalistic sketch-writing tradition.
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Upstone, Robert
William Orpen : Politics, Sex & Death
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. 160pp. A highly illustrated monograph of Sir William Orpen, one of the great British artists of the first quarter of the 20th century from his nudes to his war paintings.
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Hitchens, Ivon
The Flower Paintings
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. Now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve. 54pp. Catalogue of the work of painter Ivon Hitchens to accompany the exhibition of flower paintings at the Jonathan Clark Gallery in 2007. With a mix of single page and fold-out double page large colour reproductions. Extremely scarce.
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Hoyland, John (& McEwan, John & Nevill, angela)
John Hoyland : Works from the 1970s & 1980s
Date inside front cover. No other 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. 35pp. A catalogue of works exhibited in 2006 taken from the 1970s and 1980s by leading British abstract artist John Hoyland.
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Wilson, Michael I
William Kent ; Architect, Designer, Painter, Gardener 1685-1748
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 tiny scratch to front. 276pp. The life and achievements of a remarkable but little-known 18th century man who was active in many fields - painting, architecture, design and decoration, landscape gardening and a friend of leading figures of the day such as Lord Burlington and Alexander Pope. Very well illustrated.
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McDonough, Jimmy
Tammy Wynette : The Biography : Tragic Country Queen
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bumping to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to spine ends and very minor rubbing to corners. 432pp. Biography of country singer Tammy Wynette. Illustrated.
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Summerson, John
The Life and Work of John Nash - Architect
Small neat name label on second page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked maroon cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 217pp. Detailed biography and study of architect John Nash (1752-1835) whose designs include Buckingham Palace and The Royal Pavilion in Brighton as well as his collaborations on Regent Street and Regent's Park. Well illustrated.
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Roberts, David (editor)
Rock Chronicles: A Visual History of the World's Greatest 250 Rock Acts
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to spine ends. 576pp. A lavish work presenting the history of 250 of the best-known and most important rock acts of the past 50 years. Gives details of who played in each band over their existence and how they contributed to the music. Illustrated. A heavy book.
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Hadwick, Jon
Owl Light : The Unique Story of a Boy and His Owl
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. 157pp. From the author's interest in birds of prey at the age of five, this account follows his fascination with them and the barn owl which he acquired and who is the central character in this book. Well illustrated.
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Branson, Richard
Losing My Virginity : How I've Survived, Had Fun and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way (Limited Edition, Facsimile Inscription)
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. 488pp. Richard Branson tells the story of his life up to the end of the 20th century. Illustrated.
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Arvedlund, Erin
Too Good to be True : The Rise and Fall of Bernie Madoff
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor foxing to page edges, nick/slight bumping to spine end and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with tiny nick/slight bump to spine foot and minor traces of storage. 310pp. A detailed account of the Bernie Madoff scandal, about the man who pleaded guilty to running a $65 billion Ponzi scheme to steal money from investors.
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Friedman, Martin
Hockney Paints the Stage
No marks or inscriptions. Very tiny crease to upper corner of front cover, none to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 262pp. Catalogue from David Hockney's exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in 1985. Very well illustrated with feature articles mainly by David Hockney plus Martin Friedman, John Cox, Stephen Spender and John Dexter.
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Lord Tom Pendry
Taking It On The Chin: Memoirs of a Parliamentary Bruiser
Book and jacket in mint unread condition.. 324pp. Surely one of the most colourful characters ever to have graced the Palace of Westminster, Tom Pendry has been a boxer, a bruiser and a scholar, whose political career as an agent, candidate, Labour MP and peer has spanned over sixty years. Full of revealing anecdotes and candid descriptions of colleagues, his memoirs throw new light on successive governments and great, epoch-making events, and are a mixture of light and shade, irreverent wit and deeply serious intent.
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Wright, Alan
Tom Sayers : The Last Great Bare-Knuckle Champion
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper and lower edges. 304pp. Biography of the 'Little Wonder', as he became known, Tom Sayers, who held the title of Heavyweight Champion of England for three years in the mid-1850s.
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May, Roger & Taylor, Roger (forewords)
The Treasures of Queen
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 storage and no bumping to corners. 160pp. The story of Queen, a fantastically talented and popular group of musicians with an enormous fan base. Very well illustrated.
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The Editor
Irish Guards : The First Hundred Years 1900-2000
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, minor marks to lower rear edge and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with tear to upper front corner and rubbing to upper edge. 223pp. The story of the Irish Guards Regiment, formed in 1900 to commemorate the bravery of Irish troops in the South African wars. Very well illustrated. Tucked in are copies of the biographies of the soldiers with Victoria Cross awards.
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Balascheff, Marie & Stearns, Martha Genung (editor)
The Transplanting : A Narrative from the Letters of Marie Balascheff, A Russian Refugee in France
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked maroon cloth boards, very slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Page fore-edges untrimmed. 251pp. Biographical account of the author, daughter of a Russian Charge d'Affairs who spent time in England and France after her family escaped the Russian Revolution. Whilst in England she met Queen Victoria a number of times. Photographic illustrations.
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