‎Biographie‎

‎Ross, C (ed)‎

‎Correspondence of Charles First Marquis Cornwallis Volume 1-3‎

‎John Murray 1859. Volume 1-3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Medium brown leather 8vo with gilt borders on boards and raised bands ornate gilt decoration and gilt lettering within a red and a black panel on backstrip. Boards of vol I. detached. Front board of vol II. and III. detached. Some chipping to ends of backstrip. Volume IIIs. backstrip has heavier damage with sections missing and a large portion in semi detached. Marbled edges and end papers. Gilt inner dentelles. Red ribbon page mark. Frontispiece in vol I. Interior is secure clean and clear save for some foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item3350grams ISBN: John Murray hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5757147

‎STILES, T J:‎

‎JESSE JAMES: LAST REBEL OF THE CIVIL WAR.‎

‎<p>UK8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st edn.Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1. FINE/FINE. Neat inked owner name to top right-hand corner of half-title page and no price-clip to dw/dj. Subject's brightcrispcleanmatt colour photographic portrait illustrated dw/dj panelsspine with greyblack and red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nickstears or splits present; spine lightly sunned/faded.Top edges aged/toned with some minimal dust-soiling spotting fore-edges also aged/toned but without any foxing/spotting; contents brighttightcleansolid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornersappears unread apart from my collation.Publisher's brightcrispclean sharp-corneredoriginal plain black cloth boards with bright crispblocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstripand immaculate plain black endpapers.UK8vo HBdw/dj illustrated1st ednix-xiiipp3-510pp paginated includes a Contents list/tableseparate illusmaps lists/tablesa ProloguePts One-Four comprising 20 chapters16pp contemporary b/w illustration reproductions and b/w biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiecebetween pp178/9 and pp322/3 respectivelyAcknowledgements Abbreviations used in the NotesNotesa Bibliography and an Index; plus unpaginated half-titletitle pagesa dedication epigrams 3 and 4pp blanks at the rear of the book.<br />This first serious biography of Jesse James in forty years is a meticulously researched and stylishly written consideration of an American icon.Stripped of the familiar myths surrounding himJesse James emerges as a far more significant figure: a ruthlesspurposeful and intensely political man who used crimes and notoriety to promote the Confederate cause during the bitter decade that followed the South's surrender at Appomattox.<br />Stiles paints a strikingly new and vivid portrait of the period before the Civil Warduring the conflict and its aftermathboth nationally andmore specificallyin the divided border state of James's Missouri.There the great issues of the day expressed themselves in battles between those who aligned themselves with North or South.Jesse and his older brother Franksons of a pro-slavery preacher who died in the California Gold Rush and a ferocious Southern motherserved with some of the most savage Confederate guerillas.At sixteenJesse began his fighting career by killing Unionist neighbours on their doorsteps.In the bloodshed and bitterness that followed the warwe see Jesse and his fellow guerillaswith their gunfights and holdupsbecome part of the intensely brutal struggle by the White South against the racial egalitarianism and Federal power fostered by the Reconstruction. We see how Jesse placed himself squarely in this context with his thirst for attentionhis partisan pronouncements and his alliance with a rising ex-Confederate newspaper editor who helped shape Jesse's image for their common purpose.In using violence and the news media to promote a political causeJesse James was neither a Robin Hood nor a quaint Wild West figure. Ratheras his life played out across the racial dividethe rise of the Klanand the expansion of the railroadshe was a forerunner of what we have come to call a terrorist.<br />With groundbreaking scholarship and dazzling reinterpretationT. J. Stiles has refashioned one of the great legends of American historyoffering brilliant insights along the way into both the nation and the man.<br />Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the weight/value of this item for correctinsured shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. <br /><br /></p> LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,2003. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : rja799818 ISBN : 022406925X 9780224069250

‎LOVELL, JAMES BLAIR:‎

‎ANASTASIA THE LOST PRINCESS.‎

‎<p>UKthick 8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st edn.VG/VG. No owner inscrptn and price-clipped dw/dj.Subject's brightcrispclean glossy laminated portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/djwith mauvegilt and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Majority of light creasing to top edges of dw/dj and both headfoot of spine/backstrip of both boards and dw/djminimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Rear panel of dw/dj has some scoring/indents - some lightly affecting the boards beneath.Top edges lightly aged with some minimal spottingfore-edges similar but still bright and clean; contents brighttightclean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornerswould appear unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's brightcrispcleansharp-corneredoriginal plain black cloth boards with brightcrispblocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st ednvii-xxviiipp3-526pp paginated includes an IntroductionBooks 1-6 comprising 1010 81014 and 6 chapters respectivelyan Epilogue16pp contemporary b/w biog/autobiographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiecebetween pp164/65 and pp324/25 respectively Appendices4Source notesa BibliographyAcknowledgements and an Index.Plus unpaginated half-titletitle pagesa dedication and 4pp blanks at the rear. "Don't forget me" she wrote to a friend in 1917.History has not forgotten the youngest daughter of Nicholas IICzar of all the Russias.Neither has it done her justice.An enduring legend has grown around herembellished by novelsmotion picturestelevision programmesa balletpopular songs and even comic books. Truth has been obscured by romantic fictionsand her life's thread has been woven into the tapestry of myth.Hers was the Cinderella story in reversea fairy tale gone wrong. Her name has become synonymous with enigma - Anastasia. She lived most of her adult life under the concealment of a false nameAnna Andersonwhich was an attempt to avoid the harsh glare of unwanted publicity.Nonethelessher life was dramatically portrayed - from Broadway to the West End - by Ingrid BergmanJulie HarrisAmy Irving and other renowned actresses.Throughout it allshe refused to co-operate with the numerous journalists who sought to uncover the truth about the mystery of Anastasia. In 1972James Blair Lovell met Anna Anderson and she agreed to enter into an unprecedented collaboration with the young American writer.No restrictions upon his sources or methods of research were imposedand he was allowed complete freedom to arrive at whatever conclusions the evidence indicated.Lovell embarked on a quest that would span two decades in order to determine if this remarkable woman was in fact the last surviving member of the Russian imperial familythe Grand Duchess Anastasia.His meticulous research included amazingly candid conversations with Anna Anderson herself and acquisition of a Romanov archive thought to be the largest still in private ownership.It includes documents; letters; paintings; scores of unpublished photographsmany taken by members of the Russian imperial family; and more than one hundred hours of audio tapes that are the only existing record of Anna Anderson/Anastasia telling her life's story in her own words.Lovell's long-awaited book establishes the facts behind the manufactured myth of Anastasia. Above allhis revelatory account of the lost princess tells the haunting story of a girl - scarred for life by the brutality of her Bolshevik captors - who grew into adulthood obsessed with trying to maintain her anonymity while seeking affirmation of her true identity.Nowwith the Soviet system in ruinsthe fictions surrounding the last days of the Czarist empire are torn away. James Blair Lovell's exhaustively researched book has the scope of an epic novel and the timeliness of today's headlines. Please contact seller because of the heavier weight of this item for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.ROBSON BOOKS LTD.,1992. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : rja593216

‎BRAMSON,ALAN:‎

‎PURE LUCK: THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY of SIR THOMAS SOPWITH1888-1989.‎

‎<p>UK8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st edn.Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptnand no price-clip to dw/dj.Subject's brightcrispcleanglossy laminated contemporary b/w biographical photographic illustrated dw/dj with white and gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nickstears or splits present. Topfore-edges bright and clean - without spotting/foxing; contents brighttightcleansolid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear to be unread.Publisher's brightcrispcleansharp-cornered original blue cloth boards with brightcrispblocked gilt letters to spine/backstripa blue headband and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK8vo HBdw/djillustarted1st edn6-288pp paginated includes Acknowledgementsa Fforeword by HRH The Prince of Walesa Preface12 chapters and an Epilogue Appendices I-VII64pp contemporary b/w photographs in 4 blocks of 16pp apiecebetween pp64/81pp112/129pp160/177 and pp208/225 respectivelya Bibliography and an Index.Plus unpaginated half-titletitle pagesand a Contents list/table. Successful competition pilotaccomplished yachtsman and sportsmanengineer and industrialistSir Thomas Sopwith's life not only spanned the era of heavier-than-air flight but also contributed immeasurably to the story of aviation.His Camel and Pup biplanes helped to win the First World Warhis HurricaneTyphoon and Lancasterthe Second.But his contribution does not end there - the Harrierdesigned and built by his Hawker companycan fairly be said to have won control of the Falklands. His 101 years saw both personal tragedy and international recognition but he remained a modest man to his final days. 'Pure Luck' places in perspective Tommy Sopwith's astonishing career and reveals many events in his private and business life that have never before been published.Alan Bramsona pilot himselfhas produced a biography of this remarkable individual with the full support of his familymany friends and colleagues. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the value of this itemfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatch especially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> UK.WELLINGBOROUGH,NORTHANTS.PSL,1990. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : rja656517 ISBN : 1852602635 9781852602635

‎BENNETT**, ALAN:‎

‎Untold Stories.‎

‎<p>UKthick 8vo HBd/djillustrated1st edn. Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Author/subject's brightcrisp cleanmatt colourb/w portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj panelswith b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Topfore-edges bright and clean; contents brighttightcleansolid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornersappears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's brightcrisp cleansharp-corneredpaper-covered plain green boards with brightcrispcream ink printed letters to spine/backstripa red headband and immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.UKthick 8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st ednix-xvpp3-658pp paginated includes author's Introduction4 chaptersDiaries covering 1996- 20043 separate playsRadioTV - 5 chapters Art Architecture and Authors - 9 chaptersUps and Downs comprising 3 chapters24pp contemporary autobiographical b/w photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiecebetween pp146/7 pp322/23 and pp498/99 respectivelyassorted b/w reproduction illustrations in 'ArtsArchitecture and Authors' sectionAcknowledgements and an Index.Plus unpaginated half-titletitle pagesseparate Contents and Illustrations lists/tablesand parts/sections separator pages.An instant bestseller here in the U.K.<br />"Untold Stories" brings together the finest and funniest writing by one of England's best-known literary figures.In his first major collection since 'Writing Home'Alan Bennett opens with a poignant memoir of growing up in Leeds and closes with an account of his cancer diagnosis and recoverywith everything from his much-celebrated essays to his irreverent comic pieces and reviews in between.Alan Bennett's first collection of prose since 'Writing Home' takes in all his major writings over the last ten years.The title piece is a poignant family memoir with an account of the marriage of his parentsthe lives and deaths of his aunts and the uncovering of a long-held family secret. Bennettas alwaysis both amusing and poignantwhether he's discussing his modest childhood or his work with the likes of Maggie SmithThora Hird and John Gielgud.Also included are his much celebrated diaries for the years 1996 to 2004.At times heartrending and at others extremely funny'Untold Stories' is a matchless and unforgettable anthology.Since the success of 'Beyond the Fringe' in the 1960'sAlan Bennett has delighted audiences worldwide with his gentle humour and wry observations about life.His many works include 'Forty Years On''The Lady in the Van''Talking Heads''A Question of Attribution' and 'The Madness of King George'. The History Boys opened to great acclaim at the National in 2004and was the winner of the Evening Standard Awardthe South Bank Award and the Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the heavier weight - nearly 1.3Kg unpackaged - of this item for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.Faber and Faber Limited,2005. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : rja697017 ISBN : 0571228305 9780571228300

‎LOVELL, JAMES BLAIR:‎

‎ANASTASIA THE LOST PRINCESS.‎

‎<p>UKthick 8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st edn. VG/VG. No owner inscrptn and price-clipped dw/dj.Subject's brightcrisp cleanglossy laminated portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/djwith mauvegilt and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Rear top corner of dw/dj with a small closed tear but without any loss.Majority of light creasing to top edges of dw/dj and both headfoot of spine.Top edges lightly aged with some minimal spottingfore-edges similar but still bright and clean; contents brighttightclean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornerswould appear unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's brightcrispclean sharp-corneredoriginalplain black cloth boards with bright crispblocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st ednvii-xxviiipp3-526pp paginated includes an IntroductionBooks 1-6 comprising 101081014 and 6 chapters respectivelyan Epilogue16pp contemporary b/w biog/autobiographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiecebetween pp164/65 and pp324/25 respectivelyAppendices 4Source notesa BibliographyAcknowledgements and an Index.Plus unpaginated half-titletitle pagesa dedication and 4pp blanks at the rear. <br />"Don't forget me" she wrote to a friend in 1917. History has not forgotten the youngest daughter of Nicholas II Czar of all the Russias.Neither has it done her justice.An enduring legend has grown around herembellished by novelsmotion pictures television programmesa balletpopular songs and even comic books.Truth has been obscured by romantic fictions and her life's thread has been woven into the tapestry of myth.Hers was the Cinderella story in reversea fairy tale gone wrong.Her name has become synonymous with enigma - Anastasia.She lived most of her adult life under the concealment of a false nameAnna Andersonwhich was an attempt to avoid the harsh glare of unwanted publicity.Nonethelessher life was dramatically portrayed - from Broadway to the West End - by Ingrid Bergman Julie Harris Amy Irving and other renowned actresses.Throughout it allshe refused to co-operate with the numerous journalists who sought to uncover the truth about the mystery of Anastasia. In 1972James Blair Lovell met Anna Anderson and she agreed to enter into an unprecedented collaboration with the young American writer.No restrictions upon his sources or methods of research were imposedand he was allowed complete freedom to arrive at whatever conclusions the evidence indicated.Lovell embarked on a quest that would span two decades in order to determine if this remarkable woman was in fact the last surviving member of the Russian imperial familythe Grand Duchess Anastasia. His meticulous research included amazingly candid conversations with Anna Anderson herselfand acquisition of a Romanov archive thought to be the largest still in private ownership.It includes documents; letters; paintings; scores of unpublished photographsmany taken by members of the Russian imperial family; and more than one hundred hours of audio tapes that are the only existing record of Anna Anderson/Anastasia telling her life's story in her own words. Lovell's long-awaited book establishes the facts behind the manufactured myth of Anastasia.Above allhis revelatory account of the lost princess tells the haunting story of a girl - scarred for life by the brutality of her Bolshevik captors - who grew into adulthoodobsessed with trying to maintain her anonymity while seeking affirmation of her true identity. Nowwith the Soviet system in ruinsthe fictions surrounding the last days of the Czarist empire are torn away.James Blair Lovell's exhaustively researched book has the scope of an epic novel and the timeliness of today's headlines.<br />Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the heavier weight of this itemfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.ROBSON BOOKS LTD.,1992. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : ja755417 ISBN : 0860518078 9780860518075

‎ZIEGLER, PHILIP:‎

‎KING EDWARD VIII: THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY. Author SIGNED copy.‎

‎<p>UKthick 8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNEDillustrated1st edn. FINE/FINE. Neat black ink familial gift presentation inscrptn to half-title pageauthor's handwrittenblack ink signature - without dedication - to title page and price-clipped dw/dj. Subject's brightcrispcleanglossy laminatedmonochrome portrait photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with gilt white letteringrear panel with colour illustration/painting of subject; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Topfore-edges bright and clean; contents brighttightcleansolid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners appears unread apart from my collation.Publisher's bright crispcleansharp-corneredoriginal plain dark blue cloth boards with brightcrisp blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale lilac endpapers.UKthick 8vo HBdw/dj illustrated1st ednxi-xivpp1-654pp paginated includes Acknowledgements29 chaptersprofuse contemporary auto biographical b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the bookNomenclatureNotesBibliographical notes an Index; plus unpaginated half-titleauthor SIGNED title pageseparate Contents and Illustrations lists/tablesa title separator pageand a double-page Royal Family tree. When King Edward VIII acceded to the throne in January 1936 Stanley Baldwin hailed him as the best qualified of British monarchs.The British people needed no such reassurance.They knew him to be widely travelled; to be good-lookingeloquent quick-wittedcharming beyond the normal measure of humanity; to have concerned himself with patently sincere good will in the problems of unemploymentpoverty and homelessness which plagued his people.Only those closest to him suspected that this radiant image would not endure; only the best-informed were not startled and appalled when the reign ended eleven months after it had begun. For the first time this extraordinary story is told by someone who has enjoyed unrestricted access to the treasure house of the Royal Archives; has seen the private papers of courtiers hitherto jealously guarded by their descendants; studied the secret Cabinet documents of the periodthe reports of the police and security servicesthe embargoed papers of such statesmen as Chamberlain Baldwin and Winston Churchill' as important as anythinghas read the 2000-odd letters the Prince wrote to his beloved Freda Dudley Ward between 1920 and the advent of Mrs Simpson.Only in the light of these letters can the Prince's feelings for Mrs Simpson properly be understood. PatientlyskilfullyPhilip Ziegler demolishes the monstrous jungle of myth which has grown upand establishes what must be as near the truth as will ever be attained.In the process many favourite fantasies are destroyedothers reinforced.At the very heart of his book lies the ultimate conundrum - could Edward VIII have been a good King and if so what went wrong For the first time the facts of this deeply moving story are set out with sympathyobjectivity and total honesty. A heavy tome - 1.5Kg unpackaged - will incur extra postage insurancesubject to it's eventual destination. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the weight/value of this item for correctinsured shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.WILLIAM COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD.,1990. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : rja779618 ISBN : 0002157411 9780002157414

‎RODLEY, CHRIS - Edited by:‎

‎CRONENBERG ON CRONENBERG.‎

‎<p>UK8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.8vo197pp includes b/w photographsFilmography and Index. With such films as The Brood and VideodromeDavid Cronenberg established himself as Canada's most provocative director.But though he has been dubbed the 'Baron of Blood' his highly original brand of horror/science fiction has now matured far beyond the expectations of its 'schlock' origins. With subsequent movies such as The Dead Zone The Fly and Dead RingersCronenberg has demonstrated not only his ability to touch painful nervesbut also to invest his own developing genre with seriousnessphilosophical dimension and a rare emotional intensity. Charts his development from maker of inexpensive 'exploitation' cinema to internationally reknowned director of million-dollar moviesbut also reveals the concerns and obsessions which continue to dominate his increasingly rich and complex work. <br />Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.FABER & FABER,1992. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : rja1085 ISBN : 0571144365 9780571144365

‎ALDINGTON**, RICHARD:‎

‎LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - A Biographical Enquiry.‎

‎<p>UK8vo HBminus dw/djillustrated1st edn. VG. No owner inscrptnminus dw/dj.Minimally grubbed/markedpublisher's originalplain black cloth boards; with negligible shelf-wear brightcrispblocked gilt letters to spine/backstripand b/w illus British Council bookplate pasted to front pastedown.Endpapers and recto of last page of index minimally foxed/spotted - other pages opposite b/w photographs also minimally foxed/spottedbut clean.Top edge slightly dust-soiled and lightly aged/tonedfore-edge similar but brighter; contents bright tight and clean.UK8vo HB minus dw/dj1st edn11-448pp paginated includes half-titletitle pagessubject b/w portrait photographic frntisContentsIllustrationsb/w Maps lists/tablesIntroductory letter to Alister Kershaw; Pts 1-3 comprising 22 chapters9pp b/w contemporary photographs and b/w maps interspersed through the text and bookChapman family HinckleyLeics genealogical tree3pp b/w maps pp389/91; 29pp sources5pp Bibliography and an Index. A critical biographical enquiry about T.E. Lawrence and the legends about him.' . primarily an analysis of the career of Lawrence the man of action and of the establishment and growth of what I the author have termed the Lawrence legend.If I have found that the first was much less significance than is generally supposedand the second was largely Lawrence's own doingthis is not to deny that Lawrence was a man of peculiar abilities.If 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom' is to be regarded as a work of imagination rather than of historyit may well be considered by its admirers all the more remarkable for that fact.' Richard Aldington. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the weight and value of this itemfor correctinsured shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter the order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. <br /> N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.COLLINS,1955. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : rja26067

‎DEFORD, FRANK:‎

‎THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BILLIE JEAN KING.‎

‎<p>UK8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st edn. This is the trade export 1st edn as there is no printed publisher's price to front inner flap of dw/dj. NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptnand no price-clip to dw/dj.Subject colour portrait photographic wraps with minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edgessome very light creasing/bumping to both headfoot of spine/backstrip with no nicks tears or splits.Topfore-edges lightly aged as usual/normalbut contents brighttight and pristine.Brown paper-covered boards with brightcrispblocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain beige endpapers.UK8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st ednviipp10-207pp includes titlehalf-title pagesContents list16pp b/w photographs and an Index. Billie Jean King's life has been as colourful and as determined as her performance on the tennis courts.Now she tells her own story in a forthright autobiography that is at once a moving personal history and a behind-the-scenes look at the world of women's sports.Billie Jean King spent much of her life as a trailblazer: as a young girl from a modest family playing the rich kid's game of tennis: as a female superstar in a sports world dominated by men; as a leader and spokeswoman for women's equality; and recently then 1982as a celebrity called upon to make public the details of her private life. She emerges as a thoughtfulsensitive personan image far different from the one the press has usually imposed upon her. She writes of her life as a touring athleteof the men and women who share that worldand the friendships and intense rivalries that develop.She tells about the agonies and pressure of becoming number oneabout the difficulties of living without any privacyand - most of all - how she has been affectedboth as a competitor and as a woman.With rare and touching honestyshe evaluates her sometimes troubled marriage and calmly relates the story of her overpublicized affair with Marilyn Barnett. Billie Jean King played her first tennis match at the age of eleven and in 1979 achieved a record of 20 Wimbledon titles 6 singles10 doubles4 mixed doubles. She has won all other major titles. <br />Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the weight/value of this itemfor correctinsured shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.GRANADA,1982. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : rja446 ISBN : 0246117923 9780246117922

‎Corte, Cornelis de‎

‎F Cornelii Cvrtii Cæsarei Consiliarij et Historiographi Ordinis Eremitarum S. Augustini S. Nicolaus Tolentinus alijque aliquot eiusdem Ordinis Beati‎

‎Antuerpiæ Antwerp: Ioann. Cnobbarum 1637. Hardcover. Very Good -. 8 278 2 p.: 2 full-page engraved illustrations including portrait; 13 cm. Signatures: 3 dots4 A-712 M8 12mo. Contemporary parchment with blind-stamped decoration; lacking clasps. Engraved title page and initials. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Presented from Poe Kurz at Shelby October 29th 76." An earlier inscription at lower edge of title page with oval stamp over it of Bibliotheca C.SS. R. Ilchester Maryland. Small embossed stamp on title page verso and last page of text of Bibliotheca St. Alphonsus Esopus N.Y. A biographical work in prose and poetry by Cornelis de Corte 1590-1638 about St. Nicholas of Tolentino c. 1246-1305. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: parchment is soiled; two holes in the parchment over the front board; lacking clasps; pages are clean and tight. Ioann. Cnobbarum hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 005176

‎Martin, A W‎

‎Henry Parkes‎

‎Melbourne University Press 1980. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1000grams ISBN:0522841740 Melbourne University Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5837931 ISBN : 0522841740 9780522841749

‎Drucker, Peter Ferdinand‎

‎Adventures of a Bystander‎

‎William Heinemann Ltd 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN:0434904023 William Heinemann Ltd hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5838082 ISBN : 0434904023 9780434904020

‎Finis Jhung‎

‎Ballet for Life A Pictorial Memoir‎

‎Ballet Dynamics Inc 2017. paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. Signed by Author. Inscribed by Finis Jhung on the half-title page. Includes a bookmark promoting the title. Minor shelf wear binding tight pages clean and unmarked. For the first time dance legend Finis Jhung shares his incredible journey from a humble childhood amid the chaos of World War II Hawai’i to an extraordinary career as a dancer on Broadway in film and with the Joffrey and Harkness ballet companies and then as the founder of the critically acclaimed Chamber Ballet U.S.A. “Ballet for Life: A Pictorial Memoir” is filled with nearly 300 gorgeous photos—most of them never before published — along with Finis’s own distinctively witty commentary on his personal and professional life and his intimate recounting of the freedom that he gained from his conversion to Buddhism 59 years ago. The memoir also lovingly pays tribute to many of the fascinating dance personalities whom Finis met along the way.Today at the age of 87 Finis’s story continues as a much-sought-after master ballet teacher and coach who imparts his own innovative ballet technique to adult ballet beginners in New York City and to dancers everywhere through a library of his own instructional videos. Ballet Dynamics, Inc paperback‎

Référence libraire : 250412017 ISBN : 0991389808 9780991389803

‎HEMINGWAY, Ernest‎

‎A MOVEABLE FEAST‎

‎New York: Scribners 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /very good. Photogravures. 8vo 211 pages brown clothbacked boards; edgeworn dj. <br/><br/>'If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man .it stays with you for Paris is a moveable feast.' Hanneman A31a. Sketches of the author's life in Paris in the Twenties. "All things truly wicked start from an innocence. . There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other - p.210-11." Plates. Scribners hardcover‎

Référence libraire : DEMO016748I ISBN : 0684833638 9780684833637

‎Lee, Sydney‎

‎A Life of William Shakespeare‎

‎London: Smith Elder & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Slightly rubbed at the corners. 1889. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Maroon illustrated cloth with top edges gilt and deckled fore-edge. xxxviii 385pp 6pp publisher ads. Color frontispiece illustration with tissue guard notes black and white photos and illustrations appendix and index. A beautiful copy of this biography of the Bard in the illustrated library edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Smith, Elder & Company hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 56815

‎Baines, Paul‎

‎Edmund Curll: Bookseller‎

‎Oxford University Press 2007. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item900grams ISBN:9780199278985 Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 4141981 ISBN : 0199278989 9780199278985

‎Weis, G‎

‎Neue Mahleriana: Essays in Honour of Henry-Louis De La Grange on His Seventieth Birthday‎

‎Peter Lang 1997. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1000grams ISBN:3906756955 Peter Lang hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5839375 ISBN : 3906756955 9783906756950

‎Splawn, A J Andrew J Splawn‎

‎Ka-Mi-Akin‎

‎Portland OR : Published by the author 1917 . First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 438 vi pages red cloth cup mark on top cover. <br /> <br/><br/>Tipped to the front pastedown is a Autograph Note Signed in 1929 to Mrs. Barnett from Margaret C. Splawn responding to Barnett's request for a copy of this book. "It is to present the Indian side of the War of 1855-8 that the writer has undertaken this work. He has spent many years in gathering stories and statements as to why they fought and how they fought descriptions of their battles and names of the killed and tounded. The task was difficult since superstition keeps the red man from talking to the white man on such subjects. . that I have always treated them right gained me their confidence --Preface." Splawn was involved with every aspect of the frontier. Some chapters tell of the cattle and cowboys gold mining British Columbia and much more. With Plates. Splawn was President of the Washington Live Stock Association and the Cascade International Live Stock Association and ran unsuccessfully to be Governor of Washington State. Howes S838; HERD 2136 Published by the author hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 4703

‎Kent, Rockwell‎

‎Voyaging: Southward from the Strait of Magellan‎

‎NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1924. Beautiful gift quality copy; Rockwell Kent's signature and inscription dated 1928 on second ffep; llustrated throughout; Mapped end papers top edge gilt; Aged-toned else textblock is very clean and very tight; The illustrated cloth binding is bumped at head and foot of spine and board corners lightly edge worn; Unclipped dust jacket creased and crunched at the corners with overall light edge wear at the spine extremities and folds; 184pp. Signed and Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. Very Good/Very Good in mylar. Illus. by Rockwell Kent. 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Hardcover. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : SB15630

‎Jackson, Phil; Rosen, Charley‎

‎More Than a Game‎

‎New York: Seven Stories Press 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition" stated plus full number line. 320 pages. Glossary. Index. Signed by Jackson. A clean attractive copy. The ticket for the book signing at Book Soup is laid in. <br/> <br/> Seven Stories Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 011389 ISBN : 1583220607 9781583220603

‎Pence, Mike‎

‎So Help Me God‎

‎New York: Simon & Schuster 2022. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ix 542 pages. Illustrated. Index. Signed by the author. A clean attractive copy. <br/> <br/> Simon & Schuster hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 011429 ISBN : 1982190337 9781982190330

‎Sotomayor, Sonia‎

‎The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor‎

‎New York: Delacorte Press 2018. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing. 343 pages. Photos. Glossary. Signed by Sotomayor on a Supreme Court Historical Society bookplate. A clean copy with only minor wear. <br/> <br/> Delacorte Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 011580 ISBN : 1524771147 9781524771140

‎Piatigorsky, Gregor‎

‎Cellist‎

‎Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co. 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Cloth. viii 273 pages. Index. No dust jacket. Spotting to cloth. Contents clean and tight. <br/> <br/> Doubleday & Co. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 011714

‎Day, Richard Ellsworth‎

‎Rhapsody in Black: The Life Story of John Jasper‎

‎Philadelphia PA: The Judson Press 1953. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth with silver lettering. 149 pages. Illustrated. Dust jacket has small chips and tears. Remains of sticker to front free endpaper. Scarce. <br/> <br/> The Judson Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 011742