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LEVENSON Samuel
Maud Gonne a biography of Yeats' beloved
London: Casselll 1977 Turn-of-the-century society with its romantic genteel scandals the Celtic reivival Yeats and the Abbey Theatre and the stormy world of Irish patriots and the new born Irish republic all meet in the life story of the irrepressible legendary Maud Gonne. Biography W.B. Yeats Maud Gonne Ireland Abbey THeatre Eamon de Valera Fenians Arthur Griffith Sean McBride John O'Leary. clean copy jacket is unclipped . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Casselll hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013009 ISBN : 0883490897 9780883490891
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SMITH Robert Holbrook (Dr Bob)
Dr Bob and the Good Oldtimers a biography with recollections of early A A in the Midwest
New York: Alcoholics Anonymous 1980 two tone cloth photographic endpapers brown coloured dust jacket is sunned to the spine edge wear. 373pp on sized paper. Biography of one of the co-founders of the A A movement. photographs. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Alcoholics Anonymous hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013057 ISBN : 0916856070 9780916856076
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KIERNAN Thomas
Repulsion the life and times of Roman Polanski
London: New English Library 1981 DW unclipped 288pp plates . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. New English Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012981 ISBN : 0450048373 9780450048371
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ANAHERO
Grey Owl and I A new Autobiography
London: Peter Davies 1972 tidy ex library without the library markings would be near to VG jacket under plastic sleeve minor tape stains to rear endpaper and board auto biography by the wife of Grey Owl Archie Belaney. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Ex-Library. Peter Davies hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013103 ISBN : 0432004750 9780432004753
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BULLOCK George
Marie Corelli the life and death of a Best-Seller
London: Constable 1940 poorly rebound ex-library copy original blue cloth boards with blind stamped Corelli signature. Worn through at corners with library cloth pasted over at spine with typed title and white pen shelf mark. stamps and labels etc to endpapers gutter opened at frontis frontis has small colour painting of Corelli in a gondola in the blank space below this is a library stamp. also stamps to title page and copyright page. signatures are loosening good as a reading or binding copy. Scarce biography of one of the Victorian era's greatest selling writers who touched on many metaphysical or new age themes in her writings. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Ex-Library. Constable hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013055
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CAMMELL charles Richard
Heart of Scotland a Memoir
London: Robert Hale 1956 sequel to Castles in the Air . Autobiography and memoir of famous Scottish creative personalities of the first half of the Twentieth Century. Cammell knew Aleister Crowley well and there is a short reference to him here. Cammell knew many of the foremost Scots poets writers artists etc of the day and recounts them. Red cloth closed edges browned VG DW rubbed to edges chipped to spine ends and corners not price clipped. 253pp plates. Here is a personal record of the intellectual life of the city at a period when many famous men of letters scholars and artists were still living there: a period of large importance in the cultural history of Scotland. This was the twilight of the Grand Age of the Northern Athens and these men with whom the author lived intimately and about whom he as no other living man is in a position to write with authority may be called "the last of the Athenians". He has here drawn their portraits vigorous and vital for posterity. Alongside he has painted portraits from the Highlands of scholars of Gaelic lore and master of the "Great Music" of the Highland pipes. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Robert Hale hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012997
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JEAFFRESON John Cordy
The Real Lord Byron the Story of the Poets Life
London: Hurst and Blackett one volume standard library edition undated brown cloth gilt to upper board and spine original endpapers frontis and guard xxxviii 498pp 4pp publishers adds some neat red underlining to intro some age to closed edges biography and study of the life of Byron and the destruction of his memoirs. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Hurst and Blackett hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012944
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BURCHELL Mary (Ida Cook)
We Followed Our Stars
London: Mills and Boon 1956 first Mills & Boon very tidy book and wrapper autobiography of an opera lover who followed her favourites across America and Europe comments on her time in Nazi dominated Europe friendships with famous opera singers also her later life as a romance writer under the name Mary Burchell 246pp plates. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Mills and Boon hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012956
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TROTTER Lionel J
The Life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse
London: Dent slate blue cloth gilt titled spine lacks free end paper name date and number to half title xi 306pp undated assumed first approx 1910 biography of the famed British soldier active during the Indian Mutiny and Siege of Delhi. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Dent hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012898
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MACKENZIE Compton
On Moral Courage
London: Collins 1962 stunning deep blue cloth book is near fine no faults. DW price clipped and spine faded a little. examples of moral courage mostly from the twentieth century collected and commented upon. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013007
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McNEISH James
Belonging Conversations with men and Women Who Have Made Israel Their Home
London: Collins 1980 price clipped DW 192pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012874 ISBN : 0002116383 9780002116381
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TAYLOR Frank
Barbed Wire and Footlights Seven Stalags to Freedom
Braunton: Merlin Books 1988 soft cover light dust soiling 124pp. Autobiography of Frank Taylor born 22nd of February 1921 at Kirkhill Coldingham Berwickshire Scotland. Educated at the Edinburgh Academy and trained for the stage at the Scottish School of Drama under the direction of Miss Sybil Attwell. He made his professional debut as the Second Page in Richard of Bordeaux at the Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh on the 26th of September 1938. At the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the RAF serving 5 years and as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner served on two Squadrons 608 and 217 before being shot down and taken prisoner in February 1942. After an attempted escape and incarceration in no fewer than seven POW camps he was liberated on the 2nd of May 1945 by the British 2nd Armys 11th Armoured Division. On demobilization he was engaged as an Assistant Stage Manager at the Mercury Theatre London under the direction of E. Martin Browne. As an actor and singer training under Robert Bumett Edinburgh and Dawson Freer London he appeared in several London West End productions including Pacific 1860 with Mary Martin Much Ado About Nothing with Robert Donat Pericles with Paul Schofield The Silver Curlew with Denys Blakelock and Oklahoma with Howard Keel. From 1951 to 1954 he toured South Africa for African Theatres in Seagulls Over Sorrento with Clifford Mollison and then Australia and New Zealand for J. C. Williamsons. Settling permanently in Sydney in 1956 Frank has appeared in numerous theatre radio and TV productions but is probably best known to the general public as Sgt Scotty' Macleod in the long running television series Division 4. Frank was the East of Scotland junior tennis champion in 1938 has recorded four hundred books for the Royal Blind Society of New South Wales and won the Penguin Award for best supporting television actor in 1972. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Merlin Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 012869 ISBN : 0863033776 9780863033773
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LIEPMAN Heinz
Rasputin A New Judgement
London: Muller 1959 lacks DW sunned spine and with water mark along upper joint. endpapers browned text block is clean and tight. first English translation / edition. The top edge margin of the plates shows faint water mark but the pages dont seem to show any discolouration. 264pp plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Muller hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012996
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CROUCHER Norman
A Man and His Mountains
Kingswood: Kaye & Ward 1984 unclipped DW light wear and short splits at head of spine joints book clean 217pp plates in colour British mountaineer's autobiography. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Kaye & Ward hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013035 ISBN : 0718220005 9780718220006
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REUMONT Alfred Von
Lorenzo De Medici the Magnificent Vol 2
London: Smith Elder & Co 1876 disbound lacks boards old calf backstrip holds the sections solidly but will need to be bound up single vol 2 of 2 ex-library with tidy rubber stamps xiv 489pp English translation from the German made by Robert Harrison text block clean and tidy. First Edition. Disbound. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Smith Elder & Co paperback
Bookseller reference : 013036
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(Biography) THOMAS, Dylan
Dylan Thomas: Letters to Vernon Watkins
New York: New Directions 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8 Inches. 145 PP. First edition of this compilation of compassionate and intimate letters from Thomas to his friend Vernon Watkins. Original price of $3.00 intact on front flap. Some light foxing to text. Rubbing and wear to DJ folds and spine ends. A very attractive copy overall. New Directions hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7286
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COOKSON Catherine
Catherine Cookson Country Her Pictorial Memoir
London: Guild Publishing 1986 short tear spine fold at tail to DW minor bumping to board edges 192pp glossy art paper throughout B&W photos throughout. Catherine Cookson's Tyneside life in pictures and words. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. landscape 4to. Guild Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013156 ISBN : 0434142549 9780434142545
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POLLARD Eliza F
Florence Nightingale; The Wounded Soldiers Friend
London: S W Partridge & Co undated states published just before her death also prize plate from Gosford Street Baptist Church Coventry dated 1910 at fep Title page is a little chipped to top edge printed on wood pulp paper stock with engravings throughout to illustrate 166pp 32pp adverts. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. S W Partridge & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013171
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AVNER
Memoirs of an Assassin; Confessions of a Stern Gang Killer
London: Four Square 1961 Four Square 280 first thus paperback edition translated by Burgo Partridge spine roll minor edge foxing 160pp zionist stern gang murderer confesses. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Four Square paperback
Bookseller reference : 013190
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MOUSA Suleiman
T E Lawrence- an Arab View Proof
Oxford University Press 1966 proof copy in paper wrapper with label to cover label is chipped to edges cover has biro annotation giving published title date etc book starts with A22 chapter one being pp1 of the text 281pp printed on recto only 195 x 210mm rear two leaves and wrapper detached small water spot top corner of first few pages. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Galley/Proof. Oxford University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 013189
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(Biography) FIELD, Sally
In Pieces SIGNED 1ST
New York: Grand Central Publishing 2018. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 404 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $29.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Field on the publisher limitation page. Original "Autographed Edition" sticker as issued by publisher on front cover. Grand Central Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7322
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(Biography) POWYS, Llewelyn
Henry Hudson
New York: Harper & Brothers 1928. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 5 7/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 213 PP. First American edition in original blue cloth binding. Sailing vessel in blind on front board. PO note on first page of text. Harper & Brothers unknown
Bookseller reference : 7145
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(Biography) TRIMBLE, William
Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power SIGNED 1ST
Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press 2019. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 370 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Signed by author directly on the title-page. Pritzker Military Museum bookplate laid-in. Naval Institute Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7124
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Andrews, Julie
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
London England: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2008. Book. Good. Large Softcover. First UK Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Large softcover first UK edition 596gms 344 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Weidenfeld & Nicolson Paperback
Bookseller reference : BIOUK925 ISBN : 0297844911 9780297844914
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(Biography) MCCULLOUGH, David
Truman SIGNED 1ST
New York: Simon & Schuster 1992. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 1117 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $30.00 intact on front flap. Signed by McCullough on the title-page. A sharp copy with a tiny spot to top gutter else a fine copy in nearly every respect. WINNER of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for best biography. Basis for the HBO miniseries of the same name that featured Gary Sinise as President Harry Truman. Simon & Schuster hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6990
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(Biography) ASTIN, Sean LAYDEN, Joe
There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale
New York: St. Martin's Press 2004. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 308 Pages. Full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. The autobiography of Sean Astin the man who brought us "Mikey" and "Rudy" among others. St. Martin's Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7176
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(Biography) CARTER, Jimmy
Sharing Good Times SIGNED 1ST
New York: Simon and Schuster 2004. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 3/4 X 7 7/8 Inches. 174 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $21.00 intact on front flap. Signed by President Jimmy Carter directly on the title-page. Simon and Schuster hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7180
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Carswell, Dorothy J
Live Wires: Powerful Stories of Changed Lives
Chorley: 10Publishing 2011. . 124 pages 15 accounts of present-day people in the British Isles coming to put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. Paper a bit browned especially edges. Paperback. Average. 10Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 405570 ISBN : 1906173133 9781906173135
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MASTERS Brian
Now Barabbas Was a Rotter the Extraordinary Life of Marie Corelli
London: Hamilton 1978 near fine copy in same DW light wear to edges of DW unclipped top edge dusted vermillion xiii 326pp plates claimed to have been Queen Victoria's favourite author many of Marie Corelli's novels had mysterious or occult themes to them this biography by respected Victorian researcher shows how her life was just as mysterious as well. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012791
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(Biography) LARSON, Robert W.
Red Cloud: Warrior-Stateman of the Lakota Sioux
Norman OK: Oklahoma University Press 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 3/4 X 8 5/8 Inches. 336 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. A sharp unread copy. Oklahoma University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7035
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(Biography) ADLER, Richard; DAVIS, Lee
You Gotta Have Heart: An Autobiography SIGNED 1ST
New York: Donald I. Fine Inc 1990. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 3/8 Inches. 354 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $21.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by Adler to Myra Daniels. Signed "To Myra Daniels - good luck on your new occupation! With warm regards Richard Adler 10/26/91" on the half title-page. <br /> <br /> Myra Janco Daniels 1925-2022 founder and CEO of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Myra was also 1965 Advertising Woman of the Year and wife of Draper Daniels the adman who created “The Marlboro Man†and the basis for “Don Draper†on AMC’s Madmen TV show. At the age of 25 Myra started her own advertising business in Terre Haute Indiana which was later purchased by Draper Daniels. She was a longtime collaborator of Draper’s and together the couple achieved amazing success in the world of advertising in the mid-20th Century. In retirement Myra founded the Naples Philharmonic Center and created a world class art museum which she led for over 20 years. Giving a slight nod to Charles Lindbergh the Pulitzer Prize-Winning author A. Scott Berg once dubbed Myra “The Spirit of Naples.â€. Donald I. Fine Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7057
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Lelyveld, Joseph
GREAT SOUL: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India
New York: Alfred A Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 0307269582 . Index sources. 750gms weight; Remainder; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 430 pages . Alfred A Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 37986 ISBN : 0307269582 9780307269584
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Clausewitz: A Biography Parkinson Parkinson
Clausewitz: A Biography
New. unknown
Bookseller reference : 9V-YV2I-YROH ISBN : 0812860217 9780812860214
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(Biography) ESSOE, Gabe; LEE, Raymond
DEMILLE: The Man and His Pictures FROM THE COLLECTION OF PUBLICIST ART RONNIE
South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes & Company 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 3/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 319 PP. First printing with original price of $8.50 on front flap. Inscribed by Gabe to his friend Art Ronnie "Art - I think you and I are the only ones who have mint copies of this one. Best Wishes Gabe Essoe 10-13-77" on the FFEP. From the library of famed Hollywood studio publicist and former Herald Examiner journalist Art Ronnie with his bookplate to the front flyleaf. Gabe would go on to write for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Angie Dickinson: Police Woman and The Magical World of Disney. A.S. Barnes & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6870
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(Biography) LELLENBERG, Jon; STASHOWER, Daniel; FOLEY, Charles
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters
New York: Penguin Press 2007. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 706 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $37.95 intact on front flap. Penguin Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7076
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(Biography) BRIGGS, Julia
A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit 1858-1924
New York: New Amsterdam Books 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 3/8 Inches. 473 PP. Original price of $27.95 intact on front flap. Fabulous biography and well deserved for Edith Nesbit Children's fantasy author of The Railway Children as well as Five Children and It. New Amsterdam Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7075
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Thomson, David
Nicole Kidman
London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 2006. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 311 pages. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. Bloomsbury Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB323079 ISBN : 0747584338 9780747584339
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Rudenstine, Angelica Zander; Introduction By S. Frederick Starr; Article On Collecting By George Costakis; Biographies By Vasili
Russian Avant-Garde Art: The George Costakis Collection
Harry N Abrams Inc 1981. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 527 Pp. White Cloth Stamped In Red And Black. First Edition. Fine. Dust Jacket With 1/2" Closed Tear On Front Panel Else Fine. International Shipment Requires Extra Charges. <br/> <br/> Harry N Abrams Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 055977 ISBN : 0810915561 9780810915565
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Dobbie, Colonel Ian
Sovereign Service: The Story of SASRA 1838-1988
Aldershot: SASRA 1988. . 143 pages plus 32 pages of b/w photographs. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. SASRA Paperback
Bookseller reference : 019528 ISBN : 095124860X 9780951248607
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Sobel, Dava
Galileo's Daughter: A Drama of Science Faith and Love
London England: Fourth Estate Limited 2000. Book. Good. Medium Softcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Medium softcover reprint 366gms 429 pages. This is a moving account of the relationship between father and daughter and the tension between belief and scientific conviction at the origins of modern science. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Fourth Estate Limited Paperback
Bookseller reference : BIO9872 ISBN : 1857027124 9781857027129
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Brian C. Wilson
John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age
Wayne State University Press. Very Good. 6.0 x 1.0 x 9.0 Inches. Hardcover. 2018. 326 pages. <br><p>John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age follows the spiritual sojourn of John E. Fetzer a Michigan business tycoon. Born in 1901 and living most of his life in Kalamazoo Fetzer parlayed his first radio station into extensive holdi . Wayne State University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2102h ISBN : 0814345301 9780814345306
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Tammie Matson
Elephant Dance
Pan Macmillan Australia 2009. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade Paperback. 299 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Macmillan Australia 2009. First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are lightly browned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: At 29 Tammie Matson has spent nearly half her life in Africa her first love working as a conservationist. But as her 30s approach Tammie is conscious of not having ticked those boxes: no house no kids and no husband. Broke and with her visa running out it seems like Africa may just force her to give it up after all. On returning to Australia Tammie lands a job at the Worldwide Fund for Nature in Sydney. There she meets Andy a charismatic Brit and Africa suddenly has a rival. But she's not ready to give up on the elephants yet.From the magic of Bushmanland to the banks of Chobe River in Botswana to the civil strife of Assam India Elephant Dance takes us to the heart of a conservationist's fight to find a way for elephants to live peacefully in a world with too many people too few resources and the increasing threat of climate change. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781405039192. Inventory No: 23070035. 9781405039192 Pan Macmillan paperback
Bookseller reference : 23070035 ISBN : 1405039191 9781405039192
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Bruce, Frederick Fyvie
Paul: Apostle of the Free Spirit
Carlisle: Paternoster Press 1992. . 510 pages illustrated. Edges foxed. Paperback. Average. Paternoster Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 494968 ISBN : 0853643083 9780853643081
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NANDA B R
Mahatma Gandhi a Biography
London: Unwin 1958 very tidy unclipped DW a little darkened to spine 542pp biography . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Unwin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012766
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LUDLAM H
A Biography of Dracula the Life Story of Bram Stoker
London: Quality Book Club 1962 first thus book club edition black papered boards with red and gilt title panel to spine 200pp interesting biography of Stoker with much emphasis on the sucess that Dracula brought him both as a novel and a stage act tidy copy small spot of waterstain to bottom corner of lower DW panel fore edge of a few pages has an extra bit not trimmed correctly by the binder. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Quality Book Club hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012765
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(Biography) LEWIS, M(atthew) G.
Journal of a West India Proprietor 1st American
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1929. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 6 X 9 Inches. 356 PP. "Whether the pleasure of the negroes was sincere may be doubted; but certainly it was the loudest I had ever witnessed: they all talked together sang danced shouted." - Matthew Lewis<br /> <br /> First American edition of this important record of plantation life from the slave owner's perspective. Lewis inherited two slave-owning plantations and twice went to Jamaica to investigate the living conditions of his slaves. Lewis' account notoriously sugar-coats the life of the slave on his plantations due to the increasing moral push against the practice of slavery in Britain at the time. Scarce in original issue jacket. "Publisher Overstock" stamp on front of DJ. Light chipping to edges. An important book that is relatively scarce in commerce. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6728
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Kay Graber
Sister to the Sioux : The Memoirs of Elaine Goodale Eastman 1885-1891
University of Nebraska Press USA 1985. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 175 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: University of Nebraska Press USA 1985. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are lightly browned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0803267134. ISBN/EAN: 9780803267138. Inventory No: 23050156. 9780803267138 University of Nebraska Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 23050156 ISBN : 0803267134 9780803267138
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John Toland
Adolf Hitler
Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1035pp. Red boards black buckram backing gilt spine lettering.Signed by Author on half-title page. Light wear to spine ends and lettering. Book is sound binding is tight contents are clean. Dust jacket is price-clipped lightly worn along edges and partially darkened along spine and folds. A sweeping chronicle of the life both public and private of the infamous dictator. <br/> <br/> Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004668 ISBN : 0385037244 9780385037242
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SEABROOK William
The White Monk of Timbuctoo Pere Yakouba
London: Harrap 1934 first edition lacks DW minor wear to boards corner tips just starting to fray closed edges little foxed untrimmed fore edge some foxing heavier to prelims. 271pp plates. A renegade priest who gained pre-eminence in Timbuctoo. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Pere Yakouba. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Harrap hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012685
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McCullough, Colleen
Roden Cutler V.C.: The Biography
Milsons Point Australia: Random House Australia 1998. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket first edition fifth printing 784gms 418 pages black endpapers. Roden Cutler's list of honours is long and impressive but it is his sole decoration the Victoria Cross that marks him as a hero. This is the story of a man who pulled himself up by his bootstraps to serve his country with courage and dignity in the face of all obstacles. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Dust jacket and boards are in good condition with light shelf wear and scuffing otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Random House Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIOAUS964 ISBN : 0091839335 9780091839338
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