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Author:ATKINSON D. H.:
Title:RALPH THORESBY, THE TOPOGRAPHER; HIS TOWN AND TIMES
Publisher:LEEDS, WALKER AND LAYCOCK, 1885
Description:FIRST EDITION, OCTAVO, TWO VOLUMES, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 488. FINELY REBOUND IN HALF BROWN LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS, RAISED BANDS, RED TITLE LABLES, NEW ENDPAPERS. TEG, UNCIT PAGE EDGES. VOL. 1, 446 pp, list of subscribers, index. VOL. 2, 443 pp, index. A FINE AND HANDSOME SET. Ralph Thoresby (16 August 1658 – 16 October 1724), born in Leeds and is widely credited with being the first historian of that city. He was besides a merchant, non-conformist, fellow of the Royal Society, diarist, author, common-councilman in the Corporation of Leeds, and museum keeper.
Price (£):180.00
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Author:BARRIE J.M.:
Title:MARGARET OGILVY BY HER SON J.M. BARRIE
Publisher:HODDER AND STOUGHTON, LONDON, 1896
Description:BLUE CLOTH QUITE WORN, WEAK SPINE. SOME FOXING. CLEAN PAGES OF TEXT.
Price (£):6.00
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Author:BEDFORD SYBILLE:
Title:ALDOUS HUXLEY
Publisher:1973 /74 CHATTO & WINDUS LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPIES IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAPS . VOLUME 1 1894-1939. VOLUME 2 1939-1963. A BIOGRAPHY. VOLUME 2 HAS A FADED SPINE.
Price (£):12.00
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Author:BEHRMAN S.N.:
Title:TRIBULATIONS AND LAUGHTER
Publisher:HAMISH HAMILTON. LONDON. 1972
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED. A PICTIURE OF BROADWAY AND HOLLYWOOD BEFORE THE SECOND WRLD WAR.
Price (£):6.50
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Author:BELSHAW PATRICK:
Title:A KIND OF PRIVATE MAGIC
Publisher:ANDRE DEUTSCH, LONDON, 1994
Description:GOOD COPY IN GOOD DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):6.50
Stock No:3603 Click to enquire

Author:BENTHAM GEORGE:
Title:GEORGE BENTHAM: AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1800-1834
Publisher:1997 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS INCORPORATED
Description:FINE HARDBACK IN FINE DUSTWRAP. EDITED BY MARION FILIPIUK. IN THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HIS EARLY LIFE, GEORGE BENTHAM, NEPHEW OF THE GREAT UTILITARIAN PHILOSOPHER JEREMY BENTHAM, OFFERS A LIVELY DEPICTION OF THE TIMES, BOTH IN ENGLAND AND ON THE CONTINENT, PARTICULARLY OF POST-NAPOLEONIC FRANCE, WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS FAMILY FOR TWELVE YEARS.HE WAS AN EMERGING FIGURE HIMSELF IN THE FIELD OF BOTANY. 5789 pp.
Price (£):25.00
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Author:BERGMAN INGMAR:
Title:THE MAGIC LANTERN - AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Publisher:NEW YORK. VIKING. 1988
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. TRANSLATED FROM SWEDISH BY JOAN TATE. AN ELOQUENT PERSONAL DOCUMENT RELATING THE LIFE OF THE GREAT FILM DIRECTOR.
Price (£):11.50
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Author:BERRY CHUCK:
Title:CHUCK BERRY THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Publisher:FABER AND FABER, 1987, LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED
Price (£):6.50
Stock No:3604 Click to enquire

Author:BLACK ROGER:
Title:HOW LONG'S THE COURSE
Publisher:ANDRE DEUTSCH, LONDON, 1998
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):7.50
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Author:BOSWELL JAMES:
Title:THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON
Publisher:LONDON, THE NAVARRE SOCIETY, 1924
Description:THREE VOLUMES, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN HALF BROWN MOROCCO OVER MAROON CLOTH, MARBLED ENDPAPERS, TOP EDGES GILT, GILT TITLES, RAISED BANDS. PREVIOUS OWNER'S BOOKPLATE. THIS EDITION PRINTED BY THE RIVERSIDE PRESS ON FINE QUALITY PAPER AND LIMITED TO 2000 COPIES. A FACSIMILIE OF THE FIRST EDITION, 1791, WITH THE APPENDIX AND ILLUSTRATED WITH 20 PHOTOGRAVURE ETCHINGS, 50 HALF TONE PLATES, AND A FACSIMILIE AUTOGRAPH LETTER. A VERY FINE AND HANDSOME SET.
Price (£):135.00
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Author:BOSWELL JAMES:
Title:THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D
Publisher:BLISS SANDS. LONDON. 1897
Description:QUARTO, VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN OLIVE GREEN CLOTH. PAPER TITLE TO SPINE - NOT COMPLETE. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES. EDITED BY PERCY FITZGERALD. EXTRA POSTAGE MIGHT BE REQUIRED, IF POSTED OVERSEAS.
Price (£):31.00
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Author:BOSWELL JAMES:
Title:THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
Publisher:GEORGE BELL. LONDON. 1888
Description:TEN VOLUMES IN REBOUND (NOT RECENT) HALF BLUE LEATHER AND CLOTH. RAISED BANDS, RED TITLE LABEL, GILT EMBOSS. FOXING IS FAIRLY LIGHT. INCLUDING HIS TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES, CORRESPONDENCE WITH MRS. THRALE ETC. WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS BY JOHN WILSON CROKER. REVISED AND ENLARGED UNDER HIS DIRECTION BY JOHN WRIGHT. ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS. A VERY NICE AND HANDSOME SET.
Price (£):330.00
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Author:BROOKS PAUL:
Title:THE HOUSE OF LIFE
Publisher:GEORGE ALLEN. LONDON. 1973
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. RACHEL CARSON AT WORK WITH SELECTIONS FROM HER WRITINGS PUBISHED AND UNPUBLISHED. ILLUSTRATED
Price (£):8.50
Stock No:9154 Click to enquire

Author:BROOKS PAUL:
Title:THE HOUSE OF LIFE - RACHEL CARSON AT WORK
Publisher:LONDON, ALLEN & UNWIN, 1972
Description:VERY GOOD CONDITION HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS.
Price (£):6.00
Stock No:5855 Click to enquire

Author:BROWN WALLACE CABLE:
Title:CHARLES CHURCHILL
Publisher:UNIVERSITY ON KANSAS PRESS. LAWRENCE. 1953
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD SLIGHTY STAINED DUSTWRAP. POET, RAKE, AND REBEL. 1ST EDITION.
Price (£):23.00
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Author:BUCKLEY PETER:
Title:ERNEST
Publisher:1978 THE DIAL PRESS NEW YORK
Description:VERY GOOD COPY. DUSTWRAP VERY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. A BIOGRAPHY OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY. VERY PROFUSELY PHOTOGRAPHED.
Price (£):25.00
Stock No:5145 Click to enquire

Author:BYLES C.E.:
Title:THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF R.S. HAWKER (SOMETIME VICAR OF MORWENSTOW)
Publisher:JOHN LANE, BODLEY HEAD. LONDON. 1905
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN DARK BROWN CLOTH. EMBOSSED FRONT BOARD. WORN TO EDGES OF SPINE. 1ST EDITION. TWO SKETCHES BY THE EARL OF CARLISLE. LITHOGRAPHS BY J. LEY PETHYBRIDGE, AND REPRODUCTIONS FROM PORTRAITS, PHOTOGRAPHS ETC., SOME FOXING.
Price (£):90.00
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Author:CARLYLE THOMAS:
Title:SARTOR RESARTUS: THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF HERR TEUFELSDROCKH
Publisher:LONDON. KEGAN PAUL. 1889
Description:FULL LEATHER BINDING WITH FIVE RAISED BANDS TO THE SPINE. GILT DECORATIVE MOTIFS TO THE SPINE. THE LARGE PAPER EDITION OF THIS WORK, LIMITED TO 50 COPIES, ALL OF WHICH ARE NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE PRINTER. THE BOOK WAS PRINTED IN NOVEMBER, 1888. THIS IS NO. 24. MARBLED END PAPERS TOP EDGE GILT, PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE, THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF HERR TEUFELSDROCKH IN THREE BOOKS. A VERY GOOD CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY.
Price (£):180.00
Stock No:13103 Click to enquire

Author:CASTLE ROY:
Title:NOW AND THEN
Publisher:1994 ROBSON BOOKS LONDON
Description:FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. FOREWORD BY SIR HARRY SEACOMBE.
Price (£):7.50
Stock No:6836 Click to enquire

Author:CLARKE NICK:
Title:ALISTAIR COOKE: THE BIOGRAPHY
Publisher:1999 WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, LONDON
Description:NEW BOOK IN DUSTWRAP. DRAWING ON A RICH VARIETY OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SOURCES, CLARKE SHOWS HOW COOKE CARVED OUT FOR HIMSELF, WITH DOGGED DETERMINATION, A UNIQUE POSITION AS A COMMENTATOR ON AMERICAN LIFE AND POLITICS FOR THE BBC AND - IN PARALLEL - THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN.
Price (£):13.50
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Author:CLAYTON DOUGLAS:
Title:FLOYD DELL -THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN AMERICAN REBEL
Publisher:1994 IVAN R DEE, CHICAGO
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK AND DUST WRAP. BIOGRAPHY OF CELEBRATED AMERICAN NOVELIST, CRITIC, EDITOR, POET AND PLAYWRIGHT.
Price (£):15.00
Stock No:15003 Click to enquire

Author:COLERIDGE HARTLEY:
Title:THE WORTHIES OF YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE
Publisher:LONDON. WARNE.
Description:NO DATE - BUT VICTORIAN. CONSIDERS THE LIVES OF RICHARD BENTLEY, MARVELL, LORD FAIRFAX, ANNE CLIFFORD, WILLIAM MASON, JOHN FISHER AND RICHARD ARKWRIGHT. OCTAVO, 480 pp. ORIGINAL BLIND STAMPED BEVELLED BOARDS, SOME LOSS AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE, AND TWO INCH CRACK IN THE JOINT. SOME FOXING TO EARLY PAGES BUT OTHERWISE A TIGHT AND CLEAN COPY.
Price (£):58.00
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Author:CROZIER BRIAN:
Title:THE MAN WHO LOST CHINA
Publisher:ANGUS AND ROBERTSON
Description:THE FIRST FULL BIOGRAPHY OF CHIANG KAI-SHEK. VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER.
Price (£):15.00
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Author:CUNDALL H.M.:
Title:THE LIFE AND WORK OF BIRKET FOSTER
Publisher:BRACKEN BOOKS. LONDON. 1986
Description:NEAR MINT HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAP. REPRINT OF THE 1906 EDITION. A FACSIMILIE EDITION. MANY LOVELY COLOUR REPRODUCTIONS OVER 70 IN ALL SHOW WHY HIS WORK IS SO MUCH IN DEMAND.
Price (£):11.00
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Author:CUNDALL H.M. (EDITED BY):
Title:WILLIAM CALLOW R.W.S. F.R.G.S.
Publisher:A. & C. BLACK, LONDON. 1908
Description:1ST EDITION. IN VERY GOOD GREEN ILLUSTRATED CLOTH. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY EDITED BY H.M. CUNDALL, FROM NOTES BY MRS. CALLOW. 22 COLOUR PLATES, 9 IN BLACK AND WHITE. FRONTISPIECE IS LOOSE.
Price (£):34.50
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Author:CURRAN CHARLES:
Title:A SEAMLESS ROBE
Publisher:COLLINS. LONDON/ 1979
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. BROADCASTING-PHILOSOPHY AN PRACTICE, 1ST EDITION 1979
Price (£):7.50
Stock No:7056 Click to enquire

Author:DAVENPORT-HINES RICHARD:
Title:THE MACMILLANS
Publisher:HEINEMANN. LONDON. 1992
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. 1ST EDITION. ILLUSTRATED. THE TENSIONS AND DISARRAY OF THE MACMILLANS` PRIVATE LIVES MAKE A FASCINATING BUT PAINFUL STORY.
Price (£):9.00
Stock No:21575 Click to enquire

Author:DEVONSHIRE ANDREW:
Title:ACCIDENTS OF FORTUNE
Publisher:2004 MICHAEL RUSSELL, NORWICH
Description:NEW HARDBACK BOOK WITH A DUSTWRAP. ANDREW DEVONSHIRE WAS BORN IN 1920, AND INHERITED THE DUKEDOM IN 1950.
Price (£):13.95
Stock No:25027 Click to enquire

Author:DUNMORE JOHN:
Title:STORMS AND DREAMS - LOUIS DE BOUGAINVILLE: SOLDIER, EXPLORER, STATESMAN
Publisher:2005 NONSUCH PUBLISHING CO., STROUD
Description:NEW. HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. BIOGRAPHY OF LOUIS DE BOUGAINVILLE, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE. HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN: THE BIRTH OF THE USA, FALL OF FRENCH CANADA, THE OPENING OF THE PACIFIC, THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ND THE CROWNING OF NAPOLEON.
Price (£):11.50
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Author:DUNMORE JOHN:
Title:STORMS AND DREAMS - LOUIS DE BOUGAINVILLE: SOLDIER, EXPLORER, STATESMAN
Publisher:2005 NONSUCH PUBLISHING CO., STROUD
Description:NEW. HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. BIOGRAPHY OF LOUIS DE BOUGAINVILLE, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE. HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN: THE BIRTH OF THE USA, FALL OF FRENCH CANADA, THE OPENING OF THE PACIFIC, THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ND THE CROWNING OF NAPOLEON.
Price (£):11.50
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Author:FABRE AGUSTIN:
Title:THE LIFE OF JEAN HENRI FABRE THE ENTOMOLOGIST
Publisher:HODDER & STOUGHTON. LONDON. 1910
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN HALF LEATHER WITH GREY CLOTH BOARDS. TRANSLATED BY BERNARD MIALL. SOME FOXING ON END PAPERS. PAGES 1-13 HAVE CORNERS MISSING.
Price (£):30.00
Stock No:8756 Click to enquire

Author:FLETCHER CYRIL:
Title:NICE ONE CYRIL
Publisher:1978 BARRIE & JENKINS LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. BEING THE ODD ODESSEY AND THE ANECDOTAGE OF A COMEDIAN. WITH A FOREWORD BY ESTHER RANTZEN.
Price (£):6.00
Stock No:6843 Click to enquire

Author:FRANCE ANATOLE:
Title:THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC
Publisher:LONDON, JOHN LANE, 1909
Description:TWO VOLUMES, OCTAVO, RED DECORATED CLOTH, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, VERY GOOD, FADED RED SPINES, TEG.
Price (£):55.00
Stock No:24731 Click to enquire

Author:FRY CHRISTOPHER:
Title:CAN YOU FIND ME:A FAMILY HISTORY
Publisher:1978 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP.
Price (£):6.00
Stock No:3649 Click to enquire

Author:GIBBS LEWIS:
Title:SHERIDAN
Publisher:J.M. DENT. LONDON. 1947
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN BLUE CLOTH - SLIGHT RUBBING TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE. DOES NOT HAVE A DUSTWRAP. 1ST EDITION. ILLUSTRATED WITH 16 PAGES OF HALF-TONES, INK INSCRIPTION ON FEP.
Price (£):7.00
Stock No:7050 Click to enquire

Author:GILBEY SIR WALTER & E.D. CUMING:
Title:GEORGE MORLAND HIS LIFE AND WORKS
Publisher:A. & C. BLACK, LONDON. 1907
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN ILLUSTRATED GREEN CLOTH - GILT EMBOSSED TITLE ON FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. 1ST EDITION. 39 COLOUR PLATES, A BIOGRAPHY OF HIS LIFE AND ART. PREVIOUS OWNERS INK INSCRIPTION ON FEP 1913.
Price (£):69.00
Stock No:20187 Click to enquire

Author:GODDARD ANN:
Title:GOODBYE OLD PICK
Publisher:2005 J. AND A. GODDARD, BELPER, DERBYSHIRE.
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. A COMPELLING TRUE STORY OF THE LIFE OF A COAL MINER FACING DAILY THE HAZARDS OF THE FIERY PITS OF STAFFORDSHIRE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. A TRIBUTE TO HER GREAT GRANDFATHER - CHARLES LAWTON 1839-1921.
Price (£):9.99
Stock No:18492 Click to enquire

Author:GOODMAN ARNOLD:
Title:TELL THEM I`M ON MY WAY: MEMOIRS
Publisher:1993 CHAPMANS PUBLISHERS, LONDON
Description:NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP.
Price (£):8.50
Stock No:10389 Click to enquire

Author:GRONOWICZ ANTONI:
Title:GARBO: HER STORY
Publisher:1990 VIKING, LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. PUBLISHER`S AFTERWORD BY RICHARD SCHICKEL.
Price (£):11.00
Stock No:1125 Click to enquire

Author:GROVE VALERIE:
Title:DEAR DODIE
Publisher:CHATTO & WINDUS. LONDON. 1996
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP.
Price (£):11.00
Stock No:9945 Click to enquire

Author:GULLIVER DORIS:
Title:DAME AGNES WESTON
Publisher:1971 PHILLIMORE & CO LTD SUSSEX
Description:FINE COPY IN FINE PRICE CLIPPED DUSTWRAP. THIS MOVING BIOGRAPHY TELLS THE STORY OF ONE OF THE HEROINES OF THE VICTORIAN AGE WHOSE LIFE WAS SPENT IN THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY.
Price (£):7.50
Stock No:7281 Click to enquire

Author:HAMMOND J. L.:
Title:C P SCOTT OF THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN
Publisher:LONDON, BELL, 1934
Description:VERY EARLY REPRINT (SAME YEAR AS PUBLICATION). VERY GOOD COPY IN BLUE CLOTH, SOME FOXING TO PAGE EDGES. 365 PAGES.
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:24451 Click to enquire

Author:HANDASYDE ELIZABETH:
Title:GRANVILLE THE POLITE
Publisher:OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. LONDON. 1933
Description:FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BROWN CLOTH - NO DUSTWRAP. THE LIFE OF GEORGE GRANVILLE, LORD LANSDOWNE, 1666-1735.
Price (£):23.00
Stock No:21580 Click to enquire

Author:HAYMON SYLVIA:
Title:OPPOSITE THE CROSS KEYS
Publisher:CONSTABLE. LONDON. 1988
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. AN EAST ANGLIAN CHILDHOOD.
Price (£):6.50
Stock No:10633 Click to enquire

Author:HOLLAND LADY:
Title:A MEMOIR OF THE REVEREND SYDNEY SMITH
Publisher:LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMANS. LONDON. 1855
Description:TWO VOLUMES IN BLIND-STAMPED BROWN CLOTH. VERY GOOD COPIES APART FROM SMALL SPLIT AT TOP OF SPINE OF VOLUME 1. FOURTH EDITION. A SELECTION FROM HIS LETTERS EDITED BY MRS. AUSTIN.
Price (£):55.00
Stock No:10217 Click to enquire

Author:HOUGH RICHARD:
Title:OTHER DAYS AROUND ME
Publisher:HODDER & STOUGHTON. LONDON, 1992
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. A MEMOIR BY RICHARD HOUGH WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
Price (£):8.00
Stock No:14022 Click to enquire

Author:HUXLEY JULIAN:
Title:MEMORIES
Publisher:GEORGE ALLEN. LONDON. 1970
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN SLIGHTY TORN DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):11.00
Stock No:12840 Click to enquire

Author:JACKSON MICHAEL (EDITED BY JANET JACKSON):
Title:A SCOTTISH LIFE
Publisher:THE RADCLIFFE PRESS, LONDON 1999
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. SIR JOHN MARTIN, CHURCHILL AND EMPIRE.
Price (£):10.00
Stock No:5983 Click to enquire

Author:JACOB VALERIE:
Title:TREGONISSEY TO TRENARREN
Publisher:ST. AUSTELL.
Description:THE CORNISH YEARS OF A. L. ROWSE. FINE SOFTBACK, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. WELL ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR.
Price (£):8.00
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Author:JOHNSON LIONEL:
Title:THE ART OF THOMAS HARDY
Publisher:1923 JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD, LTD., LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY - GREEN BOARDS. ALSO CONTAINS A CHAPTER ON THE POETRY BY J.E. BARTON AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY BY JOHN LANE TOGETHER WITH A NEW PORTRAIT BY VERNON HILL AND THE ETCHED PORTRAIT BY WILLIAM STRANG.
Price (£):23.00
Stock No:14820 Click to enquire

Author:KAPLAN JUSTIN:
Title:LINCOLN STEFFENS
Publisher:JOHNATHAN CAPE. LONDON. 1975
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED
Price (£):7.50
Stock No:7397 Click to enquire

Author:KING-HELE DESMOND:
Title:ERASMUS DARWIN 1731-1802
Publisher:LONDON, MACMILLAN, 1963
Description:FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD IN SLIGHTLY WORN DUSTWRAPPER.
Price (£):15.00
Stock No:24866 Click to enquire

Author:KURENBERG JOACHIM VON:
Title:HIS EXCELLENCY THE SPECTRE
Publisher:CONSTABLE. LONDON. 1933
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BLACK CLOTH - GOLD TITLE ON SPINE. NO DUSTWRAP. THE LIFE OF FRITZ VON HOLSTEIN. TRANSLATED BY E.O. LORIMER
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:10230 Click to enquire

Author:LAMA DALAI:
Title:FREEDOM IN EXILE
Publisher:1990 ISIS
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK COPY. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. LARGE PRINT.
Price (£):7.50
Stock No:3690 Click to enquire

Author:LANE MARGARET:
Title:THA TALE OF BEATRIX POTTER
Publisher:WARNE,1952
Description:REPRINT, VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL GREEN REXINE. ILLUS.
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:26536 Click to enquire

Author:LANGTON ROBERT GORE:
Title:AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT : JOHN CLEESE
Publisher:1999 CHAMELEON BOOKS, LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. VERY WELL ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):8.50
Stock No:10188 Click to enquire

Author:LE ROY MERVYN:
Title:TAKE ONE
Publisher:ALLEN, LONDON, 1974
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. AS TOLD TO DICK KLEINER.
Price (£):10.00
Stock No:5535 Click to enquire

Author:LEVERY MICHAEL:
Title:THE CASE OF WALTER PATER
Publisher:THAMES & HUDSON. LONDON. 1978
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):11.00
Stock No:12845 Click to enquire

Author:LOCKE DON:
Title:A FANTASY OF REASON THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF WILLIAM GODWIN
Publisher:LONDON, ROUTLEDGE, 1980
Description:FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD IN DUSTWRAPPER, ILLUSTRATED. GODWIN WAS HUSBAND TO MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT, FATHER TO MARY SHELLEY, AND FRIEND OF COLERIDGE, LAMB AND HAZLITT.
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:25009 Click to enquire

Author:LUKACS JOHN:
Title:CHURCHILL: VISIONARY. STATESMAN. HISTORIAN
Publisher:2002 YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, NEW HAVEN
Description:NEW HARDBACK BOOK - MINT IN AMINT DUSTWRAP. IN THIS BOOK THE AUTHOR TURNS HIS ATTENTION TO CHURCHILL THE MAN AND VISIONARY STATESMAN.
Price (£):11.00
Stock No:21854 Click to enquire

Author:MACKAY AGNES ETHEL:
Title:LA FONTAINE AND HIS FRIENDS - A BIOGRAPHY
Publisher:LONDON, GARNSTONE, 1972
Description:VERY GOOD COPY WITH VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. INCLUDES OVER 20 ILLUSTRATIONS
Price (£):10.00
Stock No:8499 Click to enquire

Author:MADDOX BRENDA:
Title:D.H. LAWRENCE THE STORY OF A MARRIAGE
Publisher:SIMON & SCHUSTER. NEW YORK. 1994
Description:FINE HARDBACK IN LIKE DUSTWRAPPER. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS.
Price (£):11.00
Stock No:17431 Click to enquire

Author:MAGNUSSON MAGNUS:
Title:I`VE STARTED SO I`LL FINISH
Publisher:1997 LITTLE, BROWN & CO LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THE STORY OF MASTERMIND.
Price (£):8.50
Stock No:3718 Click to enquire

Author:MAJOR NORMA:
Title:JOAN SUTHERLAND
Publisher:1987 MACDONALD & CO LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. INTRODUCTION BY DAME JOAN SUTHERLAND.
Price (£):6.50
Stock No:3669 Click to enquire

Author:MANTHORPE VICTORIA:
Title:CHILDREN OF THE EMPIRE
Publisher:VICTOR GOLLANCZ. LONDON. 1996
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THE VICTORIAN HAGGARDS: RIDER HAGGARDS BROTHERS, ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):13.00
Stock No:12645 Click to enquire

Author:MARX ARTHUR:
Title:GOLDWYN, THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH
Publisher:THE BODLEY HEAD, LONDON, 1976
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. 1ST EDITION.
Price (£):7.00
Stock No:5528 Click to enquire

Author:MATTHEWS T.S.:
Title:UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Publisher:CASSELL. LONDON. 1977
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSWRAP. RECOLLECTIONS OF ROBERT GRAVES, LAURA RIDING AND FRIENDS. 1ST EDTION.
Price (£):7.50
Stock No:6986 Click to enquire

Author:METEYARD:
Title:THE LIFE OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD
Publisher:HURST & BLACKETT. LONDON. 1865 & 1866
Description:TWO VOLUMES IN GOLD EMBOSSED BLUE CLOTH - THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN REBOUND, WITH A NEW SPINE AND THE ORIGINAL FRONT AND BACK BOARDS USED IN THE REBIND. NEW ENDPAPERS. SOME FOXING TO FRONTISPEACE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF THE ART OF POTTERY IN ENGLAND BY ELIZA METEYARD. FROM PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE AND FAMILY PAPERS, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
Price (£):130.00
Stock No:11525 Click to enquire

Author:MEYNELL VIOLA:
Title:ALICE MAYNELL A MEMOIR
Publisher:JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON, 1929
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN BLUE CLOTH WHICH IS FADED ON THE SPINE. NINE ILLUSTRATIONS, WITH THE SIGNATURE OF ALICE MEYNELL ON THE HALF-TITLE AND OF VIOLA ON THE TITLE PAGE. ON ONE PAGE AN EXAMPLE OF FRANCIS THOMPSON'S WRITING IN GREEK.
Price (£):25.00
Stock No:5174 Click to enquire

Author:MORGAN CHARLES:
Title:EPITAPH ON GEORGE MOORE
Publisher:1935 MACMILLAN & CO LTD
Description:SMALL BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH MARBLED BOARDS. 1ST EDITION. THIS ESSAY ON AN ARTIST WHO LOVED FRANCE IS DEDICATED BY ITS UTHOR TO EDMOND JALOUX IN FRIENDSHIP AND ADMIRATION, AND BECAUSE AN ARMISTICE, EVEN OF SEVENTEEN YEARS, CANNOT END A NATURAL ALLIANCE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLES AMONG WHOM IT IS STILL NOT CRIMINAL TO THINK. SERRATED EDGES TO PAGES. 56 PAGES.
Price (£):13.00
Stock No:13270 Click to enquire

Author:MORWOOD WILLIAM:
Title:TRAVELLER IN A VANISHED LANDSCAPE
Publisher:GENTRY BOOKS. LONDON. 1973
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DAVID DOUGLAS THE SUCCESSFUL BOTANIST. ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE DRAWINGS.
Price (£):16.50
Stock No:19743 Click to enquire

Author:MOTLEY JOHN LOTHROP:
Title:THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOHN OF BARNEVELD, ADVOCATE OF HOLLAND
Publisher:1874 HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK
Description:IN 2 VOLUMES. WITH A VIEW OF THE PRIMARY CAUSES AND MOVEMENTS OF THE THIRTY YEARS` WAR. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. 2 VERY GOOD HALF LEATHER/MARBLED BOARDS. MARBLED END-PAPERS AND MARBLED PAGE EDGES. RAISED BANDS TO SPINES.
Price (£):150.00
Stock No:13300 Click to enquire

Author:NICHOLLS C.S. (EDITOR):
Title:THE HUTCHINSON ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY
Publisher:1996 HELICON PUBLISHING, OXFORD
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THIS UNIQUE ENCYCLOPEDIA CONTAINS OVER 10,000 ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED BIOGRAPHIES OF PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, AT ALL PERIODS OF TIME, AND FROM EVERY PART OF THE GLOBE. AT THE END OF THE BOOK IS A UNIQUE CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX WHERE EVERY PERSON INCLUDED IS LISTED BY THE YEARS IN WHICH THEY LIVED, SO THAT CONTEMPORIES CAN BE READILY IDENTIFIED.
Price (£):22.00
Stock No:23261 Click to enquire

Author:NICOLSON BENEDICT:
Title:JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY: PAINTER OF LIGHT
Publisher:1968 THE PAUL MELLON FOUNDATION FOR BRITISH ART, LONDON, ROUTLEDGE AND KEGAN PAUL
Description:QUARTO. 2 VOLUMES IN SLIP CASE. BOTH VOLUMES ARE FINE IN FINE DUSTWRAPS EXCEPT 1 VOLUME HAS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF LOSS ON THE DUSTWRAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE. VOLUME 1 IS THE TEXT AND CATALOGUE, VOLUME 2 THE PLATES. THE STANDARD WORK ON WRIGHT. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
Price (£):130.00
Stock No:11602 Click to enquire

Author:OGDEN CHRISTOPHER:
Title:LEGACY - A BIOGRAPHY OF MOSES AND WALTER ANNENBERG
Publisher:1999 LITTLE, BROWN & CO, LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD HARDCOPY WITH DUST WRAP. UNAUTHORISED BUT WRITTEN WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO THE ANNENBERG FAMILY AND THEIR PRIVATE PAPERS, BOOK IS A MOVING STORY OF A FAMILY'S TRIUMPH.
Price (£):11.50
Stock No:20910 Click to enquire

Author:OWEN F. AND BROWN D.:
Title:COLLECTOR OF GENIUS A LIFE OF SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT
Publisher:YALE, 1988
Description:FIRST EDITION, NEAR FINE IN LIKE DUSTWRAPPER. BOOKPLATE ON FEP.
Price (£):18.00
Stock No:26500 Click to enquire

Author:PARKER DEREK:
Title:CASANOVA
Publisher:SUTTON PUBLISHING. STROUD. 2002
Description:FINE HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAP.
Price (£):10.00
Stock No:14020 Click to enquire

Author:PHILBY H. ST. JOHN:
Title:HARUN AL RASHID
Publisher:1933 PETER DAVIES LTD., LONDON
Description:1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. BIOGRAPHY.
Price (£):46.00
Stock No:26258 Click to enquire

Author:PICKLES THOMAS:
Title:THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
Publisher:VICTORIA HEALD. OTLEY. 1971
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BLUE CLOTH - NO DUSTWRAP. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO BARRETT PICKLES 1843-1940. IN HIS LIFETIME HE COLLECTED MANY FACTS RELATING TO THE CHIPPENDALE FAMILY AND THIS ADDED TO THE MANY PIECES OF INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE AUTHOR HAS RESULTED IN THIS VERY INTERESTING BOOK.
Price (£):65.00
Stock No:19264 Click to enquire

Author:PROST ALAIN:
Title:LIFE IN THE FAST LANE
Publisher:STANLEY PAUL. LONDON. 1988
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. FULLY ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):7.00
Stock No:12959 Click to enquire

Author:RENNIE SIR JOHN:
Title:AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR JOHN RENNIE
Publisher:1875 E & F N SPON, LONDON
Description:FIRST EDITION, SOME WEAR TO BOARDS AND SPINE, OTHERWISE VERY GOOD HARDBACK. AUTHOR WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, HE WRITES HERE OF THE HISTORY OF HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE TOGETHER REMINISCENCES DATING FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CENTURY. SCARCE.
Price (£):115.00
Stock No:26164 Click to enquire

Author:REYNOLDS M.E.:
Title:MEMORIES OF JOHN GALSWORTHY
Publisher:ROBERT HALE AND CO., 1936
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK COPY..A BIOGRAPHY BY HIS SISTER.
Price (£):9.00
Stock No:12771 Click to enquire

Author:RINAKER CLARISSA:
Title:THOMAS WARTON
Publisher:UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 1967
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BLUE CLOTH - NO DUSTWRAP. A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL STUDY, FIRST REPRINT OF 1916 PUBLICATION.
Price (£):23.00
Stock No:20562 Click to enquire

Author:RIVA MARIA:
Title:MARLENE DIETRICH
Publisher:BLOOMSBURY. LONDON. 1992
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK. DUSTWRAP HAS SMALL REPAIRED WITH CELLOTAPE. ILLUSTRATED. WRITTEN BY HER DAUGHTER.
Price (£):8.00
Stock No:14974 Click to enquire

Author:ROGERS PAT:
Title:HENRY FIELDING A BIOGRAPHY
Publisher:LONDON, PAUL ELEK, 1979
Description:FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAPPER. A STUDY OF THE CAREER OF HENRY FIELDING. WITH 32 PAGES OF ILLUSTRATION.
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:24876 Click to enquire

Author:ROSCOE WILLIAM:
Title:THE LIFE OF LORENZO DE MEDICI
Publisher:LONDON, BOHN, 1864
Description:EIGHTH EDITION, PRIZE BINDING FROM HARROW SCHOOL, FULL RED LEATHER, RAISED BANDS, MARBLED END PAPERS AND GILT EDGES. ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. A VERY GOOD COPY, WITH SCUFFING TO THE FRONT AND REAR BOARDS.
Price (£):36.00
Stock No:24668 Click to enquire

Author:ROSEBERY LORD:
Title:CHATHAM, HIS EARY LIFE AND CONNECTIONS
Publisher:ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS. LONDON. 1910
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN RED CLOTH. GOLD TITLE ON FRONT BOARD AND EPWORTH COLLEGE, RHYL. WEAK SPINE. SOME FADING ON BACK COVER.
Price (£):15.00
Stock No:6365 Click to enquire

Author:ROTHSCHILD LORD:
Title:RYLANDS
Publisher:HACKNEY. THE STOURTON PRESS. 1988
Description:FINE COPY IN DARK RED CLOTH. PRIVATELY PRINTED, LIMITED EDITION - NUMBER 187 OF ONLY 200 COPIES PUBLISHED, SIGNED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHIC FRONTISPEACE BY VICTOR (LORD) ROTHSCHILD. A CELEBRATION FOR GEORGE RYLANDS, FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
Price (£):115.00
Stock No:22005 Click to enquire

Author:ROUSSEAU J. J.:
Title:THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
Publisher:PRIVATELY PRINTED, 1904
Description:TWO VOLUMES, NICE ORANGE/YELLOW CLOTH, PAPER LABLES, ILLUSTRATED WITH A SERIES OF ETCHINGS BY ED. HEDOUIN, AND TWO PORTRAITS. PRIVATELY PRINTED. LEPLAY HOUSE STAMP ON FEP. A VERY NICE, ATTRACTIVE, CLEAN SET.
Price (£):55.00
Stock No:24665 Click to enquire

Author:ROUTLEDGE PAUL:
Title:MANDY
Publisher:SIMON & SCHUSTER, LONDON, 1999
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THE UNAUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF PETER MANDELSON.
Price (£):7.50
Stock No:5979 Click to enquire

Author:RUSSELL MICHAEL:
Title:GOOD MOMENTS - A PUBLISHING RETROSPECT
Publisher:2002 MICHAEL RUSSELL, NORWICH
Description:FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. AN ANTHOLOGY OF SOLO PUBLISHERS.
Price (£):18.50
Stock No:21145 Click to enquire

Author:SAMPSON EDWARD C.:
Title:E.B. WHITE
Publisher:TWAYNE PUBLISHERS. NEW YORK. 1974
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BLUE CLOTH GOLD EMBOSSED TITLE ON SPINE AND FRONT BOARDS.
Price (£):10.00
Stock No:8945 Click to enquire

Author:SCHEUERLE WILLIAM H.:
Title:THE NEGLECTED BROTHER: A STUDY OF HENRY KINGSLEY
Publisher:FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY. TALLAHASSEE. 1971
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES KINGSLEY'S BROTHER.
Price (£):24.00
Stock No:12864 Click to enquire

Author:SELLS A. LYTTON:
Title:OLIVER GOLDSMITH HIS LIFE AND WORKS
Publisher:LONDON, ALLEN, 1974
Description:FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD IN HARDBACK, DUSTWRAPPER. THE LIFE OF THE WRITER.
Price (£):13.00
Stock No:24882 Click to enquire

Author:SHIRER WILLIAM L.:
Title:LOVE AND HATRED
Publisher:1994 AURUM PRESS LONDON
Description:NEAR MINT COPY IN NEAR MINT DUSTWRAP. THE STORMY MARRIAGE OF LEO AND SONYA TOLSTOY
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:2964 Click to enquire

Author:SIR LESLIE STEPHEN AND SIR SIDNEY LEE:
Title:THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Publisher:OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1973
Description:COMPLETE IN 22 VOLUMES. VERY GOOD/FINE IN DUSTWRAPPERS. VOLUME 13 HAS A TORN DUSTWRAPPER AND VOLUME 5 HAS A SMALL CHIP, OTHERWISE DUSTWRAPPERS ARE COMPLETE. THE MAIN DICTIONARY WAS COMPLETED (TO 1900) BY THE ISSUE OF A SUPPLEMENT. IN ITS PRESENT FORM THE MAIN DICTIONARY COMPRISES OVER 30,000 LIVES IN 30,500 PAGES, 22 VOLUMES.
Price (£):420.00
Stock No:22066 Click to enquire

Author:SKEAT W O:
Title:GEORGE STEPHENSON THE ENGINEER AND HIS LETTERS
Publisher:INSTITUTE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, 1973
Description:FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD WITHDUSTWRAPPER. OVER 70 ILLUSTRATIONS.
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:26533 Click to enquire

Author:SOAMES MARY:
Title:THE PROFLIGATE DUKE
Publisher:COLLINS. LONDON. 1987
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED. GEORGE SPENCER CHURCHILL, FIFTH DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH AND HIS DUCHESS.
Price (£):8.00
Stock No:8251 Click to enquire

Author:SOUHAMI DIANA:
Title:GLUCK 1895-1978 HER BIOGRAPHY
Publisher:PANDORA. LONDON. 1988
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:6387 Click to enquire

Author:SOUTHY ROBERT:
Title:THE LIFE OF NELSON
Publisher:1813 JOHN MURRAY, LONDON
Description:1ST EDITION. TWO VOLUMES, HALF LEATHER BLACK LEATHER OVER BLUE BOARDS, GILT TITLES, MARBLED EDGES, FRONT HINGE OF VOL. 1 CRACKED. FRONTISPIECE OF SOUTHEY AND NELSON, FACSIMILIES OF NELSON'S SIGNATURE IN VOLUME 2.
Price (£):230.00
Stock No:24729 Click to enquire

Author:SPIELMANN & G.S. LAYARD:
Title:KATE GREENAWAY
Publisher:A. & C. BLACK, LONDON. 1905
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BLUE CLOTH WHICH IS FADED ON SPINE AND PART OF FRONT AND BACK BOARD. TOP OF SPINE HAS SMALL NICK. FRONT CORNER BUMPED. FEP HAS SMALL PIECE MISSING, SOME USUAL FOXING, END PAPERS SLIGHTLY CRACKED IN SPINE, 53 COLOUR PLATES, 3 BLACK AND WHITE PLATES, MANY OTHERS AS SKETCHES, ALSO FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS. 1ST EDITION. A FULL BIOGRAPHY OF HER LIFE AND ART.
Price (£):69.00
Stock No:20186 Click to enquire

Author:SPRIGGE ELIZABETH & JEAN-JACQUES KIHM:
Title:JEAN COCTEAU: THE MAN AND THE MIRROR
Publisher:VICTOR GOLLANCZ. LONDON. 1968
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN SLIGHTLY TORN DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED WITH DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. 1ST EDITION.
Price (£):9.00
Stock No:13425 Click to enquire

Author:ST. JOHN LAUREN:
Title:SEVE
Publisher:PARTRIDGE PRESS. LONDON. 1993
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED
Price (£):7.50
Stock No:12724 Click to enquire

Author:STANLEY A. P.:
Title:THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS ARNOLD
Publisher:LONDON, FELLOWES, 1858
Description:TWO VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE. PRIZE BINDING FROM HARROW SCHOOL, FULL GREEN LEATHER, RAISED BANDS, RED LABLE, MARBLED END PAPERS AND EDGES. A VERY GOOD GOPY, WITH SCUFFING TO PART OF THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT BOARD.
Price (£):42.00
Stock No:24667 Click to enquire

Author:STANLEY ARTHUR PENRHYN:
Title:THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS ARNOLD - LATE HEAD MASTER OF RUGBY SCHOOOL, AND REGUIS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Publisher:LONDON, FELLOWES, 1868
Description:2 VOLS. VERY GOOD CONDITION, GREEN CLOTH, GILT.
Price (£):16.00
Stock No:5787 Click to enquire

Author:STANLEY ARTHUR PENRHYN:
Title:THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS ARNOLD .D.D
Publisher:B. FELLOWS. LONDON. 1845
Description:TWO VERY GOOD VOLUMES IN HALF RED LEATHER AND CLOTH, CROSSBANDED IN GILT AND TITLE, FOURTH EDITION, SLIGHTLY WEAK SPINES, SOME DAMP STAINING ON END PAPERS, VOL. II HAS FEP GLUE MARKED AND SMALL TEAR, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL RUBBER STAMP, PORTRAIT ON FRONTISPIECE.
Price (£):47.00
Stock No:16875 Click to enquire

Author:STEUART J.A.:
Title:ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON MAN AND WRITER
Publisher:THE RYERSON PRESS. TORONTO. 1924
Description:TWO VOLUMES IN BLUE CLOTH - NO DUSTWRAPS. GILT TITLES ON SPINES. TWO FRONTISPIECE PORTRAITS. YELLOWING TO THE EDGES OF PAGES WHICH ARE UNTRIMMED. HEAVY BOOKS, WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE.
Price (£):46.00
Stock No:17742 Click to enquire

Author:STEWART H.F.:
Title:FRANCIS JENKINSON, FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN: A MEMOIR
Publisher:1926 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Description:VERY GOOD COPY - NO DUSTWRAP. SLIGHT FADING TO THE SPINE AND BOARDS. UNTRIMMED EDGES. 1ST EDITION..
Price (£):18.00
Stock No:26382 Click to enquire

Author:STODDARD ANNA M.:
Title:THE LIFE OF ISABELLA BIRD (MRS BISHOP)
Publisher:1908 JOHN MURRAY, LONDON
Description:THIRD EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK, AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MRS. BISHOP, PARTICULARLY HER MISSIONARY WORK IN THE FAR EAST.
Price (£):69.00
Stock No:26159 Click to enquire

Author:SYMOUR-SMITH MARTIN:
Title:ROBERT GRAVES - HIS LIFE AND WORK
Publisher:1982 HUTCHINSON & CO., LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE FIGURES IN THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY LITERATURE.
Price (£):15.00
Stock No:26307 Click to enquire

Author:TENNYSON:
Title:ALFRED LORD TENNYSON A MEMOIR BY HIS SON
Publisher:LONDON. MACMILLAN 1897.
Description:TWO VOLUMES IN HALF BLUE LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS - RAISED BANDS. TEG. GILT DECORATIONS TO THE SPINES. MARBLED END PAPERS. NEAT BOOKPLATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER. FRONT HINGE OF VOLUME 1 WEAK - OTHERWISE A TIGHT AND CLEAN SET.
Price (£):80.00
Stock No:16577 Click to enquire

Author:TOMLINSON H.M.:
Title:ALL OUR YESTERDAYS
Publisher:WILLIAM HEINEMANN. LONDON. 1930
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN CREAM CLOTH, BEVELLED BOARDS, WITH SLIP CASE. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF 1025, OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 274. WITH A PORTAIT FRONTISPIECE FROM A DRAWING BY PERCY SMITH.
Price (£):65.00
Stock No:19817 Click to enquire

Author:TREVOR-ROPER HUGH:
Title:A HIDDEN LIFE
Publisher:MACMILLAN. LONDON. 1976
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THE ENIGMA OF SIR EDMUND BACKHOUSE.
Price (£):8.00
Stock No:14391 Click to enquire

Author:TUPPER THE RT. HON. SIR CHARLES:
Title:RECOLLECTION OF SIXTY YEARS
Publisher:LONDON. CASSELL. 1914
Description:FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD HARDBACK. GILT EMBOSSED COAT OF ARMS ON COVER. TEG. INCLUDES 17 PLATES. RECOLLECTIONS OF A PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA.
Price (£):19.00
Stock No:6299 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:CHURCHILL HIS LIFE AND TIMES ETC
Publisher:ODHAMS. LONDON. 1965
Description:THREE VOLUMES IN VERY GOOD RED CLOTH WITH SLIP CASE. PAINTING AS A PASTIME. CHURCHILL HIS LIFE AND TIMES AND CHURCHILL ANTHOLOGY. ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):26.00
Stock No:17313 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:THE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF EDWARD GIBBON
Publisher:JOHN MURRAY. LONDON. 1897
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN RED CLOTH. USUAL FOXING ON EARLY PAGES. EDITED BY JOHN MURRAY. PRINTED VERBATIM FROM HITHERTO UINPUBLISHED MSS., WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE EARL OF SHEFFIELD. WITH PORTRAIT. 2ND EDITION.
Price (£):30.00
Stock No:21186 Click to enquire

Author:WALKER ALEXANDER:
Title:FATAL CHARM
Publisher:WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON. LONDON. 1992
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED
Price (£):10.00
Stock No:9942 Click to enquire

Author:WARD EDWARD:
Title:I'VE LIVED LIKE A LORD
Publisher:MICHAEL JOSEPH. LONDON. 1970
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. BBC REPORTER.
Price (£):6.00
Stock No:6738 Click to enquire

Author:WARD KENNETH:
Title:THE WORLD OF WILLIAM WICKHAM
Publisher:HAMPSHIRE, THE PALLANT PRESS, 1981
Description:FIRST EDITION, 'THE BIOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY OF A REMARKABLE VICTORIAN'. AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPHER AND VICAR IN WIGAN. VERY GOOD IN DUSTWRAPPER.
Price (£):9.00
Stock No:25194 Click to enquire

Author:WESKER ARNOLD:
Title:AS MUCH AS I DARE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Publisher:1994 CENTURY BOOKS, LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ARNOLD WESKER`S AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS A HISTORY OF PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CONFLICTS: BETWEEN HIS PARENTS, BETWEEN HIM AND HIS MOTHER, BETWEEN HIS FAMILY AND PETTY OFFICIALS, BETWEEN HIMSELF AS AN ASPIRING WRITER AND THE THEATRICAL ESTABLISHMENT. HE EXPLORES THE INFLUENCE OF HIS JEWISHNESS - DEEP AND INDELIBLE; OF THE WOMEN - MOTHER, SISTER, AUNTS GIRLFRIENDS; OF THE RAF CONSCRIPTS WHO INSPIRED CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING; OF THE CHEFS, PORTERS AND WAITRESSES FROM KITCHENS IN NORWICH, LONDON AND PARIS WHO PEOPLED `THE KITCHEN`; THE WAITRESS WHO BECAME HIS WIFE, DUSTY, AND THE MODEL FOR BEATIE BRYANT IN `ROOTS`.
Price (£):10.00
Stock No:13197 Click to enquire

Author:WILMOT JOHN:
Title:THE LIFE OF THE REV. JOHN HOUGH. BOUND WITH MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT.
Publisher:LONDON. JAMES GILLET. 1812 AND 1802
Description:FIRST EDITIONS. TWO BOOKS BOUND IN ONE. QUARTO, FULL LEATHER, REBOUND AT SOME STAGE USING PART OF THE ORIGINAL SPINE. THE LEATHER IS WORN IN PARTS BUT THE BINDING FIRM AND SOLID. JOHN HOUGH (1651-1743) WAS SUCCESSIVELY BISHOP OF OXFORD, LICHFIELD AND COVENTRY, AND WORCESTER. CONTAINS MANY OF HIS LETTERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF SEVERAL PERSONS WITH WHOM HE WAS CONNECTED. FRONTISPIECE OF HOUGH, PREFACE (xvi), LIFE (387 pp). ALSO BOUND IN IS THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT, BY JOHN WILMOT, 1802, PRINTED BU LUKE HANSARD AND SOLD BY T CADELL. SIR JOHN WAS LORD CHIEF JUSTICE 1766 - 1771. FRONTISPIECE OF SIR JOHN, TITLE, ADVERTISEMENT, 77pp, FULL ENGRAVED PLATE OF SIR JOHN, 3pp BLANKS. THE BOOK CARRIES AN INSCRIPTION 'MARIA MASON WILMOT FROM HER AFFECTIONATE FATHER, 24TH DEC. 1811', PRESUMABLY FROM JOHN WILMOT TO HIS DAUGHTER. ALSO THE TITLE PAGE OF THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN WILMOT IS SIGNED 'JOHN WILMOT'. (THE AUTHOR OF THIS WORK NOT BEING PRINTED ON THE TITLE PAGE).
Price (£):1000.00
Stock No:21565 Click to enquire

Author:WOOD ANTHONY:
Title:ATHENAE OXONIENSES
Publisher:GEORG OLMS 1969
Description:FOUR VOLUMES, QUARTO IN BROWN CLOTH. VERY GOOD COPIES. A FACSIMILE OF THE THIRD EDITION OF 1813. VOLUME 1 INCLUDES THE LIFE OF WOOD. AN EXACT HISTORY OF ALL THE WRITERS AND BISHOPS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.
Price (£):200.00
Stock No:23941 Click to enquire

Author:YEOMAN MYRTLE:
Title:RECALLED TO LIFE: CHRISTOPHER`S STORY
Publisher:1995 ALDERNEY BOOKS, LONDON
Description:SOFTBACK BOOK. A STORY OF THE AUTHOR`S SON WHO WAS TERRIBLY INJURED IN A MOTORBIKE ACCIDENT. DOCTORS PREDICTED THAT HE WOULD NOT SURVIVE BUT HE CARRIED ON WITH HIS MOTHER`S HELP FOR A FURTHER 14 YEARS.
Price (£):8.99
Stock No:8857 Click to enquire

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