CLIFTON W. COLLINS M.A.

Saint Simon

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood. 1880, Not Known. Cloth. Book, Series "Foreign Classics for English Readers" edited by Mrs. Oliphant. Green cloth, black decoration. Some foxing at ends; spine very darkened, worn at edges and ends. Small smear of paint on spine. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000550

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Literature, History Antiquarian Antiquarian

SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS

Alexander Woollcott, his life and his world

London, Hamish Hamilton. 1946, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Dark blue cloth, 388 pages. Slight wear on edges. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003840

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Literature Criticism Biography American Literature, Essays Etc.

ANONYMOUS

Fifty Amazing Hairbreadth Escapes

London, Odhams. First ?. Hardcover. Book, B/w full page ills. 1930s. Black cloth, gilt decoration. Spine bit faded, cloth dull. 766pp. Heavy, could require extra shipping to some locations. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000794

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Collection, Anthology, Adventure History

LADY CYNTHIA ASQUITH

The Family Life of Queen Elizabeth

London, Hutchinson. 9999, Not Known. Cloth, 7" x 10". Book, "Written and published with the personal approval of Her Majesty" (mother of Queen Elizabeth II) Numerous b/w illus. Front hinge broken, back hinge weak; cloth faded; spine faded & badly split. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000558

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Royalty, Biography, History History

J. H. MERLE D'AUBIGNE, D.D.

The Protector, a Vindication (Cromwell)

Harrisonburg, VA, Sprinkle Publications. 1983, Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Black cloth, gilt title, 281 pages. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006021

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: History Biography English Commonwealth CIVIL War Oliver Cromwell Politics Theology History History

RICHARD ST.BARBE BAKER

My Life - My Trees

London, Lutterworth Press. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718817214) Hardcover. Book, Boards wrapped in plastic and free endpapers stuck down. Name on flyleaf. Relevant cutting from Evening News tipped in at back. Illustrated. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006751

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0718817214 Autobiography Men of the Trees Natural History

MICHAEL DE LA BEDOYERE

Francis, a biography of the Saint of Assisi

London, Fontana / Collins. 1976, First Thus. Soft cover. Book, Some discolouration of spine & parts of covers adjacent to spine; page edges bit brown. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001807

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: History, Biography, Hagiography, Christianity Philosophy, Theology, Religion

BERNARD BLACKSTONE

Virginia Woolf

London, Longmans, Green & Co. for the British Council and the National Book League. 1952, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, Supplement to British Book News: No. 33 on Writers and their Work. Portrait frontis. Small marks back cover, corners a little worn. Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001861

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Literature, Biography, Criticism

GEORGE BRANDES

Anatole France

London, Heinemann. 1908, First ?. Hardcover. Book, Cloth worn; name on flyleaf; endpapers and title page foxed. Frontispiece - bust of AF by Lavergue. Contemporary Men of Letters series. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004259

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography Literary History Criticism Literature, Essays Etc.

ROBERT O'BRIEN

Marriott, the J. Willard Marriott Story

Salt Lake City, Deseret Book Company. 1979. Paperback. Book, 16 pages of illustrations. Front cover bit damaged; page edges brown, cover edges worn, spine creased. Good reading copy. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002922

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, America, Business, Hotels, Catering, Hotel, Tourism, Commerce

F. YEATS-BROWN

Lancer at Large

London, Victor Gollancz. 1936, First ?. Hardcover. Book, Contains glossary. Spine dull, ends of spine & edges of boards bit worn; pages foxed in margins, prelims foxed; stamps British Union Bookshop & Library on endpapers, title & last page, also top & lower edges. Rear hinge weak. Good reading copy. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001695

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: India, Memoirs, Autobiography, History History

KENDAL BURT AND JAMES LEASOR

The One That Got Away

London, Companion Book Club. 9999, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Spine bit faded; dustwrapper worn and frayed at edges, darkened on spine. Good/Good.

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Book number: 005910

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: World War 2 Luftwaffe Escape Prisoner of War Franz Von Werra History Military, Naval, Air Force, War

ISABEL CAMERON

The Doctor

Elgin, T. D. Davidson. 9999, Seventeenth Edn. Soft cover. Book, 78 pages. Portrait frontis, presumably of Dr. Lindsay, the minister who is the subject of the book. Reprinted by kind permission of the Editors of the United Free Church "Record" and of the "Sunday at Home." Photograph by Miss Grant, Elite Studio, Elgin. Some foxing; ends of spine bit damaged, spine coming a little detached. No date, but previous owner's inscription 1927. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002864

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Religion, Scotland, Scottish Interest Philosophy, Theology, Religion

R. M. CARLYLE & A. J. CARLYLE

Hugh Latimer

London, Methuen. 1899, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Corners bruised & worn, name on flyleaf, prelims & title page foxed. Frontispiece with tissue guard. 177 pages + 40 page catalogue. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006195

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography Church History Reformation Christianity Philosophy, Theology, Religion History

CATHERINE CAUFIELD

The Emperor of the United States of America and Other Magnificent British Eccentrics

London, Corgi. 1982, First Thus. Soft cover. Ill.: Peter Till. Book, Spine a little creased, page edges bit brown. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003572

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Peter Tillhistory Biography Strange Characters