ALSOP, SUSAN MARY

Lady Sackville

Newton Abbott, Readers Union. 1979. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with nick to top of slightly sunned spine. 275pp. Biography of Victoria Sackville-West who grew up in France, subsequently in 1881 she accompanied her father to Washington as his hostess when he became head of the British Legation. Her daughter was Vita Sackville-West. A biography of an exceptional woman and her world. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 020104

Catalogue: Biography - Miscellaneous

Keywords: Biography

ANGUS, IAN

Paper Money

London, Ward Lock. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 070631025X) Hard Cover, 10.5 x 8 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with very minor marking, small tear to upper rear edge and crease to rear dust flap. 128pp. The history of paper money from the Chinese emperors in 800 AD to date. Very Good (+)/Very Good.

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Book number: 011013

Catalogue: Miscellaneous

Keywords: Currency, History, Social History 070631025x

ASH, RUSSELL

Fantastic Book of Comparisons

London, Dorling Kindersley. 1999. (ISBN: 0751362085) Hard Cover, 11.25 x 8.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 95pp. A compilation of facts and comparisons covering all topics from land-speed to the Universe. Near Fine.

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Book number: 027149

Catalogue: Miscellaneous

Keywords: Smallest, Largest, Highest, Fastest, Lowest, Slowest 0751362085

BISHOP, JAMES (EDITOR)

The Illustrated London News : October 1980

London, The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. 1980. Soft Cover, 12 x 9 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very light creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with cup rings on rear board, small piece missing from lower front edge and no bumping to corners. 122pp. Features include new housing in Southwark, a new rush to the Klondike, the lure of gold, remembering William Holt, man and his motor car, literary villages - Oare, First ascent reconstructed - Ben Nevis buttress, the authors of Southwark. Good.

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Book number: 027626

Catalogue: Miscellaneous

Keywords: Monthly Magazine

BURROWS, BOB

Cheshire's Famous : A Comprehensive Guide To Celebrity Cestrians

Derby, Breedon Books. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 1859833977) Hard Cover, 10.5 x 8 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or rubbed with very minor creasing to upper edge. 192pp. An account of the many famous people who came from or were well-associated with the County of Cheshire. With many 100s of concise biographies. Illustrated. Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 028119

Catalogue: Biography - Miscellaneous

Keywords: Biography, Cheshire, People Local History 1859833977

CATHCART, HELEN

The Duchess of Kent

London, W H Allen. 1971. (ISBN: 0491004389) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and the tiniest of bumps to upper corners. Dust jacket price clipped with no marking, small repairs to spine ends and slight rubbing to edges. 200pp. Very Good (+)/Near Very Good.

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Book number: 010433

Catalogue: Biography - Miscellaneous

Keywords: British Royalty, Katherine Worsley Royalty 0491004389

CHAPLIN, PATRICE

The Stone Cradle : One Woman's Search for the Truth Beyond Everyday Reality

West Hoathly, Clairview Books Ltd. 2017, First Edition. (ISBN: 190557083X) Soft Cover, 9.25 x 6 inches. Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 235pp. The author continues her search to solve the enigma of Girona which she started in her two earlier books 'The City of Secret' and 'The Portal'. Fine.

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Book number: 028836

Catalogue: Biography - Miscellaneous

Keywords: Memoir, Girona, Mind, Body, Spirit Religion / Spirituality / Occult 190557083x

COLBERT, FIONA (EDITOR)

Register of Twentieth-Century Johnians : Volume 1, 1900-1949

Cambridge, UK, St John's College. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 095010857X) Hard Cover, 11 x 8.25 inches. Book and jacket in virtually as new condition. 540pp. A biographical record of all members of St John's College Cambridge who entered between 1900 and 1949, set out in alphabetical order. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 012783

Catalogue: Miscellaneous

Keywords: Cambridge Alumni, Biographies Biography - Miscellaneous Education 095010857x

COURTAULD, GEORGE

Pocket Book of Patriots : 100 British Hero

St Helens, Merseyside, The Book People. 2005. (ISBN: 0091909015) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 280pp. Mino biographies of over 100 British personalities and the famous. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 013091

Catalogue: Biography - Miscellaneous

Keywords: History, Biography 0091909015

COWLEY, STEWART

Kook's Tours

London, BCA. 1983. Hard Cover, 11.25 x 8 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovelyy clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. Unpaginated. pp. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 011443

Catalogue: Miscellaneous

Keywords: Fantasy Holidays

DANIEL, CLARENCE

Derbyshire Portraits

Clapham, North Yorkshire, Dalesman Books. 1978. (ISBN: 0852064705) Paperback, 8 x 5.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight traces of handling and no bumping to corners. The book is probably unread. 80pp. Over two dozen pen portraits of Derbyshire personalities who, for one reason or another, have been remembered beyond their own day and generation. They include canal engineer James Brindley, Derby artist Joseph Wright and Minstrel of the Peak William Newton. Near Fine.

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Book number: 003726

Catalogue: Biography - Miscellaneous

Keywords: Biography, England, History, Peak District 0852064705

DAVIS, WILLIAM (EDITOR)

The Best of Everything

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297778005) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Ill.: Bill Tiidy, Heath Etc. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge. 217pp. The guide to all that is 'best' - by twenty-one well known (humorous) 'experts'. Near Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 017032

Catalogue: Miscellaneous

Keywords: Optimum, Superlatives, Miscellany 0297778005 Bill Tiidy, Heath Etc

DELANY, SARAH AND A ELIZABETH WITH HEARTH, AMY HILL

Having Our Say : The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

New York, Kodansha International. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 156836010X) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small nick to upper corner and traces of storage. 210pp. Filled with humorous and poignant anecdotes, this inspiring dual biography offers a rare glimpse of the birth of black freedom - and the rise of the black middle class - in America. It is a chronicle of remarkable achievement. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 004140

Catalogue: Biography - Miscellaneous

Keywords: African Americans_biography United States_race Relations 156836010x

DICKSON, LOVAT

Half-Breed : The Story of Grey Owl

London, Peter Davies. 1942. Hard Cover, 7.75 x 5.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to very sharp corners. Slightly dusty dust jacket clipped but not price clipped or marked or torn with small damp spot and a little rubbing to upper edge. 345pp. The full story of Grey Owl, born Archie Belaney who went to live as an American Indian in the early 20th century. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 018378

Catalogue: Biography - Miscellaneous

Keywords: American Indian, Hastings, Archibald Belaney, Biography, Saskatchewan Nature

EASON, MARIAN

The Deaf Doctor: Memories of a 1950s Cotswold Childhood (Signed By Author)

Wellington, Somerset, Ryelands Publishing. 2009, First Edition. (ISBN: 1906551200) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Signed by author to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked maroon cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little indenting and slight traces of storage. 184pp. The author's life growing up on a Cotswold farm during the fifteen years after the Second World War when life was so like the 1930s and before the huge changes in the 1960s. There is a strong element of horses throughout as the young Marion's mother trained the Badminton Horse Trials winner. Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 017993

Catalogue: Biography - Miscellaneous

Keywords: Biography, Cotswolds, 1906551200