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ADAMI, MARIE:  Fanny Keats;
London, Murray, 1937; 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dj Very good. 293pp including 12 illustrations & 10pp Index. Light foxing. Blue covers with creases, edge wear, price intact. The Biography of John Keats sister. m
GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 | JP¥ 2641] Book number: 11588
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BAINBRIDGE, JOHN:  Garbo.
London, Muller, 1955; 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Djh Very good. 256pp with illustrations. & index. Black cover swith gilt tile on spine. Dust jacket has slight edge wear, price intact. "An authentic life story, fascinating, thourgh and dispassionate."
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 13361
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BEAUMONT, MARGUERITE DE:  The Wolf That Never Sleeps;
Lonodn, Girl Guide Association, 1947; Reprint. Hardback. Veru good/ Dj Good. 94pp with illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Green covers with title on front & spine. Dust jacket has small piece torn from top front corner plus some edge wear, price intact. " Here, in simple and direct language, the author tells the story of Baden-Powell's long and adventurous life."
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 | JP¥ 587] Book number: 13882
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BENNETT, MRS ARNOLD:  Arnold Bennett;
London, A. M. Philpot, 1925; 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ No dj. 126pp with portrait frontis. and black/white illustrations. Light foxing to prelims. Red faded boards with red leather sunned spine. Red and black title page, headings printed in red and black throughout. Top edge gilt.
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JP¥ 2935] Book number: 13742
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BOSWELL, JAMES:  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL,D. Including His Tour of the Hebrides, Correspondence with Mrs Thrale etc.etc. with Numerous Additions by John Wilson Croker. Vols IX & X;
London, George Bell, 1876; Revised and Enlarged under His Direction by John Wright; Two Volumes in One; H/Bk; Vol.IX , xv,334pp with pull-out facimile Autographs Illustrative of the Life of Johnston with Frontis. & engraving on half- title page; Vol.X, xii, 240pp with pull-out facimile of extract of letter from Dr Johnston to Edward Cave; Plus General Appendix, Miscellaneous Letters, Dr Johnson's portraits and Index.; Many pages uncut; Black endpapers with Whiteinch Young Men's Christian Association Library label on front pastedown; Scuff marks to ffep, water mark on half-title page; Maroon embossed covers with gilt motif on front title on spine; spine sunned.
GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 | JP¥ 2641] Book number: 3739
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BREWSTER, DOROTHY:  Virginia Woolf;
London, Allen, 1963; 1st UK Edition; Good++; Dw Very good; 184pp incl. index; Dust wrapper with photograph by Man Ray is lightly scuffed, price intact ; Includes biography of Woolf with a study of her criticism and fiction.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 1498
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BULLETT, GERALD:  Sydney Smith. A Biography & a selection;
London, Joseph, 1951; 1st edition. Hardback. very good/ Dj Very good. 313pp with portrait frontis. plus index. Red covers with silver title on spine. Top of spine slightly faded. Dust jacket has small piece ( 1" ) missing from top of spine, price intacrt. No owners inscriptions. " A great wit and reformer who from poverty became a Canon of St. Paul's in London."
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 12634
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CHAPPELL, JENNIE:  Woman Who Have Worked and Won. The Life story of Mrs. Spurgeon, Mrs. Booth-Tucker, F. R. Havergal, and Ramabai;
London, S. W. Partridge, nd; ( Prize label dated 1915); Very good/ No dw; Hbk; 158pp with Photographs & 32pp of Publisher's Catalogue; Light foxing to end papers; Prize label on front pastedown from the United Methodist Church Sunday School; Blue covers with pictorial covers & lovely Art nouveau decoration on spine. Interesting biographal sketches.
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 4110
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CHEESMAN, EVELYN ILLUSTRATED BY GEOFFREY WHITTAM:  Sealskins for Silk. Captain Fanning's Voyage Around the World in a brig in 1797-99;
London, Methuen, 1952; 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dj Good+. 214pp with delightful Illustrations by Geoffrey Whittam and Maps on endpapers. Blue covers with brown decoration & titles. Protected Dust jacket has small nicks, closed tears, price intact. " This astonishing story of sailing ships and adventure at sea happens to be true and is told from records at the Admiralty. Edward Fanning was the first American to sail round the world westward to America from China in that direction.
GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.25 | JP¥ 2054] Book number: 13039
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CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.:  Great Contemporaries;
London, The Reprint Society, 1941; Good/ No dust wrapper; Hbk; vi, 344pp with 8pp Portraits; Tan covers slightly marked; Contains 23 biographies including G.B. Shaw, Lawrence of Arabia & Rooseveld.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 2868
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O'CONNOR, GARRY:  Paul Scofield. The Biography;
London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 2002; Hardback. Nr fine/ Dust jacket Nr fine. 419pp with photographic illustrations. Maroon endpapers. Black covers with gilt title on spine. Protected dust jacket has price intact. " Paul Scofield is one of Britain's finest classical actors, and is often described as the greatest actor in the world. "
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 18229
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EDEL, LEON:  Bloomsbury. A House of Lions;
London, Hogarth Press, 1979; 1st edition. Hardback. Nr fine/ Dj Very good. 288pp with illustrations, Notes, Bibliography & index plus Maps on endpapes. Brown covers with gilt tile on spine. Dust jacket has price intact. " Leon Edel has brought into a strong narrative all the complicated lives-- hilarious, eccentric, and often tragic -- of these gifted people who made up the notorious literary coterie of England."
GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 | JP¥ 1321] Book number: 13825
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FREEDLAND, MICHAEL:  Katherine Hepburn;
London, Allen, 1984; 1st edition. Hardback. Nr fine/ Dj Nr fine. 250pp with illustrations. Maroon covers with gilt title on spine. " Remarkable life story , revealing & exciting."
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 13959
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HENDRICK, BURTON J.:  The Life of Andrew Carnegie;
London, Heinemann, 1933; FIRST EDITION. Very good/ Dj Good+. xiv, 748pp with portrait frontis., illustrations, Bibliography, Appendix & Index.. Some light foxing to edges. Navy covers with gilt motif on front, title on spine. Hard to find original dust jacket has some edge wear, price 25/- intact.
GBP 58.00 [Appr.: EURO 64.5 US$ 96.34 | JP¥ 8511] Book number: 13725
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HOUSMAN, LAURENCE:  Happy & Glorious;
London, Reprint Society, 1943; Reprint; Hbk; Very good/ No dw; 480pp with Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard; Red covers with title on spine. A Dramatic Biography of Queen Victoria.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 1560
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KEMP, ERIC WALDRAM:  The Life and Letters of Kenneth Escott Kirk. Bishop of Oxford 1937-1954;
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1959; 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dj Very good. 222pp with frontis. & index. Navy covers with gilt tile on spine. Dust jacket has slight edge wear, price intact.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 12163
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LANE, MARGARET:  The Tale of Beatrix Potter : A Biography;
Lonodn, Warne, 1946; 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ No dust jacket. 176pp with 4 colour and 16 black/white plates. Attractive bookplate on ffep. Green covers with black title on front & gilt title onspine.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: 17849
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MARSH, EDWARD:  Rupert Brooke : A Memoir
London, Siddgwick & Jackson, 1918; 1st Seperate edition. Hardback. Good/ No dj. pp 159 with tissue guarded Portrait frontis. Foredges untrimmed. Black marked boards with torn paper title on spine
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 13764
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MATTHEWMAN, PHYLLIS:  Sir Malcolm Sargent;
London, Cassell, 1959; 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dj Good+. 120pp. Top corner of front endpaper cut. Black covers with title on spine. No 5 in the Red Lion Lives series.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 13879
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ORR, ROBERT LOW:  Lord Guthrie. A Memoir;
London, Hodder & Stoughton, nd ( c 1923); Hardback. Good/ No dj. xi, 347pp with two chapters by Lord Guthrie & photographic illustrations. Frontis. has been taped in. Light foxing in margins throughout. Maroon covers with gilt title on spine.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 13581
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PEARSON, HESKETH:  Conan Doyle. His Life and Art;
London, Macdonald and Jane's, 1977; Reprint. Hardback. Good+/ Dj Good+. 193pp with Introduction by Graham Greene plus illustrations & index. Light brown mark on edge of first few pages, the rest immaculate. Burgandy covers with gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has price intact. " The life story of Arthur Conan Doyle."
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 13717
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SINGGIH, ROSWITHA PAMOENJAK ( TOLD TO):  Partini. Recollections of a Mangkunagaran Princess;
Djambatan, Penerbit Djambatan, 1990; English Translation. Paperback. Very good condition/ No dust jacket as issued. 136pp with illustrations. Green covers . Slight edge wear.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 13440
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SKEMP, A. R.:  Robert Browning;
London, T. C. Jack/ T. Nelson, 1920; Hardback. The People's Books series. No. 86. New Issue. Very good/ Dj Very good. 126pp with frontis. Red covers with black motif on front , title on spine. Dust jacket has small closed tears
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: 13250
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SOUTHEY, ROBERT:  The Life of Nelson;
London, Routledge, 1888; Hbk; Very Good/No Dj; 3rd Edition, Morleys Universal Library, with an introduction by Henry Morley; 281pp with 6pp Publisher's Catalogue; Top edge gilt, edges uncut; Olive green covers 1/4 cream to spine, gilt title on spine; spine darkened, foxing to end papers..
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 1096
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STEDMAN, E.C.:  Edgar Allan Poe;
Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1881; The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Softcover. Good+ / Dw Very good. 12mo. Portrait as title vignette with title in red. Original vegetable vellum wrapper with some soiling.104pp. Internal hinge has small split., internally very tight & clean.
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 | JP¥ 3669] Book number: 1068
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