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ACKERLEY, J. R.  My Sister and Myself : The Diaries of J.R. Ackerley
London, Hutchinson & Co, 1982. (ISBN: 009147020x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. The author, outwardly so successful and serene, found himself inextricably bound to his inadequate, clinging, sad and sometimes mentally ill sister - a relationship full of resentments and jealousy on her side and exasperation and guilt on his. 216 pages including index. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. A very good clean copy in an unclipped dustjacket which is a little darkened to edges. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 042971
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 - LESLIE, ANITA & CHAPMAN, PAULINE  Madame Tussaud - Waxworker Extraordinary
London, Book Club Associates, 1978, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. In this sensitive and compelling biography, Anita Leslie and Pauline Chapman tell a tale stranger than fiction. Based on twelve years' research into French and English sources, this book is a facinating insight into the enigmatic founder of a unique insitution, and an absorbing account of a turbulent period in European History. 216 pages including index. A good clean copy in an unclipped dust jacket which shows signs of sunning. Signed on title page, reads "For Lord Ted Willis who has enthralled us on this hot day. Anity Leslie Garrick Club, July 5 1979." , Very Good/Good. Signed by Author.
GBP 27.50 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 US$ 45.49 | JP¥ 3913] Book number: 042879
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 - MURPHY ANNE  Forbidden Fruit
London, Little Brown & Company, 1993, First Edition - Second Impression. (ISBN: 0316905739) Hard Cover with dust jacket. The true story of a woman's secret love for the Bishop of Galway. Clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustjacket. 373 pages. Illustrated with b.w photographs. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 | JP¥ 854] Book number: 034535
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 - ANON  Elias Ashmole, 1617-92
Oxford, United Kingdom, Ashmolean Museum, 1960. (ISBN: 0900090499) Card Covers , 8vo. 12 page booklet reprinted from the Notes and Records of the Royal Society London, volume 15 tercentenary number, July 1960 pp 221-230. Near Fine.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 026527
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 - ASHWORTH, ANDREA  Once, in a House on Fire
London, United Kingdom, Macmillan General Books, 1999. (ISBN: 0330351923) Paper Back . A chronicle of Northern working-class life in the Seventies and Eighties. Unread paperback showing some signs of storage with some waviness throughout. A good clean copy. 330 pages. Good.
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 | JP¥ 498] Book number: 005317
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 - MUNTHE AXEL  The Story of San Michele
London, John Murray, 1946, Reprint. Hard Cover . Best-selling story of Axel Munthe, a Swedish doctor who spent much of his life restoring a chapel San Michele which he first saw as a student on a visit to the Isle of Capri. 432 pages. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 042487
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 - GILBRETH, FRANK B. & CAREY, ERNESTINE GILBRETH  Belles on Their Toes
London, The Vanguard Library, 1954. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen, continues the hilarious chronicle of the multitudinous Gilbreth family. A very good clean hardback in dustwrapper which shows signs of shelfwear/tear with small loss to base of spine. 246 pages. Part of the Vanguard Library series. Very Good/Good.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 | JP¥ 854] Book number: 040648
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 - TURRILL W.B.  Joseph Dalton Hooker
London, The Scientific Book Club, 1963, Book Club. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Part of the British Men of Science Series. Examines the varied life and times of the Botanist, Explorer and Administrator. Good, square copy in an unclipped d/w showing some shelfwear & tear - 228 pages including index. Very Good/Fair.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 | JP¥ 1423] Book number: 039101
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 - BACKUS, HARRIET FISH  Tomboy Bride : A Woman's Personal Account of Life in Mining Camps of the West
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. Pruett Publishing Co, 1969. (ISBN: 0871085127) Card Covers , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean, bright paperback showing light curling - 273 pages including epilogue. Good +.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 030201
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 - BAKEWELL, JOAN  The Heart of the Heart of the Matter : A Memoir
London, BBC Books, 1996, TV Tie-in. (ISBN: 0563371676) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published to accompany the 1996 television series. Clean, bright hardback in an unclipped d/w - 256 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 028025
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 - DE BANKE, CÉCILE  American Plaid
London, Hutchinson & Co, 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The third part of the author's life and times. Covers the journey to America during the depression, equiped with little money and no job. Good, clean copy in an unclipped d/w showing some wrinkling to rear cover - 288 pages including index. Good +/Good.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 | JP¥ 1423] Book number: 035320
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 - BARKER, DUDLEY  Writer By Trade - a View of Arnold Bennett
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1966, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. For this study of Bennett's life and work, Dudley Barker has drawn not only upon documents and letters, many hitherto unpublished, but upon the recollections of people who knew Bennett intimately, including the woman with whom he shared the last decade of his life, and the nephew who became his adopted son. The result is highly entertaining and vivid portait of a most unusual man. 260 pages including index. A very good clean hardback in unclipped dustwrapper which has faded spine. Very Good/Good.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 | JP¥ 854] Book number: 042801
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 - BARNETT, CORRELLI  Marlborough
London, Eyre Methuen, 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0413295400) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to. Seeks to bring to life the individual behind the heroic figure of the Blenheim tapestries - examining the motive and influence of upbringing that went to produce the one European of the era able to dim the glory of the Sun King and by so doing to deflect the course of history. A very good, clean copy in unclipped dustjacket. Contains 32 pages of colour plates and 120 b&w illustrations from contemporary sources. " , Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 | JP¥ 1423] Book number: 027475
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 - BARRIE, J.M.  Margaret Ogilvy - By Her Son
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1897, Second Edition. Hard Cover , 8vo. Good, clean copy with top edges gilt - others untrimmed. Previous details name to half-title. Tissue protected frontis has left some darkening to title page. 204 pages. Good.
GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 | JP¥ 1779] Book number: 037534
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 - BAYLIS, T.  Clock This : My Life As Inventor
London, United Kingdom, Headline Book Publishing, Limited, 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747273812) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First printing. Inscription by author reads 'To Patrick and Elizabeth from their friend Trevor Baylis 25th Nov 99' , Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author.
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 | JP¥ 1707] Book number: 004077
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 - THE DUCHESS OF BEDFORD  Nicole Nobody the Autobiography of the Duchess of Bedford
London, WH Allen, 1974, Reprint. (ISBN: 0491014724) Hard Cover with dust jacket. Clean square copy in an unclipped dustjacket. The autobiography of a truly unusual woman. 377 pages including index. Light signs of shelf wear. Very Good/Good.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 | JP¥ 1423] Book number: 002860
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 - BELLAMY, DAVID  Jolly Green Giant
London, United Kingdom, Century Publishing Co Ltd, 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0712683593) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. The autobiography of Britain's best-loved botanist which interweaves his growing love of nature with the characters he meets along the way. Clean, bright copy in price-clipped jacket. 398 pages. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 018191
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 - BENSON, RICHARD  The Farm, the Story of One Family and the English Countryside
London, United Kingdom, Penguin Books Ltd (UK), 2006. (ISBN: 0141012943) Soft Cover . As new, unread copy which shows signs of minimal shelfwear. Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2005. Near Fine.
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 | JP¥ 498] Book number: 025240
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 - GRZIMEK BERNHARD  He and I and the Elephants
London, Andre Deutsch, 1967, First British Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ex Library, Usual ex-library markings. Dr. Grzimek recounts his travels along the Ivory Coast - covering both the wildlife and the Baule tribe. Mono photos. Reading Copy/Good.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 | JP¥ 854] Book number: 003724
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 - BERNSTEIN, JEREMY  Einstein
London, Fontana, 1973. (ISBN: 0006330487) Paper Back . Clean, uncreased copy. 202pp. Part of the Fontana Modern Masters series. Near Fine.
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 | JP¥ 498] Book number: 013708
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 - BIELENBERG, CHRISTABELLE  The Past Is Myself
London, Corgi, 1988, Reissued with Corrections. (ISBN: 0552990655) Paper Back , 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Compelling autobiography later turned into the major BBC serial written by Dennis Potter. Page edges browning, text remains unaffected. A good, reading copy. 287 pages. Reading Copy.
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 | JP¥ 498] Book number: 005423
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 - BIRKIN, ANDREW  J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys
London, Constable & Co Ltd, 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0094620008) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. The moving story of the relationship between J.M. Barrie and the Llewelyn Davies boys whom he became guardian to upon the death of their parents.xii + 324 pages + numerous b/w illustrations and index. A clean, bright copy in unclipped dust jacket. Family tree endpapers. Very Good +/Very Good +.
GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 | JP¥ 1779] Book number: 042853
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 - BIRT, JOHN  The Harder Path : The Autobiography
London, Time Warner Books, 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0316860190) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Large volume hardback in an unclipped d/w which is 'stretched' to front flap. The extraordinary account of how a boy from Bootle rose through the media ranks to become Director-General of the BBC: the culmination of a career that changed British broadcasting fundamentally. 532 pages including index. Very Good/Good.
GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 | JP¥ 1779] Book number: 040098
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 - BLACKHALL, DAVID SCOTT  The Way I See It
London, John Baker, 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 021298389x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. The book which followed the story of David Scott Blackhall who was made blind after an operation in middle age and whose painful adjustment was told on the BBC television programme In Touch. A very good, clean copy in price-clipped d/w. 192 pages. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 12.41 | JP¥ 1067] Book number: 025195
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 - BOHAN, BERNADETTE  Choices from My Heart: Cancer, Motherhood, and the Lifestyle Changes That Saved My Life
London, Element Books Ltd, 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0007200900) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Unread hardback in an un-clipped d/w. The brave story of the mother who created her own alternative prescription for a recurring cancer based on four simple points. She believes it helped save her life. 290 pages. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.89 | JP¥ 1281] Book number: 018965
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