The Pepys Library ( Visitors Pamphlet )

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Booklet, (200 gram rate) 18pp of folded sheets in paper wrappers, includes full page photo illustrations, there is tipped in a typesetfacsimile note mentioning the moving of the Library to new quarters in 1959, so we assume this booklet was produced before this date. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007464

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Samuel Pepys Ephemera Pepys Library Tourist Brochure Book Collection Collecting

ROY JAMES A.

James Matthew Barrie, an Appreciation

London, Jarrolds. 1937, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. second impression, cloth a little tired, minor papr residue from rmoved issue slip to fep, from a lending library, small rubber stamp to title page, foxed closed edges, hinges loosened, 255pp + plates and 64pp adverts at rear. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007345

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: J.M. Barrie Memoir Biography British Scottish Literature Fiction Writer Peter Pan

TROLLOPE. T. ADOLPHUS,

The Girlhood of Catherine de' Medici

London, Chapman and Hall. 1856, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. red buckram sun faded to spine and edges of boards, top edge gilt, nice floral endpapers, book plate ' George W. Agnew', light edge wear, one small pen name plus light pencil to fly leaf, extra illustrated title page has light foxing, xi 392pp, by the elder brother of the novelist Anthony Trollope. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007394

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography Renaissance Italy Italian Medici Family Anthony Trollope

GARLAND AILSA

Lion's Share

London, Michael Joseph. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718105435) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Galley/Proof, (500 gram rate) uncorrected proof in printed paper wrappers, waterstain top corner / head of spine and on to some interior pages, 248pp + plates, biography of time in the fashion business around 1960s. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005497

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Modern First Edition Proof Copy Fashion Haute Coture Catwalk Fashion Design Designer Clothe Clothing Vogue 0718105435

JENNINGS AL

Through the shadows with O. Henry

London, Duckworth. 1924, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. red cloth lightly rubbed to joints, minor fraying spine ends, split at head, paste down has a newspaper clipping about Jenning's death, name to fep, some age browning to the paper stock, pencil name at head of title, binding shows at frontis. 320pp, cheap edition, biography of a famous outlaw. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006041

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Wild West American History Gunfighter Gunslinger Biography Al Jennings

MOOREHEAD ALAN

Montgomery, a Biography

London, Hamilton. 1947, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. second impression revised, price clipped DW sunned to spine, minor edge splits or chips, bottom of lower board lightly watermarked with some dye offset to the reverse of the DW and a watermark showing to the printed side, name and date to fep, 255pp + plates and maps, map endpapers, biography of Lord Montgomery of Alamein. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011814

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Military Biography World War British Allied Commander

BURGESS ALAN

The Small Woman, the Heroic Story of Gladys Aylward

London, Evans. 1957, reprint. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped dust wrapper rubbed and soiled, light chipping to edges, inscription blacked out at top of fep, map endpapers, 221pp, British woman as missionary in China before and during the Second World War. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 006375

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Missionary Biography China Chinese Shansi Yangcheng Twentieth Century Ai-Weh-Deh

HANNUM ALBERTA

Paint the Wind

London, Michael Joseph. 1959, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Beatien Yazz. pale blue cloth with bird design, spine faded, dust jacket has edge wear and a tear with tape rust, internally clean, 192pp + colour plates by Beatien Yazz, a look at contemporary (1960) Navaho tribal life, particularly the artists. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 006743

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Navaho American Indian Art Paintings Native American Red Indian Beatien Yazz Contemporary Tribal Life Modern Beatien Yazz

BEIN ALEX

Arthur Ruppin Memoirs Diaries Letters

London, Weidenfeld. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297993704) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. VG hardback in a good DW with edge wear including some tears and chipping as well as the front fold in being 'curled' and creased. DW is price clipped but generally complete. 332pp + plates. Arthur Ruppin opened the Palestine Office of the Zionist Organization in Jaffa in 1908. The foremost authority on the sociology of the Jews, encouraged the kibbutz, moshav and moshav shitufi. First professor of sociology at the Hebrew University.Held central position in World Zionist Organization. First part are his memoirs followed by selections from his letters and diaries. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 000227

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Zionist Zionism Jew Judaism Israel Zionist Organisation Brit Shalom Arthur Ruppin Kibbutz Moshav Shitufi 0297993704

ROBERTSON ALEXANDER

Mussolini and the New Italy ( Signed Presentation By Author )

London, H R Allenson. 1929, Revised and Enlarged. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library, first British edition , being a revised and enlarged second edition, black cloth with gilt titling, spine leans and some splitting at spine ends, a small square area has been marked to top or lower board where a label has been cut away, shows only as some scored lines cut into the cloth ( no loss of book cloth ), bottom edge of boards rubbed through to the boards tape rust to paste downs, fep has inscription from the author [ To the Rev P B Fraser M.A. with kindest regards & all good wishes in God's blessing on him & his work from Alexander Robertson The Author, Ca' Struan Venice Aug 1931 ] also a school library stamp and a withdrawn stamp, a withdrawn stamp to title page, one to the printers imprint at rear and also to the raer fep, 178pp + 2pp adverts + port frontis of Mussolini and 24 plates, a catholic priest gives a glowing account of the great benefits Mussolini has brought to Italy in rescuing her from Communism and Poverty. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 003958

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Benito Mussolini IL Duce Dei Fascisti Italian History Politics Biography Fascist Fascism

SHARP J. ALFRED

David Livingstone, Missionary and Explorer

London, Epworth press. 1926, reprint. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. gift inscription to fep dated 1927, blue cloth with black titling and design, frontis, slightly foxed, 239pp (500 gram rate). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011245

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: David Livingstone Africa African Exploration Victorian Missionary Biography

ANAHERO

Grey Owl and I, A new Autobiography

London, Peter Davies. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780432004753) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library, tidy ex library, without the library markings would be near to VG, jacket under plastic sleeve, minor tape stains to rear endpaper and board, auto biography by the wife of Grey Owl (Archie Belaney). Good/Good.

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Book number: 013103

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Grey Owl Red Indian American Indian Native American Woodsman Frontier Nature Biography Archie Belaney Canada Conservation Wildlife 9780432004753

GIDE ANDRE & DOROTHY BUSSY

Selected Letters of Andre Gide and Dorothy Bussy

Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 019212224X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped dust jacket otherwise tidy. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008253

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Andre Gide Dorothy Bussy Literature Literary Memoirs Letters Biography French Literature 019212224x

BIRKIN ANDREW

J M Barrie and the Lost Boys

London, Constable. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0094620008) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped DW under plastic sleeve, near fine copy, xii 323pp illustrated throughout with photographs. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011954

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: British, Literary, Biography, J M Barrie, Peter Pan, Lost Boys, Edwardian, England, Novelist 0094620008

BULL ANGELA

Noel Streatfeild a Biography (Streatfield)

London, Collins. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0001950444) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. light surface soiling to unclipped DW, small residue from a slip pasted to fep, almost non-existent, 254pp + plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003838

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: British Literature Children's Fiction Biography Noel Streatfeild 0001950444