In Memoriam One in Life and in Death: The Earl and Countess of Dalhousie

Brechin, D H Edwards, 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Brechin: D H Edwards, 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. An account of the deaths of the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie within a day of each other in November 1887, and the many tributes paid. This followed by a detailed description of the funeral and proposals for a memorial. Stock lightly toned, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Decorated printed paper-covered boards are worn to edges with a little loss to front corners. Rear board lightly cracked at corner and a little foxed. An interesting and attractive volume. 16mo. 83pp + publisher's ad. Good/No Jacket.

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A Knight to Remember a Tribute to the Late Sir Louis Sterling Souvenir Programme

London, The British Technion Society, 1962. Soft cover. Souvenir Programme from an event at the National Sporting Club celebrating the life of Sir Louis Sterling, record company magnate and leading figure among British jewry. The event was organised in 1962, four years after Sterling's death, to raise funds for the new Senate building at the Technion City University in Israel. Includes brief illustrated biography, numerous supporting advertisements and in memoriam tributes from leading figures. Occasional minor spotting, but for the most part all in VG clean and bright internal order. Card covers, featuring sketch portrait of Sterling by Harry Riley, a little marked and lightly worn. Numbered 136 to rear. 4to. Unpaginated [60pp] . Good/No Jacket.

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Mahathma (Mahatma) Gandhi His Life with Pictures

Chennai, Gandhi Study Centre, 2006. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Scarce well illustrated volume on Gandhi, in English and Hindi. Some light creasing to contents and cover, but generally in good order. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831) . Good/No Jacket.

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Bill Adams

Ships and Women an Autobiography

London, Peter Davies & Lovat Dickson, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Exceptionally scarce true first edition of the sailor-poet's autobiography. Photo as frontispiece. Stock a little toned with foxing to title page, but generally clean and bright thereafter. Front hinge opening a little but holding firm. Cloth rather grubby and dulled to spine. 8vo. 327pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Ansel Adams; Mary Street Alinder and Andrea Gray Stillman (eds)

Ansel Adams Letters 1916-1984

Boston, Little, Brown And Company, 2001. Soft cover. Illuminating collection of Adams' letters inVG, seemingly unread, order throughout. Light wear only to covers. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 418pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Photography Essays And Letters

Frederick Lewis Allen

The Great Pierpont Morgan

New York, Harper & Row, 1965. Soft cover. New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The unparalleled story of America's mightiest financier." Perennial Library paperback edition. Stock toned and inside covers a little marked, but otherwise all in good order. 12mo. 250pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Katalog: Biography

Sonstige Stichworte: Business

J Archibald Allen

One of Ten by Number Nine a Retrospect

London, Ernest Benn, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. First volume of Archibald Allen's reminiscences and opinionated essays. Attractively illustrated. Occasional foxing but for the most part in good internal order. Dark orange cloth with gilt and black decoration and titling, a little bumped, worn to edges and lightly faded to spine. 8vo. 316pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 104970

Katalog: Biography

Sonstige Stichworte: Social History

Hollis Alpert

Fellini a Life

London, W H Allen, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Spotting to edge of block but otherwise all in clean and bright order. Previous owner's signature neatly to fep. Smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j, lightly worn and faded to spine. First UK edition. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 303pp . Good/Good.

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Katalog: Biography

Sonstige Stichworte: Film & TV

Mark Amory

Lord Berners the Last Eccentric

London, Chatto & Windus, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Stock toned to page edges reflecting poor quality, but otherwise this entertaining biography is in VG order throughout. Green boards are lightly bumped and bright gilt titling to spine is applied upside down. Light wear only to unclipped d/j, with small closed tear to front panel. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. xiv, 274pp . Very Good/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Music

Verily Anderson

Spam Tomorrow

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, second impression. A little light foxing to block and one or two pages but otherwise all in good clean and bright order. Green boards only lightly worn and a little faded to spine. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831) . Good/No Jacket.

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Katalog: Biography

Antonia Lopez de Santa Anna; Ann Fears Crawford (ed)

The Eagle the Autobiography of Santa Anna

Austin, State House Press, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. First thus, the autobiography of a leading figure in Mexican history, edited and with a preface by Crawford. Light marking to edge of block, but internally all is clean and bright. No inscriptions. Card covers a little dulled, creased to spine and worn to edges. 8vo. xix, 299pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Katalog: Biography

Sonstige Stichworte: History & Politics

David Arkell

Alain-Fournier a Brief Life (1886-1914)

Manchester, Carcanet Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well illustrated and all in VG+, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. Smart black boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG clipped d/j, a little faded to spine. 8vo. 178pp . Near Fine/Very Good.

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Katalog: Biography

Yvonne De Bremond D'Ars

The Antique Dealer's Tale

London, Victor Gollancz, 1962. Hardcover. All in good internal order bar a little toning to stock and spotting to endpapers. Blue boards heavily faded and marked, particularly to spine. 8vo. 176pp. Good/No Jacket.

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Katalog: Biography

Brian Asquith

Long Time No W.C.

Volunteer Centre, 2005. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Volunteer Centre, 2005. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First hand account of five years as a prisoner of war in WW2 Poland. All in VG clean and bright order throughout. Very light wear only to pictorial card covers. 8vo. viii, 124pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Naval & Military

The Rev John Baillie

A Memoir of Captain W. Thornton Bate, R.N.

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, And Roberts, 1859. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, And Roberts, 1859. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Thoroughly entertaining naval biography. With portrait frontispiece and four plates as required and all in VG internal order, with just a little toning and occasional foxing. Neat gift inscription to half title. Marbled endpapers and block marbled to all edges. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Front board a little loose. Heavily worn half leather with corrugated/embossed cloth. Loss to backstrip at head and foot of spine. 12mo. 256pp . Good/No Jacket.

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