BEAUMAN, NICOLA.

MORGAN. A Biography of E.M. Forster.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1993., Ex. School Library. Well researched biography of the novelist Edward Morgan Forster. Library stamp & small amount of old label on f.e.p., o./w. near fine condition. D./w. near fine, priced £20.00. 404 pages. About 55 b.& w. photographs, prints & drawings on about 20 pages. 2 page family tree. 9½" x 6¼" ISBN 0340525304. 1993

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Book number: 855

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: A Passage to India Howards End E.M. Forster

BEAVERBROOK, LORD.

FRIENDS. Sixty Years of Intimate Personal Relations with Richard Bedford Bennett.

London. Heinemann, 1959., Lord Beaverbrook, (Canadian born Max Aitken) recalls his friend Richard B. Bennett, who was Prime Minister of Canada in the 1930's. 137 pages. Contents clean except for previous owners name. No d./w. 1959

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Book number: 8361

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Canada Richard Bedford Bennett Lord Beaverbrook

BEAVERBROOK, LORD.

FRIENDS, Sixty Years of Intimate Personal Relations with Richard Bedford Bennett,Viscount Bennett .

London. Heinemann, 1959., Hard back.Third impression, December 1959, first published November 1959. "Viscount Bennett of Mickleham, Surrey, and of Calgary and Hopewell,Canada, one-time Prime Minister of Canada. A personal memoir with an appendix of letters." 137 pages. 6 b./w. photographs. Near fine, no inscription or marks, in navy cloth cover. No d./w. 21.5cm. x 14cm. 1959

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Book number: 9881

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Viscount Bennett Mickleham Hopewll Chatham, New Brunswick Canada

BECKMAN, MAX.

LEBEN IN BERLIN. Tagebuch 1908-1909.

Munich. R.Piper & Co Verlag, 1966., In German. Diary of an artist, Max Beckman, in 1908 & 1909, with photos of him, his friends, his paintings & drawings. Yellow board cover. No d./w. "Herausgegeben von Hans Kinkel." 68 pages. 29 b./ w. photographs. 7½" x 5". Near fine but cover slightly rubbed, & small mark on front. 1966

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Book number: 3048

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Max Beckman

BEHAN, BRENDAN

BORSTAL BOY.

London Hutchinson, 1958, First edition. Autobiography of an Irishman who spent time in a British reform school . No d./w. Worn on edges, but especially on bottom of spine. Contents are clean, no inscription or marks. 343 pages, with b./w.. frontispiece. 8½" x 5½". 1958

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Book number: 2654

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Behan Borstal oct* biography 5471

BEHAN, BRENDAN AND HOGARTH, PAUL.

BRENDAN BEHAN'S ISLAND. An Irish Sketch Book.

London. Hutchinson, 1962., First edition. Illustrated by Paul Hogarth. Near fine, no inscription but very small spot (tea?) on edge of back endpaper which continues on to edges of following pages, but its hardly noticable. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (25/-) but its slightly worn top & bottom of spine, a tiny tear on top back edge, another on bottom edge, & ½" tear top of spine. 192 pages, illustrated by Hogarth with many sketches & drawings. 9.75" x 6.75". 1962

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Book number: 3336

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Paul Hogarth Brendan Behan Irish Ireland

BELL, QUENTIN; GARNETT, ANGELICA; GARNETT, HENRIETTA; SHONE, RICHARD.

CHARLESTON. PAST And PRESENT.

London. Hogarth Press, 1987, Ex Library. Paperback. 176 pages including bibliography, biographical notes, & index. 38 colour & b./w. photographs and illustrations. Library marks & labels on f.e.p., and 'Sale 1995' stamped in red, o./w. near fine. Cover slightly marked o./w. very good, priced on back £5.95. 19.75cm. x 13cm. ISBN 0701207809. 1987

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Book number: 6031

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Charleston Vanessa Bell Duncan Grant Clive Bell Leonard Wolfe Strachey

BENNETT, DAPHNE

KING WITHOUT A CROWN. Albert, Prince Consort of England 1819-1861.

London Book Club Associates / William Heinemann, 1977., Biography of the German prince who became Queen Victoria's husband & consort. 382 pages, plus 47 pages of biographical notes, glossary, bibliography, manuscript sources, reference notes, & Victoria & Albert's family tree, 26 b./w. photographs. Near fine except an inkstamp mark is on b.e.p., normally hidden by d./w.'s flap. Near fine d./w. but spine faded. 24cm. x 16cm. 1977

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Book number: 1636

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Prince Albert Queen Victoria Saxe-Coburg & Gotha Osbourne Balmoral

BENNETT, MICHAEL

LAMBERT SIMNEL AND THE BATTLE OF STOKE.

New York St.Martin's Press, 1987., Biography of the imposter Lambert Simnel. During the reign of Henry VII, he was presented as Edward, Earl of Warwick, last surviving Plantagenet prince, son of George the Duke of Clarence, who was brother of Edward IV. 157 pages including a family tree for 'The House of Plantagenet'. 28 b./w. illustrations & 2 maps. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. 25.5cm.x 17.5cm. ISBN 0312012136 1987 ISBN: 0312012136

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Book number: 2048

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Simnel Duke of Clarence Battle of Stoke Henry VII Edward IV Earl of Warwick Bosworth

BENSON, E. F.

As We Were. A Victorian Peep-Show.

London. Longmans Green, 1930., First edition. 355 pages. Benson, author of Mapp & Lucia & many other books, writes about his early years & family life, with help from his father's diaries & private papers in the library of Trinity Collage, Cambridge. Near fine except previous owner's name on front end page. No d./w. 23.5cm. x 15cm. 1930

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Book number: 9465

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: E.F.Benson Truro Oscar Wilde

BETJEMAN, JOHN.

SUMMONED BY BELLS.

London. Readers Union / John Murray, 1962., Reprint. Betjeman's autobiography, told in verse. 111 pages. 9¼" x 6¾". Each of the 9 chapters begins with a summary of contents, & a drawing by Michael Tree. Near fine but endpapers slightly foxed, no inscription, in green cover with gold lettering. Near fine d./w. 1962

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Book number: 4602

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: poetry Betjeman verse poems

BEVINS, REGINALD.

The Greasy Pole. A personal account of the realities of British politics.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1963., 159 pages. Contents clean, no inscription or marks. D./w. is slightly soiled, a liitle worn on corners, and surface is rubbed off on top of spine, leaving white patch. On the inside of the d./w. is written a lot of lines, maybe a song, or a poem, or just someone's jottings? 19cm. x 12.75cm. 1963

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Book number: 8334

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Reginald Bevins politics politician Parliament

BINDMAN, DAVID.

HOGARTH.

London. Thames & Hudson, 1981., Softback. From the ' World of Art' series. William Hogarth, a great painter, engraver & satirist, was very observant of life around him in 18th century London. The author has used Hogarth's own words & the notebooks of George Vertue, his engraver. 216 pages. 17 colour and 149 b./ w. illustrations. Half title is slightly foxed otherwise near fine. ISBN 050020182X. 1981

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Book number: 2455

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Hogarth Vertue art artist painters caricature 18th century London biography

BIRKENHEAD, EARL OF.

Last Essays.

London. Cassell & Company, Dec.1930, 3rd impression. ( Ist was in Nov.1930) 15 essays on many subjects, including Lloyd George, Lord Kitchenor and Woodrow Wilson. With an introduction by Lord Macmillan. 426 pages. No d./w. Slight foxing on edges of pages when book closed, o./w. near fine. 8.75" x 5.5". 1930

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Book number: 1774

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Lord Birkenhead essays Lord Chancellor

BLACKBURN, JULIA.

CHARLES WATERTON. Traveller and Conservationist.

London. Century / National Trust, 1991., Paperback. A 'National Trust Classic'. First published 1989 by Bodley Head. Biography of Charles Waterton, an eccentric conservationis, he travelled widely, collected animals & birds, & created a sanctuary for them on his estate. He knew Darwin, Audubon & Dickens, wrote books, & lived a very interesting life. Foreword by Gerald Durrell. 243 pages including chapter notes, bibliography & index. 16 b./w. photographs. 8.5" x 5.25". Contents clean, no inscription. Card cover, priced on back £5.95, no inscrition but edges & corners slightly worn, o./w. near fine. ISBN 0712647465. 1991

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Book number: 4862

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: conservation poison Audubon Walton Walton Hall Edmonstone taxidermy Stonyhurst College