GBL Books: Biography
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MY FRIEND SANDY.
London. Macmillan, 1983., Reprint. Autobiography, Jane Duncan wrote a lot of books about her friends & relatives. This one is about a year spent on an island in the Caribbean. Sandy is an 8 year old boy, grandson of Sir Ian Dulac. 292 pages. Contents clean and near fine, no inscription or marks. Cover is slightly shelf rubbed along edges and ends of spine. Near fine d./w., not price clipped, priced £7.95. 20cm x 12.5cm. ISBN 0333038495 1983
-- Boeknummer: 7432
GBP 2.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.5]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: St. Jago Caribbean
CONFESSIONS OF A SPY. THE REAL STORY OF ALDRICH AMES.
London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1997., Biography of the senior CIA officer arrested in 1994 on the charge of espionage. He had spied for the KGB for 9 years, even gave them the names of Russian agents who spied for the CIA. As a result many of these agents were tortured by the KGB & killed. Written with help from Ames, interviews with him at the prison where he's jailed for life, and with help from his family & the people who knew him. Near fine except back bottom corner bumped. 366 pages, 24 b./ w. photographs. 9½" x 6". Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (£20.) ISBN 0340647078. 1997
Boeknummer: 1373
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: CIA KGB FBI Oleg Gordievsky Polyakov Vasilev GRU
DISRAELI RISING.
London. William Collins, 1975, First edition. Biographical novel about Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister in the 19th century. Edelman was M.P. for Coventry for about 30 years. This is the 2nd of his trilogy & follows after "Disraeli In Love." 349 pages. Near fine. Slightly worn d./w., ½" tear top front, ¼" tear top back edge of spine, price clipped but 99p.price label added. Very small 'National Trust' label on top corner of front end paper, the same shade of green as the illustration on endpapers. 8½" x 5½". ISBN 00022119810 1975
Boeknummer: 1642
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4.25]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: Disraeli Prime Minister House of Commons Wyndham Lewis
UP THE COUNTRY. Letters From India.
London. Virago, 1984., Paperback. "Letters to her Sister from The Upper Provinces of India, from Emily Eden (1797-1869)." They were written berween 1837 & 1840. Introduction by Elizabeth Claridge. 410 pages including notes. 1 map & 4 b./w. illustrations. Very good. ISBN 0860684407. 1984
Boeknummer: 7371
GBP 2.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.5]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: Simla India Emily Eden Cawnpore Bindrabund
EISENHOWER: AT WAR. 1943 - 1945.
New York. Wings Books, 1991., Reprint. First published 1986 by Random House. The biography of his Grandfather, the General, and then President of the USA, Dwight Eisenhower, during the years of the 2nd W./W. 977 pages. 82 b./ w. photographs on 32 pages. 24 maps, 7 of which are double paged. 9½" x 6¼". Near fine but small mark with a ball point pen on f.e.p. D./w. near fine, priced $29.95. ISBN 0517065010 1991
Boeknummer: 1884
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: Eisenhower W.W. 2 Teheran Conference West Point Roosevelt Churchill Bradley Montgomery Marshall Yalta Conference Trueman
He Walks Alone. The public & private life of Captain Cunningham-Reid, D.F.C., Member of Parliament 1922-45.
London. W.H. Allen, 1945., Not dated but text ends around Nov. / Dec.1945. 292 pages, with 11 b./w. photographs on 6 pages. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks, but spine & top edge of cover are faded, and front bottom edge is faintly creased. No d./w. 22cm. x 14cm. 1945
Boeknummer: 9608
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 6]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: Member of Parliament
JOHN MACARTHUR.
Sydney. Angus & Robertson, 1955., Ex Library. Over 200 years ago Macarthur saiied to Sydney, became a successful man, & not only helped to establish sheep farming & wool industry in New South Wales, he also improved the breeds. 603 pages.14 illustrations. Contents clean & very good except "Sale 1994" is stamped in red on halftitle page. Cover is very good but bottom edge is shelf rubbed, ends of spine are worn, 2 small faint marks on the front edge & 2 on the back where d./w.was taped on. D./w. is very good, priced 50s.(£2.50) but the bottom edge was cut off to fit inside library sleeve. 24.25cm. x 15.5cm. 1955
Boeknummer: 9569
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 6]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: Sydney Captain Bligh Merino sheep
OSCAR WILDE.
London. Hamish Hamilton, 1987., Biography of Wilde. 632 pages, including chapter notes. 63 b./w. photographs & illustrations. 24cm. c 16cm. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks, but faint dampstain along edge of front endpage, & dampstain on the edge of the back endpage. This hasn't affected any other pages, or the cover. ISBN 0241123925. 1987
Boeknummer: 7550
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: Oscar Wilde Marquis of Queensbury Lord Alfred Douglas
PALME.
Stockholm. Fischer & Rye, 1989., 1st edition. Hardback. Biography of the well respected Swedish politicion, known through out the world for his diplomacy and efforts to find peaceful solutions to problems. Tragically he was shot dead one evening while walking home with his wife. His killer was never found. 391 pages. 41 b./ w. photographs. 23cm. x 16cm. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. 1989
Boeknummer: 9285
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 6]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: Stockholm Sweden Olaf Palme
The Life of John Keats.
London. Jonathan Cape, 1929., Translated from the French by Marion Robinson. Preface by J. Middleton Murry. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering is near fine. D./w. is priced 7s. 6d., water stained on front but it does not seem to have affected the cover underneath. Contents are clean, no inscription or marks. 1929
Boeknummer: 8381
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 6]
Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography
Trefwoorden: 5775 John Keats Shelley Leigh Hunt poet poetry
LUCREZIA BORGIA. A Biography.
New York. Hawthorn Dutton, 1978., Paperback. 372 pages, including Notes & Sources. 12 b./w. illustrations on 8 pages, a double page map, & a family tree. Contents very good, no inscription. Cover is faintly creased on front bottom corner & back top corner, priced on back $7.95. 1978
Boeknummer: 8997
GBP 1.50 [Appr.: EURO 2]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: Lucrezia Borgia Borgias Giulio Este Gonxaga Machiavelli Romagna Venice Strozzi
DEATH ROW CHAPLAIN.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Prentice-Hall, 1962., An account of life on Death Row, executions of the condemned, and a searching analysis of capital punishment, by the chaplain at San Quentin State Prison." 253 pages. 10 b./w. photographs. Near fine, no inscription or marks but top & bottom of spine slightly bumped. Back bottom edge has a slight bump. D./w. slightly worn on corners, top & bottom of spine,are worn & small piece missing from bottom of spine. Price clipped but $4.95 is stamped in ink on flap. 8½" x 5½". 1962
Boeknummer: 3626
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: prison death row execution capital punishment death penalty murder criminal crime electric chair gas chamber chaplain San Quentin
A ROMANY IN THE FIELDS.
London. Epworth Press, 1936., Eighth edition, first published 1929. "Romany" describes his gypsy life in a caravan in the countryside, with spaniel "Raq". 223 pages. Illustrated with 6 b./w. photographs, and some small b./w. drawings throughout. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Cover slightly worn on corners, o./w. near fine. No d./w. 19cm. x 12.5cm. 1936
Boeknummer: 6310
GBP 2.50 [Appr.: EURO 3]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: gypsy gypsies caravan countryside Romany travellers
BOUQUETS FOR FLEET STREET. Memories and Musings over fifty years.
London. Hutchinson, 1951., A thorougly revised much supplemented one-volume version of 'He Laughed in Fleet Street' (1933) and 'Five Years Dead ' (1937)' " First edition thus. 427 pages. 23.75cm. x 16cm. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is slightly worn & torn on edges, back is slightly grubby, which is white, and priced 21/- (£1.05 ).o./w. near fine. 1951
Boeknummer: 9101
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.25]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: Fleet Street reporters Rothermere Daily Telegraph Glasgow Herald Outrams Rothschild The Times journalism Northcliffe Observer Kemsley Lloyd George Wallace
SEAL MORNING.
London. Reprint Society, 1959., Reprint. About a young girl and her aunt, living in a croft in Sutherland, with 2 squirrels, 2 otters, and Lora, who was a very special seal. 180 pages. Illustrated in black & white with delicate pencil drawings by Raymond Sheppard. Near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. very good but slightly worn and torn on ends of spine, on corners & edges. 19cm. x 13cm.. 1959
Boeknummer: 6098
GBP 2.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.5]
Catalogus: Biography
Trefwoorden: Daphne Macready common seal Sutherland Scottish Highlands
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