H. E. Bates

The Blossoming World; the World in Ripeness

London, Michael Joseph, 1971-2. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes of H. E. Bates' autobiographical work, the first editions. H. E. Bates was an English author best known for works such as Love for Lydia and The Darling Buds of May. The present set is comprised of two of three first editions of his autobiographical work, preceded by 1969 volume The Vanished World. Taking up his life from 1926, when he was twenty and had just published his first novel (The Two Sisters) in The Blossoming World, arriving in The World in Ripeness to his experiences with the R.A.F. and reflections upon his life and career. Complete with price clipped dust wrappers, featuring delightful line drawings in text. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper price clipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. J. Hodges bookplate to verso front free endpaper vol. II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 823A39

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

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H. E. Bates

The Vanished World an Autobiography Volume One

London , Michael Joseph, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A first edition signed copy of popular author H. E. Bates' autobiography volume one, The Vanished World. This is a first edition, signed copy of the first volume of author H. E. Bates' autobiography. Bates was an English writer most know for his works Love for Lydia, The Darling Buds of May and My Uncle Silas. On the title page the author has signed and written:For Dick Douglas Boyd With many thanks for his faith in this book and all good wishes Boyd worked in publishing fir Michael Joseph and was in charge of UK and European sales working closely with H. E. Bates and other authors. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with a few marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dustwrapper which is generally smart with some light bumping to the spine and some fading to the wraps. Near Fine . Ill.: John Ward. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 823B24

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

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Alfreda Bean

Petals of a Wild Rose

Esher, Penmiel Press, 1965. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Alfreda Bean's collection of autobiographical writings; a limited edition. A collection of the articles by Alfreda Bean that had been published over three decades, covering her childhood during the First World War and her travels around India and South Africa. With a newspaper clipping to the front pastedown about the work and its author; this work was selected to go on show at the National Book League's annual exhibition.Written by Alfreda Bean, a Sidmouth-based writer. Inscribed by Bean, 'With all good wishes Afreda Bean, 17th June 1966' to the front endpaper, and signed by Bean to the title page.With black and white illustrations by Martin Aitchison throughout. A limited edition, privately printed with five hundred copies only. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with a little bumping to the extremities and wear to the spine. Newspaper clipping pasted to the front pastedown, author's inscription to the front endpaper. Signed by the author to the title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Martin Aitchison. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 804R64

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

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Clyde Beatty; Edward Anthony

The Big Cage

New York and London, The Century Co, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A first edition memoir by the famed animal trainer Clyde Beatty, an exciting first-hand account of his career, replete with illustrations throughout. The first edition of this work.Clyde Beatty's fascinating memoir on his life working as a famed animal trainer and circus mogul. He started his career in 1921 as a cage boy with Howe's Great London Circus, going on to own several of his own circuses until his death in 1965.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and sixty-three plates.Also written by Edward Anthony.From the library of Paul Gallico, a noted novelist best known for 'The Snow Goose' and 'The Poseidon Adventure&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, with some marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. Rear board is faded. Small crack to the spine. Hinges are starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription and stamp to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few odd spots, and a faint tide mark to the first few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 791P61

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

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Pierre Beaumarchais

Memoires de Beaumarchais

Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, 1877-80. Cloth. The delightful memoirs of Pierre Beaumarchais, providing a detailed insight into French history of the eighteenth century. Complete in five volumes.In the original French.The memoirs of Pierre Beaumarchais.Beaumarchais was a French polymath of the eighteenth century, some of his pursuits including diplomat, spy, revolutionary, arms dealer, satirist, horticulturist, and musician. He was born as a watchmaker's son, and rose to prominence within the court of Louis XV. He was an early supporter of American Independence, and participated in the early stages of the French Revolution. As a writer, he is best known for his three 'Figaro' plays.Published by Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the noted national library of France which is located in Paris, established in 1461.Volume I published in 1878, Volume II published in 1879, Volume III published in 1880, Volume IV published in 1879, Volume V published in 1877.Two pages of adverts to the rear of Volume II. In a half cloth binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart, with minor rubbing and some light marks to the boards and spines. Rubbing is heavier to the extremities, and to the rear board of Volume I. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Small closed tears and a light tide marks to the first few pages of Volume I. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 863P27

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

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Keith Beaumont

Alfred Jarry a Critical and Biographical Study

Leicester, Leicester University Press, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition of this illustrated biography on the life and works of Alfred Jarry. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A comprehensive critical and biographical study of the French symbolist writer, Alfred Jarry, an insightful work on the author best known for his play 'Ubu Roi&apos.Illustrated with sixteen plates.Written by Keith Beaumont.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Small bump to the rear board. Dustwrapper with a small amount of wear to the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 768P10

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

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Joseph-Eugene Beauvoisins

Notice Sur la Cour Du Grand-Seigneur

Paris, Chez Gabriel Waree, 1809 . Leather. A fourth edition copy of Notice sur La Cour du Grand-Seigneur by Joseph-Eugene Beauvoisins. A fourth edition, corrected and enlarged. In the original French. Notice Sur La Cour du Grand-Seigneur is a detailed account of the harem, family, and imperial blood of the military household with a historic essay on the Mahometan religion by Joseph-Eugene Beauvoisins. Complete with the half-title. Previous owner bookplate to the front pastedown for Ronald Lindsay. In half calf with marbled boards. With rubbing to the spine and joints and some marks to the boards. Previous owner bookplate to the front pastedown for Ronald Lindsay. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with some scattered spots throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 863B31

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

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Peter Beckford

Familiar Letters from Italy, to a Friend in England

Salisbury , J. Easton, 1805. First edition. Leather. A first edition, complete two volume set of Familiar Letters from Italy, to A Friend in England. A complete two volume set. First edition copies. No half title to either volume. These volumes contain a collection of letters by Peter Beckford whilst travelling in Italy largely during the year 1787, before Italy was invaded by the French. A fascinating travel account. In full calf binding. Externally, very smart and a little rubbed to the spines. Internally, pages are firmly bound and a little age toned with very light scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 853B66

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

Trefwoorden: Familiar Letters from Italy, to A Friend in England Peter Beckford travel biography Peter Beckford None

Peter Beckford

Familiar Letters from Italy, to a Friend in England

London, Printed and sold by J Easton, 1805. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Peter Beckford's collected familiar letters from Italy in two uniform leather bound volumes. The first edition of this work, in two volumes. Bound without half titles. Peter Beckford's collection of letters written in 1787 Italy before France's invasion. A fascinating work exploring the Italian peninsula before the changes brought by the Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars.Peter Beckford was the cousin of William Beckford, the noted Gothic author. Rebound in uniform half calf over marbled boards, titles in gilt to morocco spine label, gilt tooling to spine panels. Externally smart with light rubbing to spine, boards, and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting scattered to leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 869A31

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

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Gertrude Bell; Elizabeth Burgoyne

Gertrude Bell from Her Personal Papers 1889-1914

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this biographical study of the explorer Gertrude Bell, by Elizabeth Burgoyne, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper. The selected papers of Gertrude Bell, this volume containing documents and letters from the years 1889 to 1914. Bell is known for her important work as an explorer and archaeologist, who mapped and explored extensively throughout Syria-Palestine, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Arabia.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and fourteen plates.Collated, complete.By Elizabeth Burgoyne.With a foreword by Vita Sackville-West.Without the scarce second volume. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the spine. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some small chips and closed tears, including chips to the backstrip, and a little discolouration to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Various. Fine/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 782P3

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

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Gertrude Bell; Lady Bell [editor]

The Letters of Gertrude Bell

London, Ernest Benn, Limited, 1930. Cloth. The first single volume edition of the letters of English writer Gertrude Bell. Eleventh impression, the first one volume edition, entirely reset. With a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A collection of the letters of Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist who spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East. She became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her knowledge and contacts from travelling. With letters from Persia, Berlin, Switzerland, Syria, Bagdad, Italy, Paris, Asia Minor, and more. Edited by Dame Florence Eveleen Eleanore, or Lady Bell, a British writer and playwright who was Gertrude Bell's step-mother. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the extremities. Small closed tears and a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper, dated 1930. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 898T78

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

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Robert Bell

The Life of the Rt Hon. George Canning

London, Chapman and Hall, 1846. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this political biography. The first edition of this biography of the British statesman and Tory politician, George Canning. Canning worked in several roles in the cabinet before becoming Prime Minister for the final four months of his life. Written by Irish man of letters, Robert Bell. Bell was a man of letters and edited The Story Teller and the Correspondence of the Fairfax Family. His biography of Canning was extremely popular. Bound by Frost and Co for the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution as a part of their 'Adopt a Book' scheme. Brian Frost opened his business on 13 Trim Street during the 1960's, where Chris Lewis, an ex Bayntun worker, worked. In a half calf binding. Externally, excellent condition with minor shelfwear.Bound by Frost and Co for the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific institution. Binder's stamp to verso of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Bath Royal literary and scientific society blind stamp to dedication page. Pages are age toned to edges with the odd spot throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: FIN3-B-5

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

Trefwoorden: george canning tory the story teller correspondence of the fairfax family tory None

Quentin Bell

Virginia Woolf a Biography

London, The Hogarth Press, 1972. First edition. Cloth. Quentin Bell's important biography on the life and career of his aunt, Virginia Woolf, an illustrated first edition set of this insightful work. The first edition, Volume I is the fourth impression, Volume II the third impression, both published in the same year as the first impression. Both volumes in the original unclipped dust wrappers, and the original slipcase. Slipcase is in a very good condition.Volume I covers her life from 1881 to 1912, Volume II from 1912 to her death in 1941.An insightful biography on the life of Virginia Woolf, written by her nephew, Quentin Bell.It was in this biography where Bell suggested that Woolf's depression in her later life was due to sexual abuse her and her younger sister were subjected to by their half-brothers, George and Gerald Duckworth.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, fourteen plates, and two in-text drawings.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and fourteen plates.The endpapers show maps of Bloomsbury and Sussex. Volume I includes a family tree. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrappers, and slipcase. Externally, smart. Fading to the head and tail of the spines and to the head of the front board of Volume II. A few small marks to the rear board of Volume I and front board of Volume II. Very minor bumping to the head and tail of the spines. Marks to the fore edges. Dust wrappers are edge worn, with chips and closed tears, heavier to the head of the wraps and spines. Light marks and spots to the wraps. Aged tape repairs to the reverse of the dust wrappers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is smart with light marks and spots, and minor wear to the extremities, mostly to the head of the fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed/Good.

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Boeknummer: 868P18

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

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William de Belleroche

Brangwyn Talks

London, Chapman and Hall, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this fascinating account of the author's time with Frank Brangwyn, by William de Belleroche. A superior edition in the like dust wrapper. The first trade edition of this volume, following a limited edition in 1944. A superior copy of this fascinating account by William de Belleroche, intimate friend and once assistant of Frank Brangwyn. During his time as his assistant he learned a lot about the artist and person, and decided to record their conversations. They are now presented in this volume to form an insightful account of Brangwyn leading to the inauguration of the 'Brangwyn Museum,' to which the artist presented numerous works. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous full page plates, Collated, complete. In the uncommon, unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities and a faint minor damp marking to the rear board. Lacking the front free endpaper. The dust wrapper is sound and unclipped with some shelf wear and edge wear, some soiling to the wraps, and a minor loss to the head and tail of the spine, now tape repaired internally by a previous owner. Internally, pp. 153-56 are loose but present, otherwise firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous full page plates, Collated, complete.  Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Frank William Brangwyn. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 786A56

Catalogus: Biography & Autobiography

Trefwoorden: frank brangwyn first editions william de belleroche first editions Frank William Brangwyn