JORDAN, PATRICIA

District Nurse

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297773550). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine copy with coloured pictorial dustjacket which is complete. The author's touching and humorous account of her life as a district nurse based in a small north of England town, replete with stories of characters and dramas. 3. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002192

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Nursing, Burrowdale, District Nurse 0297773550

JOSEPHS, JEREMY

Dr. Jack - Calcutta's Pavement Doctor

London, Bloomsbury. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747508909). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small printing mark to the inner margin of two pages) with non price clipped dustjacket which has a little wear to one corner tip. Foreword by Ben Kingsley. In the backstreets of Calcutta, shielded from the scorching heat by a tattered tarpaulin, mothers clutching semi-conscious, emaciated babies, and adults and children with missing or gangrenous limbs or suffering from tuberculosis or leprosy, queue in their hundreds to see Dr. Jack Preger. His 'clinic' has survived despite official disapproval and he has treated over 20,000 destitute and dispossessed street people. Born and brought up in an orthodox Jewish family in Manchester, he converted to Catholicism and qualified as a doctor in 1972 and immediately left to set up a clinic in Bangladesh, being deported after seven years after exposing a government masterminded racket involving the illegal export of babies. Undeterred he set off again to begin his now legendary work in Calcutta. 14 illustrations C3D. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 005258

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Biography, Calcutta, Bangladesh 0747508909

KAPLAN, FRED

Gore Vidal - a Biography

New York, Doubleday. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780385477031). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING November 1999. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a gift inscription written on a sticker to front endpaper else Fine with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. xi + 850 pages. 68 illustrations. The distinguished Professor of English literature's acclaimed and definitive biography of the novelist, cultural critic, essayist, historian, comic satirist, image maker, provocateur, actor, and brilliant American icon that is Gore Vidal. Kaplan had complete access to Vidal's papers, letters, and private photographs, as well as television and newsreel footage and was guaranteed a free hand by Vidal to write as he saw fit. The result is a lively, witty, and textured life of a literary colossus. PLEASE NOTE - A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.29 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 4. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 010258

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: American Writers Biography, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, William Buckley, Anais Nin 9780385477031

KAPLAN, JUSTIN

Lincoln Steffens

New York, Simon and Schuster. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0671215922). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Silver title and decoration on black cloth boards with complete pictorial dustjacket. A near Fine copy with near Fine dustjacket. A fascinating detailed biography of the American investigative journalist who was the scourge of Theodore Roosevelt and politicians. The work by the Pulitzer Prize winning author was praised by John Kenneth Galbraith and is a masterly biography and an insight into America of the time and also Europe where Steffens travelled. 30 photographic illustrations. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.83 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 2. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 001858

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: 0671215922

KENIN, RICHARD

Return to Albion - Americans in England 1760-1940

New York, National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian Institution/Holt Rhinehart and Winston. 1979. (ISBN: 0030428564). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A clean, tight and unmarked copy apart from a neat name and date to half title page and light foxint to fore edge and which has a light crease to front cover. xv + 288 pages. Illustrated throughout. Introduction by Alistair Cooke. The book offers a richly illustrated and highly entertaining account of American expatriates who, over a span of almost two centuries, lived in and left an indelible mark on England. Although such personalities as James McNeill Whistler, Henry James, John James Audubon, T.S. Eliot and Robert Fulton were born on this side of the Atlantic, most of their creative energies were expended on foreign soil. The ten chapters each deal with a group of individuals - for example, Benjamin West and his followers, Ezra pound and his literary circle, some colourful American heiresses who married into the Briish peerage. 15. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 008720

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: Benjamin West, Court of King George, John James Audubon, Washington Irving, George Peabody, Henry James, James Mcneill Whistler, Emerald Cunard, Chips Channon, Ezra Pouns, T.S. Eliot, Count Rumford, 0030428564

KENT, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS MICHAEL OF

Cupid and the King

London, Harper Collins. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002239116). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS MICHAEL OF KENT (Marie Christine née Baroness Marie Christine Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz) to title page with dedication 'To Cicily'. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. Genealogical chart endpapers. xxx + 370 pages. 67 illustrations. In the book Princess Michael vividly recounts the stories of five very different women, each of whom became a celebrated, or notorious, royal courtesan. Diane de Poitiers, the beautiful paramour of Henri II of France; Nell Gwynn, the favourite of Charles II; Madame de Pompadour, the elegant chatelaine of Louis XV; Marie Walewska, the idealistic and patriotic young Polish woman who became the mistress of Napoleon in the hope of saving her country; Lola Montez, the flamboyant, outrageous and dazzling Irish beauty who reinvented herself as a Spanish aristocrat and won the heart of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST B2D. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author.

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N° du livre: 006804

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Baroness Marie Christine Agnes Hedwig Ida Von Reibnitz, Diane de Poitiers, Henri II, Nell Gwynn, Charles II, Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV, Marie Walewska, Napoleon, Lola Montez, King Ludwig I of Bavaria 0002239116

KENYON, NIGEL

P£Aying on a Shoe$Tring - 'Sporting Batchelor at Large'

Shrewsbury, Fenwick. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 095541900X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not priceclipped. 192 pages. 59 illustrations. Nigel Kenyon blends his autobiographical adventure with family history, which ably illustrates a hereditary line of talent emanating from an upmarket background. Sex, religion, money and politics all feature in varying degrees, and intermingle with tales of serious commercial and charitable endeavour. He is still equally at home on tennis and racket courts, as he is singing in senior classical choirs or participating in countryside activities..not to mention pursuit of the ladies, through endless flirting, romances and two short-lived marriages. C3B. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 008233

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: 095541900x

KINGSLAND, ROSEMARY

A Saint Among Savages

London, Collins. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002167409). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy with VG+ price clipped dustjacket. The book is about Rachel Saint, a missionary and the Auca Indians of the Amazon jungle in Eastern Ecuador. It tells far more than her missionary work but tells the story of a young girl who at 17 had a vision and how a primitive tribe grew to love her, it is a story of great courage in the face of terrifying danger. She knew that her brother and four companions had been killed by the tribe and that no white man nor Indian had ever made contact with them in their whole violent history, she knew that they had so little regard for life that they killed their wives and children on a casual whim. But she went fearlessly to live with them and taught them the meaning of love and how to live in peace. Map endpapers and numerous photographs by John Wright. 24. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 004627

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Rachel Saint, Auca Indians, Amazon Jungle, Eastern Ecuador 0002167409

KISSINGER, HENRY

Years of Renewal

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297818945). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy apart from some light marks to fore and lower edges with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 1151 pages. 98 illustrations. 13 maps. First UK edition. The most celebrated American diplomat of his period, Kissinger was a major figure in world history and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. This third and concluding volume of his memoirs completes an outstanding work of contemporary history, full of startling insights and unsparing candour. It begins with President Richard Nixon's resignation, a man whom Kissinger knew perhaps more closely than anyone, and includes his final assessment of Nixon's tortured personality. Kisssinger continued to play a decisive role throughout President Ford's administration, and there are many intimate and sharply intelligent depictions of world leaders, including Mao Zedong and Leonid Brezhnev. This is a book abounding in crisis, as he details the agony of US extrication from Vietnam, the fall of Cambodia, the Greece-Turkey conflict over Cyprus, the origins of the war in Lebanon and the continuation of the Cold War at its perilous height. NOT EX LIB PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.8 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 13. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 008180

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: Henry Kissinger's Memoirs, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Mao Zedong, Leonid Brezhnev, Vietnam War, Fall of Cambodia, Cold War, Cuba, Chile 0297818945

KOTTER, JOHN P.

Matsushita Leadership - Lessons from the 20th Century's Most Remarkable Entrepreneur

New York, The Free Press. 1997. (ISBN: 068483460X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from top corner creases to two pages) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xvii + 302 pages. 58 illustrations. Konosuke Matsushita (1894-1989) was a Japanese industrialist, the founder of Panasonic, and known as 'the god of management' in Japan. His accomplishments as a leader, author, educator, philanthropist, and management innovator are astonishing, and he invented management practices that are still used today. The book is both a biography and a set of lessons for careers and corporations in the 21st century. 12. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 009089

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Japanese Business Entrepreneurs, Panasonic, Technics 068483460x

KRAY, REG

A Way of Life - over 30 Years of Blood, Sweat and Tears

London, Sidgwick & Jackson. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0283173195). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. There is a Signature to half title page which is in fact a printed facsimile (although there are many sellers who claim that it is a genuine signature). A clean and unmarked copy VG+. The notorious gangster's recollection of all of his years in prison. Convicted of murder, extortion, fraud and grievous bodily harm in 1968 with his brother Ron. A frank account of love, friendship, intrigue, betrayal, treachery, violence, laughter and tears. 4. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 001364

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: 0283173195

LASKY, VICTOR

Jimmy Carter - the Man and the Myth

New York, Richard Marek. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 039990042X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on black cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is light foxing to closed edges else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has a little creasing and is not price clipped. A definitive and critical analysis of the extraordinary rise of James Earl Carter, Jr. - better known as 'Jimmy', to the Presidency of the United States. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.82 KILO WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 21. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 007224

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: American Presidents, James Earl Carter Jr. , Richard Nixon, Robert Vesco, Watergate 039990042x

LEAMING, BARBARA

Mrs Kennedy - the Missing History of the Kennedy Years

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297643339). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The book is the first close-up account of Jacqueline Kennedy during the dramatic thousand days of John F. Kennedy's presidency. This is the story of those years from the perspective of a woman who entered the White House at the age of 31, seven years into a deeply troubled marriage, and left at 34 after her husband's assassination. 31 illustrations. NOT EX LIB A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COSTS D4F. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 006107

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy 0297643339

LEE, CAROL ANN

The Hidden Life of Otto Frank

New York, William Morrow. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0060520825). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a mark to lower closed edge) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped.xviii + 411 pages. 26 illustrations. First US edition, First printing. In this shocking and definitive biography, the author provides the answer to one of the most heartbreaking questions of modern times: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis? Probing this startling act of treachery, Lee brings to light never-before-documented information about Anne's father, Otto Frank, and the individual who would claim responsibility - and their terrifying and complicated relationship that continued until the day Frank died. NOT EX LIB B2D. Near Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 008642

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Anne Frank, Nazi Germany, World War II, Auschwitz 0060520825

LESSING, DORIS

Alfred and Emily

London, Fourth Estate. 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780007233458). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. In this work the Nobel Laureate explores the lives of her parents, both of them irrevocably damaged by the Great War. Firstly as a novella of what their lives might have been, then an examination of their life and move to Africa. Her father wanted the simple life of an English farmer, but shrapnel almost killed him in the trenches, and thereafter he had to wear a wooden leg. Her mother Emily's great love was a doctor who drowned in the Channel, and she spent the war nursing the wounded in the Royal Free Hospital. D4B. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 007388

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: First World War, Nobel Laureate 9780007233458