MACKILLOP, IAN

Free Spirits

London, Bloomsbury. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747548552). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First printing. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. An exploration of the love triangle between the writer, art collector and roue, Henri Pierre Roche and two English sisters, Violet and Margaret Court, which was immortalised by Roche himself in his autobiographical novel 'Two English Girls and the Continent' and later by Francois Truffaut in his film 'Anne and Muriel'. In this book the author explores, for the first time in detail, the vast amount of source material written by Violet, Margaret and Roche and produces an impeccable piece of investigative research to tell an engrosing tale of innocence and betrayal, of intellectual life and social experiment and also a love story to stand your hair on end. NOT EX LIB D4C. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 003021

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Henri Roche, Violet Court, Margaret Court, Two English Girls and the Continent 0747548552

MACLAINE, SHIRLEY

You Can Get There from Here

London, The Bodley Head. 1975. (ISBN: 037010384x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which has a few small marks to back. Starting her biography with the opening of her one woman show in Las Vegas, she looks back over the years and tells the intimate story of herself and the fascinating world in which she lives. Particularly memorable is her trip to China as leader of a delegation of women and what she saw was a deep shock to her, where there was no role for the individual, and the effect was that she has gone back to her earlier self, returning to song and dance. C3B. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002459

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: Biography, American Film Stars 037010384x

MACNAIR, JAMES I.

Livingstone the Liberator - a Study of a Dynamic Personality

London, Collins. 1944. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt title on black cloth boards which are clean with just minor light marks but no wear. Internally there is a neat contemporary inscription and date to front pastedown, a blind embossed address to front endpaper and some light foxing to closed and some page edges else clean, tight and unmarked. 384 pages with 16 illustrations and 3 maps in text with a loose fold out map of South and Central Africa showing Livingstone's Journeys. A biography of the explorer, updated to include new matter, especially of a personal kind. NOT EX LIB 11. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 011223

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Africa Exploration

MAINE, C. E.

World-Famous Mistresses

Middlesex, Odhams Press. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0600726525). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG complete dustjacket. The author, more well known for his science fiction and crime novels, turns his attention to mistresses, women who have been famous through the centuries. Featuring 16 mistresses from many countries with 20 illustrations and illustrated chapter headings. C3B. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 003570

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Biography, Mistresses 0600726525

MANDELA, NELSON

Long Walk to Freedom - the Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

London, Little Brown. 1994. (ISBN: 0316909653). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 630 pages. 46 illustrations. Map endpapers. Since his release in February 1990, Nelson Mandela has emerged as the world's most significant moral leader since Mahatma Gandhi. As President of the African National Congress and spiritual figurehead of the anti-apartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving South Africa towards black-majority rule. An exhilarating story of an epic life; a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.23 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST B2A. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 010406

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: African National Congress, South Africa, Anti-Apartheid Movement 0316909653

MANN, SUNNIE

Holding on

London, Bloomsbury. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747506655). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine price clipped dustjacket. The author's husband was taken hostage in Beirut in 1989 and this book written before she knew the outcome recounts her courage still believing that he is alive and will return. 13 illustrations. NOT EX LIB C3D. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 004200

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Biography, Beirut Hostage 0747506655

MARTIN, JAMES

Driven - Cooking in the Fast Lane - My Story

London, Collins. 2008. (ISBN: 9780007835119). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xiv + 304 pages. 28 illustrations. Highly ambitious and relentlessly motivated, James Martin has worked extraordinarily hard to become one of Britain's most successful TV chefs. It hasn't been a smooth ride and here he tells his remarkable story, looking back to his working class childhood in Yorkshire, relating the highs and lows of a career in the kitchen and revealing some of the astonishing events that have come with fame and fortune. 21. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 008731

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Biography, British Chefs, Television Cooks 9780007835119

MAYNE, ETHEL COLBURNE

Enchanters of Men

London, Methuen. 1909. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ornate gilt decoration and title to spine with leather title label on tan cloth boards. Title label worn with some wear to spine tail. Internally there is a repaired rear hinge, darkened endpapers and light foxing to closed edges and occasionally to a few pages. Second edition - first was published May 6th 1909. x + 858 pages. Photogravure portrait of Tullia D'Arragona to frontispiece and 23 other illustrations. 30 page catalogue to rear. Covers 23 women, many royal mistresses, courtesans, royal ladies and others including Ninon De Lenclos, Sophie Arnould, The Du Barry, Marie Antoinette, Henriette D'Orleans. A1C. Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 000148

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Ninon de Lenclos, Sophie Arnauld, Bianca Capello, Gabrielle D'Estrees, Marie Mancini, Lola Montez, Jeanne Du Barry, Tulia D'Arragona, Louise of Stolberg, Pauline Borghese, Henriette D'Orleansgiulia Grisi, Adrienne Lecouvreur, Jenny Lind

MCCABE, BOB

Ronnie Barker - the Authorised Biography

London, Chameleon. 1998, First. (ISBN: 0233993827). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 143 pages. Profusely illustrated. Foreword by David Jason. Ronnie Barker was undoubtedly one of the most successful British comedians ever. He was also, by common consent, one of the greatest comedic actors of his generation. What was less known was that he was actually the author of many of the hilarious scripts that he and Ronnie Corbett would delight millions with during their record-breaking, award-winning television series, The Two Ronnies. In the biography Ronnie Barker tells Bob McCabe the real reasons for his retirement and reminisces over every aspect of his career. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.0 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 25. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 010363

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: British Comedians, Biography, the Two Ronnies 0233993827

MENZIES, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ROBERT GORDON

The Measure of the Years

London, Cassell. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0304936464). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from 4 photo mounts to front endpaper) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 500 pages. Sir Robert Gordon Menzies was Prime Minister of Australia from 1939-41 and 1949-66. The book is the second volume of reminiscences of the most distinguished and best-loved Commonwealth statesman. He brings to it all the frankness, informality and humour that made Afternoon Light such a refreshing rarity among political memoirs - the same quaities that he displayed during the eighteen years in which he presided over the making of the modern Australia. The record of those eighteen years is the heart of the book. C3C. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 009956

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia 0304936464

MERLA, PATRICK (EDITED BY)

Boys Like Us - Gay Writers Tell Their Coming out Stories

London, Fourth Estate. 1996, First. (ISBN: 185702673x). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very good unmarked copy which has a very small indentation to back cover and a touch of light foxing to closed top edge. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. xvi +352 pages. The book presents the true 'coming out' stories of an impressive line-up of gay writers spanning two generations. Written specifically for this collection, these are powerful, often stunning evocations of the primal process by which men come to terms with their desire for other men. Arranged chronologically, these personal essays ultimately form a documentary of changing social and sexual mores during the last half-century - a literary, biographical, sociological and historical tour de force. 14. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 011188

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Gay Biographies, Coming out Stories 185702673x

MESHCHERSKAYA, EKATERINA

Comrade Princess - Memoirs of an Aristocrat in Modern Russia

London, Doubleday. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0385269102). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy apart from a neat inscription and date to front endpaper with a VG+ price clipped dustjacket. 228 pages. 18 illustrations. Princess Ekaterina Meshcherskaya was born in 1904, and lived the latter part of her life in Moscow in a tiny caretaker's apartment surrounded by relics and souvenirs of her family's past, the last of the Russian princesses living in Russia. Glasnost has enabled this remarkable woman to publish her story for the first time. She was only 13 years old when the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, and unlike the vast majority of aristocrats who fled the country after the Revolution, she and her mother forged new lives in a society now resentful and hostile towards the privileged classes. Their world of servants, pedigree dogs, a Greek tutor, French and German governesses, vast estates, was lost at a stroke, leaving them alone and penniless. Yet Ekaterina and her mother, a musically talented and iron willed young woman, overcame the challenges, denounced and arrested constantly, and Ekaterina worked in countless jobs as seamstress, dancer, singing teacher, even wartime ditch digger, in order to survive. L. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 008136

Catalogue: Biography - Russian - General

Mots-clés: Prince Alexander Vasilievich Mesh Chersky, Ekaterina Porfirievna Podborskaya, Count Fabrizio Sasso-Ruffo, Vesely Podol, Igor Sergeevich Bogdanovich 0385269102

MILLAN, BETTY

Monstrous Regiment - Women Rulers in Men's Worlds

Berkshire, The Kensal Press. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0946041016). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The book examines the problems faced by women who tread the path of political power, and the author argues that women have succeeded as rulers only by imitating men and suppressing in themselves the characteristics of their own sex. From Cleopatra to Margaret Thatcher, from Mary Queen of Scots to Mrs. Gandhi, the author exploes the perils and pleasures of being a woman in a world of men. 23 illustrations. D4D. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 005401

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Women Rulers, Women Political Leaders, Cleopatra, Empress Wu, Irene of Byzantium, Queen Christina, Catherine the Great, Queen Victoria 0946041016

MILLER, FRANCIS PICKENS

Man from the Valley (Signed Copy)

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, The University of North Carolina Press. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0807811610). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to front endpaper with inscription 'To Donald Maclaren of Maclaren with much affection from his father's friend'. xvii + 253 pages. 13 illustrations. Francis Picken Miller (1895-1978), whose career had many facets: statesman, politician, soldier, educator, author, and churchman. His contacts have been worldwide. Born in Kentucky of venerablePresbyterian Huguenot, and Scotch-Irish stock, he was reared in the valley of Virginia. After graduation from Washington and Lee University in 1914, he served until 1917 as national secretary of the Y.M.C.A. for private preparatory schools. In 1917 and 1918, he saw action as an artilleryman with the First Division in France and after the war attended Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. Although a layman, Miller was deeply concerned with the place of Christianity in modern society. He was chairman of the World's Student Christian Federation, 1928-1938, and a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, 1954-1960. During the Second World War he served as a colonel on General Eisenhower's staff at S.H.A.E.F. and was decorated by the American, British, French and Belgian governments. C3D. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author.

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N° du livre: 009819

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: Virginian, World's Student Christian Federation, Central Committee World Council of Churches, Century Club Group, Shaef, 0807811610

MIRABEAU, COUNT

Secret Memoirs of the Court of Berlin - or the Character of the King of Prussia, His Ministers, Mistresses, Generals, Courtiers, Favourites and the Royal Family

London, The Grolier Society. 1904, Limited. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Mercier, Garret, Merrill. Private Press, SCARCE EDITION DE LUXE LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES. COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES. Green cloth boards with paper title label which is slightly darkened else clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a decorative bookplate of Partridges and monogram to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. Fore and lower edges uncut and some pages unopened. Top edge Gilt. A VERY GOOD + SET. Not dated but British Library has it as 1904. Uniform with The Secret Court Memoirs series. Vol. I- 298 pages; Vol. II - 289 pagesTitle page and etchings on Japan paper. Printed on Grolier watermarked quality paper. 12 very beautiful Original etchings / engravings, tissue protected - Mademoiselle Voss-Original Mezzotint by G.W.H. Ritchie,'She Made Him Sit Down' - Photo-etching from an original drawing by Frank T. Merrill, Joseph II - Photo-etching after painting by Massard, Potsdam, Mirabeau - Etching by E. H. Garrett, Madame Hartfeld - Etching by Mercier, Princess Frederica in Her Boudoir - Photogravure from a celebrated print, Sans Souci, ' A Noise Was Heard at the Door' - Photo-etching of an original drawing by Frank T. Merrill, Madame Reitz - Photogravure from a celebrated print, Calonne - Photo-etching after painting by Mme. Le Brun, Duke of Brunswick - Photo-etching from Versailles Gallery. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY SET OF 1.65 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 4. Very Good TEG/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 000304

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Court Memoirs, Mademoiselle Voss, Joseph II, Mirabeau, Madame Hartfield, Princess Frederica, Duke of Brunswick, Calonne, Sans Souci Mercier, Garret, Merrill