GRAY, MARIANNE.

Human Scale. 1918-2000.

Ipswich: Privately published, 2001. Life story of an 80 year-old Ipswich woman. Pp.61, signed compliments slip from the author loosley inserted, colour photos to centre pages and occasional black & white photos throughout. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 40577

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Keywords: Marianne Gray Signed Human Scale Biography Life Story Memoir Suffolk Ipswich Family History 41679 General Biography

GRIERSON, JANET.

Frances Ridley Havergal. Worcestershire Hymnwriter.

Bromsgrove: The Havergal Society, 1979. 095065440X. 1st edition. "Frances Ridley Havergal is best known as the author of the popular hymn 'Take My Life', but at least thirty others are in common use. To her contemporaries she was much more than a hymnwriter. As a contributor to the leading religious periodicals of the day she became a household name, and her books enjoyed an enormous circulation." Pp.x/197. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 44639

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Keywords: Grierson Frances Ridley Havergal Worcestershire Hymnwriter Hymns Religious Education Biography 46137 General Biography

GURNEY, MRS. GERALD ( DOROTHY FRANCES BLOMFIELD ) .

The Childhood Of Queen Victoria.

London: James Nisbet & Co, Limited, 1901. Scarce First edition. 8vo. pp.16/238/[2pp. - adverts] . Original turquiose coloured cloth boards, slightly soiled. Front board with with bright gilt crown and small black & white image of the child Victoria. Spine also with gilt titles. 7 full page black & white illustrations (including frontis), all with pencil notes at the base of each image. Very clean text throughout. A nice clean copy.** English poet Dorothy Frances Blomfield was born in 1858 into a noted family; her father was a rector and her grandfather was Dr. Blomfield, Bishop of London. Dorothy herself also got married, to Rev. Gerald Gurney, son of an Anglican clergyman and hymn-writer.

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Book number: 29348

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Keywords: 27233 Nisbet Childhood Queen Victoria Gurnery Dorothy Frances Blomfield General Biography

GWYNN, STEPHEN.

Captain Scott.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1939. 1st Penguin ed. Biography. Pp. 248/5(ads). Toning to pages. Paperback. G.

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Book number: 9513

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Keywords: Gewynn Captain Scott Biography Antarctica Exploration A2046 General Biography

GZOWSKI, PETER.

The Fifth (and probably last) Morningside Papers. (Introduction by Shelagh Rogers.)

Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc, 1994. 1st ed. "Here are memories of Christmas and the laughter of Sarah Binks, recipes for dough boys, and thoughts from the Arctic." Pp.390. Pbk. VG.

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Book number: 30296

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Keywords: Gzowski Rogers Fifth Probably Last Morningside Papers Anthology Canada 27969 General Biography

GZOWSKI, PETER.

The Fourth Morningside Papers.

Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc, 1991. 1st ed. "This fourth collection of 'Morningside Papers' adds a new dimension to one of the most popular series in Canadian publishing." Pp.470. Pbk. VG.

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Book number: 30297

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GZOWSKI, PETER.

The Latest Morningside Papers.

Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc, 1993. Rep. "From Christmas memories to journeys home, from quitting smoking to remembering trains, 'The Latest Morningside Papers' are as rich and varied - and as memorable - as the conversations and the country that engendered them." Pp.459. Pbk. VG.

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Book number: 30298

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HAHN, EMILY.

Raffles of Singapore. A Biography.

London: Francis Aldor, 1948. 1st edition. Biography of Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, best known mainly for his founding of modern Malaysia and Singapore. Pp.350, slight toning to pages. Tan cloth, illustrated motif to front board. VG.

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Book number: 49907

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Keywords: Emily Hahn Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles Singapore Biography Java Malasia 51422 General Biography

HALEVY, DANIEL.

The Life of Friedrich Nietzsche. (Translated by J.M.Hone).

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. "In Halevy's book, founded on that of Madame Forster-Nietzsche, we have a portrait of him in the intimacies of his life and thought. It exhibits him as better than his gospel, a hundred times better than most of those disturbers of civilization who call themselves his disciples." (Introd. T.M. Kettle). Pp.368, black & white frontispiece, owner's name to front free endpaper, foxing to preliminaries and index, much pencil underlining. Maroon cloth, gilt title to front and spine, edges rubbed. G-.

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Book number: 45845

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Keywords: 0halevy Life Friedrich Nietzsche Biography Philosopher Cultural Critic Composer Poet Philologist Zarathrustra 47397 General Biography

HALLIDAY, F.E.

Robert Browning. His Life and Work.

London: Jupiter Books, 1975. 1st ed. Study of the life and work of Browning in the setting of the Victorian age of discovery and reform at home, of revolution in Europe and civil war in America. Pp. 203, 22 b/w illustns. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustration to d/w which has sunning to spine. VG/G+.

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Book number: 10819

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Keywords: Halliday Robert Browning His Life Work Study Poetry A14197 General Biography

HAMILTON, JAMES.

Gainsborough. A Portrait.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017. 9781474600521. 2nd edition. "Thomas Gainsborough..was a gentle and empathetic family man, but had a volatility that could lead him to slash his paintings, and a loose libidinous way of speaking and behaving that shocked many deeply. He would be dynamite in polite society today." Pp.xvi/420, black & white portrait frontispiece + 60 colour ullustrations. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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Book number: 45533

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Keywords: James Hamilton Thomas Gainsborough Portrait Painter Artist Biography Sudbury Suffolk Mr Mrs Andrews Bulmer Bath Landscapes London 47065 General Biography

HAMILTON, PETER.

Green Wellies for All. The Adventures of A Pioneer Conservationist.

Oxford: Lion Publishing. 1991. 1st ed. "Writes with characteristic humour, about his passionate commitment to conservation and the environment". Pp 141. Illustrated cover. VG.

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Book number: 15798

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Keywords: Hamilton Green Wellies Adventures Conservationist Biography A10438 General Biography

HAMILTON, ELIZABETH .

Translation Of The Letters Of A Hindoo Rajah; Written Previous To, And During The Period Of His Residence In England. To Which Is Prefixed A Preliminary Dissertation On The History, Religion, And Manners, Of The Hindoos.

London: Printed For John Walker; Wilkie And Robinson; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme And Brown; R. Scholey; A.K. Newman, And Co.; And J. Johnson, And Co, 1811. 8vo. 5th edition. 2 volumes: Vol.I.- pp. 52/5/270. Vol.II.- pp 342. Rebound in brown goat skin. Gilt label to spine. VG.

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Book number: 759

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Keywords: Warren Hastings Bengal Hamilton Hindoo London Walker Wilkie Robinson Longman Hurst 04334 General Biography

HAMMOND, L.W.

The Luck of the Nine! Reminiscenses of a Varied Life.

Little Waldingfield: Printed and published by the author, 1997. Author's memoir, including memories of his wartime in the Merchant Navy. Pp.104. Red card cover bound with a plastic spine and clear plastic to front and spine. G+.

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Book number: 49073

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Keywords: Hammond Luck Nine Reminiscenses Life Autobiography Memoir Wartime Merchant Navy London Suffolk 50559 General Biography

HARMSWORTH, CECIL.

Dr Johnson. A Great Englishman.

London: Dr Johnson's House, nd.(c.1923). Reprinted from the Lichfield Mercury, 21st September 1923. An Address to the Johnson Society Delivered at Lichfield, 15th September, 1923. Pp.16, Black & white frontispiece and vignette illustration to end, deckled edges.Grey card covers with ribbon-tied binding, edges chipped and darkening to edges. G+.

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Book number: 43680

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Keywords: Harmsworth Dr Johnson Great Englishman Biography Literature History 40685 General Biography