HARRISON, NANCY.

Winnie Mandela: Mother of a Nation.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1985. 3rd imp. "In this authorised biography, Nancy Harrison has told a remarkable story about a remarkable woman." Pp. 181, 9 b/w photographs + 1 map. Turquoise blue cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

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Book number: 29147

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Keywords: Harrison Winnie Mandela Mother Nation Illustrated Biography Noamzcouk 26822 General Biography

HASTINGS, MAX.

Going to the Wars. (signed).

London: Macmillan, 2000. 0333771044. Reprint. "Max Hastings grew up with romantic dreams of a life amongst warriors. But after an embarrassing false start as a parachute soldier in 1963, he became a journalist and a war correspondent instead. Before he was thirty he had reported conflicts in Northern Ireland, Biafra, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Middle East, Cyprus, Rhodesia, India and a string of other trouble spots..In 1982, when the Falklands crisis broke he was determined to take part in this final imperial adventure, sailing from Southampton with the South Atlantic Task Force..On 14 June, he walked alone into Port Stanley ahead of the British landing force, in pursuit of a last great scoop." Pp.xvi/400, 5 maps +16 pages of black & white illustrations, signed by Max Hastings to title page. Black cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 45790

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Keywords: Max Hastings Signed Going to the Wars Autobiography War Correspondent Biafra Vietnam Israel Africa Rhodesia Angola South Atlantic Falklands 47342 General Biography

HATTERSLEY, ROY.

Who Goes Home? Scenes from a Political Life.

London: Little, Brown & Co, 1995. 1st.ed. "Scenes from a Political Life..A biography..Roy Hattersley." Pp, 315, P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 9116

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Keywords: Hattersley Political Life Biography A1604 General Biography

HAVRAN, MARTIN J.

Caroline Courtier: The Life of Lord Cottington. (With an Introduction by A.L. Rowse.)

London: Macmillan, 1973. 1st ed. "This first study of Cottington traces his long career and re-examines the standard interpretation of him." Pp. 18/232, portrait frontis,1 plate absent. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

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Book number: 23749

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Keywords: Havran Rowse Caroline Courtier Life Lord Cottington Biography 20015 General Biography

HAWKINS, SIR JOHN.

The Life of Samuel Johnson.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. 1st edition. Edited, abridged, and with an introduction by Bertram H.Davis. "Sir John Hawkins (1719-89) has been somewhat scurvily treated by posterity and, for that matter, was bitterly attacked during his own lifetime. He was a friend of Dr Johnson and his life of the Sage, originally published in 1787, contained not only new information but also fascinating excursions and diversions..He did try to depict Johnson as he actually was (warts and all) and this offended many of his friends." Pp.xxxii/341, black & white portrait frontispiece. Light green cloth spine over olive paper boards. Dustwrapper has minor edgewear and is in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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Book number: 48359

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Keywords: Sir John Hawkins Life Samuel Johnson Biography Life Times Garrick Goldsmith Bertram Davis 49802 General Biography

HAWKINS, SIR JOHN.

The Life of Samuel Johnson.

London: Printed for J.Buckland, J.Rivington and Sons, (et al), 1787. The Second edition, revised and corrected. Ex library. Pp.605/15(index), occasional minor spotting, library inkstamp to title page. Green cloth library binding, black title label to spine. G+.

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Book number: 50039

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HAWORTH, DON.

Bright Morning. Images of a Thirties Boyhood. (Large Print edition)

Halifax: Remploy Press, 1990. 0706610075. A Portway Large Print book. "Recalls Don Haworth's boyhood in the East Lancashire of the Thirties. There emerges a rich variety of characters, neighbours, playmates, teachers, hawkers, tramps, hot gospellers, reporters, refugees, deadly motorists, hill farmers - and, above all, his own family and his indomitable younger brother Eric." Pp.340, occasional line drawings by Roy Newton. Blue rexine boars, dustwrapper has edge wear. VG/G+.

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Book number: 22591

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Keywords: Haworth Bright Morning Images Thirties Boyhood Illustrated Large Print A18734 General Biography

HAWTHORNE, JULIAN.

Hawthorne and his Circle.

New York: Harper & Brothers,1903. 1st ed. Biography of the writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, by his son. Top edge gilt. Pp.22/372, b/w portrait frontis. + 15 further b/w plates, rough-cut page edges. Brown cloth, gilt decorated title to front, and gilt title to spine. VG.

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Book number: 32787

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Keywords: Nathaniel Hawthorne Circle Julian Hawthorne Biography American Writer Novelist 32678 General Biography

HAY, IAN. (PSEUDONYM OF MAJOR JOHN HAY BEITH.)

The Great Wall of India.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1933. 1st ed. A journey through India. Pp. 96, 6 woodcuts, uneven toning to endpapers. Black cloth, illustrated d/w with some creasing and rubbing. G+/G+.

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Book number: 19940

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Keywords: Hay Beith Great Wall India Journey Woodcuts Illustrations A15660 General Biography

HAYMAN, RONALD.

John Gielgud.

London: Heinemann, 1971. 1st ed. Biography, which throws unexpected light on Gielgud's methods of working, and the ways in which he built up the key performances of his career. Pp. 10/276, portrait frontis, 44 b/w illustrations, owners name to fep, minor edge staining to a few pages. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has slight chipping. G/G.

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Book number: 14841

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Keywords: Hayman John Gielgud Biography Illustrated A8906 General Biography

HAZLITT, WILLIAM.

The Spirit of the Age. Or Contemporary Portraits. 1825. (Facsimile).

Oxford: Woodstock Books, 1989. 1854770217. Facsimile reprint of 1825 edition. Hazlitt "balances the utilitarian (Godwin, Bentham) against the romantic (Wordsworth, Coleridge). He is brilliant on Coleridge, and generous to Godwin. Wordsworth he regards as 'a pure emanation of the Spirit of the Age'. Pp.424. Brown cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 45676

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Keywords: William Hazlitt Spirit Age Contemporary Portraits 1825 Facsimile Godwin Bentham Wordsworth Coleridge Biography 47214 General Biography

HEARN, LAFCADIO / BISLAND, ELIZABETH (EDITOR).

The Japanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn.

London: Constable & Co.Limited, 1910. 1st edition. "Lafcadio Hearn, also called (from 1895) Koizumi Yakumo, (1850, Levkás, Ionian Islands, Greece—1904, Okubo, Japan), writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West." (Britannica). Top edge gilt. Contents: Letters to Basil Hall Chamberlain; Letters to W.B.Mason; and Letters to Mrs Hearn. Pp.lx/468, frontispiece portraits photogravure + another portrait photogravure and 4 further illustrations, a few light spots and minor toning, repairs to lower inner hinges of preface and introduction. Publisher's advertisement for Works of Lafcadio Hearn loosely enclosed. Dark blue cloth. gilt title to front and spine, re-cased at some time in the past, wear and bleached spots to spine edges. G+.

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Book number: 46704

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Keywords: Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Letters Bisland Basil Hall Chamberlain Mason Mrs Hearn Literature Biography Travel Asian Culture 48284 General Biography

HELMS, CYNTHIA.

An Ambassador's Wife in Iran.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1981. 0396078818. 1st ed. Account by the wife of former the former US Ambassador to Iran, Richard Helms. Pp.12/212, many b/w photo illustrations, maps to endpapers, signed by the author to title page, owners name to fep. Black cloth spine over white boards, d/w edges chipped. VG/G+.

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Book number: 30504

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Keywords: Helms Ambassador Iran Iranian Biography Tehran Signed Politics 29777 General Biography

HENLING WADE, TOM.

100 Years in China.

Ipswich: Print4me Ltd, 2003. The true story of a British family living in China from 1843-1952, from Clipper ships to Commissars. "This book offers a picture of part of China in the still remembered past, when the Treaty Port system prevailed and the Western nations held 'Concessions' of land in Chinese cities, where their own law prevailed and they enjoyed self-rule, protected by their own military forces. It was a system of neo-colonialism, abhored by Chinese Governments, yet tolerated by many thousands of Chinese for its commercial opportunities and other conveniences." Pp.350, 26 pages of b/w photo illustrations, signature of author(Henling) to title page although his gift inscription has been obscured with tippex, remains of label to title page. Pbk, map to rear inner gate-fold. Scarce. VG.

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Book number: 30763

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Keywords: Henling Wade 100 Years China Biography Treaty Port Chinese British Signed 30147 General Biography

HENNIKER, JOHN.

Painful Extractions. Looking Back at a Personal Journey.

Eye: Thornham Books, 2002. Limited edition of 300 copies. "The product of over 30 hours of recorded conversations, many more hours recorded, hundreds of pages of corresopondence, memoranda and other papers, a long life of service, and a great deal of groaning." Pp.174, colour postcard -style photo of John Patrick Edward Chandos Henniker-Major (1916-2004) with signed note to back by his widow Julia Henniker + 2 newspaper obituaries loosely enclosed. Green cloth, gilt title to front and spine, clear cellophane dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 45835

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Keywords: John Henniker Painful Extractions Biography Germany Foreign Office World War II Yugoslavia Belgrade Jordan Denmark British Council 47384 General Biography