HENRY, STELLA VITTY.

Better Than Riches. A Story of Family Possessions.

Hartland: Solitarian Press, 1956. 0. 1st ed. Anecdotes and poetry. Pp.90, incribed by the author to front free endpaper, errata slip. Green cloth, gilt title to front. VG.

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HIGHAM, CHARLES.

Brando. The Unauthorized Biography.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1987. 1st British ed. ".. a spellbinding biography, as fascinating and astonishing as the controversial, manic, brilliantly talented man it reveals". 24.1cms. x 15.8cms. Pp. 330, 29 b/w photos, slight toning to pages. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

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HIGHAM, FLORENCE M.G.

Lord Shaftesbury. A Portrait.

London:SCM,1945. 1st ed.(RBC.No.45). Pp.127, owners name to fep. Green boards. G+.

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HILDRED, STAFFORD, & EWBANK, TIM.

David Jason. The Biography.

London: Blake Publishing Ltd, 1997. 1st hardback ed. "This affectionate and immensely readable biography is based on David Jason's own memories plus recollections from friends, relatives and co-stars of both stage and screen." Pp. 16/303, 19 colour plates, 24 b/w illustrations. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

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HILL, LYNN.

Climbing Free. My Life in the Vertical World.

London: HarperCollins Entertainment, 2003. 0007145691. Autobiography of the American climber, whose most famous climb was the first free ascent of The Nose on Yosemite's El Capitan - 3000 feet of vertical rock which she climbed in under 23 hours, without gear, and much of the time in darkness. Pp.xvi/270, 16 pages of colour photos + occasional black & white photos. Paperback, minor creasing to covers. VG.

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HILL, CHRISTOPHER.

Oliver Cromwell. 1658-1958.

London:Historical Association,1965. Rep. Pamphlet - General Series No.38. Pp.30/2(ads). Grey card covers. VG.

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HILLIAM, B.C.

Flotsam's Follies. The Autobiography of B.C.Hilliam. "Flotsam".

London: Arthur Barron Limited, 1948. 1st edition. Pp.xv177, black & white portrait photo frontispiece + 10 further black & white plates, slight toning to pages, owner's name to front free endpaper. Black cloth, title to spine dulled. G+.** "Bentley Collingwood Hilliam (1890–1968), usually credited as B. C. Hilliam, was an English singer, songwriter and musician, and the first-named member of the comedy duo Mr. Flotsam and Mr. Jetsam (Mr. Jetsam was Malcolm McEachern).

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HINDELL, KEITH.

A Gilded Vagabond.

Brighton: Book Guild Publishing, 2012. 9781846246920. 1st edition. Chronicles the first 50 years of a rewarding life and reflects not only on the author's schools (he won a scholarship to Harrow) but on the army, the BBC, the United Nations and the United States, all seen through the prism of his atypical working-class background. Pp.x/321, inscribed by the author "To Douglas Stuart. From whom I learned much. Together we founded an institution! Many thanks Keith Hindell" to half-title page, 8 pages of black & white photos. Blue boards, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG. **Association copy of 'The World Tonight' presenter Douglas Stuart who is pictured and referenced in the book.

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HJALMARSON, BIRGITTA.

Artful Players: Artistic Life in Early San Francisco.

Los Angeles: Balcony Press, 1999. 1st Printing. "It is a well researched, highly readable treatise on how the American art scene developed in the far West." Pp. 256, 48 plates, 35 chapter illustrations, illustrated endpapers. Dark blue cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

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Book number: 29860

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HOBSON, J.A.

John Ruskin. Social Reformer.

London: James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1899. Second edition. "The main part of this book is devoted to a statement and a vindication of Mr Ruskin's claim to have placed Political Economy upon a sounder scientific and ethical foundation than it had hitherto possessed, and to have built upon that foundationan ideal of a prosperous human society." Pp.xii/336/4(publisher's catalogue), portrait frontispiece, name to front free endpaper, endpapers browned, cracking to inner front hinge but holding. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, wear to edges and corners. G+.

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Keywords: Hobson John Ruskin Social Reformer Art Political Economy Economics Science Modern Industry Socialism Aristocracy Machinery Industrial Towns Education Womans Place Guild St George Biography 47272 General Biography

HODDER, EDWIN.

The Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G. as Social Reformer.

London: James Nisbet & Co Limited, 1897. 1st edition. Confined to the Social Reformer aspect of his career, this book gives a brief resume of the important movements to which he devoted his life "standing out pre-eminently as the champion of the defenceless and oppressed, and winning for himself a name that will lve for ever in the annals of this country as the Friend of the Working Man, and THE great Social Reformer of the nineteenth century." Pp.195, portrait frontispiece, some pages uncut. Dark green ribbed cloth, gilt title to front and spine, publisher's label to front board. VG.

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Keywords: Hodder Seventh Earl Shaftesbury Social Reformer Career Factory Legislation Women Children Lunatics Lunacy Law Chimney Sweeps Climbing Boys Mines Collieries Factory Acts Sanitation Ragged Schools 44394 General Biography

HODGSON, STUART.

Portraits and Reflections.

London: Nisbet & Co.Ltd, 1929. 0. Collection of essays about famous/important people of the day. Subjects include: King George V; Lloyd George; Aristide Briand; Churchill; Mussolini; Lord Birkenhead; Henry Ford; Senor Capablanca; Austen Chamberlain; Canon Streeter; Mr 'Alf' Smith; J.H.Thomas; Lord Melchett; William Joynson Hicks; J.M.Keynes; Lady Astor; Sir John Simon; Leon M.Lion; Garvin; A.G.Gardiner; Arthur Henderson; Robert Lynd; Dr Glover. Pp.192. Green cloth, d/w rubbed and chipped. VG/G+.

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Keywords: Stuart Hodgson Portraits Reflections Essays George V Lloyd George Briand Churchill Mussolini Birkenhead Ford Capablanca Austen Chamberlain Streeter Alf Smith Melchett Joynson Hicks Keynes 35122 General Biography

HOPPER, ANDREW.

The World of John Secker 1716-95. Quaker Mariner.

Norwich: Norfolk Record Society, 2011. 9780955635748. Norfolk Record Society Volume LXXV for 2011. "The son of a Quaker miller from North Walsham, Secker's global sea-faring life took him not only across maritime Europe and North America, but also to Arabia, India, the South Seas and Pacific Ocean. His travels encompass themes as diverse as religion, overseas cultures, migration, slavery, navigation, weather, living conditions at sea, commerce and cargoes,naval engagements, discipline and press-gangs, piracy, insurance fraud, foreign imprisonment and Jacobite exiles." Pp.x/194, 6 black & white plates + 9 figure illustrations, 1 map. Maroon cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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HOWARTH, PATRICK.

Attila. King of the Huns. The Man and the Myth.

London: Constable. 1994. 1st ed. "Attila the Hun has been known to the world for centuries as a bloodthirsty tyrant and as little else. In this piece of historical reconstruction the author shows how wrong the judgement of the world has been". Pp 205, inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

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HUGHES, SPENCER LEIGH. ("SUB ROSA").

The English Character.

London: T.N.Foulis, 1912. 1st edition. Pp.300/4(publisher's catalogue), tipped-in colour frontispiece + 15 further tipped-in clour plates reproduced from oil paintings by Frederick Gardner, page edges rough-cut, illustrated owner's bookplate featuring an owl (Frank Spicer) to inside front board, gift message to front free endpaper. Vellum boards with gilt title to front and spine, boards slightly soiled. G+. ** "Hughes began working life as an engineer in the firm of Ransomes, Sims & Jeffries of Ipswich but went on to make his reputation as a journalist with the publication The Morning Leader, for which he wrote for many years a column under the title of 'Sub Rosa'. His articles dealt in a light and witty fashion with current topics, political and other, and he continued writing it for some time after the Morning Leader merged with the Daily News in 1912. Hughes came to be known professionally and in political circles as 'S.L.H' and was regarded a successful Press Gallery journalist". (wiki).

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