HUME, MARTIN A.S.

The Great Lord Burghley. A Study in Elizabethan Statecraft.

London: James Nisbet & Co.Limited, 1898. 1st edition. "For nearly half a century William Cecil, Lord Burghley, exercised greater influence over the future fortunes of England than ever fell to the share of a statesman before or since." Pp.xvi/511, portrait frontispiece, rough-cut page edges, cracking to inside rear hinge but holding. Black cloth, gilt armorial crest to front, gilt title to spine, original publisher's labels (File Copy) to front board, minor edge bumps. G+.

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Book number: 40244

Catalogue: General Biography

Keywords: Hume Great Lord Burghley Elizabethan Statecraft English History Elizabeth I Tudor Politics Religion Robert Cecil 41271 General Biography

HUNT, EDITH.

Diary of a Suffolk Nanny. 1896-1986.

Bury St Edmunds: Privately published, 1986. A condensed history of the long, full and useful life of Miss Edith Hunt when a children's nanny in the early decades of the twentieth century. An endearing picture of a young girl's life, devoted to the health and tender loving care of her babies, often at the cost of her own happiness.Pp.59, occasional black & white photo illustrations. Pink stiff card covers have uneven sunning. G+.

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Book number: 48672

Catalogue: General Biography

Keywords: Edith Hunt Diary Suffolk Nanny Finborough Lloyd Scotland D'Bertadanas St John Perry Crook Kilner Sampson Ashton Kirkwood Families Biography Memoir 50091 General Biography

HURD, MICHAEL.

The Ordeal of Ivor Gurney.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. 0192117521. 1st edition. "Behind the name Ivor Gurney lies the tragic story of a composer and poet whose life seemed full of promise, but who, like Hugo Wolf and John Clare, ended his days in a lunatic asylum..When he died in 1937 he was just beginning to be acknowledged as one of England's finest song composers. But it is only in recent years that his stature as a war poet has been fully appreciated." Pp.xii/230, 13 black & white plates + 3 illustrations. Brown cloth, dustwrapper sunned to blue to spine and top rear edge. VG/G+.

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Book number: 42434

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Keywords: Hurd Ordeal Ivor Gurney Composer Biography Songs Gloucester London France Western Front England Asylum 43796 General Biography

HUTCHINSON, GEORGE.

The Last Edwardian at No. 10. An Impression of Harold Macmillan.

London: Quartet Books, 1980. 1st ed. An informal and affectionate but not uncritical impression touching on Harold Macmillan's earlier life and his retirement as well as his years of power. Pp. 151/5 Index, 30 illustrations. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w has slight sunning to spine. VG/G+.

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Book number: 20159

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Keywords: Hutchinson Last Edwardian No 10 Impression Harold Macmillan Illustrated A15811 General Biography

HYDE, MARY.

The Thrales of Streatham Park.

Cambridge (Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1978. 3rd printing. The story which follows surrounds a journal of Hester Lynch Thrales, one which gives a rare insight into the life of an eighteenth-century family that was to have both typical and unusual experiences - the most unusual being its close friendship with one of the great men of English Literature [Samuel Johnson]". 26cms x 160cms. Pp.xviii/373, many black & white illustrations. Black cloth, dustwrapper has a clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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Book number: 44549

Catalogue: General Biography

Keywords: Hyde Thrales Streatham Park Samuel Johnson Family History Biography 46023 General Biography

IGNATIEFF, MICHAEL.

Isaiah Berlin: A Life.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1998. "The author's chief source for the biography was a series of interviews with Berlin himself, as well as the colleciton of correspondence, to and from Berlin, in the Berlin Archive at Wolfson College." Pp.11/356+25 b/w illustrations, owner's inscription to title page. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 23560

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Keywords: Ignatieff Isaiah Berlin Life General Biography A17970 General Biography

INGLIS, BRIAN.

Roger Casement.

London: Purnell Book Services Ltd, 1973. 1st Book Club ed. "This definitive biography of Roger Casement is a timely and thoroughly researched book embracing issues still very much alive today." Pp. 448, 33 b/w illustrations + 5 maps. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w has creased fly-leaf. VG/G+.

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Book number: 15676

Catalogue: General Biography

Keywords: Inglis Roger Casement Biography Illustrated Maps A9989 General Biography

ISAACSON, WALTER.

Steve Jobs.

London: Little, Brown, 2011. 9781408703748. Reprint. "Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors and colleagues - this book chronicles the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing and digital publishing." Pp.xxii/630, 23 black & white photos, photo illustrated endpapers. White cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.

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Book number: 40884

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Keywords: Isaacson Steve Jobs Biography Mac Computer Imac Apple Stores Itunes Pixar Personal Computers Animated Movies Music Phones Tablet Computing Digital Publishing 42018 General Biography

JAMESON, DEREK.

Touched by Angels.

London: Ebury Press, 1988. 1st ed. "This is the untold chronicle of the tough newspaperman who laughed his way to the top, established himself as a Fleet Street legend years before his beloved great British public had ever heard of him". 24 cms. x 16cms. Pp. 217, portrait frontis. 13 photos. Blue cloth, portrait illustd. d/w. VG/VG.

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Book number: 12015

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Keywords: Jameson Touched by Angels Biography Fleet Street Legend A5064 General Biography

JOHNSTON, SIR HARRY (EDITOR).

A Book of Empire Heroes.

London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, nd. (c.1934). Collins Boys Library of Famous Men. Contents: I.David Livingstone; II.Sir Henry M. Stanley; III.Sir William Francis Butler; IV.John McDouall Stuart; V.Sir Richard F.Burton; VI.Sir Francis E. Younghusband; VII.James Chapman; VIII.Lieut. Boyd Alexander. Unpaginated. Colour frontispiece + 2 further colour plates, sligjhtly toned to free endpapers, gift message to front free endpaper. Bright green cloth, minor wear to top and tail of spine, dustwrapper has colour illustration pasted to front board, spine darkened, edge wear with small chipped losses. Scarce. VG/Good.

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Book number: 47717

Catalogue: General Biography

Keywords: Harry Johnston Book Empire Heroes Famous Men Livingstone Stanley Butler Mcdouall Stuart Burton Younghusband Chapman Boyd Alexander Biography Childrens 49199 General Biography

JOHNSTON, ALVA.

The Incredible Mizners.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. 1st ed. "Anyone interested in the non-political and non-statistical history of the United States will read these pages with deepest interest, if not with continuous edification." Pp. 271, 2 b/w illustrations. Red cloth, illustrated d/w by Osbert Lancaster has edge wear and is price-clipped. VG/G+.

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Book number: 15596

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Keywords: Johnston Incredible Mizners Biography Illustrated A9807 General Biography

JONES, ALED WITH HENLEY, DARREN.

Aled. The Autobiography. (Signed).

London: Virgin Books, 2005. 1852272503. 1st edition. "Aled Jones was a choirboy with a remarkable voice, whose prodigious talent propelled him to international stardom..Best known as a boy soprano for his hit "Walking in the Air", Aled tells the full story of this phenomenal record and the effect it had on his life. Always refreshingly honest and self-effacing, Aled reveals how he faced up to life after his voice had broken and how he carved out a new career for himself on stage, record, television and radio." Pp.viii/248, 8 pages of colour and black & white photos, signed by Aled to front free endpaper. Blue cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 40706

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Keywords: Aled Jones Signed Autobiography Boy Sopranao Walking in the Air Snowman Singing Singer Music 41825 General Biography

JONES, JACK.

Union Man: An Autobiography. (Signed).

London: Collins, 1986. 0002171724. 1st edition. Autobiography of the former leader of the Transport and General Worrkeers Union who "more than anyone else, was responsible for building it into the largest and most important grouping of workers anywhere in the world." Pp.351, 17 black & white photo illustrations,inscribed "For Peggy with best wishes i salud! Jack Jones 2/8/87" to front free endpaper. Red cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.

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Book number: 48578

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Keywords: Jack Jones Signed Union Man Autobiography Tgwu Transport General Workers Union Spanish CIVIL War Ebro Liverpool Labour Movement Socialist Politics Scanlon Coventry Car Industry Tuc Acas 50008 General Biography

KAPLAN, JUSTIN.

Lincoln Steffens. A Biography.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. 1st ed. "Justin Kaplan has given us a picture of Steffens in the great days of the muckrakers and their influence on this country which is well worth reading." Pp. 380/30 b/w illustrations. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

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Book number: 15678

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Keywords: Kaplan Lincoln Steffens Biography Illustrated A9994 General Biography

KAUFMAN, BEATRICE AND HENNESSEY, JOSEPH.(EDITORS).

The Letters of Alexander Woollcott.

London:Cassell,1946. 1st ed. Pp.22/330,small Foyles booksellers label to verso front board. Black cloth,gilt title to spine,edges slightly rubbed. G+.

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Book number: 15912

Catalogue: General Biography

Keywords: Kaufman Hennessey Letters Alexander Woollcott Biography Phalanx A10704 General Biography