LARTEGUY, JEAN.(EDITOR).

The Sun Goes Down. Last letters from Japanese suicide-pilots and soldiers.

London:New English Library/Times Mirror,1975. 1st in this ed. "This volume is a collection of letters by Japanese students and soldiers who fought in the Far East, or were pilots of suicide planes or of human torpedoes..Why did these men choose to die as martyrs? What are the limits of devotion to duty? Is freedom worth such sacrifices?" Pp.127/1(ads),toning to pages. P/b. G+.

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Book number: 10841

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Keywords: Larteguy Sun Down Letters Japanese Suicide Pilots Soldiers Martyrs World War II Planes Death Martydom Duty China Pearl Harbour Japan Pacific Kamikazi Hiroshima A3861 General Biography

LEASOR, JAMES.

The Serjeant-Major. The Biography of R.S.M. Ronald Brittain M.B.E., Coldstream Guards.

London: George G.Harrap & Co.Ltd, 1955. 1st edition. The life-story of "The man with the loudest voice in the Army", who retired after thirty-eight years of continuous service, twenty-five of them as a warrant officer. He took part in many Royal occasions. He appeared, playing himself, in the film about the Guards Armoured Division, "They Were Not Divided". Pp.191, portrait frrontispiece + 19 further black & white photo illustrations, pencil owner's name to front free endpaper, slight toning to pages. Brick red boards, slight sunning to base of spine. Dustwrapper has creased scuffs and some edge loss including publisher's name to base of spine, but is now in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/Good.

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Book number: 50637

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Keywords: Serjeant Major Sergeant Biography Ronald Brittain Coldstream Guards British Army Coronation Trooping Colour Royal Sandhurst Aldershot Guards Armoured Division Film They Were Not Divided Drill 52116 General Biography

LEE, REVEREND JOHN FODEN.

"After April When May Follows".

Privately published, nd. (c.1993). A medley of memories and experiences entitled "The Devil on a Leather Thong" (a tribute to the author's mother), "The Apprentice - The Relic of St Boniface", and "The Magnolia Tree". Unpaginated. Blue stiff card covers with black spine. VG.

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Book number: 48427

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Keywords: Reverend John Foden Lee After April When May Follows Memoir Memories Biography National Service Raf Padgate Warrington Wythall Corby Steel Brixworth 49854 General Biography

LEWIS, R.W.E.

Dante.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001. 0297647024. This biography of one of the most important fathers of modern poetry paints a compelling portrait of a complex man, and the life and times which were to shape his extraordinary imagination and art. Pp.193, map of Dante's Italy. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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Book number: 44042

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Keywords: Lewis Dante Biography Florence Love Poetry War Beatrice Politics Divine Comedy Ravenna 45403 General Biography

LEWIS, R.W.B.

Edith Wharton. A Biography.

New York: Harper & Row, 1975. 1st ed. Biography of Edith Wharton who became one of the most admired and widely read novelists in American literature. Pp. 14/592, portrait frontis, 30 b/w illustrations. Beige cloth, d/w slightly rubbed and price-clipped. VG/VG.

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Book number: 15604

Catalogue: General Biography

Keywords: Lewis Edith Wharton Biography Novelist American Literature Illustrated A9840 General Biography

LEWIS, GEORGINA KING.

Elizabeth Fry.

London:Headley Brithers,1912. Rep. Biography of the Quaker prison reformer. Pp.176,b/w portrait frontis,owners name to fep, occasional spotting. Green cloth, gilt title to front and spine. G.

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Book number: 11463

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Keywords: Lewis Elizabeth Fry Quaker Prison Reform Biography Society Friends A4878 General Biography

LEWIS, MARGARET.

Ngaio Marsh. A Life.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1992. Rep. "This book is a new and lively authorised biography, based on personal reminiscences, unpublished letters and notebooks." Pp. 276, pages slightly toned, b/w photo's in book. P/b,minor creasing to spine. G+.

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Book number: 15151

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Keywords: Lewis Ngaio Marsh Biography Crime Fiction A9045 General Biography

LONGSON, MICHAEL.

A Classical Youth. and other pieces.

London: Anthony Blond, 1985. 1st ed. ".. is a delightful and nostalgic story of a boy growing up in the early decades of this century." 24cms. x 16cms. Pp. 168. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

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Book number: 19951

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Keywords: Longson Classical Youth Other Pieces Biography Early 20th Century A15608 General Biography

LOVELL, MARY S.

A Rage to Live. A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton.

London: Little, Brown and Company, 1998. 0316643858. 1st edition. "Frequently descibed within his own lifetime as 'the most interesting figure of the nineteenth century', Sir Richard Burton has been the subject of numerous biographies. Remarkably, however, 'A Rage to Live' is the first book to detail fully his relationship with Isabel, his intelligent, striking and unconventional wife..Drawing on stunning new evidence - Isabel Burton's own papers which were believed to have been burned after her death, as well as many other previously unpublished sources - Mary S.Lovell reassesses two lives packed with romance, incident and adventure.." Pp.xviii/910, 55 black & white photos and illustrations + a mapof Burton's East African Journeys (1857-9), maps to endpapers. Black cloth, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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Keywords: Lovell Rage to Live Biography Richard Isabel Burton Adventure Exploration Mirza Abdullah Miss Arundell Horn of Africa Crimea Harar Lake Tanfanyika Source Nile Kama Shastra 48360 General Biography

MACQUEEN-POPE, W.

Back Numbers: A Disturbance of the Dust of Yesteryear Written for Back Numbers by a Back Number.

London: Hutchinson, 1954. 0. 1st edition. Memoir by the English actor, manager and theatre historian, Walter Macqueen-Pope. "A stimulating companion, ‘Popie’ excelled in communicating the glamour and excitement of Edwardian theatre-going, and his inaccuracies were forgiven for the sake of the brilliant light he threw on personalities and events in the theatre of his lifetime."(Encyclopediadotcom). Pp.352, 84 b/w photos and illustrations throughout, inscribed by the author to the half-title page"To my friend Ronnie Hill(?), who believes that old Backnumbers are & were - not so bad & so is a person of great esteem. My Best Wishes always H.Macqueen-Pope. Popie. 2/2/56". Dark pink cloth, gilt title to spine, covers slightly rubbed and bumps to corners. G+.

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Book number: 34130

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Keywords: Macqueen Pope Signed Backnumbers Memoir Edwardian Theatre Memories Anecdotes Personal History Actor Illustrated 34419 General Biography

MACVICAR, ANGUS.

Bees in My Bonnet. Reminiscences of a Highland Boyhood.

London: Arrow Books. 1984. "Danny the Tink, the watch-mender who insisted on pagan death rites...Pipe-smoking old Florre, who left her hovel to play tracking games with the boys...Mary MacAulay, the spinster who saw visions of a fair city in the sea...These are some of the great Highland characters the author knew more than half a century ago". Pp 182, pages toned, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 23893

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Keywords: Macvicar Bees Bonnet Reminiscences Highland Boyhood Biography 20273 General Biography

MACVICAR, ANGUS.

Gremlins in my Garden. Confessions of a Harassed Horticulturist.

London: Arrow Books. 1990. "Manning his defences with seaweed and soil analysis, fish crates and fertilizer, prayer, paraffin, weedkiller and wit. Through his wealth of anecodotes and reminiscences, the entranced reader soaks up his considerable gardening wisdom as naturally as a garden soaks up rain". Pp 147, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

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Book number: 23895

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Keywords: Macvicar Gremlins Garden Confessions Biography Horticulturist 20248 General Biography

MACVICAR, ANGUS.

Heather in my Ears. More Confessions of a Minister's Son.

London: Fontana. 1977. "Full of unusual anecdotes, including some hilarious World War II adventures in Italy. But the centre is of the people and place of Southend on the Mull of Kintyre". Pp 191, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover, pages toned, 4 b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 23896

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Keywords: Macvicar Heather Ears Confessions Ministers Son Biography 20245 General Biography

MAGRUDER, GAIL.

A Gift of Love.

London: Oliphants, 1976. 1st ed. "Her family's heart rending struggle to stay together through Watergate." Pp. 160. Turquoise blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

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Book number: 28273

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MAITLAND, FREDERICK W.

The Life and Letters of Leslie Stephen.

London: Duckworth & Co. Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, MCMVI. [1906 ] . 0. First edition. Biography of the English author, critic, historian, biographer, and mountaineer, and father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. Pp.x/510 . Portrait photogravure (from a painting) frontispiece + 4 further portrait photogravures, slight toning to pages.Original blue cloth.Gilt titles to spine, edges rubbed and bumped. VG.

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Book number: 46736

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Keywords: Maitland Life Letters Leslie Stephen National Dictionary Biography Literature Virginia Woolf 48317 General Biography