MAXWELL, CHRISTABEL.

Mrs Gatty and Mrs Ewing.

London: Constable, 1949. 1st edition. "Margaret atty and Juliana Horatia Ewing were mother and daughter. Christabel Maxwell is a grand-daughter of Mrs Gatty and a niece of Mrs Ewing. This biography of two remarkable women, based on letters and diaries..stresses the partnership between mother and daughter, the criticism and advice given by the former while she lived, and the extent to which Mrs Ewing - after Mrs Gatty's death - expanded and worked on er mother's ideas." Pp.256, colour frontispiece + 6 sepia plates, spotting to closed page edges occasionally encroaching onto margins, author's name to front free endpaper. Light blue cloth, dustwrapper spotted to spine and edges with small edge tears and chips. G/G.

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Book number: 48474

Catalogue: General Biography

Keywords: Christabel Maxwell Mrs Gatty Mrs Ewing Biography Literature Christian Teaching Children 49909 General Biography

MAXWELL, CHRISTABEL.

Mrs Gatty and Mrs Ewing.

London: Constable, 1949. 1st edition. "Margaret atty and Juliana Horatia Ewing were mother and daughter. Christabel Maxwell is a grand-daughter of Mrs Gatty and a niece of Mrs Ewing. This biography of two remarkable women, based on letters and diaries..stresses the partnership between mother and daughter, the criticism and advice given by the former while she lived, and the extent to which Mrs Ewing - after Mrs Gatty's death - expanded and worked on er mother's ideas." Pp.256, colour frontispiece + 6 sepia plates, inscribed by the author together with a handwritten letter tipped-in to front free endpaper. Light blue cloth, dustwrapper has water-staining to rear and edge tears and chips with loss to top 2.5cms of spine but is in a removable clear protective wrap. G/G-.

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Book number: 48687

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Keywords: Christabel Maxwell Signed Mrs Gatty Mrs Ewing Biography Literature Christian Teaching Children 50119 General Biography

MAYS, SPIKE.

Fall Out The Officers. (signed).

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1969. 1st edition. Second volume of autobiography. "Spike Mays has recreated the 'world of the other ranks' between the wars. his acute and humorous eye reveals affectionately but honestly a world of toughness and discipline on parade, and hard-drinking, hard-swearing rumbustiousness off.." Pp.xii/224, black & white portrait frontispiece + 4 further black white plates, inscribed by the author to half-title page. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has chippedloss to top of spine but is in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/G+.

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Book number: 46375

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Keywords: Spike Mays Signed Fall out the Officers Royal Dragoons Wintle Cavalry Signals Autobiography 50110 General Biography

MAYS, JAMES O'DONALD.

Mr. Hawthorne Goes to England. The Adventures of a Reluctant Consul.

Ringwood: New Forest Leaves, 1983. 1st ed. Biography, detailing Nathaniel Hawthorne's adventures as United States Consul in Liverpool. 25cms. x 17.5cms. Pp. 222/1(ad), 95 b/w illustrations, illustrated endpapers. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w (from original watercolour by Stuart Beck, Royal Society of Marine Artists). VG/VG.

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Book number: 14849

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MCCANN, LEE.

Nostradamus. The Man Who Saw Through Time.

New York: Creative Age Press Inc,1941. 3rd printing. "A strangely gifted man, writing in the 16th Century, forsaw events which took place immediately following his own life, and in his amazing book, the Centuries, he predicted important happenings in all parts of the world, through the years down to 1999. That man was Nostradamus..This is the first and only biography of Nostradamus written in English..The translations of the predictions which make up Part Two are lucid and convincing.." Pp.xvi/421, frontispiece + 6 further full page plates, trefoil yellow patterned endpapers. Orange cloth, dustwrapper (designed by Stefan Salter) has edgewear but is in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/G+.

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Book number: 44308

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Keywords: Lee Mccann Nostradamus Man Saw Through Time Biography Predictions Future Valois Navarre Claude de Savoie 45728 General Biography

MCDONALD, TREVOR.

An Improbable Life. The Autobiography. (Signed).

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019. 9781474615532. 1st edition. "Sir Trevor recounts his personal experience of world events and interviews with globally famous - or notorious - figures..obtaining the first British television interview with Nelson Mandela; his reflections on the Windrush generation; and experiencing Barack Obama's momentous inauguration as President of the USA. We are also present at his dramatic meetings with Saddam Hussein ( the first and only one by a British television correspondent) and Muammar Gaddafi." Pp.xii/322, 16 pages of photo illustrations, signed by the author to title page. Black boards, dustwrapper price-clipped with minor creasing to base of spine. VG/VG.

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Book number: 47854

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Keywords: Sir Trevor Mcdonald Signed Improbable Life Autobiography Television Journalist Itv South Africa Mandela Windrush Obama Saddam Hussein Gaddafi 49346 General Biography

MCDONALD, DONALD.

Percival Norton Johnson. The Biography of a Pioneer Metallurgist.

London: Johnson, Matthey & Co. Limited, 1951. 1st edition. Content: I.Early Years; II.The New Business in Hatton Garden; III.Nickel Silver; IV.The Imperial Brazilian Gold; V.Mines and Mining; VI.The Progress of the London Businjess in the Eighteen Thirties; VII.Tamar and Callington; Viii.The Smelting Works; IX.Miners' Welfare and the End of Johnson's Mining Career; X.The Years of the Great Exhibition; XI.Platinum; XII.Conclusion. Appendix: I.Publications by Percival Norton Johnson; II.Percival Norton Johnson's Honours and Memberships; III.Portraits of Percival Norton Johnson; IV.George Matthey's Obituary of Percival Norton Johnson; V.Bibliography. Pp.224, portrait frontispiece + 11 further black & white plates, inscribed by the author "For Connie, who did so much to lay the foundations of this book. Donald McDonald" to front free endpaper. Green half calf over green cloth board, gilt title to spine, cloth has some uneven fading. VG.

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Book number: 49851

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Keywords: Donald Mcdonald Signed Percival Norton Johnson Biography Pioneer Metallurgist Hatton Garden Nickel Silver Brazilian Gold Mining Tamar Callington Smelting Great Exhibition Platinum George Matthey 51358 General Biography

MCLYNN, FRANK.

Stanley: Sorcerer's Apprentice.

London: Constable, 1991. 0094702209. 1st edition. Second volume of Frank McLynn's biography of Henry Morton Stanley, covering the years 1877-1904. "The author does not diminish Stanley's greatness but points up the dark side of the man and shows up the moral gulf that opened up between the heir of Livingstone and the tawdry apologist for Leopold's Congo atrocities." Pp.xii/499, 8 pages of black and white photos and illustrations, maps to endpapers, top edge has spot stain affecting the top edge of the illustration pages. Grey cloth, dustwrapper slightly rubbed. G+/VG.

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Book number: 37492

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Keywords: Frank Mclynn Henry Morton Stanley Sorcerers Apprentice King Leopold II Belgians Africa Congo Emin Pasha Relief Expedition Ituri Atrocities Biography 38128 General Biography

METCALFE, JEAN.

Sunnylea. A 1920s childhood remembered.

London: Michael Joseph, 1980. 1st ed. A collection of pictorial and written memories of the childhood of Jean Metcalfe. 25cms. x 21.5cms. Pp.60, 27 col. illustns. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w. Price clipped. VG/G+.

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Book number: 13063

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Keywords: Metcalfe Sunnylea 1920s Childhood Remembered Illustrated A6679 General Biography

MICHELMORE, WINSOME.

Thursday's Child.

By Author: 1985. 1st.ed. "This book is the autobiography of Lady Michelmore, young sister of 'Monty' Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, and of course he figures in the pages of this book." Pp. 108, 12 b/w. illustrations. P/b. portrait cover. VG.

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Book number: 4900

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Keywords: Michelmore Monty Viscount Montgomery Alamein Biography 16533 General Biography

MILLER, KENNETH.

The Outspoken Dr Miller.

Stanhope: The Memoir Club, 2006. 1841041599. "From an early age Kenneth Miller proved himself a man with tremendous intellect. After gaining a first class honours degree at Cambridge in Engineering.he joined ICI and quickly rose through the ranks to gain a top position with the company in London..This carefully crafted autobiography contains much that has never been revealed in the political sphere including the author's influential report to Dr Beeching and his part in the long running saga of strained relations between the Department of Education and Science and The Engineering Council." Pp.xii/220. Pbk. VG.

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Book number: 36019

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Keywords: Kenneth Millar Outspoken Dr Miller Autobiography ICI Apv Engineering Council Dr Beeching Politics Engineering 36421 General Biography

MOFFET, TIMOTHY,

The Life and Times of Oscar Wilde.

London: Parragon Books, 1994. 1st ed. "Wit, playwright, novelist, aesthete, children's writer and challenger of Victorian morals." 11cms. x 8.5cms. Pp. 64/6(ads), 8 colour & 8 b/w illustrations. Portrait illustrated laminated boards with matching illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

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Book number: 16930

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Keywords: Moffet Life Times Oscar Wilde Illustrated A11888 General Biography

MONTAGU, VICTOR ALEXANDER.

A Middy's Recollections. 1853-1860.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1900. Memoir of Rear-Admiral the Honourable Victor Alexander Montagu. Montagu entered the Royal Navy as a cadet at the age of 11. He served in the Crimean War (1832–56), seeing action in the Baltic campaign and in the Black Sea. Montagu survived the shipwreck of HMS Raleigh in 1857 and afterwards served with the Naval Brigade of HMS Pearl in the Indian Mutiny, being commended by parliament for his actions. Pp.xii/206, engraved portrait frontispiece + 7 further black & white plates, gift message "Tom Thynne from Rachel" to inside front board, toning to endpapers. Brown cloth has uneven fading, wear to top and tail of spine. Good.

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Book number: 49810

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Keywords: Victor Alexander Montagu Middy's Recollections Biography Midshipman Crimea Navy Punishmentwar Russia China Raleigh Pirate Hunting Indian Mutiny Naval Brigade 51321 General Biography

MONTAGUE, FRANK S.

My Own Man. The Memories of Frank S.Montague.

Upton-on-Severn:Square One,1994.(Privately printed). Posthumously published memoirs of Frank S.Montague who served in the Auxiliary and Royal Air Force. Pp.208,occasional b/w illustrations. Blue cloth. VG.

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Book number: 18129

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Keywords: Montague My Own Man Memories Memoirs Auxiliary Royal Air Force Raf War Ww2 A13208 General Biography

MOORE, JERROLD NORTHROP.

Elgar. Child of Dreams.

London: Faber and Faber, 2004. 0571223370. 1st edition. "Jerrold Northrop Moore pursues his quest for the essential Elgar and sets out the story of an extraordinary creative life. It shows themes of childhood, fantasy and vision fusing into a mature style of nobility and nostalgia. Above all it links the composer to the English landscape that informed all of his work from his earliest years." Pp.viii/212, line drawing portrait frontispiece + 21 black & white photo illustrations. Blue boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 42163

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Keywords: Jerrold Northrop Moore Elgar Child Dreams Biography Music English Composer 43448 General Biography