MOORE SMITH, G.C.

The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to William Temple.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. "Written by a girl to her loveer between the end of 1652 and the autumn of 1654. They are addressed to a man who himself became known as a master of English prose and as a statesman and patriot of outstanding ability and honesty." Pp.lii/331. Dark blue cloth, dustwrapper is in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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MOORE, S.K.

Popcorn to Rock 'N' Roll.

Fillongley: Fillongley Publications, 2014. 9780951511671. Life and Death of a Pirate. First book in a trilogy of a biographical history that reads like a novel. "1946-1960 Post-war Britain, Reg and Dorothy Calvert marry and with little money, live in an old bus. Reg tries various ways to make a living but when he first hears Bill Haley's 'Rock Around The Clock,' he has a dream, to bring Rock 'n' Roll to England." Pp.154, occasional black & white photo illustrations. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 48018

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Keywords: Moore Popcorn Rock N Roll Trilogy Pirate Radio Reg Calvert Bandbox Music 49462 General Biography

MOOREHEAD, ALAN.

Montgomery.

London: Military Book Society, 1973. 1st ed. by Military Book Society. "A sympathetic and convincing picture of the evolution of a great soldier and a great strange man". Pp. 255, portrait frontis, 15 b/w illustns, + 3 maps. Maps to endpapers. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustd. d/w with slight rubbing to edges. G+/G+.

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Book number: 13926

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MORAES, DOM.

My Son's Father. An Autobiography.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1968. 1st ed. "Here is our world seen from a unique viewpoint and with a passionate intensity that is constantly lightened and thrown into relief by shafts of humour and irony." Pp. 1/242, date and notation to fep. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has small losses. G+/G+.

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MORLEY, SHERIDAN.

Sybil Thorndike. A Life in the Theatre. Preface by Sir John Gielgud.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1977. 1st ed. Biography of Sybil Thorndike - "A star not only of the stage but of life". 25.5cms. x 17.7cms. Pp. 183, 32 b/w illustns. Orange cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustd. d/w slightly chipped to top edges. VG/G+.

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MORRIS, J. MALCOLM.

The Wise Bamboo.

Tokyo: Charles E.Tuttle Company, 1967. 14th printing, 1967. "This is a special edition for sale in Japan, Okinawa and Korea only, being a complete and unabridged photo-offset reproduction of the first American edition". Memoirs of the author's experiences when assigned as manager of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, the VIP billet for General Headquarters, Far East Command, in 1945. Pp.253, owner's name to front free endpaper. Paperback, wear and sunning to spine. Good.

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Keywords: Morris Wise Bamboo Tokyo Imperial Hotel Memoir Humour Post World War Two American Military Vip Billet 50791 General Biography

MOSTESHAR, CHERRY.

Unveiled. Love and Death Among the Ayatollahs.

London: Hodder & Stoughton (Coronet), 1995. 1st ed (Coronet). "Born in Iran, educated in Britain, the author returned to Tehran to reveal the true spirit of her homeland to the world. Instead she found an obstructive and brutal culture that seemed determined to crush and oppress women. This is her story." Pp.13/462+8pp. b/w photographs. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.

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MOUBRAY, GUY DE.

City of Human Memories.

Stanhope: The Memoir Club, 2005. 1841041289. 1st edition. "Guy de Moubray has had a most unusual and varied life..His time at Oxford resulted in long-standing friendships with such eminent names as Sandy Wilson, Kenneth Tynan and Anthony Crosland. The core working years of his life saw him involved in international finance and monetary and economic policy with the Treasury, the Bank of England and the International Monetary Fund.But this book is much more than the tale of a successful career, for he recounts, with deep feeling, personal and revealing emotions focusing on the relationship with his wife, Daphne.." Pp.xii/430, inscribed by the author to title page. Paperback. VG.

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MUGGERIDGE, MALCOLM.

Chronicles of Wasted Time. Volume 1, The Green Stick.

London: Collins, 1972. Rep. An account of Malcolm Muggeridge's life and times, up to 1933. Pp. 284. Lime green cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustd. d/w price clipped. VG/G.

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NABOKOV, VLADIMIR.

Nikolai Gogol.

London: Editions Poetry London, 1947. 1st edition. Biography of the Russian novelist, short story writer and playwright Nikolai Gogol. Pp.164, portrait frontispiece, pages browned (war standard paper), owner's name to front free endpaper, small bookseller's label (Housmans, London) to inside front board. Green cloth, spine and spine edge at rear board sunned. Good.

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Book number: 47580

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Keywords: Vladimir Nabokov Nikolai Gogol Biography Russian 49061 General Biography

NASHOLD, DR. JAMES, & TREMLETT, GEORGE.

The Death of Dylan Thomas.

Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing Co. (Edinburgh) Ltd, 1997. 1st ed. ".. Dr. James Nashold and George Tremlett retrace the Thomases' life together and then, in a dramatic reconstruction of Dylan's last days in New York, establish what really happened." 24cms. x 16cms. Pp. 256, 31 b/w photographs, fep absent. Dark blue cloth, portrait illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

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NETHERCOT, ARTHUR H.

The First Five Lives of Annie Besant.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961. I.The Christian Wife; II.The Atheist Mother; III.The Martyr of Science; IV.The Socialist Labour Agitator; V.The Chela of the Mahatmas. "During her eighty-five years Annie Besant lived many lives, all of them full..a free-thinker, a radical agitator, a feminist, a crusader for birth control, author - editor - publisher, a convert to Fabian socialism, a teacher of science, a social reformer, a strike leader and a trade unionist. But in 1889 she embarked on an even more rebellious and sensational career. Occultism and Theosophy attracted her indomitable energies, and she eventually became Madame Blavatsky's successor and the international president of the stormy and mystical Theosophical Society". Pp.435, numerous black & white photos & illustrations. Red cloth, dustwrapper a little faded with edge wear and small losses. VG/Good.

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Keywords: Nethercot First Five Lives Annie Besant Occultism Theosophy Theosophist Society Birth Control Feminist Socialist Match Girls Diggle Blavatsky Secularist 45239 General Biography

NEVINSON, H.W.

Last Changes Last Chances.

London: Nisbet & Co.Ltd, 1928. 1st edition. Third volume of memoirs, continuing on from the author's return from Berlin after the declaration of war on August 4th 1914 and ending in Palestine in 1926. Pp.xviii/361, black & white portrait frontispiece + 14 further black & white plates + map of the Sulva Landing. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Dustwrapper has old tape mark to spine and small edge tears with minor losses to top of spine and rear. VG/G+. ** Henry W Nevinson (1856 – 1941) was a British campaigning journalist. He was known for his reporting on the Second Boer War, and slavery in Angola. He was also a suffragist, being one of the founders in 1907 of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage.

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Book number: 42749

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NICHOLS, JOHN GOUGH.(EDITOR).

The Autobiography of Anne Lady Halkett.

London: Camden Society, 1875. Ex library. A fragment of Lady Anne Halkett's dxtensive autobiography edited by John Gough ichols. 22cms x 17cms. Pp.xxii/118, armorial bookplate and a label to insiide front board, occasional light spotting. Brown cloth, gilt initials to front board, gilt title to spine.G+.

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NICHOLS, BEVERLEY.

A Thatched Roof. (Illustrated by Rex Whistler).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. 3rd impression. " 'A Thatched Roof' tells of the cottage whose windows look out on to that garden which is already familiar to readers of 'Down the Garden Path'." Pp.285, occasional illustrations by Rex Whistler, a few light spots to endpapers. Red cloth, illustrated dustwrapper dusty with edge tears but is in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/Good.

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Keywords: Beverley Nichols Thatched Roof Rex Whistler Allways Cottage Countryside Nature Garden 50982 General Biography