NORTHCOTE, H. STAFFORD.

Winston Churchill. Man of Destiny.

London: Newnes. nd (c.1963). A biography. 23cms x 17.5cms. Pp 64, full of b/w illustrations. P/b, slight scuffing to spine, portrait cover. G+.

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Book number: 27728

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Keywords: Northcote Winston Churchill Man Destiny Biography 24883 General Biography

NORTON, HOWARD & SLOSSER, BOB.

The Miracle of Jimmy Carter.

Ongar, England: Logos Publishing International, 1976. 1st British ed. A biography of Jimmy Carter. Pp.10/134. P/b with illustrated cover. Photograph of Jimmy Carter and family on back cover. G+.

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Book number: 12899

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Keywords: Norton Slosser Miracle Jimmy Carter Biography A5806 General Biography

NOTT, C.S.

Further Teachings of Gurdjieff. Journey Through This World.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978. 0710089384. Sequel to "Teachings of Gurdjieff: A Pupil's Journal". "C.S.Nott relates events in his life from 1927 to 1949. both in Europe and America, telling of meetings with Gurdjieff in France, his friendship with A.R.Orage in England and, during the war, in America..The book contains a summary of Gurdjieff's strange booklet, 'Herald of Coming Good', which Nott distributed for Gurdjieff..Throughout the narrative there runs as a central theme the teaching of Gurdjieff, its impact on the narrator and his striving to carry what he had received from Gurdjieff." Pp.xviii/254, 10 pages of black & white photos. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 45733

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Keywords: Nott Further Teachings Gurdjieff Journey Through This World Orage Ouspensky Pinder New Rochelle Taliesin Frank Lloyd Wright Putney School Vermont Mendham Locust Valley Mahabharata Gnostics 47284 General Biography

OAKES, PHILIP.

From Middle England: A Memory of the Thirties.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1980. 1st ed. "Philip Oakes's evocation of the years immediately before the Second World War is poignant, and he is uniquely valuable because he happens to have been raised in a part of England too often neglected by literature." Pp. 185. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w price-clipped. VG/G+.

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Book number: 25091

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Keywords: Oakes from Middle England Memory Thirties Biography 21760 General Biography

OSBORNE, JOHN.

A Better Class of Person. An Autobiography 1926-1956.

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1982. "An honest, account of a stultifying childhood and early adventures in the provincial theatre". Pp 285, 8 b/w illustrations, pages toned. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 24522

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Keywords: Osborne Better Class Autobiography Childhood Theatre Adventures 21013 General Biography

PALIN, MICHAEL.

Michael Palin. Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. 0297844369. 2nd edition. "In this first volume of his diaries he tells how Python emerged and triumphed.Enjoying an unlikely cult status early on. the group then proceeded to tour in the United States and Canada, appearing, like pop stars, at sold-out stadiums coast to coast and on national chat shows." Pp.xxii/650, many colour and black & white photo illustrations. Maroon cloth, dustwrapper is in a clear protective wrap. PLUS. 5 different photo postcards of Michael Palin.

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Book number: 40715

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Keywords: Michael Palin Diaries Monty Python Flying Circus Tv Comedy Autobiography Sketch Show Humour Humor 41831 General Biography

PALMER, ALAN.

George 1V.

London: Sphere Books, 1975. "George 1V was a long time coming into his inheritance..He proved an able monarch, acting with diplomacy and political acumen." Pp, 127, many b/w illustrations and some col, page edges slightly toned. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 11919

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PALMER, FREDERICK DANBY. (EDITOR).

Leaves from the Diary and Journal of the Late Charles. J. Palmer, F.S.A.

Great Yarmouth: J.Buckle, 1892. Charles John Palmer, FSA (1 January 1805 – 1882) was an English lawyer, known as a historian of Great Yarmouth. 26cms x 21.5cms. Pp.vi/117, engraved portrait frontispiece + amorial crest to end, brown foliate endpapers a little toned to front free endpaper, (cracking to inner hinge next to final page of index (but holding). Dark blue cloth, gilt title to front, minor wear to spine. G+.** "For many years he resided at No. 4 South Quay, in an Elizabethan house which his father had purchased in 1809..He was the chief promoter of the Victoria Building Company; and as a result of his attention, the Priory Hall was restored and converted to a "National" school, and the whole of the seafront was developed as a seaside resort, with the new Marine Parade and the erection of a series of buildings, notably the Britannia Terrace, the Carlton Hotel (as it became), the Assembly Rooms (Masonic Lodge), and the Wellington Pier. In 1830 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries."(wiki).

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Book number: 47949

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Keywords: Charles John Palmer Fsa Leaves Diary Journal Great Yarmouth Local History Norfolk General Biography 49437 General Biography

PALMER, JOHN.

Moliere: His Life and Works.

London:G.Bell and Sons,1930. 1st ed. "The work of Moliere cannot be isolated from the man; still less can the man be isolated from his period."(Author's preface). Pp.8/431,portrait frontis. + 7 further b/w illustrations, owners details to verso front board. Green cloth,gilt title to spine, slight sunning to spine. G+.

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Book number: 16747

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Keywords: Palmer Moliere Life Works Biography Literature Drama A11799 General Biography

PARKER, DEREK.

Familiar To All. William Lilly and Astrology in the Seventeenth Century.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. 022401112X. 1st edition. "A colourful picture of the social life of the time and of astrology's last great stand as a science. In an age ripe with catastrophic forebodings, Lilly watched at close quarters the majority of Londoners flee from epidemics through dung-filled streets, the overthrow of a king, transformation under Cromwell, and the City burning from end to end. Although later maligned for the panic they inspired in the populace, astrologers in the mid-seventeenth century, in particular William Lilly, were held in awe at the centre of the nation's frail fabric." Pp.272, 10 black & white plates, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper. Dark blue cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear but is in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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Book number: 46188

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Keywords: Derek Parker Signed Familiar to All William Lilly Astrology 17th Century Biography Almanacks Prophesy Plague Fire London King Charles Cromwell CIVIL War 47770 General Biography

PARKER, DR ERNEST.

In and Out of my Consulting Room.

London: Edgar Backus, 1933. 1st ed. Pp.240, name to fep, 2 b/w illustrations. Blue cloth, edges slightly rubbed, gilt title to spine. G+.

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Book number: 20571

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Keywords: Parker Consulting Medical Insomnia A16326 General Biography

PARRIS, MATTHEW.

Chance Witness. An Outsider's Life in Politics. (Signed).

London: Viking, 2002. 0670894400. 1st edition. "Matthew Parris is part participant, part bystander. He observes. In this candid autobiography, he describes what it was like to be so close to the centre yet remain an outsider. He writes about his extraordinarily itinerant childhood, his rejection of MI6 and London Transport's rejection of him, and the calamitous end to his spell working in Mrs Thatcher's office. And of course he writes of politics and politicians, from Mrs Thatcher and Chris Patten to Peter Mandelson, Tony Blair and Michael Portillo. The result is a surprising and eccentric story, sometimes funny and always entertaining.." Pp.xx/503, 16 pages of black & white photo illustrations, inscribed by Matthew Parris to title page, ticket stub for the author's appearance at the 25th Buxton Festival + bookmark loosely enclosed. Blue boards, dustwrapper slightly sunned to spine. VG/G+.

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Book number: 46303

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Keywords: Matthew Parris Signed Chance Witness Autobiograpjy Gay Homosexuality Politics Conservative Party Thatcher Parliamentary Sketch Writer 47877 General Biography

PARSONS, W.G.L.

A 'Mellstock Quire' Boy's Recollections of Thomas Hardy.

Wells: W.G.L.Parsons, nd.(c.2005). Previously published in the 'Monograph' series by J.Stevens-Cox, F.S.A, Toucan Press. Pp.12, black & white photo of the 10 feet high granite column close by Hardy's Birthplace at Higher Bockhampton erected to his memory by a few American admirers in 1931. Yellow card covers. Plus small 4 page booklet on Saint Michael's Church Stinsford, where Thomas Hardy's heart is buried (his ashes lie in Westminster Abbey), scuffed across front cover. Good.

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Book number: 40971

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Keywords: Parsons Mellstock Quire Boys Recollections Thomas Hardy Stinsford Church Under Greenwood Tree 32282 General Biography

PARTRIDGE, FRANCES.

Life Regained. Diaries 1970-1972. (Signed).

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson,1998. 0297842463. 1st edition. "Frances Partridge..the last survivor of the legendary Bloomsbury group. She began to publish her diaries at the age of seventy and they were immediately hailed as an unexpected literary event.." This is the sixth volume of diaries which follow her life during the years of 1970 and 1971. Pp.xvi/256, signed by Frances Partridge to title page with a line drawn through the printed name, 8 pages of colour photos to centre. Green cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 41957

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Keywords: Frances Partridge Signed Life Regained Diaries Bloomsbury Group Travel Russia Nicholas Henderson Poland Brenan Parlade Kee Dadie Rylands Heywood Hill Lennox Berkeley Cyril Connolly 43241 General Biography

PARTRIDGE, FRANCES.

Ups and Downs. Diaries 1972-1975.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001. 0297607170. 1st edition. "Frances Partridge is recognised as one of the great British diarists. She began writing her diaries at the start of the Second World War but only to publish them in her seventies." Frances Partridge was the last survivor of the inner core of the Bloomsbury Group until her death in 2004 at the age of 103. This is the seventh volume of her diaries. Pp.xviii/350, 8 pages of colour photos to centre. Brown boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 41956

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Keywords: Frances Partridge Ups Downs Diaries Bloomsbury Group Ralph Burgo Alix Strachey Nancy Mitford Bob Gathorne Hardy Amaryllis Garnett Bunny Angelica Portugal New York Mexico Parlade Knollys Rylands 43242 General Biography