FORMAN, MAURICE BUXTON.

The Letters of John Keats. (Second edition with revisions and additional Letters).

London:Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press,1935. 2nd ed.revised with additional letters. Pp.70/560,multi-portrait frontis,some pages uncut. Dark red cloth,gilt title to spine. VG.

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FREWEN, MORETON.

Melton Mowbray & Other Memories.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1924. 1st edition. Autobiography of the Anglo Irish writer Moreton Frewen. Pp.xii/311, portrait frontispiece + 15 further black & white plates, dampstain to margin of p.98 and top margin of facing plate. Grey cloth, bleaching to top front andrear corners. Scarce. G+.** "Frewen was a charming if financially incompetent adventurer from an English landed gentry family known for reckless financial and political schemes. He ran through two family fortunes before being granted a remittance and "encouraged" by family to emigrate to America..He emigrated to Wyoming during the cattle boom in the 1870s and 1880s. He married an American heiress and they settled together on a huge Wyoming ranch, The Prince of Wales Ranch, where Frewen built an enormous log lodge/castle later destroyed by fire and ran up ever increasing debt, earning the sobriquets "Mortal Ruin" and "the splendid pauper". Returning to the United Kingdom, where he owned homes in London and Cork, Frewen served as Vice President of the Imperial Federation League. He wrote on tariff reform and other economic matters, and was an advocate of bimetallism. He became involved in Irish affairs through inheriting the Innishannon Estate, some 3,000 acres near Cork, and through his friendships with Lord Dunraven and Timothy Healy (MP). He was elected unopposed at the December 1910 general election as an All-for-Ireland League MP for North East Cork, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He resigned on 5 July 1911 because his seat was needed for Healy and because of his reactionary public statements: his opposition to the Parliament Bill to remove the legislative veto of the House of Lords was proving a political liability. Later he signed the British Covenant in support of Ulster, while continuing to engage in political intrigues". (wiki).

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GHULAM RASSUL GALWAN. (AKSAKAL OF LEH).

Servant of Sahibs. A Book to be Read Aloud.

Cambridge: W.Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1923. 1st edition. Ghulam Rassul Galwan (1878-1925), was a Ladakhi explorer of Kashmiri descent, after whom the Galwan River is named. He was an acclaimed guide and caravan bashi (caravan manager), who accompanied numerous expeditions of European explorers during the British Raj. Excerpts from his travel diary were published under the title Servant of Sahibs, edited by Katherine Barrett, wife of Robert Barrett. Pp.xx/282, black & white portrait frontispiece, spotting to preliminaries including title page and rear endpapers. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Scarce. G+.** Bookplate of "Park Close, Englefield Green" to inside front board. Park Close was built in the Arts & Crafts style and owned in its early years by the civil engineer and politician Urban Hanlon Broughton as his summer residence. In 1930, his widow Mrs Urban H. Broughton was still living there and at 37 Grosvenor Square, London. In 2004 it was bought for 8 million pounds and the anonymous buyers renamed it "Windsor Court", but since then it has been left to deteriorate and may not be saved,.

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Keywords: Ghulam Rassul Galwan Servant of Sahibs Travel Autobiography Leh Kutedar Dr Trall Captain Younghusband Yarkand Hindus Marriage Pamir Russians Himalyan Kashmir Phelps Hunting Litledale Kashgar 49439 General Biography

GEIGER, HERMANN.

Alpine Pilot. (Translated by Alan Tuppen).

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1956. 1st edition. "Landing an aeroplane on glaciers is a job Geiger has perfected after years of flying among Alpine peaks, a job which he has made peculiarly his own, a job few pilots would envy him, but one which, apart from its considerable commercial uses, has led to the saving of many lives." Pp.104, colour photo frontispiece + 32 pages of black & white photo illustrations, occasional minor spotting. Blue cloth has discolouration to top of the spine, dustwrapper rubbed and toned with edge tears and losses to top and tail of spine. Good/G-.

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Keywords: Hermann Geiger Alpine Pilot Swiss Alps Rossier Dent Blanche Flying Aviation Dropping Supplies Rescue Flights Memoir Biography Zanfleuron Glacier Mont Rose Conches Valley Cervin Marcel Rist 49202 General Biography

GELDART, MRS THOMAS.

Memorials of Samuel Gurney.

London: W. and F.G. Cash, 1857. 1st edition. Memoir of the English banker and philanthropist from the Quaker, Gurney family, of Norwich. He was the brother of the social reformer and philanthropist Elizabeth Fry. Pp.viii/156/24 (publisher's catalogue), portrait engraved frontispiece, tanning to title page and occasional light spotting, yellow endpapers. Brown blind-stamped cloth slightly rubbed, gilt title to front and spine, slight sunning to spine with wear to top and tail of spine and bumps to corners. G+."" During the later years of his life, charitable and philanthropic undertakings, such as penal reform and criminal justice, almost monopolized Gurney's attention. He took part in the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention, and was Chairman for the start of the second in 1843. Gurney was a liberal patron of the infant colony of Liberia, kept up a correspondence with President Roberts, and for his many gifts was rewarded by his name being given to a town of Gallenas in 1851. (wiki).

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GERHARDI, HELGA.

Helga.

Buckinghamshire; Virona, 1993. 0952193302. 1st ed. The true story of a young woman's flight as a refugee and how she re-united her war-scattered family. "This book breaks the silence about the horrors faced by people from the Eastern states of Germany at the end of the Second World War." Pp. 433. P/b. Minor creasing to spine. VG.

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Book number: 30074

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GIELGUD, JOHN.

An Actor and His Time.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1981. "Sir Ralph Richardson; the storey of his life in the theatre." Pp, 228, 16 b/w illustrations, page edges toned. P/b, portrait cover. G+.

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Book number: 11883

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GIELGUD, JOHN.

Early Stages.

London:Macmillan,1939. 1st ed. Early autobiography by the celebrated British actor. Pp.12/322,b/w portrait frontis. + 15 further pages of b/w photo plates,owners name to fep. Green cloth. VG.

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Book number: 11495

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GIFFORD, BARRY, & LEE, LAWRENCE.

Jack's Book. An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac.

New York: St.Martin's Press, 1978. 1st ed. "A monumental biography that reads like a novel - the story of Jack Kerouac and his work, in the words of the men and women who were his companions on his lifelong trip through America." Pp. 8/339, 33 b/w illustrations. Beige boards, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

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Keywords: Gifford Lee Jacks Book Oral Biography Jack Kerouac Illustrated America A16016 General Biography

GILBERT, MARTIN.

Shcharansky. Hero of our Time.

Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1987. rev ed. "From eye-witness accounts, documentary evidence and Shcharansky's own letters, the author gives an account of his bitter struggles and courage. In July 1978 Shcharansky was found guilty of espionage against the USSR and sentenced to three years in prison and ten years in labour camp. Pp.18/467+pp8 b/w photographs; slight toning to pages. P/b with illustrated cover, rear cover rubbed. G+.

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Book number: 17970

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Keywords: Gilbert Shcharansky Hero Time Espionage Prison Labour Camp Ussr General Biography A12373 General Biography

GLADKOV, ALEXANDER.

Meetings with Pasternak. A Memoir. Translated & Introduced by Max Hayward.

London: Collins & Harvill Press, 1977. 1st ed. In this memoir, Alexander Gladkov draws a revealing portrait of Boris Pasternak in his later years. Pp. 223. Dark green cloth, d/w has 1/2 cm. tear to front top edge. VG/G.

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Book number: 13723

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Keywords: Gladkov Hayward Meetings with Pasternak Memoir Russia A7689 General Biography

GLENISTER, S.H.

Stories of Great Craftsmen.

London: George G.Harrap & Co.Ltd, 1939. 0. 1st edition. "An interesting and beautifully illustrated account of the life and work of twelve great craftsmen from Caxton to Edison..What more enthralling a story can be devised than a description of good work accomplished for its own sake, with a pride in its fashioning, and a lasting benefit to mankind in its perfection!" Pp.235, illustrations in half-tone and line, review slip loosely enclosed, perforated "complimentary copy not for resale" to final page, owner's details to front free endpaper. Bright green/blue cloth with illustration of Boulton and Watt Rotative Engine in black outlined in orange to front and spine. Dustwrapper has same illustrations but is rubbed with edge tears with small losses. G+/Good.

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Book number: 38973

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Keywords: Glenister Stories Great Craftsmen Gutenberg Caxton Christopher Wren Grinling Gibbons John Harrison Thomas Chippendale Smeaton Wedgwood Richard Arkwright James Watt Stephenson Morris Alva Edison 39922 General Biography

GLOVER, REV. RICHARD.

Self-Discipline: A Memoir of Percy Clabon Glover.

London: James Nisbet, 1889. 0. 1st ed. The author was the vicar of St Luke's, West Holloway, and Percy Clabon Glover was his second son - born in 1856. Percy travelled extensively, going to not only Europe but Australia and New Zealand, and this book details his globe-trotting through his diaries and letters, with many interesting observations. Pp.296/12(ads for other publications), some pages un-cut. Blue cloth, gilt title to front and spine, publisher's 'File Copy' label to front board, small hole to centre of spine. Scarce. G+.

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Keywords: Percy Clabon Glover Rev Richard Glover Self Discipline Memoir Travel Australia Katoomba Great Zigzag Train New Zealand Riviera North Italy Ardennes Auckland Scotland America Biography 35177 General Biography

GOLDIE, SUE M.

"I Have Done My Duty": Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War 1854-56.

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1987. 0719026288. Select ed Letters of Florence Nightingale. "The letters in this volume come from the period that brought her lasting fame. Writing amid scenes of unimaginable horror and chaos, she gave vent to seething indignation in a torrent of letters to officials, family and friends.." Pp.326, portrait frontispiece + 11 further black & white plates. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 44057

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Keywords: Goldie Florence Nightingale Crimean War Letters British History Nursing Biography Scutari Balaclava 45420 General Biography

GOODLAND, NORMAN.

My Father Before Me. (Illustrated by Frank V. Martin.)

London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1953. 1st ed. Biography. Pp. 215, frontis, 36 b/w illustrations, slight spotting to endpapers. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

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