METEYARD ELIZA

Life of Josiah Wedgwood, The - from his private correspondence and family papers - Volume II

London, Hurst and Blackett. 1866. Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 9.25 x 6.25"; 643pp; blue cloth with gilt; a well worn copy; volume two only; 154 illustrations;. Good Reading Copy/No Jacket.

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Book number: 1343

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Wedgwood; Pottery; China; Art; Biography;

FARNAN, DOROTHY J.

Auden in Love

London, Faber and Faber. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0571133991) Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, W. H. Auden was the greatest poet of his generation, he was also a practising homosexual, whose great lifelong love was Chester Kallman. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 12365

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0571133991 Auden Poet Poems Poetry Homosexual Chester Kallman Biography

FLOYD, KEITH

Floyd in the Soup

London, Pan. 1988. (ISBN: 0330305042) Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 6 x 9"; 166 pages; paperback; vg/-;. Very Good.

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Book number: 11227

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0330305042 Cookery Floyd Chef Biography Cooking

FORSTER, MARGARET

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography

London, Chatto and Windus. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0701130180) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, This biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, written with reference to Browning correspondence only recently available, argues that the poet was a strong and determined woman largely responsible for her own incarceration in Wimpole Street. The author traces her life from her early childhood and adolescence and explores her marriage. Dustjacket has some minor discolouration to the front edge. Good/Good.

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Book number: 13424

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0701130180 Poem Poetry Browning Biography

FORSTER, MARGARET

William Makepeace Thackeray - Memoirs of a Victorian Gentleman

London, BCA. 1979. Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 6.25 x 9.5"; 391pp; burgundy cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; good copy;. Good/Good.

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Book number: 3582

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoirs; Victorian; Writer; Biography;

FRANCIS, CLIVE

Sir John: The Many Faces of Gielgud

London, Robson Books. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0860519031) Hardcover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book, In joint celebration of a distinguished career and Sir John's 90th birthday, actor and artist Clive Francis has compiled an evocative book of caricatures, complemented by many anecdotes and reminiscences provided by Sir John's chums and colleagues in show business. Very Good/Good - Priceclipped.

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Book number: 14847

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0860519031 Gielgud Biography Anecdotes

GIBSON, JOHN

Kevin Keegan - Portrait of a Superstar

London, W. H. Allen. 1984. Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 5.5 x 9"; 213pp; black cloth with silver; dustwrapper; nice clean copy, with small tear to rear free end paper without loss; fully illustrated;. Good/Good.

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Book number: 2493

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Football; Sport;

GIELGUD, VAL

My Cats and Myself - A Fragment of Autobiography

London, Michael Joseph. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718110277) Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 119pp; brown with gilt; dustwrapper; front and rear end papers slightly brown; contents clean; 5 b&w illustrations; tells the story of the cats that have invaded his various caves, from the time he was a small boy, bespectacled and bespotted, right through his distinguished career in radio drama;. Good/Good.

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Book number: 1227

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0718110277 Cats; Radio;

GILBERT, MARTIN

Churchill - A Photographic Portrait

London, Penguin. 1974. Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 7.5 x 9.5"; not paginated; large format paperback; various related newspaper cuttings loosely inserted; good clean copy;. Good.

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Book number: 6816

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Churchill; Biography; War; History; Politician; Blenheim; Bladon; Prime Minister;

GODWIN, EDWARD AND STEPHANI

Warrior Bard - The Life of William Morris

London, Harrap. 1947. Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 5.5 x 8"; 175pp; beige cloth with brown; no dustwrapper,good reading copy. Good Reading Copy/No Jacket.

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Book number: 5809

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Socialism; Writer; Designer; Kelmscott Manor; Politics; Bard;

GRAYSON, RUPERT

Stand Fast, The Holy Ghost

London, Tom Stacey. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0854684522) Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 5.75 x 8.75"; 167pp; red cloth with gilt; dustwrapper, curled to top edge; illustrated; good clean copy;. Good/Good.

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Book number: 5001

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0854684522 Shipbuilding; Ship; Publishing; Book; War; Biography; History;

GROUEFF, STEPHAN

Crown of Thorns: The Reign of King Boris III of Bulgaria

Lanham, MD, Madison. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0819157783) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Traces the life of King Boris of Bulgaria, who defied Hitler's demand to send Bulgarian Jews to Nazi concentration camps and died under mysterious circumstances. Dustjacket spine is sunned. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 15192

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0819157783 King Boris Bulgaria Royalty Biography

HALLIWELL, GERI

If Only

London, Bantam. 1999. Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 6.25 x 9.5"; grey cloth with silver; dustwrapper; illustrated; very good copy;. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 5356

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Pop; Spice Girls; Group; Music; Biography; Band;

HEATON, DAVID AND HIGGINS, JOHN (EDITORS) - FOREWORD BY ALISTAIR COOKE

Times Obituaries 1992, The - Lives Remembered

Oxford, Blewbury Press. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0951828215) Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 6.5" x 9.5"; 309pp; black cloth with gilt title to spine; dustwrapper; mint/mint; foreword by Alistair Cooke; lives of Dame Judith Anderson, Arietty, Asimov, Roberto d' Aubuisson, Francis Bacon, Gert Bastian, Marquess of Bath, David Bathurst, Robert Beatty, Menachem Begin, David Bell, John Cage, Elisabeth David, Marlene Dietrich, Denholm Elliott, Jose Ferrer, Benny Hill, Frankie Howerd to name but a few;. As New/As New.

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Book number: 9801

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0951828215 Obituaries; Asimov; Churchill; Hill; Husain; Elisabeth; David;

HINDE, THOMAS

Lewis Carroll: Looking-glass Letters (The Illustrated Letters)

London, Collins and Brown. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 1855850389) Hardcover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book, Guiding the reader through the period surrounding the production of Carroll's best-known works, this book contains extracts from his letters to family, friends and colleagues, to Alice Liddell, the inspiration behind the original "Alice", and to other young girls he befriended, to his illustrator, Tenniel, and to eminent writers and artists such as Tennyson and Rossetti. Excerpts from Carroll's diaries, plus many of his own photographic portraits, give further insights into this complex man, while the illustrations, which include many of his own photographs, suggest the visual sources that might have fired his imagination and depict the Victorian world in which he lived. Fully illustrated. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 13262

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 1855850389 Children Carroll Alice Biography