Paul Spicer

Sir George Dyson: His Life and Music

Boydell Press, 2014. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781843839033 Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; slight wear to jacket edges. It is a strength of this book that Spicer's discussion of the music is both approachable and readable, and in this regard falls very much in the 'life and works' treatment of traditional musicology ... Spicer gives us a very well documented trail that tells us a great deal about the events of [Dyson's] life. - MUSICAL TIMES. Illustrated. 480 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781843839033. Inventory No: dscf11242.

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Jonny Steinberg

Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

William Collins, 2023. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780008353780 First Edition, first printing. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, a few shallow indent marks and light creasing to front of jacket. From one of South Africa’s foremost nonfiction writers, a deeply researched, shattering new account of Nelson Mandela’s relationship with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Drawing on never-before-seen material, Steinberg reveals the fractures and stubborn bonds at the heart of a volatile and groundbreaking union, a very modern political marriage that played out on the world stage. Illustrated. 576 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780008353780. Inventory No: dscf11599.

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Samanth Subramanian

A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane

Atlantic Books, 2020. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781786492814 First Edition, first printing. Clean unmarked pages, firm binding; slight creasing to jacket at top of spine. A well-kept copy. A rich biography of a central figure in the 20th-century genetics revolution... Succeeds superbly. - Kirkus Reviews 400 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781786492814. Inventory No: dscf11204.

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Donna Summer

Ordinary Girl: The Journey SIGNED/Inscribed

Villard, 2004. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781400060313 Inscribed by Author. SIGNED by Donna Summer and inscribed "To Bruce, Love" Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, small stain to lower edge of rear board, moderate creasing/ crumpling to rear lower edge of jacket. 272 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inscribed by Author. ISBN/EAN: 9781400060313. Inventory No: dscf11669.

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Ian Sykes

In the Shadow of Ben Nevis SIGNED

Baton Wicks, 2016. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author. Clean unmarked pages, laminate lifting on lower edge of rear cover. Suffice to say, In The Shadow... is a rattling good yarn, and that's before you even get on to Sykes's life-saving work with the Kinloss Mountain Rescue Team and his climbing adventures in the Alps, the Yukon and elsewhere. - Roger Cox, The Scotsman This book is a good read about a man and his life of adventure in the mountains and out of them. - Nick Carter, Alpha Mountaineering It recounts many lively tales of adventure and mishap. --- Eilidh Davies, Highland News 256 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Signed by Author. Inventory No: dscf10641.

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Erik Tawaststjerna

Sibelius, Vol. III: 1914-57

Faber & Faber, 1997. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fine. 9780571190850 Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. Contents clean thou;gh age toned, age spotting to top edge; very light wear to jacket. This third part of a biography of Jean Sibelius provides an account of his career from the outbreak of World War I, which found him poised on the brink of his 5th Symphony, to his death in 1957. It traces the genesis of the 5th Symphony and gives a portrait of Finland during the early years of independence and civil war. The author relates in detail Sibelius's financial plight during these years, and his struggles with his own psyche. He follows the composer's career through to the 7th Symphony and "Tapiola", and the increasing corrosive streak of self-criticism which blighted his last years, resulting in the destruction of the 8th Symphony. 347 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780571190850. Inventory No: dscf10349.

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John Taylor

Man with a Mission SIGNED/Inscribed

Book Guild Publishing, 2009. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781846243608 Inscribed by Author. SIGNED by the author, with an inscription to the previous owners. A very clean, bright and well-kept copy. 528 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inscribed by Author. ISBN/EAN: 9781846243608. Inventory No: dscf10610.

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Dorothy Howell-Thomas

Duncannon: Reformer and Reconciler, 1781-1847

Michael Russell Publishing, 1993. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780859551922 Slight age spotting to top edge, pages otherwise clean and unmarked, slight creasing to spine ends of jacket. A nicely kept copy. 400 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780859551922. Inventory No: dscf10059.

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Keywords: BZDB229 Biography & Autobiography; Duncannon Reformer and Reconciler 17811847 Dorothy HowellThomas

Hugh Thomas

The Murder of Rudolf Hess

Hodder & Stoughton, 1979. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780340243015 Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked. Dust Jacket is fully intact, no tears or chips, but carries signs of wear to top and bottom edges, corners etc. 224 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0340243015. ISBN/EAN: 9780340243015. Inventory No: DSCF3650.

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Ann Thwaite

Glimpses of the Wonderful: The Life of Philip Henry Gosse

Faber & Faber, 2002. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780571193288 Contents remain clean and unmarked, firmly bound; bright, unclipped jacket with very slight wear to corners. A very pleasing copy. Acclaimed biographer Ann Thwaite explores the life of Gosse, the renowned Victorian naturalist, author and Christian fundamentalist who - as both friend and antagonist to Charles Darwin - sat at the heart of the Victorian conflict between science and religion. 416 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780571193288. Inventory No: dscf10727.

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Danny Trejo

Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption and Hollywood

John Blake, 2021. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781789465280 Clean unmarked pages, slight creasing to upper edge of jacket. 288 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781789465280. Inventory No: dscf11257.

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Jake Tyler

A Walk from the Wild Edge SIGNED/ Inscribed

Michael Joseph, 2021. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780241401163 Inscribed by Author. SIGNED by the author, with a message to the previous owner. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, light shelfwear to jacket. A tale told with courageous honesty. There's much to learn here about how reconnecting with nature and trusting others can rekindle the joy of being alive - BBC Countryfile 320 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inscribed by Author. ISBN/EAN: 9780241401163. Inventory No: dscf11615.

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Phil Tyrer

Endeavour Works - a Life in Power The Pyroban Story SIGNED

Bernard Durnford, 2003. First Edition, Hardcover. Signed by Author. SIGNED and dated by the author. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, slight creasing to jacket. 84 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Signed by Author. Inventory No: dscf11700.

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Keywords: BZDB229 Biography & Autobiography; Endeavour Works a Life in Power The Pyroban Story SIGNED Phil Tyrer

Hugo Vickers

Malice in Wonderland: My Adventures in the World of Cecil Beaton

Hodder & Stoughton, 2021. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781529338027 First Edition, first printing. Clean unmarked pages, secure binding;slight shelfwear to jacket edges. 'I got as caught up in these distant but strangely evocative events as Vickers did . delicious in its way, recreating a lost world' -- Ysenda Maxtone Graham - The Times 352 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781529338027. Inventory No: dscf10635.

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Robert Wainwright

Miss Muriel Matters: The fearless suffragist who fought for equality

Allen & Unwin, 2017. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781760297398 First edition, first printing. Clean unmarked pages, firm binding; moderate crease to rear upper edge of jacket. [Wainwright] succeeds marvellously in bringing to life a woman who until recently was little more than a name in the history of the suffragette movement. Source: The Spectator 384 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781760297398. Inventory No: dscf10968.

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