WEAVER, ALF WITH ASHTON, ROBERT

The First Rock 'n' Roll Bodyguard

London, Sanctuary. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 1860743285). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. The author was for more than 35 years the hired muscle to the biggest rock stars from the Beatles to Madonna, Led Zeppelin to Frank Sinatra, who fended off the paparazzi, madmen, drug dealers and kept groupies to manageable levels and here reveals the story of his life in the business. 15. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 003035

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: 1860743285

ALLEN, CHARLES

The Prisoner of Kathmandu - Brian Hodgson in Nepal 1820-1843

London, Haus. 2015, First. (ISBN: 9781910376119). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 288 pages. 34 colour plates and numerous illustrations in the text. Posted to Kathmandu in 1820 as a junior political officer, Brian Hodgson found himself isolated and trapped in a fiercely xenophobic mountain kingdom that seemed bent on making war on the all-powerful British East India Company. For 23 years he struggled to keep the two sides apart. His legacy survives in the lasting peace and friendship between Britan and Nepal. At the heart of this biography is the Orientalist movement driven by the European Enlightenment, which inspired Hodgson and others to devote themselves to the exploration of Asian culture, leading Hodgson to study Tibetan and Nepalese Buddhism, and much else besides. A1B. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 010955

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Nepal, British East India Company, Himalayas, Buddhism 9781910376119

SOLT, ANDREW AND EGAN, SAM

Imagine : John Lennon

London, Bloomsbury. 1998, First. (ISBN: 0747501882). Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Gold title on black quarter cloth with grey boards which have a blind embossed motif of John Lennon and his facsimile signature. A minor bump to top front corner tip else a very clean, tight and unmarked copy with no former ownership marks - a near ine copy. Dustjacket has light rubbing and is not price clipped - VG+. 255 pages in a large format. 'Forward' by Yoko Ono and preface by David Wolper. More than a tribute to John Lennon's art, the book emerged from a dazzling proposal by Yoko Ono to David Wolper, in which she offered to open Lennon's personal archives - a treasury of rare film footage, photographs and writings - to create his definitive film biography. Lennon's life unfolds in more than 250 photographs, two thirds in colour and duotone, many never before published. There are spectacular shots from the foremost rock photographers, including Annie Leibovitz, Ethan Russell, Allan Tannenbaum, Robert Freeman, Jim Marshall, Bob Gruen and Ken Regan. The text is drawn from the film of the book's script and features excerpts from new interviews with those closest to Lennon, including one with his aunt Mimi, who raised him and who has resisted talking to the press. A most lavish work on one of the cultural legends of the 20th century. A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.52 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST 25. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 010376

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Annie Leibovitz, Allan Tannenbaum, Ethan Russell, Cynthia Lennon, Julian Lennon, Sean Lennon, the Beatles 0747501882

BAKEWELL, JOAN

The Centre of the Bed

London, Hodder and Stoughton. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340823100). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first impression. xiv + 322 pages. 47 illustrations. In this searching and intimate autobiography, Joan Bakewell retraces the paths she has taken and reveals what lay behind the public image and the choices she made. Recreating her working-class roots, she vividly depicts her childhood in Stockport and the impact of the war, and relives her escape from the tensions at home to Cambridge University, where she was part of the stellar generation that included Peter Hall, Frederic Raphael and Claire Tomalin. She describes what it was like to make her BBC television debut during the Cuban missile crisis; to be the only woman on 'Late Night Line Up', with its eclectic roster of guests; and to be dubbed 'the thinking man's crumpet'. Here, too, is how it felt to see her affair with Harold Pinter transmuted into his play 'Betrayal'. B2D. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 008477

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Harold Pinter, 'Thinking Man's Crumpet', Late Night Line Up, Stockport 0340823100

BARNES, JOHN (SIR)

Footsteps on the Backstairs

Norwich, Michael Russell. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0859551865). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 176 pages. The author describes his life as the son of a Bishop of the Church of England, scholar of Winchester and Trinity, Cambridge, wartime soldier and member of the Diplomatic Service for thirty years. He recalls the public figures he has served and the memorable and happier moments of his life. A1E. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 001330

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Diplomatic Service, Trinity Cambridge 0859551865

PENROSE, BARRIE AND FREEMAN, SIMON

Conspiracy of Silence - the Secret Life of Anthony Blunt

London, Grafton Books. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0246122005). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a few marks to top edge) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xix + 588 pages. 64 illustrations. Throughout the Second World War and the Cold War which followed, Britain's Secret Service was compromised by a group of privileged, Cambridge-educated Englishmen who consistently betrayed their country by working for Stalin's Russia. Two Sunday Times writers have investigated the astonishing story of Anthony Blunt and his accomplices, who included Burgess, Maclean and Philby. Their book shows how deeply the Blunt network penetrated the British Establishment on behalf of the Russians. Anthony Blunt, Keeper of the Queen's Pictures, friend of the royal family, Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, was born in Bournemouth in 1907, the son of an Anglican clergyman. This solid middle-class background made him an unlikely agent, but at Cambridge, after meeting Guy Burges, a fellow member of the Apostles (the university's elite intellectual society), Blunt became a communist and Russian spy. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.155 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 23. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 009928

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, Anthony Blunt, Russian Spies, Cambridge Apostles 0246122005

BAYLIS, TREVOR

Clock This - My Life As an Inventor

London, Headline. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747273812). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition, First printing. A Near Fine uninscribed copy with a small remnant of label to front endpaper with near Fine price clipped dustjacket. The author is the inventor of the clockwork radio which revolutionised the lives of millions, particularly in Africa, inspired by a television documentary on AIDS in Africa. He has spent his life inventing and he crusades for the introduction of inventing in the national curriculum in schools. 49 photographs. D4B. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 003225

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Biography, English Inventors, Clockwork Radio 0747273812

BELLAMY, DAVID

Jolly Green Giant - the Autobiography of David J. Bellamy, Obe, Hon Fls, an Englishman

London, Century. 2002, First. (ISBN: 0712683593). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from age toning to top edge and page edges) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, First printing. xi + 398 pages. 40 illustrations. Here for the first time and in his own infectious style, David Bellamy tells the story of how he came to be one of Britain's best-loved botanists, campaigner and broadcasters. He tells of his many great loves from sports cars to ballet but also of his more serious concerns, with his reputation for being outspoken and undeterred in the face of big enterprises and corporations revealed in his battles and campaigns leading, at one point, to imprisonment. C3D. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 010407

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Botanist, Environment Campaigner 0712683593

BENNETT, ALAN

The Lady in the Van - the Complete Edition - Adapted from the Original Stage Play

London, Faber and Faber. 2015, First. (ISBN: 9780571326204). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy with As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. The play starring Maggie Smith and directed by Nicholas Hytner received great acclaim. It is a bittersweet comic diary of the years in which a lethally dotty and very smelly old bat parked her unroadworthy vehicle in Alan Bennett's Camden garden, thereby providing him with a roughly equal amount of good journalistic copy and guilty landlordly irritation. D4A. As New/As New.

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N° du livre: 011034

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: 9780571326204

BOYCOTT, GEOFFREY

The Corridor of Certainty - My Life Beyond Cricket

London, Simon and Schuster. 2014. (ISBN: 9781471130021). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page with no dedication. A near Fine unmarked copy which has age toning to page edges with near Fine dustjacket (Fine apart from a single quarter inch tear to top edge) which is not price clipped. x + 278 pages. 25 coloured photographs. In 2002 Geoffrey Boycott was diagnosed with cancer of the tongue. Having faced down the fastest bowlers during his career as one of England's greatest-ever batsmen, he now had to take on an even more daunting foe, one that he could not see and where he had to rely on others to help him take on the challenge. After he had recovered, Boycott emerged as a different man, with a new perspective on life. This book tells the story not only of his struggle with cancer, but also of his love for the game of cricket. 20. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author.

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N° du livre: 010943

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Cricket, Brian Clough, Fred Trueman, Cancer of the Tongue 9781471130021

BRANDWOOD, NEIL

Victoria Wood

London, Virgin Publishing. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 1852279826). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket. An interesting biography of the comedienne, actress, writer, singer-songwriter, whose success is now in the fourth decade, which reveals the offstage Victoria and the events and experiences that have shaped her. 21 illustrations. NOT BOOK CLUB B2E. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 004092

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Biography, Victoria Wood 1852279826

BRISCOE, CONSTANCE

Ugly

London, Hodder and Stoughton. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340895977). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, First printing. The author practises as a barrister and in 1996 became a part-time judge - one of the first black women to sit as a judge in the UK. Her mother systematically abused her, both physically and emotionally, throughout her childhood. Regularly beaten and starved, she was so desperate that she took herself off to Social Services and tried to get into care. When that failed, she swallowed bleach 'because it kills all known germs and my mother always told me I was a germ'. When Constance was 13, her mother simply moved out, leaving her daughter to fend for herself - there was no gas, no electricity and no food. But somehow she found the courage to survive her terrible start in life and this is her heartrending - and ultimately triumphant - story. 16. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 008513

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Black Judges, Mother-Daughter Abuse, Loveless Childhood 0340895977

BROWN, IAN

A Doctor's Visits

Worcestershire, Printit. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 095129010x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with a Fine dustjacket. The doctor author recounts his life story, from his days as a medical student, his wartime service in North Africa and Italy as Regimental Medical Officer of the 12th (HAC) Royal Horse Artillery at Monte Cassino, early promotion to Major based at the Venice Lido and then to Austria. Post war he was medical superintendent in Eastbourne and held various posts of responsibility in medical authorities. Local newspaper clipping of the doctor and a review of the book included. Errata slip tipped to front pastedown. C3A. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 002599

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Military Biography, 12th Royal Horse Artillery (Hac), Monte Cassino, 095129010x

BUCKE, CHARLES

On the Life, Writings, and Genius of Akenside with Some Account of His Friends

London, James Cochrane. 1832, First. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Leather spine and quarter tips on marbled boards which are worn . Front board is detached. Internally there is a name to front pastedown and some foxing to early and later pages and some minor marks but generally this copy is very clean, tight and unmarked. FIRST EDITION. 312 pages. Portrait frontispiece. Contemporary name is Charles Dickson Inglis (1834-1910), Captain Royal Navy and as the book was published in 1832 this was possibly inherited or purchased secondhand. Mark Akenside (1721-1771) was an English poet and physician who became physician to Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. A VERY SCARCE TITLE with only one copy recorded in the British Library. 11. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 011295

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Mark Akenside, Captain Charles Dickson Inglis Royal Navy

BURGESS, ALAN

Daylight Must Come - the Story of Dr. Helen Roseveare

London, Michael Joseph. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718109996). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on brown boards which have a small mark to back else clean with no wear. Internally clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has a little edge wear and a small stain to back and is price clipped. 279 pages. 24 illustrations. Map endpapers. Arriving in the Congo in 1953, Dr. Helen Roseveare started her own hospital and medical centre from a disused leper colony, and set up clinics in lonely villages. During the crises in 1960 and 1964, she refused to leave the country, although many of her friends and colleagues had been brutally slaughtered. The most astounding part of her story is that, having endured terror, humiliation, rape and split-second escape from death, she would , after a few months back home in England, choose to return to resume her work in the Congo. Today, the central station she founded, with its flying doctors, teaching school and operating theatres, is unique in Africa. NOT EX LIB 21. Very Good/Good.

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N° du livre: 008020

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Congo, Ibambi Mission, Simba, Missionary Doctor 0718109996