LIDDLE, VIOLET (AS TOLD TO MARY BATCHELOR)

Serving the Good and the Great - the Amazing True Story of Violet Liddle

Michigan, Zondervan. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0310253950). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. When Violet Liddle started out in domestic service she never imagined the surprises her life would hold. She hoped to become a missionary in China but was instead a quiet witness to powerful leaders, ambassadors and authors through her faithful service below stairs. Her story gives an unforgettable life behind the scenes during World War II, filled with wit and humour, she served Winston Churchill at 10 Downing Street, survived a London bombing, and kept her unwavering faith through it all. She even served as 'below stairs' consultant for the film 'Gosforth Park'. Illustrated with photographs. 51. Fine/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 005925

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Winston Churchill, George Bernard Shaw, Dwight Eisenhower, Lady Astor 0310253950

LINDBERGH, REEVE

Under a Wing - a Memoir

New York, Simon and Schuster. 1998. (ISBN: 068480770x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with a near Fine dustjacket SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with the dedication 'For M. Theo Faberge who knows all about wings- with admiration and appreciation. December 7, 2002'. The author is the youngest daughter of Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator and Pulitzer Prize winning author, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. She is an author of many children's books. She writes of her life growing up in a celebrity household overshadowed by the death of the Lindbergh's first child, her frank views of her father, her more accessible mother, the death of her own first child, the effects of several strokes which eroded her mother's mind and the death of her sister to cancer. A candid account of her parents life as writers and as parents. A1E. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author.

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N° du livre: 001179

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: Charles Lindbergh 068480770x

LITTLE, JOHN

Catherines's Gift - Inside the World of Dr. Catherine Hamlin

Sydney, Pan Macmillan. 2008, First. (ISBN: 9780330425988). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy. 271 pages. 33 coloured photographs. Dr. Catherine Hamlin has been hailed as a living national treasure and one of the greatest Australians. Since 1959 she has lived and worked in Ethiopia, helping the victims of fistulas - devastating injuries caused by obstructed labour in childbirth, which condemn women to a lifetime of incapacity and degradation. The surgery she pioneered has allowed tens of thousands of sufferers to return to a normal life after being shunned by their families and communities. The hospitals she has set up in her adopted country now act as teaching centres for obstetricians and surgeons from developing countries around the globe. B2C. As New/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 011014

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Obstetrics, Fistula, Ethiopia, 9780330425988

LLOYD, CHRISTOPHER (SELECTED AND EDITED BY)

The Greville Memoirs

London, Roger Ingram. 1948, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Very Good unmarked copy which is clean and tight. Dustjacket is price clipped with chipping and wear. Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794-1865) became private secretary to Earl Bathurst and was clerk of the Privy Council 1821-1859, where his position gave him peculiar facilities for studying court and public life. In his memoirs we can follow the pageant of history from the days of the Regency to those of mid Victorian England, read his description of all the important events from the battle of Waterloo to the opening of the Great Exhibition, and he gives the 'inside information' on political cahnges. NOT EX LIB B2B. Very Good/Good.

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N° du livre: 005239

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Memoirs, Regency Period, Mid Victorian England, Earl Bathurst, Battle of Waterloo, the Great Exhibition

LOCKWOOD, DOUGLAS

I, the Aboriginal

London, Cassell. 1963, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition. Gold title on tan coloured boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally clean, uninscribed with a few pages having traces of being manually opened, having previously being unopened. Pictorial dustjacket has one small closed tear to top and is complete. Pictorial and map endpapers and 27 black and white photographs. The Australian correspondent's account of the life of an Aboriginal in the Northern Territory including his accounts of a tribal Medicine Man and worship of Aboriginal deities. C3A. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002358

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Australia, Northern Territories

LOIS, GEORGE

Sellebrity - My Angling and Tangling with Famous People

New York, Phaidon Press. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0714842842). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Very Good+ dustjacket. George Lois was born in New York City in 1931. He studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn before setting off for Madison Avenue in the early 1950's, eventually joining Doyle Dane Bernbach in 1958. Lois went on to found four seminal New York advertsing agencies over the next four decades. He has written five books and won a plethora of awards. New York magazine called him 'Pioneer..Innovator. Advertising genius..Superman of Madison Avenue..America's Master communicator'. Adman and image maker Lois was a leader of the Creative Revolution of the 1960's and is the mind behind an astonishing array of famous branding campaigns and unforgettable magazine covers during his 50 year career. This book is at once a poignant culmination of Lois' ideas and memoirs, and a showcase of 139 of his most influential celebrity campaigns for culture-bending products. Illustrated with the original ads and images, designed by Lois himself, the book presents the stories behind the ads. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.47 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST B2F. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 009291

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: Advertising with Celebritys, Madison Avenue 0714842842

LONGDEN, DERIC

A Play on Words (Signed Copy)

London, Bantam. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0593044029). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page "With lots of love". First Edition, First Printing. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket. Ever since Dame Thora Hird breathed life into the role of the author's mother in 'Wide-Eyed and Legless' she had been on at him to write a play based on the sequel 'Lost for Words' but his duties as official guide dog to his blind wife, the writer Aileen Armitage, being at the beck and call of their cats, a somewhat bemused vole and a tap dancing squirrel, and having a book to write, the screenplay took a back seat. Dame Thora kept at him and when she was 86 the script was finally finished and 'Lost for Words' was televised in January 1999 when she was 87. In this book he describes the experience of seeing at close hand his book, and an important part of his life, turn into a film amid the chaos of his private world. B2A. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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N° du livre: 003780

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Biography, Playwright, Dame Thora Hird, Lost for Words Play, Aileen Armitage 0593044029

LOVELL, MARY S.

The Sound of Wings - the Biography of Amelia Earhart

London, Hutchinson. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0091735963). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine uninscribed copy whose only fault is just light bumping to lower corner tips with complete near Fine dustjacket. 64 illustrations and 5 maps. A marvellous biography of the American female aviator who disappeared in 1937 whilst attempting to fly round the world. Based on original documents, letters and logbooks along with press reports, interviews with Earhart's family and recently declassified US Navy records. Also included is an interesting newspaper article from the Daily Telegraph of August 24 2002. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.96 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST NOT EX LIB D4B. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 003201

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: Biography, American Female Aviator Disappearance, Round the World Flight 0091735963

LUARD, ELISABETH

My Life As a Wife - Love, Liquor and What to Do About the Other Women

London, Timewell Press. 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781857252279). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Luard, Elisabeth. A Fine unmarked copy with a near Fine dustjacket which has a little light creasing to top edge and is not price clipped. A fascinating, witty and often brave memoir charts 40 years of marriage to Nicholas Lamert Luard (1937-2004), a man who was as cavalier and unreliable as he was charismatic and charming, a philanderer, wheeler dealer and travel writer and novelist with early connections with Peter Cook and satire (they founded Private Eye magazine). Elisabeth Luard, herself an award winning writer and illustrator, traces the years spent together in London, Spain, France, the Hebrides and Wales with their four children, one of whom died tragically of AIDS. 51 photographs and chapter illustrations by Elisabeth. 3. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 007030

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Nicholas Lamert Luard, Private Eye Magazine, Peter Cook, Food Writers, Book Illustrators 9781857252279 Luard, Elisabeth

ROSENZWEIG, LUC & COHEN, BERNARD

Waldheim

London, Robson. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0860515060). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with Fine complete dustjacket. Translated by Josephine Bacon. The authors' research into the background and early life of Kurt Waldheim, elected President of Austria in 1986 who claimed that he had spent the war years as a law student. They claim that they discovered a shocking indictment, an incredible tale of 40 years of hidden truths, deceptions and international complicity. 8 photographs. NOT EX LIB 3. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 002567

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: 0860515060

LUCAS, 'LADDIE'

Five Up - a Chronicle of Five Lives

London, Sidgwick and Jackson. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0283984074). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. 272 pages. 22 illustrations. Starting off as Fleet Street journalist, in the Second World War the author became famous as one of the legendary fighter aces leading the top-scoring 249 Squadron during the Battle of Malta, later being variously decorated. After the war he entered politics, then business as Managing Director of the Greyhound Racing Association. His long association and prowess at golf - Captain of the 1949 British Walker Cup Team adds to his varied careers. Filled with stories of each of his 'lives', it makes a fascinating autobiography. 13. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 008499

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: 249 Squadron, Battle of Malta, Greyhound Racing Association, Fleet Street, 1949 Walker Cup Team, Poliics 0283984074

LYNN, DAME VERA

Some Sunny Day - My Autobiography

London, Harper Collins. 2009. (ISBN: 9780007318155). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. vii + 312 pages. 31 illustrations. Photographic endpapers. Fourth impression. Born Vera Welch in 1917, Dame Vera Lynn's career began at just seven years old when she sang professionally in East End Working Men's Clubs. A successful radio career with Joe Loss and Charlie Kunz in the 1920's and 30's followed - but it was with World War II that she became famous. With her radio show 'Sincerely Yours', Vera connected emotionally with the men fighting for their country and became known as 'The Forces' Sweetheart', performing the songs she will forever be associated with - 'We'll Meet Again' and 'The White Cliffs of Dover'. She toured Egypt, India and Burma with the Entertainment National Services Association (ENSA), bringing the troops a sense of 'back home'. Her career after the war flourished, but Vera never left behind her wartime role, and is still heavily involved with veteran and other charities. This is her own extraordinary story of her life. D4B. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 007969

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: English Wartime Singers, Ensa, Entertainment National Services Association, Joe Loss Orchestra, Charlie Kunz, Vera Welch 9780007318155

LYNN, DAME VERA

Some Sunny Day - My Autobiography

London, Harper Collins. 2009, First. (ISBN: 9780007318155). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. vii + 312 pages. 31 illustrations. Photographic endpapers. Born Vera Welch in 1917, Dame Vera Lynn's career began at just seven years old when she sang professionally in East End Working Men's Clubs. A successful radio career with Joe Loss and Charlie Kunz in the 1920's and 30's followed - but it was with World War II that she became famous. With her radio show 'Sincerely Yours', Vera connected emotionally with the men fighting for their country and became known as 'The Forces' Sweetheart', performing the songs she will forever be associated with - 'We'll Meet Again' and 'The White Cliffs of Dover'. She toured Egypt, India and Burma with the Entertainment National Services Association (ENSA), bringing the troops a sense of 'back home'. Her career after the war flourished, but Vera never left behind her wartime role, and is still heavily involved with veteran and other charities. This is her own extraordinary story of her life. D4B. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 011157

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: English Wartime Singers, Ensa, Entertainment National Services Association, Joe Loss Orchestra, Charlie Kunz, Vera Welch 9780007318155

MACGREGOR, SUE

Woman of Today

London, Headline. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 074724989x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. The popular presenter of the BBC radio programme 'Today' , 'Woman's Hour' and of numerous other radio programmes, Sue entered the BBC in the days when women were deemed insufficiently endowed with "authority, consistency and reliability" to read a news script. From a childhood in Britain, through her postwar upbringing in South Africa and interspersed with the many significant interviews she has conducted she presents a very interesting and readable autobiography. C3C. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 003076

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Media, Bbc Radio 074724989x

MACKIE, MARY

Dry Rot and Daffodils - Life in a National Trust House

London, Victor Gollancz. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0575057548). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Munoz, Claudio. A near Fine copy with a small name to front endpaper else unmarked with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Illustrations by Claudio Munoz. The vision of living in a world of grand spaces, beautiful furniture, historic paintings and elaborate gardens is immensely appealing, and the author lived this dream for seven years at Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk, a fine National Trust property, where her husband was administrator. However her lifestyle was closer to the servants of the past rather than the aristocrats, as at one time an army of servants kept the house in order, but now only a handful of staff provide the same service for its thousands of visitors. In this memoir she reveals what goes on behind the scenes not only of Felbrigg Hall but of stately homes all over the country. NOT EX LIB D4E. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 008172

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Felbrigg Hall Norfolk, English Stately Homes, National Trust 0575057548 Munoz, Claudio