ROTHENBERG, FRITZ-GUENTHER

Doomed to Live - an Epitaph to a Great Love

Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0863326544). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The author was born in Danzig, where he practised as a barrister until Nazi persecution forced him to flee to England, arriving three weeks before the outbreak of war, where eventually he was released from internment and entered the catering business, rising to managerial status in the Grand Metropolitan chain. This biography tells of his marriage of convenience so that he can find domestic employment and his subsequent internment on the Isle of Man hastens the arrangement's failure and he begins to work towards a reunion with his wife and son, the family from whom the political situation in Germany had imposed his divorce. From his earliest days as a boy soldier at the end of the First World War to the present, life's harshest experiences have not daunted his stoical acceptance of hardship and his story is told with uncompromising honesty and fortitude. 3. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 004048

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Danzig, Isle of Man, War Memoirs, Grand Metropolitan 0863326544

RYLEY, M. BERESFORD

Queens of the Renaissance

London, Methuen. 1907, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt decoration and title to spine on mauve cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is some light foxing to some early pages else clean, tight and unmarked. 24 illustrations. Comprises Catherine of Siena, Beatrice D'Este, Anne of Brittany, Lucrezia Borgia, Margaret D'Angouleme and Renee, Duchess of Ferrara. 31 page publisher's catalogue to rear. A1C. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 000466

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Italian Renaissance, French Renaissance, Beatrice D'Este, Catherine of Siena, Renee Duchess of Ferrara, Margaret D'Angouleme, Anne of Brittany, Lucrezia Borgia

SCOTT, PHILIPPA

Lucky Me

London, The Kenilworth Press. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 1872082114). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine copy with name and date to front endpaper with near Fine complete dustjacket. The author was the wife of Sir Peter Scott the naturalist and recounts her life on a farm in the high veldt of South Africa, her sojourns with English and Scottish relatives, the development of the Severn Wildfowl Trust at Slimbridge and the Thjorsaver Expedition which culminated in her marriage. 90 photographs mostly by the author and chapter headings of a bee by Sir Peter. NOT EX LIB A1E. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 003136

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Biography, Sir Peter Scott, Severn Wildfowl Trust Slinbridge, Thjorsaver Expedition 1872082114

SECOMBE, HARRY

Arias and Raspberries - the Autobiography of Harry Secombe - Vol 1 'the Raspberry Years'

London, Robson. 1989. (ISBN: 0860516245). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a little fading. 211 pages. 44 illustrations. The comedian and singer recounts his childhood in Swansea, his first job as a pay clerk cum tea boy at a colliery, his army days and one his more traumatic wartime experiences - his historic meeting with one Sgt. T.A. (Spike) Milligan. His account of the Windmill Theatre, touring in post war Britain, a rich cast of larger than life characters are a delight, as are his memories of Michael Bentine, Peter Sellers and the first Goon Shows. NOT EX LIB 23. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 005028

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Biography, Comedians, Welsh Singers 0860516245

SEITZ, RAYMOND

Over Here

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1998. (ISBN: 0297815989). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which has fading to spine and is not price clipped. xii + 372 pages. The author was the first career diplomat to be appointed American Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. As America's top representative in Britain from 1991 to 1994, his many friends in high places gave him easy access to Britain's political, economic and social life. The book is part memoir, part reflection and the subjects under his scrutiny are delightfully divergent, as listeners to his Radio 4 broadcasts will confirm, and provides a snapshot of the things which separate and bind our two nations. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.84 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST NOT EX LIB A1E. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 008289

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: American Ambassador, Radio 4 Broadcasts, Anglo-American Relations 0297815989

SINCLAIR, DAVID

Dynasty - the Astors and Their Times

Berkshire, Cliveden / Onslow Books. 1983. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with VG + complete dustjacket. 426 pages.16 pages of photographs. A marvellous history of the Astor family, a dynasty founded by a German butcher's son in the wake of the American Revolution and their amassing of America's first dynastic fortune from tea, furs and property. William Waldorf, appalled by 'vulgar' America, emigrated to England, became a viscount and founded the branch that owned 'The Times' and from that branch sprang Nancy, hostess of the Cliveden Set and the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. NOT EX LIB A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.82 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST 21. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 004302

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Astor Family, William Waldorf, Nancy Astor, Cliveden

SISMAN, ADAM

The Professor and the Parson - a Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking

London, Profile. 2019, First. (ISBN: 9781788162111). Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. An As New unmarked copy with an As New dustjacket. First Edition, First Printing. 231 pages. 27 illustrations. One November day in 1958, the celebrated historian Hugh Trevor-Roper received a curious letter. It was an appeal for help, written on behalf of a postgraduate student at Magdalen College, who complained that he was being persecuted by the Bishop of Oxford. Curiosity piqued, Trevor-Roper agreed to see the man calling himself 'Robert Peters'. It was to be the start of an investigation he would pursue for the next quarter of a century. Beginning with the detailed dossier Trevor-Roper kept on Peters, Adam Sisman uncovers the extraordinary life of one of England's most eccentric conmen, a serial seducer, a fraud, a bigamist - and possibly the last Anglican clergyman to be formally defrocked . Though he lacked any academic qualifications, Peters succeeded in being appointed to teaching posts in universities from Colombo, Ceylon to Columbus, Ohio - and almost everwhere in between. Despite being didmissed, deported from country after country and repeatedly exposed in the press, Peters always bounced back - leaving a trail of destruction that included at least eight marriages, three prison sentences, an investigation by the FBI and a disastrous appearance on the TV programme 'Mastermind'. L. As New/As New.

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N° du livre: 011037

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Hugh Trevor-Roper, Robert Peters 9781788162111

SLABBERT, FREDERICK VAN ZYL

The Last White Parliament - the Struggle for South Africa by the Leader of the White Opposition

London, Sidgwick & Jackson. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0283993499). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The personal account of Dr. Slabbert, the leader of the Progressive Federal Party, illustrated with anecdotes, charting his political career as a leading voice against the Nationalist policy along with Helen Suzman. Photographic illustrations. Small previous owner's stamp to front endpaper. A1E. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 001766

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Apartheid, Boer, Helen Suzman 0283993499

SNYDER, LOUIS L. (EDITOR)

A Treasury of Intimate Biographies

New York, Greenberg. 1951, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black title block and gilt leaf motif on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. xxiv and 384 pages. Dramatic stories from the lives of great men of history, told by those great men who knew them well and who themselves were "men and women of distinction in literature and the arts, and place in historical continuum and perspective by before and after notes concerning the lives, loves and works of both biographee and biographer, and designed for full enjoyment and reading pleasure". Comprises 45 biographies, including Socrates, Xenophon, Titus Pomponius Atticus, Agricola, Madame De Rambouillet. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.98 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST A1C. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 000468

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Biography, Socrates, Xenophon, Titus Pomponius Atticus, Agricola, Charlemagne, Madame de Rambouillet,

STEEGMULLER, FRANCIS

Cocteau - a Biography

London, Macmillan. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333012496). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on brown cloth boards which has just a touch of wear to spine head. Internally there are some minor marks to lower closed edge else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has a repaired closed tear and wear to edges and is not price clipped. xiv + 583 pages. 45 illustrations. Jean Cocteau, who died in 1963 at the age of 74 after 58 years of kaleidoscopic activity in the arts, was a fascinating and paradoxical figure. With the astounding variety of his work - as poet, novelist, playwright, artist and film-maker (merely to begin at the top of the list) - and the contradictions of his private life, the charm and the nastiness, the generosity and the egotism, the poise and anguish of an opium addicted homosexual who was equally welcome in the aristocratic drawing rooms of Paris and the raffish waterfront bars of Toulon, and who crowned a life among the avant garde by entering the ultra conservative precincts of the Académie Française. He provides a rich and challenging subject for biography. Francis Steegmuller is admirably qualified for this task having written the definitive biography of Maupassant and many other biographies. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.37 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 13. Very Good/Good.

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N° du livre: 009845

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Jean Cocteau, 0333012496

STOBBS, ALEXANDER

A Passion for Living - the Amazing Story of a Boy Who Makes Every Day Matter

London, Hodder and Stoughton. 2009, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780340978511). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The inspiring story of 19 year old Alexander Stobbs, who despite being a cystic fibrosis sufferer from birth, and for him every day could be his last, is a gifted musician. A BAFTA nominated documentary 'A Boy Called Alex' televised his life and ambitions, his daily round of drugs and treatments, and his dream to conduct Bach's 3 hour long St. Matthew Passion. 11. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 007886

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: 'a Boy Called Alex', Biography, King's College, Eton, Cystic Fibrosis 9780340978511

STONE, IRVING

Immortal Wife - the Biographical Novel of Jessie Benton Fremont

New York, Sun Dial Press. 1946. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black title and decoration on red boards which are clean and unmarked. Slight bumping to one corner but no discernible wear. Internally there is a coloured contemporary bookplate to front endpaper else clean and unmarked. Top edge red. A VG+ copy. Jessie Benton Fremont (1824-1902) was an American author, daughter of a Senator and wife of an explorer. A1B. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 001851

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: Jessie Benton Fremont

WEAVING, STUART WITH CLEARY, FREDERICK

Ambassador of Friendship - an Autobiography

Kimberley, South Africa, Bisby. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0620147997). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a small piece cut out from the front endpaper, probably to remove a name, with complete dustjacket. The author made a name for himself as the publisher and editor of a magazine devoted to Rugby Union in South Wales, becoming a sports promoter and broadcaster on radio and television. His career took an unexpected turn when he organised a party of rugby players and supporters to tour South Africa in 1964 with the official Welsh Rugby side and fell in love with country and started friendship travel clubs which boomed and became an international organisation with clubs in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Photographic illustrations. C3B. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 004025

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Biography, Rugby, Friendship Travel Clubs 0620147997

LIMB, SUE AND CORDINGLEY, PATRICK

Captain Oates - Soldier and Explorer

London, Leo Cooper. 1983. (ISBN: 0850524725). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy which has minor indentations to front. 235 pages. 43 illustrations. 7 maps. A well researcked and beautifully presented book with fine photographs of Oates's life (1880-1912) and his time in Antarctica. The authors have produced a fascinating character study of a quintessential British hero. The 'soldier' as Oates was known, was not perhaps ideal for teamwork being a solitary man whose uncompromising views could irritate those easily offended. However, his frequent bouts of sourness towards Scott and others were mitigated by his common sense, practical abilities and his inimitable strength of character. B2E. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 009012

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Captain Lawrence Oates, Antarctica, Boer War, British Explorere 0850524725

SWINNERTON, FRANK

A Galaxy of Fathers

London, Hutchinson. 1966, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on brown cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean and unmarked with a little dust marking to top edge. A near Fine copy. Dustjacket has a little wear to top. Portrait endpapers. The book comprises biographies of five men, concentrating on the influence that they had on their children. The men are Thomas Seward, George Crabbe the elder, Charles Burney, Richard Edgeworth and George Mitford. The children are Anna Seward, known as the Swan of Lichfield and a poet, George Crabbe the younger and his brother, Fanny Burney, Maria Edgeworth the author and Mary Russell Mitford. B2B. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002465

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Thomas Seward, George Crabbe, Charles Burney, Richard Edgeworth, George Mitford