Sasson, Jean

Mayada Daughter of Iraq One Woman's Survival in Saddam Hussein's Torture Jail.

Bantam, 2004. Mass Market Paperback, 414pp, illustrated softback covers with light creases to spine. B + w illustrations. Internally clean and tight. The story of the daughter of a powerful Iraqi family, who is imprisoned by Saddam Hussein... Very Good.

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Book number: 13869

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Biography

Sawyer, Paul L

Ruskin's Poetic Argument The Design of the Major Works.

Cornell University Press, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover, 336pp. Complete dustjacket, faded to the spine. A very clean copy. A study of the link between Ruskin's life, writings and spiritual life... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 7940

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Ruskin, Biography, Art History

Schumacher, Karl Von and Richardson, Dorothy

The Du Barry.

Harrap, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition, translated by Dorothy Richardson. A heavy book of 279pp. Blue cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to the corners. Sepia illustrations and fold out birth certificate and letter. Internally clean. A biography of the cook's daughter who became the powerful mistress of the King of France, and ended her life a victim of the Revolution on the guillotine... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 8311

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Royal Mistresss, Royalty, French History, Louis XV

Scudder, Horace E

Noah Webster.

Houghton Mifflin, 1892. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 302pp, red cloth covered boards with gilt title. Frontispiece engraved portrait. Ex reference library - bookplate to inner board a couple of small stamps, otherwise a clean copy, the life of the publisher and author of the Dictionary. Part of the American Men of Letters series... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 13853

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, american Literature

Selz, Jean

Turner.

Clematis, 1975. Hard Cover, Tall format. 97pp, white boards. Dustjacket with one closed short tear to rear, no loss. Many colour and b + w illustrations. Internally clean. The development of Turner's art and theory and the link between the Romantic Classical world and Impressionism... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 4710

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Impressionism, Art, painting, Romantic

Shulman, Irving

Harlow An Intimate Biography.

Mayflower Dell, 1964. Mass Market Paperback, 352pp, the edges browned with age, softback covers. Original owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise clean and VG. The candid story of the Hollywood star's life and death... Very Good.

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Book number: 7437

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: film star, Hollywood, biography, cinema

Silverman, Stephen

Where There's A Will Who Inherited What and Why.

HarperCollins, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover, 230pp, complete dustjacket. A dark mark to bottom edge, otherwise as new. Wills of the famous - Astor, Auden, and many film stars, including Monroe, Gable, Garland, Brynner etc.. Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 11150

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Will, Astor, Marilyn Monroe, Auden, Warhol

Simpson, Colin and Angeloglou, Christopher

Sir Francis Chichester Voyage of the Century.

Sphere, 1967. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 112pp,browning a little with age, 16 colour and 66 b + w photographs. The complete report of Sir Francis' Chichester's epic solo voyage around the world. A clean copy... Very Good.

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Book number: 7624

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Yacht, Sailing, Sea

Sitwell, Edith

Fanfare For Elizabeth.

Macmillan, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover, 202pp, green boards, a little faded to edges. B + w illustrations. Owner's name to flyleaf, tiny light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. The story of Elizabeth I.. Very Good.

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Book number: 9064

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Elizabeth I, Mary Queen Of Scots, biography

Sitwell, Edith

The Queens And The Hive.

Macmillan, 1962. Hard Cover, Reprint, same year as 1st edition. 542pp, dustjacket by Jack Matthew with closed tear to back, no loss. Internally clean. The story of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen Of Scots... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 2270

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Elizabeth I, Mary Queen Of Scots

Smeaton, Oliphant

Shakespeare His Life and Work.

Dent, 1922. Hard Cover, Everyman edition. 562pp, grey cloth covered boards. Previous owner's name to inner board, ink mark on title page, otherwise internally clean. Biography, and discussion of the plays etc.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 12920

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Shakespeare, Theatre, ELizabethan, Biography, Play

Smith, Janet Adam

John Buchan A Biography.

Hart Davis, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.:. First edition. A heavy book of 524pp. Black cloth covered boards with gilt title. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A biography of the author of The 39 Steps, who became the Governor General of Canada... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 4031

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: John Buchan, Canadian History

Southey, Robert

The Life of Nelson.

Amalgamated Press, 1905. Hard Cover, 334pp, blue cloth covered boards with impressed design, gilded to spine. Flyleaf neatly removed, otherwise clean. A biography of Admiral Nelson. Part of the 'Harmsworth Library' edition of classics... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6454

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Nelson, Navy, Napoleonic Wars, History

Spalding, Frances

Stevie Smith A Critical Biography.

Faber, 1990. Mass Market Paperback, 331pp, illustrated softback coverswith one small scrape mark to the front. B + w photographs. Internally clean and tight. The relationship of Stevie Smith's life and the evolution of her work... Very Good.

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Book number: 11480

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Poet, Biography

Strawn, Arthur

The Golden Adventures of Balboa Discoverer of the Pacific.

Bodley Head, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 341pp, rebound in library binding with leather spine and brown cloth covered boards. B + w illustrations. Ex library - labels to flyleaf etc. A couple of small marginal marks -a good 'reading copy' only. A biography of the C16th explorer of the Americas... Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 13202

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: San Salvador, Explorer