Pope-Hennessy, Una

Charles Dickens.

Penguin Pelican, 1970. Mass Market Paperback, 1st Penguin edition. 651pp, the edges browning with age, illustrated softback covers. Original owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise clean and VG. A classic biography of the famous author... Very Good.

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Book number: 7392

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography, author

Pyman, Avril

The Life of Aleksander Blok Volume II The Release of Harmony 1908 - 1921.

Oxford, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 421pp. Complete dustjacket with a small scrape mark to the base of the spine. Tiny, light spots of foxing to the top edge, otherwise a clean Near Fine copy. The second and final volume of the critical biography of the Russian poet. Includes the errata for volume I... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 9441

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Russian Poetry, Poety, Poet, Russian Literature

Quennell, Peter

Byron The Years Of Fame.

Reprint Society, 1943. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 319pp, red cloth boards with black leather label. Frontispiece portrait. Internally clean. Byron's life from July 1811 to April 1816 - covering his marriage and until he leaves England... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 2262

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Byron, Poet, English Literature

Quennell, Peter

Byron The Years Of Fame.

Reprint Society, 1943. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 319pp, dark red cloth covered boards with leather label. B+ w illustrations. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. An acclaimed biography, covering the years July 1811 to April 1816 - the period of the poet's marriage, until he leaves England... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 5555

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Poet, Biography, Byron, English Literature

Robinson, Arthur R B

The Counting House Thomas Thompson of Hull 1754 - 1828 and His Family.

Sessions, 1992. First Edition. Soft Cover, Ill.:. Ex-Library, 120pp. Professionally laminated illustrated soft card covers. B + w illustrations. Ex school library - a Dewey number to the spine, a bookplate to the inner board and a bar code to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean and tight. SIGNED by the author to the title page, A biography, drawn partly from his journals, of the banker, businessman and MP who was the friend of Wilberforce and helped the poor of Hull and Cottingham.. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 14010

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Hull, History, Wilberforce, Luddite

Roesler, J H

God's Second Door Volume Two.

Mouth and Foot Painting Artists, First Edition. Hard Cover, 68pp, dustjacket with a little loss to base of spine. Colour and b + w illustrations. The stories of artists who have conquered disability to paint... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 8578

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Art, Painting, Disabled

Roose-Evans, James

One Foot On The Stage The Biography Of Richard Wilson.

Weidenfeld, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover, 236pp,very slightly browned to edges with age, dustjacket with photograph of Richard Wilson. B + w photographs. A very clean copy. A biography of the actor who created 'Victor Meldrew'... Fine /As New.

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Book number: 4440

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography, actor, theatre, stage, Victor Meldrew

Rose, Enid

Gordon Craig and The Theatre A Record and An Interpretation.

Sampson Low, 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, Dated from the British Library catalogue. 250pp, black cloth covered boards, a little worn to the top of the spine. Sepia frontispiece portrait and b + w illustrations. Ex school library - a couple of light stamps, otherwise internally clean. A biography of the wood engraver, actor and influential theatre designer, who was the son of Ellen Terry and the lover of Isadora Duncan... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 9886

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Theatre, Play, Theatre History, Designer, Isadora Duncan, Ellen Terry

Rosenberg, Jakob

Rembrandt Life & Work.

Phaidon, 1968. Soft Cover, 3rd edition. Softback covers, faded to spine. 386pp. 282 illustrations in b + w. Previous owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise clean. 'The best short introduction to Rembrandt's work.'.. Very Good.

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Book number: 4170

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: art

Roujon, M Henri (ed)

Jordaens.

Pierre Lafitte, First Edition. Hard Cover, 80pp, card covers with an attached colour illustration, with loss to the bottom of the spine. 8 colour reprioductions. French text. Original owner's name and date 1926 to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. The life and work of the artist - part of Les Peintre Illustres series... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 12329

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Flemish Art

Rowdon, Maurice

Lorenzo The Magnificent.

Purnell Book Club, 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 237pp, complete dustjacket. Many colour and b + w illustrations. Internally clean. Lorenzo de'Medici as politician and patron in Renaissance Florence... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 6926

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Michelangelo,Florence, Renaissance,art

Rubinstein, Hilary L

Captain Luckless James First Duke of Hamilton 1606 - 1649.

Rowman and Littlefield, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover, 307pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket, a little rubbed to the top of the spine. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. A biography of James, Duke of Hamilton, next in line to the throne of Scotland after the Stuarts and constantly accused of treason, his ill starred poitical and military career led to his sharing the fate of Charles I in the English Civil War... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 15550

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: History, Biography, Civil War, Stuart, Charles I

Sander, Lloyd C

Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Walter Scott, 1111. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 177pp and bibliography. Red cloth covered boards, with wear to spine. Stamps to title page and flyleaf and remains of label to inner board, otherwise internally clean... Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 2290

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography, actors

Santini, Loretta

Michelangelo Painter Sculptor Architect.

Plurigraf, 1977. Soft Cover, English language version. Laminated illustrated covers. 111 pp, 104 colour plates. A clean copy. Michelangelo's life and work... Very Good.

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Book number: 1725

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: artists, sculptors, Florence

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