Thomas, Bob

I Got Rythm! The Ethel Merman Story.

Putnam, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover, 239pp, complete dustjacket has one short closed tear to the back. B + w photographs. Internally very clean. A biography of the Queen of Broadway... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 6338

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: musical, singer, film, Broadway

Thomson, George Malcolm

The First Churchill The Life of John 1st Duke of Marlborough.

Secker & Warburg, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover, 337pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket, a little faded to the spine. A clean copy. The life of the courtier, soldier and victor of Blenheim... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 12621

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Marlborough, Blenheim

Thornton, R D

James Currie the Entire Stranger and Robert Burns.

Oliver & Boyd, 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.:. A heavy book of 459pp. Dustjacket designed by Stuart Barrie with wear to the ends of the spine, now in a removeable protective jacket. Colour and b + w illustrations. Internally very clean. A biography of the first editor of Robert Burns, and the events in the last ten years of Burn's life which led to his appointement. Currie escaped from Virginia during the American Revolution, was a distinguished physician, and fought for the abolition of the slave trade... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 4168

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Robert Burns, Biography, History, Slave Trade

Thwaite, Ann

Edmund Gosse A Literary Landscape.

Oxford, 1985. Mass Market Paperback, 570pp, illustrated softback covers. B + w illustrations. A clean, tight copy. A biography of the author of 'Father and Son', and his circle... Fine.

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Book number: 13179

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Writer, Tennyson

Titley, Chris

Joseph Rowntree.

Shire Publications, 2013. First Edition. Soft Cover, 64pp. Ilustrated card covers. Many colour and b + w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy. A biography of the Quaker businessman who built up a global chocolate business and built New Earswick village for his workers... Fine.

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Book number: 13061

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, York, New Earswitck, Quaker, Chocolate, Model Village

Topolski, Feliks

Portrait of G. B. S..

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Feliks Topolski. Introduction by Hesketh Pearson, colour frontispiece and b + w plates of George Bernard Shaw by Topolski. Dustjacket with loss to the top of the spine and a couple of closed tears. Internally clean. No. 635 of a limited edition of 1,000.. Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 10939

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: George Bernard Shaw, Drawing

Tracey, Herbert (ed)

The British Labour Party Its History, Growth Policy and Leaders Vol III Biographies.

Caxton, 1948. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 347pp, marroon cloth covered boards. B + w photographs. A very clean, Near Fine copy. Biographies of the founders and leaders of the Labour Party, written by Bevan, Callaghan, Gaitskell etc.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 11070

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Labour Party, Politician

Turnell, Martin

The Classical Moment Studies Of Corneille Moliere and Racine.

Hamish Hamilton, 1973. Hard Cover, 255pp, softback covers a little sun darkened. Internally clean and tight. Literary criticism - including the biographical and historical background of the three dramatists, and the literary judgements passed on them... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 11528

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: French Literature, Literary Criticism, Moliere, Corneille, Racine , French Theatre

Turner, Paul

The Life of Thomas Hardy A Critical Biography.

Blackwell, 2001. Soft Cover, 326pp, softback covers with a portrait of Hardy. A very clean, tight copy. A useful study of Hardy's work examined in relation to his life, and reading... Fine.

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Book number: 14451

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Hardy, Literary Criticism, Author

Varley, Benjamin

The History of Stockport Grammar School Including The Life of Sir Edmond Shaa (Founder).

Manchester University Press, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover, Introduction by F M Powicke. First edition. 247pp. Blue cloth covered boards. B + w illustrations. Previous owner' s name to flyleaf, A history of the school supported by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and founded under the 1488 Will of Sir Edmond Shaa, Mayor of London and supporter of both Richard III and Henry VII... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 9017

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: History, Stockport, School History, Education, company of Goldsmiths, Richard III

De Vere White, Terence

Tom Moore The Irish Poet.

Hamish Hamilton, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover, 281pp, priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete and Near Fine. Internally very clean. A biography of the poet, who was Byron's friend and first biographer... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 12801

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, History, Byron, Poet

Vining, Elizabeth Gray

Flora Macdonald Her Life in the Highlands and America.

Geoffrey Bles, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover, 173pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket, a little rubbed to the edges. Map. B + w illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate to the flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. The life of the woman who guided Bonnie Prince Charlie to safety after the failure of the 1745 uprising, and the story of her American adventures with the North Carolina Highlanders... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 7179

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: History, Biography, Jacobite, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Scottish History, Hebrides, American History

Walters, E W

The 'New' Lloyd George and the Old.

Joseph Johnson, 1111. First Edition. Hard Cover, Probably published in 1916. 231pp, hand cut edges, Dark green cloth covered boards with gilt title. Frontispiece portrait of Lloyd George. A couple of spots of foxing to the edges, otherwise internally clean. A biography of Lloyd George, which the author finished writing in February 1916, and which is of especial interest with reference to his role in the First World War... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 7105

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: WWI, First World War, Lloyd George, Politics, History, Biography

Ward, A W

Dickens.

Macmillan, 1111. Hard Cover, Late C19th. 'English Men Of Letters' series. 224pp, dusty red cloth boards with previous owner's name and address on label on back board. One or two pages parting from the stapled binding, otherwise internally clean... Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 2831

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography

Warner, Oliver

A Portrait of Lord Nelson.

Reprint Society, 1959. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 331pp, black boards with cream spine. B + w illustrations. One light mark to top of foredge, otherwise a clean copy. A biography of the great admiral... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6161

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Napoleonic Wars, Navy