Cecil, Lord David

The English Poets.

Collins, 1942. Hard Cover, 48pp, blue and white card covers, a little rubbed to edges. Many colour and b + w illustrations. Gift inscription, otherwise clean. Poets from Chaucer to Bridges - part of the Britain in Pictures series... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 8248

Catalogue: Biography

Chapman, Hester W

Eugenie.

Cape, 1961. Hard Cover, 2nd imp. 504pp, illusteated dustjacket with one short closed tear to front, no loss. Internally very clean. The story of the wife of Napoleon III of France... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 3664

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Napoleon III, Empress, France

Churchill, Peregrine and Mitchell, Julian

Jennie Lady Randolph Churchill.

Readers Union, 1975. Hard Cover, 285 pp, dustjacket a little worn to edges. B + w photographs. A couple of spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. Produced in association with the TV series... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 994

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: TV, Churchill

Chute, Marchette

Ben Jonson Of Westminster.

Dutton Dent, 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover, 380pp, black cloth covered boards with gilt design. Endpaper map. A couple of small marks to spine, previous owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. The story of the Elizabethan dramatist... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 4024

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Theatre

Cleugh, James

Prelude to Parnassus Scenes from the Life of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin 1799 - 1837.

Arthur Barker, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 342pp, red cloth covered boards with a closed split to the edge of the spine. Frontispiece portrait. Ex reference library - bookplate to inner board, a couple of small stamps, flyleaf removed, otherwise internally clean. Fictionalised scenes from Pushkin's life... Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 13857

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Russian Literature, Poet, Biography

Cockshut, A O J

Anthony Trollope.

Methuen, 1968. Soft Cover, Softback edition of the biographical study first published in 1955. 256pp, previous owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. One of the University Paperbacks series... Very Good.

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Book number: 4177

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Trollope

Collens, Rupert

25 Legal Luminaries From 'Vanity Fair'.

Lambourn, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover, A large book of 126pp. Complete dustjacket. Full-Page colour illustrations. Caricatures from 'Vanity Fair' of leading Victorian and Edwardian legal personalities, with biographies... As New /Fine.

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Book number: 12160

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Lawyer, Barrister

Collins, Diana and Murdoch, Iris

Time and the Priestleys The Story of a Friendship.

Alan Sutton, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover, 256pp, complete dustjacket with one very small closed tear to the back upper corner. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. Foreword by Iris Murdoch. An affectionate biography of J B Priestley, who the author first met through the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 13884

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: J B Priestley, Nuclear Disarmament, Author, Biography

Connolly, Joseph

P G Wodehouse, An Illustrated Biography, with Complete Bibliography and Collector's Guide.

Eel Pie Publishing, 1981. Soft Cover, Softback edition. 160 pp, many b + w illustrations. Gift inscription, otherwise Near Fine... Very Good.

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Book number: 33

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography, bibliography, collecting, comedy, humour.

Conway, Moncure D

Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Walter Scott, 1900. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, Circa 1900. 215pp plus index and Bibliography. Dark blue cloth covered boards. Ex library - refernce library label to inner cover, a couple of impressed stamps, otherwise clean. Part of the Great Writers series of biographies... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 12829

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Author

Corby, Tom

H M Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother A Celebration Of Ninety Years.

New English Library, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover, Tall format. 144pp, priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete. Numerous colour and b + w illustrations illustrate this biography of the Queen Mother... As New /Very Good.

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Book number: 3158

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography, royal

Cotes, Peter and Niklaus, Thelma

The Little Fellow The Life And Work Of Charles Spencer Chaplin.

Paul Elek, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover, 160 pp, orange cloth boards, slightly faded to spine, with figure of Chaplin in gilt. B + w photographs and film stills. Spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 1383

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: films, comedy, Cinema,biography, Star

Cottrell, Leonard

Madame Tussaud.

Evans, 1965. Hard Cover, Cadet edition. 160pp, blue boards. B + w photographs, including one of the Beatles with their waxworks. A couple of light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise a clean copy. A biography of the life of the founder of the famous waxworks, from rhe court of Marie Antoinette, through the Revolution to success in Britain... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 14372

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Waxworks, History, Biography, French Revolution

Cowell, Henry J

John Winthrop A Seventeenth Century Puritan Romance.

Benham, 1949. First Edition. Soft Cover, 31pp, pale blue covers. Frontispiece portrait and picture of memorial window given by his american descendants. The story of the man from Groton, Suffolk who became the First Governor of the Colony at Massachusetts Bay and founded Boston, USA, and his wife Margaret... Fine.

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Book number: 6728

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Massachusetts Bay, Groton, Rev A B Bird

Cronin, Vincent

Louis XIV.

Reprint Society, 1965. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 384pp, cream boards with blue label, a little sun darkened to spine. Family Tree. Internally clean. A readable biography of the C17 king of France... Fine /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6069

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: France