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

Davis, Loyal and Cronin, A J

Surgeon Extraordinary The Life of J B Murphy.

Harrap, 1938. Hard Cover, 1st reprint. Foreword by A J Cronin. 287pp, reddish brown cloth covered boards. Frontispiece portrait. A couple of small marks but generally clean. Readable biography of the man whose parents had emigrated from Ireland to Wisconsin in the 1840s to live a pioneer farming life at Appleton, and who rose to become a distinguished surgeon and President Roosevelt's doctor... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 5969

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Roosevelt, Appleton, wisconsin, doctor, A J Cronin

Delderfield, Eric and Cook, D V

A Brief Guide To Kings & Queens of England and Great Britain 3 Parts.

Raleigh Press, 1965. Hard Cover, 2nd edition. 126p, card covers with royal coat of arms in colour on the cover, red cloth spine is a little faded. Many b + w illustrations. Internally clean... Very Good.

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Book number: 8512

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Exmouth

Dent, H C

The Life And Characters Of Charles Dickens.

Odhams, 1111. Hard Cover, 508pp, red cloth boards, slightly sunned to spine, with impressed portrait. B + w illustrations. A clean copy... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 2717

Catalogue: Biography

Dinsdale, Ann and White, Kathryn

Bronte Parsonage Museum Haworth A Souvenir Guide.

The Bronte Society, 1998. First Edition. Soft Cover, Ill.: Simon Warner. 64pp. Illustrated soft card covers. Many colour photoigraphs by Simon Warner. A very clean copy. A souvenir guide to the home where the Bronte sisiters lived, written by the curator and librarian. COMES with a separate leaflet guide to the Red House, Gomersal, the home of Charlotte Bronte's friend, Mary Taylor, when it was a museum... Fine /No Jacket.

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Book number: 9129

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Bronte, Museum, Yorkshire, Gomersal

Dodds, Dennis Walton

Count Leon.

William Kimber, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover, 270 pp, dustjacket with long tears and some loss.. B + w photographs. Flyleaf removed, otherwise internally clean and VG. The fascinating biography of Napoleon's love child... Very Good /Poor.

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Book number: 847

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Napoleon, Bonaparte

Dreifuss, Jerome

The Romance of Catherine and Potemkin.

Jarrolds, 1111. Hard Cover, Circa 1938. 256pp, dark blue cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to the edges of the spine. B + w illustrations. Owner's name to flyleaf, spots of foxing to title page, otherwise internally clean. The story of Empress Catherine of Russia and Prince Potemkin - what was the secret of his power over her?.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6554

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Russia, Crimea, Orlov, St Petersburg

Duff, David

Mother Of The Queen The Life Story Of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Muller, 1965. Hard Cover, 2nd impression. 308pp, black cloth covered boards. B + w photographs. Gift inscription on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. A sympathetic biography of the Queen Mother... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 3147

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Royalty, Queen Mother

Duff, David

Mother of the Queen.

Muller, 1965. Hard Cover, 3rd impression. 308pp, dustjacket with short tears to edges. B + w photographs. Internally clean. An interesting biography of the Queen Mother... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 8461

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Royalty, Queen Mother, Biography

Edwards, Anne

Royal Sisters Elizabeth and Margaret 1926 - 1956.

Collins, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover, 393pp. Priceclipped dustjakcet is otherwise complete. B + w photographs. Internally very clean. A biography of the Queen and her relationship with her sister... As New /Very Good.

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Book number: 8463

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Royal, Queen

Ervine, St John

Oscar Wilde A Present Time Appraisal.

George Allen & Unwin, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover, 336pp, green cloth covered boards, faded to spine. Bookplate to inner board, otherwise internally very clean. A biography and appraisal of Wilde's work, by a playwright... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 12497

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Writer, Theatre

Evans, Ivor B N

Rutherford of Nelson.

Penguin Pelican, 1943. Mass Market Paperback, 232pp, the page edges tanning a little with age. Blue and white softback covers, a little worn to the ends of the spine. Previous owner's initials ot the flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean and tight. A biography of the great physicist, Ernest Rutherford... Very Good.

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Book number: 5149

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Physicist, Scientist, Physics

Ewald, Alexander Charles

The Right Hon Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield KG And His Times Vol I Division II.

William Mackenzie, 1883. First Edition. Hard Cover, Large format. A handsome book with blue cloth covered boards with gilt armorial decoration,all edges gilt. B + w illustrations. Original owner's name on flyleaf, a few small spots of foxing, otherwise clean. This volume commences part way thorugh Ch. X to most of Ch XVIII, covering political life from Aberdeen's Government of 1852, through to 1861... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 10622

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: PM, Conservative, Politics, Disraeli, Victoria

Falkus, Christopher

The Life and Times of Charles II.

Book Club Associates, 1972. Hard Cover, 223pp, complete dustjacket. 16 colour and 100 b + w illustrations. Introduction by Antonia Fraser. Previous owner's bookplate, otherwise clean. A biography of the Stuart king... Very Good /Fine.

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Book number: 4132

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Stuart, Restoration, Antonia Fraser

Feinstein, Elaine

Pushkin.

Weidenfeld, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover, 309pp. Complete dustjacket with portrait of Pushkin. B + w illustrations. Bottom of the front cover a little rubbed, otherwise a very clean copy. The story of Russia's favourite poet... Very Good /Fine.

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Book number: 6818

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: poet, Russia