Gwynn, Stephen

Mrs Humphry Ward.

Nisbet & Co, 1917. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.:. Ex-Library, 127pp, the paper now browning with age, blue cloth covered boards, worn to the edges of the spine. Frontispiece photograph. Ex library - label to inner board, flyleaf removed, and stamp to title page otherwise internally clean - a suitable 'reading copy' only. A study of the life and work of the authoress of 25 novels, including 'Robert Elsmere', on social and religious issues.. Fair /No Jacket.

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Book number: 12884

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Literary Criticism, Authoress

Hackett, Francis

Henry The Eighth.

Reprint Society, 1946. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, Reprint of the 1929 edition. 503pp, black cloth covered boards, a little marked. B + w illustrations. A little wear to inner front hinge, otherwise internally clean. Henry VIII and his 6 wives... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 2563

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: history, tudor, monarch, king

Hackett, Francis

Henry The Eighth.

Reprint Society, 1946. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 503pp, black cloth covered boards with leather label. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, a little wear to gutter, otherwise internally clean. The story of King Henry VIII... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 4599

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Tudor, Monarchy, History

Hall, Richard

Stanley An Adventurer Explored.

PBS Book Club, 1974. Hard Cover, 400 pp, b + w illustrations, endpaper maps. Dustjacket a little faded to spine and rubbed to edges with a scrape mark to the back. Internally very clean.. Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 581

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Africa, Livingstone, journalism

Harrison, G B

Introducing Shakespeare.

Penguin Pelican, 1954. Mass Market Paperback, Revised edition. 176pp, the paper browning a little with age, blue and white softback covers. Previous owner's name to front cover, a note to last page, otherwise clean and tight. A classic account of Shakespeare's life, his playhouse and company, the development of this style and problems of modern editing... Very Good.

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Book number: 12541

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Shakespeare

Havran, Martin J

Caroline Courtier The Life of Lord Cottington.

Macmillan, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover, With an Introduction by A L Rowse. 232pp, complete dustjacket with a crease to the front bottom edge. Frontispiece portrait. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Francis Cottingham (1579 - 1652) raised himself from obscurity to weath and influence by his service to the Stuart kings and became Chancellor of the Exchequer to Charles I, but lost everything in the Civil War and died in exile in Spain... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 8655

Catalogue: Biography

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

Hilary, Evelyn

White Spring.

The Book Guild, 1990. Hard Cover, 1st English edition. 134pp, complete dustjacket, a little faded to spine. B + w frontispiece photograph.. The true story of a Polish boy's wartime exile in Siberia, Kazakstan and the Ukraine... As New /Fine.

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Book number: 4188

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: WWII, exile, Siberia, Poland, Kazakstan, Ukraine, Russia, labour camp

Holmes, Richard

Dr Johnson & Mr Savage.

Flamingo, 1994. Mass Market Paperback, 260pp. A very clean, tight copy. The story of the friendship between the young Dr Johnson and the poet and convicted murderer Richard Savage... Fine.

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Book number: 8002

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biogaphy, Author, Poet, Georgian

Holroyd, Michael

Augustus John A Biography Volume I The Years of Innocence.

Heinemann, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. A heavy book of 415pp. The priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete, but a little worn to the edges. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. The first part of the biography of the bohemian artist, from 1878 to 1910... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 11741

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: artist, biography, painter

Hopkins, A B

Elizabeth Gaskell Her Life and Work.

John Lehmann, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover, 383pp, red cloth covered boards. B + w illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate to inner cover, otherwise clean. Includes a Bibliography of Mrs Gaskell's works... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 11487

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Writer

Hopkins, Kenneth

The Powys Brothers A Biographical Appreciation.

Warrenhouse Press, 1972. Hard Cover, 275pp, complete dustjacket, a very little rubbed to the corners. B + w illustrations. Spots of foxing to the top edge, otherwise a very clean copy. A biography of the authors John Cowper Powys, Llewelyn Powys and Theodore Powys... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 5453

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Author, Welsh Literature

Hough, Richard

Edward and Alexandra Their Private and Public Lives.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1993. Soft Cover, A large heavy book of 369p. Illustrated softback covers with light creases to the spine, which is a little faded. B + w photographs. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. A biography of King Edward and his beautiful wife Alexandra, and how they were interdependent in their public duties and private life... Very Good.

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Book number: 8561

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Royal, Monarch, King Edward, Royalty. Biography

Hough, Richard

Mountbatten, Hero Of Our Time.

Weidenfeld, 1981. Hard Cover, 3rd impression. 290pp, priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete. B + w photographs. Endpaper family tree. A very clean copy. A biography of the Admiral and Viceroy of India... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 3938

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: India, Admiral, Royal, Biography, Viceroy

Howarth, Patrick

George VI A New Biography.

Hutchinson, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. A heavy book of 282pp. Priceclipped dustjacket, a little faded to the spine, is otherwise complete. B + w photographs. Gift inscription to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. How George VI rose to the challenge of kingship, showing his powerful influence on events, both in the Second World War and in peacetime... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 8468

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Royal, King, Biography, House of Windsor, Monarch,world War II

Howe, P P

The Life of William Hazlitt.

Penguin, 1949. Mass Market Paperback, 1st Penguin edition, with an Introduction by Frank Swinnerton. 477pp, the edges browning a little with age, blue and white softback covers with one small paint mark to the back cover. Previous owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise clean and VG. A classic biography of the English writer... Very Good.

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Book number: 7391

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography, writer, essayist, Frank Swinnerton