Masson, Georgina

Queen Christina.

Cardinal, 1974. Soft Cover, 405pp, illustrated softback covers, a little rubbed to the edges. B + w illustrations. Internally clean and tight. A biography of the turbulent life of the Queen of Sweden, who abdicated in 1654 to live in Rome.. Very Good.

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Book number: 11687

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Sweden, Rome, Biography, History

Maurois, Andre

Disraeli A Picture of the Victorian Age.

Bodley Head, 1930. Hard Cover, 334pp, purple cloth covered boards, faded to spine. Gift inscription on inner board, a few light spots of foxing, othewise internally clean. Biography of the Victorian politician and novelist.. Very Good.

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Book number: 10537

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Victorian, PM, Politics, Conservative

Melchiori, Barbara

Browning's Poetry of Reticence.

Oliver and Boyd, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover, 232pp, illustrated dustjacket with a little loss to the ends of the spine. Internally very clean. The sources of Browning's poetry, and the meaning hidden in certain themes and images, from a Freudian point of view... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 11940

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Browning, Poetry, English Literature, Literary Criticism

Meynell, Laurence

Builder and Dreamer A Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunell.

Heinemann, 1971. Hard Cover, Ill.: Lee Kenyon. Ex-Library, New Windmill Edition, for young people. 152pp, professionally laminated illustrated boards. B + w illustrations. Ex grammar school library - stamp to inner board and remains of labels, otherwise internally clean. A life of the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 14366

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Brunel, Biography, Children

Meynell, Everard

The Life of Francis Thompson.

Burns & Oates, 1918. Hard Cover, 2nd impression of the New Edition. 361pp, green cloth covered boards with gilt title. Spots of foxing to the foredge, a few passages marked, otherwise clean. A biography of the poet.. Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 10738

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, Poet

Miller, John

Judi Dench with a Crack in Her Voice The Biography.

Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 319pp. The priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete. B + w photographs. A very clean copy. A biography of the celebrated actress Judi Dench, famous for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs Brown and as James Bond's M in the cinema, and for TV sitcoms, such as A Fine Romance as well as her theatre work... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 12818

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Theatre, Biography, Actress , Oscar, Film, Tv

Montgomery, Brian

A Field-Marshal in The Family.

Constable, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover, 372pp. Complete dustjacket faded to spine. B + w photographs. Internally clean. A biography of Field-Marshal Montgomery of Alamein, by his brother... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 8460

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: General, WWII, Alamein

Moody, Ellen

Trollope on The Net.

Trollope Society and Hambledon Press, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover, 274pp, blue boards, decorative dustjacket. B+ w illustrations. Discussions of Trollope's works, from the Trollope internet discussion group... As New /As New.

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Book number: 3911

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Anthony Trollope, internet

Moore, John Robert

Daniel Defoe Citizen of the Modern World.

University of Chicago Press, 1966. Hard Cover, Ill.:. A heavy book of 409pp. Black cloth covered boards with gilt title, now in a protective plastic cover. B + w illustrations. Bookplate of the previous owner to the flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. A biography of the author of the author of Gulliver's Travels, Moll Flanders etc... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 11497

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Defoe, English Literature

Moore, Harry T

The Intelligent Heart The Story of D H Lawrence.

Penguin, 1960. Mass Market Paperback, Revised edition. 560pp, the paper browning with age, orange softback covers. B + W illustrations. Internally clean and tight. A biography of the writer D H Lawrence... Good.

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Book number: 14126

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, D H LAwrence, Writer

Moore, Harry T

Priest of Love A Life of D H Lawrence Revised Edition.

Penguin, 1974. Mass Market Paperback, Revised edition. 697pp, the paper tanning a little with age. Softback covers, a little rubbed to the edge, with a photo from the film. B + w illustrations. Internally clean and tight. A vivid portrait of Lawrence as man and artist... Very Good.

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Book number: 8863

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, D H Lawrence, English Literature

Morgan, Charles

Reflections In A Mirror.

Macmillan, 1944. First Edition. Hard Cover, 225pp, priceclipped dustjacket with small portions of loss to spine. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Includes essays on Tolstoy, Turgenev, Thomas Hardy and Emily Bronte... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 4397

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Tolstoy, Turgenev, Emily Bronte, Thomas Hardy

Moriarty, Mary and Sweeney, Catherine

W B Yeats.

Dublin, O'Brien Press, 1988. First Edition. Soft Cover, 63pp, laminated softback boards with portrait of Yeats. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A biography, with Yeats places to visit in Ireland... Fine.

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Book number: 12381

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Poet, Biography, Poetry

Morrow, Ann

The Queen.

BCA, 1983. Hard Cover, 258pp, complete dustjacket. Colour and b + w photographs. A very clean copy. What Queen Elizabeth II is really like and the contribution she makes by a long-standing court correspondent, anecdotes of royal tours etc... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 5192

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Queen Elizabeth II, royalty, Commonwealth

Morrow, Ann

The Queen.

BCA, 1983. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 258pp, the paper browning a little with age. Complete dustjacket. Colour and b + w illustrations. Previous owner's name and address on flyleaf, otherwise clean. A portrait of the private person, by the former court correspondent of the 'Daily Telegraph'... Very Good /Fine.

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Book number: 5837

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Daily Telegraph, Monarchy, Royalty, Biography