In Memoriam One in Life and in Death: The Earl and Countess of Dalhousie

Brechin, D H Edwards, 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Brechin: D H Edwards, 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. An account of the deaths of the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie within a day of each other in November 1887, and the many tributes paid. This followed by a detailed description of the funeral and proposals for a memorial. Stock lightly toned, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Decorated printed paper-covered boards are worn to edges with a little loss to front corners. Rear board lightly cracked at corner and a little foxed. An interesting and attractive volume. 16mo. 83pp + publisher's ad. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 103164

Catalogue: Biography

Mahathma (Mahatma) Gandhi His Life with Pictures

Chennai, Gandhi Study Centre, 2006. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Scarce well illustrated volume on Gandhi, in English and Hindi. Some light creasing to contents and cover, but generally in good order. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831) . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000876

Catalogue: Biography

Bill Adams

Ships and Women an Autobiography

London, Peter Davies & Lovat Dickson, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Exceptionally scarce true first edition of the sailor-poet's autobiography. Photo as frontispiece. Stock a little toned with foxing to title page, but generally clean and bright thereafter. Front hinge opening a little but holding firm. Cloth rather grubby and dulled to spine. 8vo. 327pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005580

Catalogue: Biography

Ansel Adams; Mary Street Alinder and Andrea Gray Stillman (eds)

Ansel Adams Letters 1916-1984

Boston, Little, Brown And Company, 2001. Soft cover. Illuminating collection of Adams' letters inVG, seemingly unread, order throughout. Light wear only to covers. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 418pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 9011

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Photography Essays And Letters

Frederick Lewis Allen

The Great Pierpont Morgan

New York, Harper & Row, 1965. Soft cover. New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The unparalleled story of America's mightiest financier." Perennial Library paperback edition. Stock toned and inside covers a little marked, but otherwise all in good order. 12mo. 250pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010541

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Business

Hollis Alpert

Fellini a Life

London, W H Allen, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Spotting to edge of block but otherwise all in clean and bright order. Previous owner's signature neatly to fep. Smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j, lightly worn and faded to spine. First UK edition. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 303pp . Good/Good.

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Book number: 008174

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Film & TV

Verily Anderson

Spam Tomorrow

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, second impression. A little light foxing to block and one or two pages but otherwise all in good clean and bright order. Green boards only lightly worn and a little faded to spine. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831) . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001664

Catalogue: Biography

David Arkell

Alain-Fournier a Brief Life (1886-1914)

Manchester, Carcanet Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well illustrated and all in VG+, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. Smart black boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG clipped d/j, a little faded to spine. 8vo. 178pp . Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 102418

Catalogue: Biography

Yvonne De Bremond D'Ars

The Antique Dealer's Tale

London, Victor Gollancz, 1962. Hardcover. All in good internal order bar a little toning to stock and spotting to endpapers. Blue boards heavily faded and marked, particularly to spine. 8vo. 176pp. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 102867

Catalogue: Biography

Brian Asquith

Long Time No W.C.

Volunteer Centre, 2005. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Volunteer Centre, 2005. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First hand account of five years as a prisoner of war in WW2 Poland. All in VG clean and bright order throughout. Very light wear only to pictorial card covers. 8vo. viii, 124pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 103208

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Naval & Military

The Rev John Baillie

A Memoir of Captain W. Thornton Bate, R.N.

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, And Roberts, 1859. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, And Roberts, 1859. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Thoroughly entertaining naval biography. With portrait frontispiece and four plates as required and all in VG internal order, with just a little toning and occasional foxing. Neat gift inscription to half title. Marbled endpapers and block marbled to all edges. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Front board a little loose. Heavily worn half leather with corrugated/embossed cloth. Loss to backstrip at head and foot of spine. 12mo. 256pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007525

Catalogue: Biography

Carlos Baker

Ernest Hemingway a Life Story

London, Collins, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Clean and bright internally. Light marking to blue cloth, with bright gilt titling to spine. Unclipped d/j showing some wear, faded to edges and spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 702pp . Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 007951

Catalogue: Biography

Kenneth Ballantyne

First Wave [Signed]

Wellington, Laundry Cottage Books, 2014. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Wellington: Laundry Cottage Books, 2014. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The true story of Warrant Officer Reg Payne, Royal Air Force wireless operator with 50 Squadron during World War Two. All in VG clean and bright internal order. Signed by author to title page. Light wear only to card covers. 8vo. 301pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010025

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Naval & Military

W N P Barbellion

The Journal of a Disappointed Man

Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1948. Soft cover. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1948. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Penguin 674 - double volume. Remarkable diary by the pseudonymous Barbellion, reluctant journalist, keen naturalist and MS sufferer. Stock toned but in good internal order. Card cover toned to edges and worn to spine. 12mo. 352pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008365

Catalogue: Biography

George H Barber

From Workhouse to Lord Mayor an Autobiography

Tunstall, George H Barber, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Tunstall: George H Barber, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Self-published memoir of the Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent. Surprisingly entertaining, including chapters on visits to Russia, Palestine and Egypt, and the Continent, as well as much that is more local. In VG internal order, clean and bright throughout. Blue cloth boards heavily faded and rather marked. 12mo. 110pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009561

Catalogue: Biography