Blaise Cendrars

Planus

London, Peter Owen, 1972. 1st Edition . Soft cover. London: Peter Owen, 1972. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First English edition of the second volume of Cendrars' remarkable autobiography. All in VG, clean and bright internal order. Card covers a little dulled with small corner crease to front. 8vo. 220pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 103291

Catalogue: Biography

Alan Clark; Ion Trewin (ed)

Alan Clark: A Life in His Own Words the Edited Diaries 1972-1999

London, Phoenix, 2010. Soft cover. Well edited selection from Clark's remarkable diaries. In Vg order throughout. Light crease to spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 758pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007092

Catalogue: Biography

Barrett H Clark

Eugene O'Neill the Man and His Plays

London, Jonathan Cape, 1933. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First UK edition. Bibliography to rear. Very light toning to stock but otherwise in VG clean, crisp and bright order throughout. No inscriptions. Smart brick red cloth with crisp blue titling to spine. Scarce in d/j, this unclipped, lightly worn to edges and dulled to spine. 12mo. 191pp . Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 009647

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Literary Criticism Bibliography

Donald Clarke

Wishing on the Moon the Life and Times of Billie Holiday

London, Viking, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. All in VG internal order bar heavy toning to page edges. Smart Black boards with bright silver titling to spine. Unclipped d/j a little worn to edges. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 468pp . Good/Good.

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Book number: 007643

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Music

Richard Collier

A House Called Memory

New York, E P Dutton & Company, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New York: E P Dutton & Company, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A distinctive memoir of a boyhood in England" by the journalist, historian and novelist Collier. In VG clean and crisp internal order. Pale blue cloth a little dulled to edges. Good unclipped d/j showing light wear to edges and a little tanning. 8vo. 190pp . Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 007128

Catalogue: Biography

Judith Cook

Priestley

London, Bloomsbury, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Stock toned but otherwise in VG, clean and crisp order throughout. Notation to rear endpaper. Smart black boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j a little faded to spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 314pp . Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008306

Catalogue: Biography

William Cooper

From Early Life

London, Macmillan, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Macmillan, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 89 short chapters of biographical reminiscence, some more interesting than others. (eg. Cooper notes that girls' school classrooms smelt faintly of onions). Dust spotting to top of block, but otherwise in fine, clean crisp and bright internal order. Smart plum boards with bright gilt tilting to spine. Near fine unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 169pp . Very Good/Near Fine.

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Book number: 102633

Catalogue: Biography

Artemis Cooper

Patrick Leigh Fermor an Adventure [Signed]

London, John Murray, 2013. 1st Edition . Soft cover. London: John Murray, 2013. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First paperback edition, signed by Cooper to title page. In near-fine, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. 12mo. 448pp . Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 102621

Catalogue: Biography

Joan Penelope Cope

Bramshill Being the Memoirs of Joan Penelope Cope

London, Constable And Company, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Constable And Company, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illustrated childhood memoir centered around the noted Hampshire Jacobean house Bramshill. Stock lightly toned, but otherwise all in good internal order. Former owner's signature neatly to early blank. Endpapers split at hinges, but binding holding firm. Front board leads a little. Paper title label lightly marked. Boards a little worn, esp to spine. 8vo. 149pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010295

Catalogue: Biography

Peter Costello; Peter van de Kamp

Flann O'Brien an Illustrated Biography

London, Bloomsbury Publishing, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Light toning to page edges, but otherwise in VG, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Smart green boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j a little creased to top edge. 8vo. 160pp . Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007516

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Literary Criticism

G G Coulton

Fourscore Years an Autobiography

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1943. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1943. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fascinating and well-written autobiography. Stock lightly toned but otherwise in VG order throughout. Smart blue boards only lightly marked. 8vo. 378pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004230

Catalogue: Biography

Nicholas Courtney

Lord of the Isle the Extravagant Life and Times of Colin Tennant [Signed]

London, Bene Factum Publishing, 2012. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Signed, dedicated and dated by Courtney to title page. In VG+, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. Smart blue boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 264pp . Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 8958

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Caribbean Mustique

Frank A Crampton

Deep Enough a Working Stiff in the Western Mine Camps

Norman, University Of Oklahoma Press, 1982. Hardcover. Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New edition (1982) of Crampton's remarkable memoir (1956) of life in the mining camps of the wild West. In VG+, clean and bright internal order. Former owner's address label to half title. Smart brown faux-leather boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j, faded to spine. 8vo. xxxii, 281pp . Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 103621

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: The American West Mines And Mining

Mike Cringle

The Gamekeeper's Boy the Story of a Boy Growing Up on the North Norfolk Coast a Century Ago

Dereham, The Larks Press, 2002. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Dereham: The Larks Press, 2002. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Anne Cringle. In fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. Very light wear only to smart pictorial covers. 8vo. 93pp . Ill.: Anne Cringle. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010341

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Anne Cringle East Anglia Social History

Geo W Crutchley

John Mackintosh a Biography

London, The National Sunday School Union, 1921. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: The National Sunday School Union, 1921. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ND. 1921 - WorldCat. Likely produced as a fundraiser for The National Sunday School Union prior to commercial publication by Hodder & Stoughton. Title page differs, but remainder of content appears similar. Well illustrated biography of the much-loved confectionery magnate, in remarkably fine, clean and bright internal order. Red boards with gilt titling a little faded towards spine. 8vo. 231pp + index . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 103874

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Business