Biography & Letters

Peter Adam
£28.00

Eileen Gray Architect/Designer: A Biography

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PUBLISHERHarry N. Abrams, Inc.
BINDINGBlack boards with white lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONLight scratches to gloss surface of boards. Little shelf wear. Printed pages and images clear with few discernable marks. 
DUST JACKETSlight creasing to spine and edges. Few marks. Preserved in removable book wrap.
EDITION2000, revised edition.

J.H. Williams
£25.00

Elephant Bill

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PUBLISHERRupert Hart-Davis, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general shelf wear and slight fading at edges. Hinges a little weak but binding secure. Mostly faint foxing and browning throughout the volume, although mainly affecting block edges and outer leaves. Fold out map intact. Previous owners name...

Maud Ellman
£40.00

Elizabeth Bowen A Shadow Across the Page

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PUBLISHEREdinburgh University Press
BINDINGBurgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. 
BOOK CONDITIONVery good with slight bumping to spine edges, otherwise minimal shelf wear to...

Marianne Kirlew
£45.00

Famous Sisters of Great Men

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PUBLISHERThomas Nelson and Sons.
BINDINGIllustrated brown boards with gilt lettering and border and coloured design. Decorative endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn, scuffed and faded with bumped corners and ends of spine. Hinges weakened with some splits, but pages feel secure. Outer leaves are browned, and there are...

Michel and Vitale Fontine
£30.00

Fokine: Memoirs of a Ballet Master

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PUBLISHERConstable & Company Limited, London.
BINDINGQuarter bound pale blue cloth boards with black over spine and gilt lettering. Decorated endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are a little worn and faded at edges. Slight discolouration. Some faint foxing and browning to leaves, but text and images remain largely clear. Small previous...

Field-Marshall Earl Roberts
£35.00

Forty-One Years in India

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PUBLISHERMacmillan and Co. Limited, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with embossed lettering and border on front.
BOOK CONDITIONIn generally worn condition, with scuffing and some marks, bumped corners and faded spine. Hinges split and weakened and but binding still feels secure. Browning and foxing mostly affecting block edges and...

Ernst von Salomon
£150.00

Fragebogen (The Questionnaire)

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A shocking yet darkly humorous autobiography and apologia. Sparked by the Allies' questionnaire Issued to all suspected Germans after WWII, which was designed to root out war crimes.

Cecil Aspinall-Oglander
£18.50

Freshly Remembered: The Story of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch

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PUBLISHERThe Hogarth Press.
BINDINGYellow cloth boards with red title patch on spine and gilt lettering. Red top block edge.
BOOK CONDITIONCorners bumped and a little...

Yosef Kaplan
£45.00

From Christianity to Judaism: The Story of Orobio de Castro

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A detailed life of the scholar, religious thinker and spokesman for the Jewish community.

Begum Shaista Ikramullah
£110.00

From Purdah to Parliament

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PUBLISHERThe Cresset Press, London.
BINDINGBlue / yellow weave cloth boards with red title patch on spine and gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have a little wear...

Michael Spens
£16.00

Gardens of the Mind: The Genius of Geoffrey Jellicoe

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PUBLISHERAntique Collectors Club.
BINDINGOlive green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Illustrated endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONA little shelf wear to edges of boards, a few small marks. Printed pages and images remain clear with no noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETSome slight creasing at edges, a few faint scratches and scuff...

John Farleigh
£20.00

Graven Image: An Autobiographical Textbook

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PUBLISHERMacmillan & Co. Ltd. London.
BINDINGPictorial boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have general wear and scuffing, especially at edges. Discolouration to spine and some marks. Browning and...

Joseph S. Harris
£30.00

Harris and Smith: Collateral Ancestry

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PUBLISHERJoseph S. Harris, Philadelphia. George F. Lasher, Printer.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition for age. A little general shelf wear to boards, a faint scuffed patch on front cover. Corners slightly bumped. Printed pages remain clear with very few noticeable marks. Small previous...

Shane Leslie
£25.00

Henry Edward Manning: His Life and Labours

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A biography of the long life of the English Cardinal Manning.

James Moran
£18.00

Henry George (signed copy)

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PUBLISHERWesterham Press
BINDINGBrown cloth boards with paper title patch, in matching cloth board slip case.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, slight wear and fading around spine. Text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETGood, just a little general scuffing.
EDITION1972, numbered 42 of a limited edition...

Henry Moore and John Hedgecoe
£16.00

Henry Moore: My Ideas, Inspiration and Life as an Artist

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PUBLISHERCollins & Brown.
BINDINGIllustrated boards.
BOOK CONDITIONA little wear to edges of boards, corners bumped. Printed pages and images remain clear with no noticeable marks. 
DUST JACKETFaded at edges, with some minor creasing. A couple of tiny tears. 
EDITION1999.
DESCRIPTIONA record of Henry Moore in...

Henry Rushbury
£30.00

Henry Rushbury Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne

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Published for the 2010 R.A. exhibition, a collection of the works of the master of dry-point etching.

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