Biography & Letters

PUBLISHERFaber and Faber.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just some slight shelf wear at edges of boards. Printed pages and images remain clear with few discernable marks.
DUST JACKETSome faint yellowing, mainly to back cover. A little creasing at bottom edges. 
EDITION1997,...

PUBLISHEREvans Brothers Limited London.
BINDINGPale orange cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONA little wear and some discolouration to edges of boards. Binding secure. Foxing affecting block edges, but text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETA little wear at edges, spine faded.
EDITION1967.
DESCRIPTIONA...

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PUBLISHERMenin House, Tommies Guides, Eastbourne.
BINDINGSoft cover.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good condition, just some minor signs of wear to edges of covers. 
DUST JACKETNo.
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A beautifully produced companion to the exhibition showing works from the last sixteen years of Turner's life.

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PUBLISHERJohn Murray, London.
BINDINGTan cloth boards with red title patch on spine and gilt lettering. Mauve tinted top block edge.
BOOK CONDITIONA little general shelf...

PUBLISHERThe Overlook Press, Woodstock, New York.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just a little slight wear and fading to very edges of boards. Printed pages are clear with no noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETGood, a little creasing to edges and a tiny tear at top of spine....

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PUBLISHERHarper & Brothers Publishers.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear and scuffing, and are faded at edges....

Part travelogue, part imagination, this unusual book takes the form of letters written during the summer of 1936.

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PUBLISHERJohn Murray, London.
BINDINGHalf bound with leather spine and corners and marbled boards. gilt lettering and decoration to banded spine. Marbled block edges and endpapers.
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PUBLISHERMacmillan and Co. Ltd, London.
BINDINGQuarter bound blue paper covered boards and oatmeal cloth spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn, with splash marks on front...

PUBLISHERPrinted for private circulation by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd. The University Press, Glasgow.
BINDINGGrey woven cloth boards with green leather title patch on spine with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONA good copy of this rare memoir. Boards have some general wear to edges, corners bumped. Slightly faded /...

A comprehensive biography of one of the principal "Founding Fathers" of the United States of America.

First published nearly seventy years after Gainsborough's burial, a detailed life of the most eminent of portrait artists.

PUBLISHERStanford University Press.
BINDINGQuarter bound black boards with tan over spine.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, few signs of wear. Text is clear and unmarked.
DUST JACKETSlight wear to very edges, some faint scratching on gloss surface.
EDITION2010.
DESCRIPTIONAn autobiography in the form of a philosophical diary,...

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PUBLISHEROxford University Press.
BINDINGBright green cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONA little shelf wear to edges and corners. Printed pages and images remain clear with very few...

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PUBLISHERShepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just a little wear to edges of boards. Slight browning / foxing to endpapers...

For the six years of WWII, Mollie Panter-Downes covered the war in her "Letter from London"  for The New Yorker magazine. These fortnightly reports are compiled here by New Yorker editor William Shawn.

PUBLISHERBrowne and Nolan Limited. The Richview Press Dublin.
BINDINGRed cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and a little faded at edges, corners bumped. Browning and foxing affecting block edges and outer leaves, but text remains largely clear and little marked. Author's signature in green ink on title...