Biography & Letters

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...

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.

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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.

Published to accompany the retrospective exhibition in Dublin, 1996-97. Biography and appraisal by Alistair Smith.

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PUBLISHERPutchamin Press, Indiana.
BINDINGGrey cloth boards with black illustration and lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, little handled.
DUST JACKETJust a little slight shelf wear to...

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PUBLISHERFaber and Faber, London.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards marked, scratched and discoloured with faded spine. Bumping to spine and corners. End papers and block...

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PUBLISHERGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
BINDING
Burgundy cloth boards with gilt crest and lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general shelf wear to edges,...

PUBLISHERFaber & Faber Limited.
BINDINGIllustrated paper covered boards, with dust jacket, in an illustrated card slipcase. Gilt top block edge. Illustrated endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition for age. Boards have a little wear to edges. Binding secure. Uneven opened page edges. Printed pages and images remain clear and...

A life of Cardinal Manning followed by eulogies and verses from his memorial service.

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PUBLISHERThe Bodley Head.
BINDINGOrange / red cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, boards are just a little worn at edges. Printed pages and images remain clear with...

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PUBLISHERPaddington Press Ltd, New York and London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are just a little worn at edges. Foxing...

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PUBLISHERColumbus Books, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. 
BOOK CONDITIONGeneral shelf wear with some scuffs and marks to boards and bumping to...

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PUBLISHERG.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd, London.
BINDINGYellow cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally scuffed and worn at edges. Spine faded and some marking. Some foxing...