Biography & Letters

Lory Alder and R. Dalby
£18.00

The Dervish of Windsor Castle: The Life of Arminius Vambery

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERBachman & Turner Ltd. London.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with gilt lettering
BOOK CONDITIONGood, a little wear and fading to edges of boards. Some foxing to...

Frida Kahlo, Carlos Fuentes and Sarah M. Lowe
£40.00

The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERAbrams, New York.
BINDINGBlack boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, slight bumping to corners. Printed pages and images remain clear and unmarked.
DUST JACKETJust a few signs of wear at very edges. Preserved in removable book wrap.
EDITION2005.
DESCRIPTIONFrida Kahlo's own illustrated journal of...

Margaret Thatcher
£85.00

The Downing Street Years (With signed photograph)

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The memoires of Britain's first female Prime Minister, describing in riveting detail the events and personalities of her years in power.

Vita Sackville-West
£20.00

The Eagle and The Dove: A Study in Contrasts

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A study of two contrasting female Saints: St. Teresa of Avila and St. Therese of Lisieux.

W.S. Scott
£18.00

The Georgian Theatre

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An overview of theatre in Georgian times, with chapters on it's most prominent stars including David Garrick and Sarah Siddons.

Isabella Bird
£250.00

The Golden Chersonese

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A vivid account of the intrepid author's travels in the Malay Peninsular in the late 1800's. Isabella Bird is perhaps best known for her earlier "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains."

Mary Hyde
£18.00

The Impossible Friendship: Boswell and Mrs. Thrale

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERChatto & Windus, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards. 
BOOK CONDITIONLittle shelf wear with slight bumping to spine and corners. Binding tight and printed pages and images clear with few discernable marks.
DUST JACKETGenerally worn, discoloured and marked with some small tears to edges and spine. One small piece...

Princess Catherine Radziwill
£30.00

The Intimate Life of the Last Tsarina

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERCassell & Company Ltd.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn at edges, with some scuffing and scratching overall. Binding feels secure. Uneven opened...

Charles Darwin
£320.00

The Journal of a Voyage in H.M.S. Beagle

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A very handsome reproduction of Darwin's ground-breaking work.

Eva Scott
£20.00

The King in Exile: The Wanderings of Charles II, from June 1646 to July 1654

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PUBLISHERE.P. Dutton and Company, New York
BINDINGBlack cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and faded. Hinges a little weak and split...

Margaret Smith, Editor
£85.00

The Letters of Charlotte Bronte: Volume I, 1829-1847

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PUBLISHERClarendon Press, Oxford.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, boards have some slight wear to very edges. A little foxing to...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edited by Frederic G. Kenyon
£25.00

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (two volumes)

Poetry
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PUBLISHERSmith , Elder, & Co. London.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and embossed border.
BOOK CONDITIONBoth volumes are generally worn, with...

Humphrey Carter, Editor, with Christopher Tolkien
£35.00

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

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PUBLISHERGeorge Allen & Unwin, London.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are a little worn at very edges. A couple of stains to block edges, but...

Louise DeSalvo and Mitchell A. Leasker, Editors
£18.00

The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf

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PUBLISHERWilliam Morrow and Company, Inc. New York.
BINDINGQuarter bound cream boards and cloth spine with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, a little wear to edges of...

Mrs Castell Coates
£30.00

The Life and Era of Queen Victoria, for Young People

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PUBLISHERSimpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent & Co. Limited.
BINDINGBlue pictorial boards with black, white and gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn at edges,...

Bernard W. Henderson
£45.00

The Life and Principate of the Emperor Hadrian, A.D. 76-138

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The first detailed biography written by an English historian, on the varied and much travelled life of Hadrian.

Bernard W. Henderson
£45.00

The Life and Principate of the Emperor Hadrian, A.D. 76-138

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PUBLISHERMethuen & Co. Ltd. London.
BINDINGGreen-blue cloth boards with black lettering and border.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear to edges and bumping to corners...

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