Biografia

Muriel Spark the Biography

STANNARD, MARTIN · 2009 · Little Lane Books

A$33.00 (€20.29 | $22.36 | £16.92 | ¥3,569)

UK, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2009. Hardcover with dust jacket, 24 Cm. Book, One kilo to post, 627pp. In 1992 Spark invited Martin Stannard to write her biography, offering interviews and full access to her papers. The result is a compelling portrait of an extraordinary life. Age...

Elizabeth David

CHANEY LISA · 1999 · Little Lane Books

A$24.00 (€14.75 | $16.26 | £12.31 | ¥2,596)

Pan. 1999, Reprint. (ISBN: 0330367625) Paperback with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Really good condition, less than 500g for post, 482 clean pages and tight binding. Black and White photographs included. Book reviews have been very positive re this work > The ...

Elizabeth David

CHANEY LISA · 1998 · Little Lane Books

A$32.00 (€19.67 | $21.68 | £16.41 | ¥3,461)

Macmillan. 1998, Reprint. (ISBN: 0330367625) Hardcover with dust jacket, 24 Cm. Book, 484 pp, 2 photo sections, 900g for posting, gift inscription on title page. Very nice condition with clean pages and tight binding. Black and white photographs included. Book reviews have bee...

Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years

NOURMAND, TONY · 2006 · Little Lane Books

A$42.00 (€25.82 | $28.46 | £21.54 | ¥4,543)

UK, Boxtree. 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 28.5cm. Book, 168 crisp pp, a kilo to post. Book's fault is a bump/ding right near the edge of the front cover (we do have a better copy 011487). Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Funny Face, Paris When It Sizzles, Breakfast at Tiffany's; t...

Jungle Soldier

MOYNAHAN, BRIAN · 2009 · Little Lane Books

A$27.00 (€16.60 | $18.29 | £13.85 | ¥2,920)

UK, Quercus. 2009. Hardcover with dust jacket, 24 Cm. Book, 338 crisp pp, Arctic explorer, survival expert and naturalist Freddy Spencer Chapman was trapped behind enemy lines when the Japanese overran Malaya in 1942. His response was to begin a commando campaign of such letha...

Normandy: The Search for Sidney

BATES, THOMAS & LUMMIS, ERIC · 2002 · Little Lane Books

A$30.00 (€18.44 | $20.33 | £15.39 | ¥3,245)

UK, Batesbooks. 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket, 29cm. Book, 201pp, about a kilo for post, numerous bw opics, publisher's stamp & name inside. The story, in short, is about Sidney Bates, a young corporal with the elite English unit, the Royal NorFolk regiment. During the batt...

Step-By-Step Picture Framing the Essential Guide to Making and Decorating over 100 Frames

KANDUTH, RIAN · 2004 · Little Lane Books

A$23.00 (€14.14 | $15.58 | £11.80 | ¥2,488)

UK, Hermes House. 2004. Card Cover with dust jacket, 30cm. Book, 256pp & 1.5 kg to post, card cover has 2 diag. crease marks, lower right corner bumped, binding jolly good & pp clean & crisp with a wealth of illustrations to guide you. Very Good/None issued.

Picture Framing Made Easy

STOKES, PENELOPE · 1996 · Little Lane Books

A$27.00 (€16.60 | $18.29 | £13.85 | ¥2,920)

UK, Cassell. 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket, 28.5cm. Book, 128 crisp pp, 800g for posting, content >>> Make frames worth a fortune, for pennies-with one of these delightful designs. Just follow these guides to preparing the artwork, mounting, and matting, using customized mo...

Birth of a Legend the Spitfire

QUILL, JEFFREY · 1986 · Little Lane Books

A$24.00 (€14.75 | $16.26 | £12.31 | ¥2,596)

UK, Quiller Press. 1986, 2nd Impression. Hardcover with dust jacket, 25.5cm. Book, ex-lib & some nitwit has removed the 1st page, so low price for this iconoic Quill book. In the pre-war years aerial races were a hit with the famous Schneider Trophy; enter R. J. Mitchell who d...

Marco the Making of Marco Pierre White, Sharpest Chef in History

HENNESSY, CHARLES · 2000 · Little Lane Books

A$21.00 (€12.91 | $14.23 | £10.77 | ¥2,271)

UK, Ebury Press. 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket, 24 Cm. Book, Marco was born of working-class parents on a bleak council estate in Leeds, and his Italian mother died when he was six years old. Today he has become a star chef of international renown, a controversial media cel...

All the Way Home Stories from an African Wildlife Sanctuary

PEEK, BOOKEY · 2007 · Little Lane Books

A$35.00 (€21.51 | $23.71 | £17.95 | ¥3,786)

UK, Max (Little Books). 2007. Papeback with dust jacket, 20cm. Book, 342pp, incl small section of col photos, less than 500g for post - engaging & intensely moving story of a sanctuary in Zimbabwe & a passionate family's work there. review >> Beautiful, deep, tragic, funny, an...

Politicians at War Post-War Members of Parliament Recall Their War-Time Military Service

BUCKTON, HENRY · 2003 · Little Lane Books

A$24.00 (€14.75 | $16.26 | £12.31 | ¥2,596)

UK, Leo Cooper. 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket, 24 Cm. Book, A fascinating collection of wartime memories from major political figures, many who are still household names today. Drawn from a political cross section, representing all major parties, these delightfully evocativ...

Rogue Bull: The Story of Lang Hancock King of the Pilbarra

DUFFIELD ROBERT · 1979 · Little Lane Books

A$40.00 (€24.59 | $27.10 | £20.51 | ¥4,326)

Australia, Fontana. 1979, 1st Soft Cover Edition. Soft cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book, Very Good condition generally bar a 2cm tear on map (as endpaper), owner name on the half title page. Dan Denning comments on the book in the Daily Reckoning, this ...

Bombshell : The Secret Story of America\S Unknown Atomic Spy Conspiracy

ALBRIGHT, JOSEPH & KUNSTEL, MARCIA · 1997 · Little Lane Books

A$26.00 (€15.98 | $17.62 | £13.33 | ¥2,812)

Times Books. 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket, 24.5cm. Book, Ted Hall was a physics prodigy so gifted that he was asked to join the Manhattan Project when he was only eighteen years old. There, in wartime Los Alamos, working under Robert Oppenheimer and Bruno Rossi, Hall helpe...

A Taste of Old Cuba: More Than 150 Recipes for Delicious, Authentic, and Traditional Dishes Highlighted with Reflections and Reminiscences

MARIA JOSEFA LLURIA DE O'HIGGINS · 1994 · Little Lane Books

A$30.00 (€18.44 | $20.33 | £15.39 | ¥3,245)

Harper Collins. 1994, 1st. Hardcover with dust jacket, 23.5cm. Book, An expatriate's memories of pre-Castro Cuba are combined with traditional recipes, including an assortment of appetizers, soups, rice and bean dishes, entrees, salads, sauces, desserts, and beverages. 800g & ...

Ken Marschall\S Art of Titanic

ARCHBOLD, RICK · 1998 · Little Lane Books

A$130.00 (€79.91 | $88.08 | £66.67 | ¥14,061)

Australia, Allen & Unwin. 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket, 28.5cm. Ill.: Ken Marschall. Book, 1.6 kilos of Titanic-abilia, 160 crisp white oblong pp (30w X 28h), a first class cabin full of illustration & photos. The story of the Titanic has mesmerized the world & Ken Marscha...

The Colonel of Tamarkan : Philip Toosey and the Bridge on the River Kwai

SUMMERS, JULIE · 2005 · Little Lane Books

A$26.00 (€15.98 | $17.62 | £13.33 | ¥2,812)

UK, Simon & Schuster. 2005. Hardcover with dust jacket, 24 Cm. Book, 410 crisp white pp, 800g packed for post, photo mid-section, illust endpapers. Written by Toosey's granddaughter, The Colonel of Tamarkan draws on both private archives and many original interviews with Secon...

Rommel the End of a Legend

REUTH, RALF GEORG · 2005 · Little Lane Books

A$25.00 (€15.37 | $16.94 | £12.82 | ¥2,704)

London, Haus Books. 2005. Soft cover with dust jacket, 23.5cm. Book, ex-Lothian library, usual stamps, good slip on cover, 247pp, a shade under 500g for post, bw pix throughout. synopsis >> The legend of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel-the "Desert Fox"-is threefold: he was a simple...

Sharaku the Enigmatic Ukiyo-E Master

NARAZAKI, MUNESHIGE · 1994 · Little Lane Books

A$29.00 (€17.83 | $19.65 | £14.87 | ¥3,137)

Kodansha International. 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket, 31cm. Book, an ex-lib copy in really nice order. 96 crisp pp, 1 kg to post. Rembrandt, Velazquez, and Toshusai Sharaku have been called the greatest portrait artists of all time. Of the three, Sharaku's name is undoubte...

Tony Hancock: Artiste: A Tony Hancock Companion

WILMUT, ROGER · 1986 · Little Lane Books

A$17.00 (€10.45 | $11.52 | £8.72 | ¥1,839)

UK, Bibliophile Books, London. 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket, 23.5cm. Book, Preface by Harry Secombe, 271pp, 800g for post, bw pics, gift inscription 1st p. This book is a study of the professional career of Tony Hancock, who was surely one of the greatest comics of our age...