Biografia

The Stone Frigate

JOHN DAVIES, LT. RNVR · 1947 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Macmillan. 1947, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Spine slightly faded. Memoir of naval training during the second World War. Very Good/No Jacket.

By God's Will: Portrait of the Sultan of Brunei

LORD CHALFONT · 1989 · Marion Pitman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297796283) Hardcover. Book, Dustwrapper clipped. Very Good/Very Good.

Life and Times of Girolamo Savonarola

PROFESSOR PASQUALE VILLARI, TRANSLATED BY LINDA VILLARI · 0 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, T. Fisher Unwin. 9999, Fourteenth Thousand. Hardcover. Book, Illustrated. Green cloth, worn and frayed on corners. Good/No Jacket.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

SAMUEL PEPYS, INTRODUCTION BY G. GREGORY SMITH · 1905 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Macmillan. 1905, New Edition. Hardcover. Book, The Globe Edition. Green cloth gilt, edges worn, one corner bumped, very small split top of spine; some foxing. Introduction and notes by G. Gregory Smith 800 pages. Edges untrimmed, partly unopened (index). Bit heavy, may...

Henry, Virtuous Prince

DAVID STARKEY · 2008 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Harper Press (HarperCollins). 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780007247714) Hardcover. Book, Dustwrapper has very slight creasing to lower edge, a small scratch to the spine, and a tiny tear at the top of the front fold. No other damage or wear. Illustrated. Early life of...

The Long Search

TERRY JARVIS WITH LINDA BALL · 1985 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1985, First Edition. Soft cover. Ill.: Pam Holloway. Book, Covers bit creased, page edges bit brown. Signed on half title To Andrew & Angie, T. Jarvis. The author's journey from drug dealing to faith in God. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Looking Round, a Miscellany

LORD RIDDELL · 1928 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, George Newnes. 9999, Edition not known. Hardcover. Book, Binding bit faded, spine tanned, prelims bit foxed. Frontispiece. No date, 1928. John O' London's Little Books, presumably no. 17. Essays and articles, mostly about politicians and prominent people, some historic...

Slipstream - the story of Anthony Duke

MADELAINE DUKE · 1955 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Evans Brothers. 1955, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Black cloth, slightly worn, dent edge of front boare. Illus b/w photographic plates. Biography of author's brother, and his and her intelligence activity in Germany during the second world war. Foreword by Lt.-Col. ...

Nelson : The Immortal Memory

HOWARTH, DAVID; HOWARTH, STEPHEN · 1997 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Conway Maritime Press. 1997, New Edition. (ISBN: 0851777201) Hardcover. Book, Dustwrapper has sticker inside and some creasing to edges. Illustrated. Very Good/Good.

Queen Elizabeth

J. E. NEALE · 1934 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Jonathan Cape. 1934, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Illustrated. ex-school-library, label on flyleaf, tape on spine of dustwrapper, dustwrapper bit frayed on edges. Some foxing on page edges, last few pages of index creased. Good/Fairly Good.

Wilhelm Busch

PROF. DR. THEODOR HEUSS · 1959 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Gutersloh, Bertelsmann. 1959. Soft cover. Book, Facsimile of handwriting. Text in German. In sort of card clamshell cover. Aus der biographie "Die Grossen Deutschen" Edition of 3000. Very Good/Very Good.

Anatole France

GEORGE BRANDES · 1908 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Heinemann. 1908, First ?. Hardcover. Book, Cloth worn; name on flyleaf; endpapers and title page foxed. Frontispiece - bust of AF by Lavergue. Contemporary Men of Letters series. Good/No Jacket.

Old Love Stories Retold

RICHARD LE GALLIENNE · 1924 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, John Lane Bodley Head. 1924, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Binding a little worn on edges, endpapers brown, some foxing. Dark blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, 308 pages, top edge dark blue, others uncut. Brief accounts of historical romances. Good/No Jacket.

God's Bandit - the story of Don Orione, "Father of the Poor"

DOUGLAS HYDE · 1966 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, Sons of Divine Providence. 1966, Reprint. Soft cover. Book, Insides of covers browned; very slight creasing of corners. TOGETHER with postcard of Don Orione, signed With Compliments, presumably by the author, but the signature is incomprehensible. G...

Alexander Woollcott, his life and his world

SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS · 1946 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Hamish Hamilton. 1946, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Dark blue cloth, 388 pages. Slight wear on edges. Good/No Jacket.

Banco, the Further Adventures of Papillon

HENRI CHARRIERE, TRANS. PATRICK O'BRIAN · 1973 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York, William Morrow. 1973, Not Known. Hardcover. Book, Book itself has no publisher's name; verso of title page has: English translation Copyright 1973 Hart-Davis, MacGibbon; originally published in France Copyright 1972 Editions Robert Laffont; and then a good deal of ap...

The Emperor of the United States of America and Other Magnificent British Eccentrics

CATHERINE CAUFIELD · 1982 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Corgi. 1982, First Thus. Soft cover. Ill.: Peter Till. Book, Spine a little creased, page edges bit brown. Good/No Jacket.

Midnight on the Desert, a chapter of autobiography

J. B. PRIESTLEY · 1937 · Marion Pitman Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

London, William Heinemann. 1937, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Seems to be more opinions and philosophical speculation than autobiography. Dark blue cloth. Spine dull and worn on ends, foxing front & back, main text clean & sound. Bit heavy, might require extra postage to so...

Rue Du Retour

ABDELLATIF LAÂBI, TRANSLATED JACQUELINE KAYE · 1989 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Readers International. 1989, First This Translation. Hardcover. Book, Foreword by Breyten Breytenbach; introduction by Victor Reinking; cover art Riccardo Wolfson, cover design Jan Brychta. The author spent eight years in a Moroccan prison for "crimes of opinion" Trans...

Alfred the Great

THOMAS HUGHES · 1901 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

London, Macmillan. 1901, Reprint. Cloth. Book, Dark green cloth, gilt titles. Illus. map & 2 engravings. Back board and endpapers water damaged, spine a bit worn. 334 pages + catalogue. Fair/No Jacket.