Biografia

Sir Travers Humphreys: a biography.

Browne, Douglas G. · 1960 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with neat name in pencil on front endpaper, in a priceclipped dustjacket which is rubbed and has water stain on back cover. 384 pages, photos on plates, index. Good in Fair dus...

Wilkie Collins: a biography.

Robinson, Kenneth · 1974 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Davis-Poynter, 1974. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright dustjacket, clipped & repriced at £6.00 by the publishers. Appears little used. 316 pages, portrait frontispiece, bibliography, index. Very Good in Very G...

Sadism, songs and stolen liberty.

Mann, Stephen · 2014 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 290 pages, bibliography. Very Good.

A vicarage family: a biography of myself.

Streatfeild, Noel · 1982 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Fontana, 1982. Reprint; Third Printing. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 224 pages. Very Good.

Reflections, recollections & inspirations: a memoir.

Devonald, Rosemary · 2007 · Aucott & Thomas

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Self Published, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in glossy pictorial boards, no inscriptions. viii + 252 pages, many photo illustrations in the text, family tree. Fine with No dust jacket as issued.

Caitlin: life with Dylan Thomas.

Thomas, Caitlin & Tremlett, George · 1986 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Secker & Warburg, 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean and tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. xvi + 212 pages, photos on plates, chronology, bibliography, index. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Life's a circus.

Smith, Eleanor · 1939 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Longmans, Green & Co. 1939. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, faint name/date on front pastedown otherwise no inscriptions. x + 294 pages, 16 illustrations on plates. Very Good ...

Don't hassle me, I'm local: the travelogue of a journey to another dimension.

Vaughn · 2006 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Kendal: Windyridge, 2006. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book which is signed by the author on the title page, else no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 166 pages, colour illustrations on an insert underneath t...

Knight of the air: the life of Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

Smith, Maxwell A. · 1959 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1959. First British Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, remains of tape marks on endpapers and pastedowns page edges foxed, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges and has tape marks on the foldover...

Outlaw journalist: the life of Hunter S. Thompson.

McKeen, William · 2008 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Aurum Press Ltd, 2008. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. xx + 428 pages, photos on plates, notes, bibliography, index. Fine in Fine dust jacket.

M'Coben, place of ghosts.

Peterson, Alice · 2003 · Aucott & Thomas

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Witchingham Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with gift inscription by the author on the title page, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the top edge and foldovers otherwise appears little used. 310 pages, photos on...

Dear Scott/Dear Max: the Fitzgerald-Perkins correspondence.

Kuehl, John & Bryer, Jackson R. (eds) · 1973 · Aucott & Thomas

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Cassell, 1973. First British Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, page edges marked, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is creased and chipped at the edges with several closed tears at the top edge and one at the bottom, laminate liftin...

Carl van Vechten.

Lueders, Edward · 1965 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

U.S.A: Twayne Publishers, Inc. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with clippings stuck on front endpaper and half title page, in a price clipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine and rubbed and creased at the edges. 158 pages, notes,...

Gandhi: peaceful fighter.

Montgomery, Elizabeth Rider · 1970 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

U.S.A: Garrard Publishing Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is worn at the edges and sunned at the spine. 174 pages, photos in the text, glossary, chronology, index. Very Goo...

Romance novels, romantic novelist. Francis Marion Crawford.

Pease, Jane Hanna · 2011 · Aucott & Thomas

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

AuthorHouse, 2011. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. xii + 152 pages, illustrations in the text, bibliography. Very Good.

A woman of means.

Taylor, Peter Hillsman · 1986 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

U.S.A: Avon Books, 1986. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, creased, spine slightly faded, no inscriptions. viii + 118 pages. 'Southern Writers' series. Fair.

Conversations with Peter Taylor.

McAlexander, Hubert H. · 1987 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

U.S.A: University Press of Mississippi, 1987. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, spine faded, minor damp marking to a couple of page edges, no inscriptions. xx + 178 pages, portrait frontispiece, chronology, index. 'Literary conversations' seri...

Peter Taylor: a writer's life (Southern Literary Studies).

McAlexander, Hubert H. · 2004 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

U.S.A: Louisiana State University Press, 2004. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, appears little used, spine uncreased, no inscriptions. xx + 338 pages, illustrations on plates, genealogy, notes, index. Very Good.

The romantist: an imagined life of Francis Marion Crawford.

Palescandolo, Frank · 2001 · Aucott & Thomas

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

U.S.A: Writers Club Press, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, card covers rubbed at corners, spine uncreased, no inscriptions. viii + 162 pages. Good.

Marco: the making of Marco Pierre White, the sharpest chef in history.

Hennessy, Charles · 2000 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Ebury Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket, which is sunned at the spine. 224 pages, photos on 14 plates, index. Includes several of Marco's own recipes.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.