Biografia

Two Quiet Lives

Cecil, Lord David · 1965 · Books & Bygones

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Good Good - Priceclipped Reprint Constable and Company London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 194 pages. 'A book rare in our day... an invaluable reminder of life's possibilities.' - Elizabeth Bowen

A Touch of the Memoirs

Sinden, Donald · 1982 · Books & Bygones

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Book Good Good - Priceclipped Inscribed By the Author First Edition - Paperback Hodder and Stoughton London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 256 pages. Title page is inscribed 'For John Bedford best wishes Donald Sinden, 23-3-82. Dustjacket has been priceclipped by publisher.

Spencer Tracy - A Biography

Swindell, Larry · 1970 · Books & Bygones

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Good Good - Priceclipped First Edition W. H. Allen London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 319 pages. Black and white illustrations. Former owner's inscription to free front endpaper.

Thomas Hardy's Wessex

Worth, James W. · 1978 · Books & Bygones

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Book Good Pitkin Pictorials London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 24 pages. Pictorial guide. Fully illustrated.

Age of the Moguls, The

Holbrook, Stewart H. · 1954 · Books & Bygones

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Book Good Good Fifth Printing Victor Gollancz London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 373 pages. A fascinating look at the 'tycoons' of America - Vanderbilt, Astor, Rockfeller, Carnegie.....

W.H. Auden : A Tribute

Spender, Stephen · 1975 · Books & Bygones

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Good Good First Edition Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Wystan Hugh Auden, who died in Vienna in September 1973, was known to the world as one of the finest poets of the twentieth century.

Life of D. H. Lawrence, The

Sagar, Keith · 1980 · Books & Bygones

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Book Good Good First Edition Eyre Methuen London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall The text is illustrated throughout with over 150 pictures, including 16 in colour, of Lawrence, his friends and associates, places where he lived, and of his paintings.

House of Byron, The

Walker, Violet W. · 1988 · Books & Bygones

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Book Good Good Signed by Author(s) First Edition Quiller Press London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall A history of the family from the Norman conquest 1066-1988. Revised and completed by Margaret J. Howell. Front endpaper is signed Robin Byron 5th December 1990.

Weep No More

Skelton, Barbara · 1989 · Books & Bygones

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Book Good Good First Edition Hamish Hamilton London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Small tear to bottom front edge of dustjacket, otherwise a good clean book. In this second - and, some people will be relieved to hear, final - volume of her riotous autobiography, Barbara Skelton is...

Life in Letters, A

Chekhov, Anton · 1994 · Books & Bygones

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Book Very Good Slipcase First Thus Folio Society London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Covers the period 1860-1904. Translated by Gordon McVay. Appears to be unread.

Parson in the Vale of White Horse, A : George Woodward's Letters from East Hendred, 1753-1761

Woodward, George; Gibson, Donald · 1982 · Books & Bygones

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Book Very Good Good First Edition Alan Sutton Gloucester 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Light sunning to spine. This book portrays a middle-class Georgian family with a country parson at its head.

Chartwell

No Author · 1966 · Books & Bygones

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Book Good National Trust London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 5.75 x 8.75; 8pp leaflet with picture of Winston Churchill to front; This is a temporary brochure to be used until a permanent guide-book has been prepared;

Diary of a Cotswold Parson, The

Witts, Francis Edward - Edited By David Verey · 1998 · Books & Bygones

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Book Very Good Reprint Sutton Publishing Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall An interesting view of social history of the period.

Raglan: From the Peninsula to the Crimea

Sweetman, John · 1993 · Books & Bygones

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Very Good Very Good First Edition Arms & Armour London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall From this work emerges the portrait of a caring, thoughtful and capable man, greatly at variance with the unflattering image bequeathed by Raglan's detractors.

Henry Clay Frick: An Intimate Portrait

Sanger, Martha Frick Symington · 1998 · Books & Bygones

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Book Very Good Very Good Reprint Abbeville Press New York 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall This beautifully designed biography will appeal to art history lovers and to historians, presenting a singular and compelling reading and visual experience. Additional postage will be payable o...

Crown of Thorns: The Reign of King Boris III of Bulgaria

Groueff, Stephan · 1987 · Books & Bygones

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Book Good Fair First Edition Madison Lanham, MD 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Traces the life of King Boris of Bulgaria, who defied Hitler's demand to send Bulgarian Jews to Nazi concentration camps and died under mysterious circumstances. Dustjacket spine is sunned.

Queen Victoria's Children

Bennett, Daphne · 1980 · Books & Bygones

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Good Good First Edition Gollancz London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg produced nine children before his untimely death at the age of 42 in 1861. Dust jacket spine is sunned.

Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Biography

Erickson, Carolly · 1993 · Books & Bygones

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.18 | ¥2,743)

Book Very Good Very Good Robson Books London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall A biography of the Young Pretender, Charles Stuart, whose claim to the British throne divided the kingdom and shook the monarchies of continental Europe.

Sir John: The Many Faces of Gielgud

Francis, Clive · 1994 · Books & Bygones

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Book Very Good Good - Priceclipped First Edition Robson Books London 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall In joint celebration of a distinguished career and Sir John's 90th birthday, actor and artist Clive Francis has compiled an evocative book of caricatures, complemented by many anecdo...

Writing from Within: A Guide to Creativity and Life Story Writing

Selling, Bernard · 1998 · Books & Bygones

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Book Very Good Third Edition Hunter House Alameda, CA 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall This book helps you gain the skills and confidence you need to write your own life story.