Biografia

Essential Mosimann, The

Mosimann, Anton; Daneff, Tiffany · 1993 · Books & Bygones

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Book Very Good Very Good First Edition Ebury London 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Lifts the lid off the life of a great chef, charting the places, the people, the events, the foods and the dishes that have shaped Anton Mosimann's career and his own particular style of cooking. Sho...

Summers Will Never Be the Same: Tribute to Brian Johnston

Martin-Jenkins, Christopher & Gibson, Pat · 1994 · Books & Bygones

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Book Good Very Good Reprint Partridge London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Brian Johnston, who died in January 1994, was one of the best-loved figures on radio. His unique broadcasting style won him a special place in the hearts of listeners everywhere. Although "Johnners" became...

To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal Account

Bellow, Saul · 1978 · Books & Bygones

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Book Good Penguin Books London

Sense of Purpose, A

Wilson, Tug · 1992 · Books & Bygones

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Book As New First Edition Tug Wilson Glasgow The story concerns the reality of life as experienced by the people who lived in the tenements - and millions like them - of their dreams and aspirations - their weaknesses and strengths - but above all their tolerance and wry humou...

Sense of Purpose, A

Wilson, Tug · 1992 · Books & Bygones

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Book As New First Edition Tug Wilson Glasgow The story concerns the reality of life as experienced by the people who lived in the tenements - and millions like them - of their dreams and aspirations - their weaknesses and strengths - but above all their tolerance and wry humou...

Great Western, The: Legendary Lady of the Southwest

Sandwich, Brian · 1991 · Books & Bygones

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Book Good Signed by Author(s) First Edition University of Texas Press El Paso 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Title page has been inscribed For Aunt Nin - with best wishes, Brian Sandwich 8/11/93.

Fred Bason's Third Diary

Bason, Fred · 1955 · Books & Bygones

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Book Good Good Signed by Author(s) First Edition Andre Deutsch London 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Front endpaper is inscribed - This copy is owned by my loyal readers and friends Stella and Harold Wheal of Catford, They do not wish to lose this copy. We suggest ever so politely...

Catherine the Great: Life and Legend

Alexander, John T. · 1989 · Books & Bygones

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Book Very Good Very Good First Edition Oxford University Press Inc, USA New York 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Empress of the vast Russian Empire by the age of 33, Catherine's private and public life generated tremendous controversy, and she has been portrayed variously as a polit...

Kitchener: The Man Behind the Legend

Warner, Philip · 1985 · Books & Bygones

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Very Good Very Good First Edition Hamish Hamilton London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall An in depth review of one of the world's most respected military leaders.

Sir Francis Drake

Thomson, George Malcolm · 1988 · Books & Bygones

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Book Good Andre Deutsch London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall This is more than a biography, it is also a broad and searching analysis of the age.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography

Forster, Margaret · 1988 · Books & Bygones

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Book Good Good First Edition Chatto and Windus London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall This biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, written with reference to Browning correspondence only recently available, argues that the poet was a strong and determined woman largely responsible f...

Holy Smoke: Religion and Roots: A Personal Memoir

Purves, Libby · 1998 · Books & Bygones

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Book Very Good Very Good First Edition Hodder & Stoughton London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall In this memoir Libby Purves recalls her strange Catholic childhood in convents around the world with stories of white-robed nuns amid the gilded temples of Bangkok, rations of beer for n...

Byron and Shelley

Blumberg, Jane · 1992 · Books & Bygones

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Book As New As New First Edition Collins and Brown London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1816 was "the year without a summer", when a volcanic eruption blotted out the sun, and it was also the season when a momentous friendship was forged. Byron, Shelley, Mary Shelley (who wrote "F...

David Garrick: A Biography

Kendall, Alan · 1985 · Books & Bygones

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Book Very Good Very Good First Edition Harrap London 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall David Garrick - rose from obscurity and relative poverty to earn a final resting place in Westminster Abbey.

Home at Grasmere: The Wordsworths and the Lakes (The Illustrated Letters)

Hughes-Hallett, Penelope · 1993 · Books & Bygones

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Book Very Good Very Good Collins and Brown London 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall This is a collection of the writings of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Coleridge, De Quincy and others, describing the life of the Wordsworths and their circle when they lived at Grasmere in the Lake...

Lewis Carroll: Looking-glass Letters (The Illustrated Letters)

Hinde, Thomas · 1991 · Books & Bygones

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Book Very Good Very Good First Edition Collins and Brown London 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Guiding the reader through the period surrounding the production of Carroll's best-known works, this book contains extracts from his letters to family, friends and colleagues, to Alice L...

Companion to the Brontës (Everyman Reference)

Lloyd Evans, Barbara & Gareth · 1985 · Books & Bygones

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Book Good Everyman, Dent London 'Everyman's Companion to the Brontës is packed with fascinating information on every conceivable aspect of the family, their lives and their works.

Funny Side of Victoria Wood, The

Dessau, Bruce · 1997 · Books & Bygones

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

Book Very Good Very Good Orion London 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall This is a fully illustrated, affectionate celebration of Victoria Wood's career from the Rochdale youth theatre workshop to the most popular comedienne of her day, via stage plays and Victoria Woods on TV.

As It Was - A Personal Story - Amateur Players of Sherborne

Alcock, Fred B. · 1978 · Books & Bygones

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Book Good Good First Edition Amateur Players of Sherborne Sherborne 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Illustrated. Title page signed To Daisy With Love Fred. Mark to top edge not affecting contents. Dustwrapper rubbed.

Way the Wind Blows

Home, Lord · 1978 · Books & Bygones

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

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