Biografia

The Making of Henry VIII

Marie Louise Bruce · 1977 · West Wessex Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Book Illustrated Good Good First Edition Collins London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 254pp with index and b/w photographs. Pedigrees of York and Lancaster to endpapers. Henry VIII, his boyhood and early life. In good conditon in price clipped dj, no inscriptions. DJ a little shel...

A Memoir, By Sir Samuel Wilks , On the New Discoveries or New Observations Made During the Time he Was a Teacher at Guy's Hospital

Sir Samuel Wilks · 1911 · West Wessex Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Book Good First Edition Adlard & Son London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 200pp. Frontis with tissue guard. A little wear to corners and head and heel of spine, a couple of v.small marks to cover, spine and title faded, a little foxing to prelims, endpages and page edges, clean f...

The Arches Of The Years

Halliday Sutherland · 1935 · West Wessex Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Book Fair Poor Reprint Geoffrey Bles London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 292pp. An autobiography. Whaling, bullfighting, life in Sierra Leone, the war against tuberculosis, navel battles against Germany...An exciting life. In very tatty dj, spotting to edges, top front cover and ...

The Sea For Breakfast

Lillian Beckwith · 1961 · West Wessex Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Book Douglas Hall Very Good No Jacket First Edition Hutchinson & Co. London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 191pp. Illustrated title page and chapter headings. An Englishwomans life in the Hebrides.

The Ladbrokes Story

Richard Kaye with Roy Peskett · 1969 · West Wessex Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Book Illustrated Good Fair First Edition Pelham Books London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 304pp with index and b/w photographs. The history of Ladbrooks the bookmakers. In worn dj with a couple of internal tape repairs to back, very slight fade to cloth top front, otherwise a cle...

The Moth And The Candle. A Life Of James Boswell

Iain Finlayson · 1984 · West Wessex Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Book Illustrated Very Good Very Good First Edition Constable & Co. Ltd London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 273pp with index and illustrations. " Of a moth which fluttered into a candle's flame, Dr Johnson once said: 'That creature was its own tormentor and I believe its name was ...

Enid Bagnold's Autobiography

Enid Bagnold · 1970 · West Wessex Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Book Illustrated Good Good Second Edition Heinemann Lincoln 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 293pp with index and b/w photographs. 2nd edition with minor corrections. Pictorial endpapers. Not price clipped or inscribed. A nice clean copy.

Lord Paramount Of The Turf.Lord George Bentinck 1802-1848

Michael Seth-Smith · 1971 · West Wessex Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Book Illustrated Good Good First Edition Faber & Faber Lincoln 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 170pp with index, b/w photographs. Lord George Bentinck younger son of the 4th Duke of Portland. A slighty worn copy but without major defects. Pages edges a little dusted, dj a little chi...

Disraeli

Andre Maurois · 1937 · West Wessex Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Book Good Fair First Thus Penguin Books London 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Paperback, 280pp with index and publishers list.Some wear to dj at edges, nick to heel of spine and some small tears to lower edge of back , spine darkened, page edges tanned with some spotting to top of...

My Life Of Music

Henry J Wood · 1946 · West Wessex Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Book Good Fair 1st Edition Victor Gollancz London 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 384pp with index. Frontis of the author. Previous owners name to f.f.endpaper, dj chipped and worn at top. First cheap edition...

Incidents in the Life Of Joseph Grimaldi

Giles Neville · 1980 · West Wessex Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Patricia Neville Very Good Very Good 1st Edition Jonathan Cape London 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 62pp, 18 illustrations from paintings by Patricia Neville, depicting incidents in the life of Joseph Grimaldi, the Italian clown..In good condition in clipped dj.

Mansions Of Old Romances

Charles G. Harper · 1930 · West Wessex Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Illustrated Good No Jacket First Edition Cecil Palmer London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 294pp with index, drawn illustrations. Stories of stately homes, their occupants, and romances through history. very slight fade to lower front, bottom corners bumped, two v.small stain...

The Bloody White Baron

James Palmer · 2011 · West Wessex Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Very Good No Jacket 1st Edition Basic Books London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 274pp. The extraordinary story of the russian nebleman who became the last khan of mongolia. A good sound copy, very good indeed.

The Real Frank Zappa Book

Frank Zappa · 1989 · West Wessex Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Book Illustrated Good + Good 1st Edition Picador London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 352pp . A good sound copy, clean and tight throughout, dust jacket in good order too.

Stanley Kubrick a Biography

John Baxter · 1977 · West Wessex Books

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

Book Illustrated Good + Good First Edition Harper Collins London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 399pp.Illustrated, a good sound copy, tight and clean throughout.

Mostly Max

Max Fatchen · 1995 · West Wessex Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Book Illustrated Good + No Jacket 1st Edition Wakefield Press Australia 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 178pp. A good sound copy, tight and clean throughout.

So Runs My Dream

Hilary Lees · 2001 · West Wessex Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Book Illustrated Good + Good 1st Edition Halsgrove London 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 144pp. The story of a dream that came true , with a lot of hard working, a great, clean and tight copy throughout, sound all round.

Sixty Years a Queen the Story of Her Majesty's Reign

Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart Mr · 1897 · West Wessex Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Book Illustrated Good + No Jacket First Edition Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited London Folio - over 12" - 15" tall 240pp. Leather bound, all edges gilt, illustrated with balck and white photographs throughout, a really lovely copy, marbled end papers.

Proud to be a Wharfie

Jim Beggs · 2010 · West Wessex Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Book Illustrated As New No Jacket 1st Edition Arcadia Australia 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 261pp No date of publication, but feel very recent. 2010.....I would say. Very Good. Jim Beggs, a life member and the last national president of the Australian Waterside Workers Federatio...

C.& J. Clark 1825-1975

Brendan Lehane · 1975 · West Wessex Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Illustrated Good + No Jacket 1st Edition Clark Somerset 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 51pp. The hisotry of the clarck shoes, fully illustrated in colour and black and white photographs, a good sound copy.