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SASSOON Vidal · 1968

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Cassell nice copy of Vidal's account of his life up to his explosion on the hip scene of London's swinging sixties, price clipped dust jacket has small split at fold archivally repaired, a four line pen name and address to free end paper, a few pages have some browning to very...

The Duchess of York, an Intimate and Authentic Life-Story Including Many Details Hitherto Unpublished, Told with the Personal Approval of Her Royal Highness

ASQUITH Cynthia

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Hutchinson gilt titled cover and spine, colour frontis portrait with tissue guard, guard has small piece out from vertical edge, faint foxing, heavier to closed edges, the Mother of Queen Elizabeth II, 224pp + many plates, biography H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8...

Woodswoman III: Book Three of the Woodswoman's Adventures

LaBASTILLE Anne · 1997

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

West of the Wind Publications clean tidy used copy, mild handling wear, signed by author to half title, stated first 'Limited Adirondack Edition', full number line, 255pp S Signed by Author First Thus No Jacket Westport Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Essie Summers Story

SUMMERS Essie · 1974

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Mills and Boon First edition autobiography of one of the best loved romance writers, unclipped DW light wear with short split to lower corner fold, name to fep, 212pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Book of Boswell, Autobiography of a Gypsy

BOSWELL Gordon · 1973

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Penguin worn wrappers, name stamp to first page and inside rear wrapper, paper browned, 202pp + plates, a traditional (ie Romany) English gypsy recounts his life S First Thus No Jacket Harmondsworth Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Wallace, The Hero of Scotland

PATERSON James · 1898

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell third edition, decorative cloth with 'The Evening Hour Library' to upper board, paste downs have some paper scars, 336pp + frontis port. one single Leith Valley Library stamp, a biography of the Scottish patriot William Wallace H reprint No Jacket E...

A Dominie in Doubt

NEILL A. S. · 1920

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Herbert Jenkins closed top edge lightly soiled, small indentation to first few pages, A S Neill the friend of G B Shaw and pioneer educator, 256pp, undated but forward dated 1920, H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Chopin and George Sand in Majorca WITH Winter in Majorca By George Sand

FERRA Bartomeu PLUS George SANDS · 1974

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Palma De Mallorca / Valldemosa Edition TWO BOOKS TOGETHER, Chopin and George Sand; sewn binding in paper wrappers, mild handling soiling, 87pp+ plates and folding map, plates foxed to edges, includes an extract from the Memoirs of Aurore Sand, 1974, assumed first edition WITH ...

Melodies and Memories the autobiograpy of Nellie Melba

MELBA Nellie edited by John CARGHER · 1980

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Nelson VG in VG unclipped DW. 253pp + plates, new edition after 1925 original. "The most famous Australian of all time who was also the most famous and sought after soprano the world has ever known." well illustrated. H New edition Very Good Melbourne Very Good 4to - over 9? -...

My Left Foot

BROWN Christy & R Collis · 1954

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Secker & Warburg Dust jacket has large piece from bottom of spine, spine is faded and with a X marked to it, some short tears and smalll chips from various edges, front panel still good though. Former owner name to fep, 192pp + plates, scarce autobiography by severely handi...

Memoirs of an Assassin; Confessions of a Stern Gang Killer

AVNER · 1961

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Four Square Four Square 280 first thus paperback edition, translated by Burgo Partridge, spine roll, minor edge foxing, 160pp, zionist stern gang murderer confesses S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

T E Lawrence- an Arab View ( Proof )

MOUSA Suleiman · 1966

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Oxford University Press proof copy in paper wrapper with label to cover, label is chipped to edges, cover has biro annotation giving published title date etc, book starts with A22 (chapter one) being pp1 of the text, 281pp printed on recto only, 195 x 210mm, rear two leaves an...

Florence Nightingale; The Wounded Soldiers Friend

POLLARD Eliza F · 1910

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

S W Partridge & Co undated, states published just before her death, also prize plate from Gosford Street Baptist Church , Coventry, dated 1910 at fep, Title page is a little chipped to top edge, printed on wood pulp paper stock, with engravings throughout to illustrate, 166pp...

Catherine Cookson Country Her Pictorial Memoir

COOKSON Catherine · 1986

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Guild Publishing short tear spine fold at tail to DW, minor bumping to board edges, 192pp, glossy art paper throughout, B&W photos throughout. Catherine Cookson's Tyneside life in pictures and words. H First Thus Very Good London Very Good landscape 4to

The Life of Charles Dickens

FORSTER John · 1893

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Chapman and Hall assumed first edition thus of the one volume collection of the original twelve books, red buckram with gilt crown to upper board, spine sunned, some bumping to edges of boards but still tidy, old ink inscription to half title 'Frederick W Gale | Aug 1900', (o...

Grey Owl and I, A new Autobiography

ANAHERO · 1972

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Peter Davies tidy ex library, without the library markings would be near to VG, jacket under plastic sleeve, minor tape stains to rear endpaper and board, auto biography by the wife of Grey Owl (Archie Belaney) H First Edition Good London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall Ex-Library

Dr Bob and the Good Oldtimers a biography with recollections of early A A in the Midwest

SMITH Robert Holbrook (Dr Bob) · 1980

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Alcoholics Anonymous two tone cloth, photographic endpapers, brown coloured dust jacket is sunned to the spine, edge wear. 373pp on sized paper. Biography of one of the co-founders of the A A movement. photographs. H First Edition Very Good New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9...

Marie Corelli the life and death of a Best-Seller

BULLOCK George · 1940

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Constable poorly rebound ex-library copy, original blue cloth boards with blind stamped Corelli signature. Worn through at corners with library cloth pasted over at spine with typed title and white pen shelf mark. , stamps and labels etc to endpapers, , gutter opened at fronti...

Lorenzo De Medici the Magnificent Vol 2

REUMONT Alfred Von · 1876

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Smith Elder & Co disbound , lacks boards, old calf backstrip holds the sections solidly but will need to be bound up, single vol 2 of 2, ex-library with tidy rubber stamps xiv +489pp English translation from the German made by Robert Harrison, text block clean and tidy S First...

A Man and His Mountains

CROUCHER Norman · 1984

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Kaye & Ward unclipped DW light wear and short splits at head of spine joints, book clean, 217pp + plates in colour, British mountaineer's autobiography H First Edition Very Good Kingswood Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall