Dodman Books

The Life Of Ian Fleming

John Pearson · 1967

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,691)

London, Pan Books, First paperback edition of well regarded biography. Stock toned to page edges, but otherwise all in VG internal order. A little minor spotting to inside covers, but externally all is smart and bright with minor wear. 12mo. 416pp + photos, Very Good, No Jacke...

JOHN NELSON, Mason And Missionary In The Heathen England Of The Eighteenth Century

Annie E Keeling · 1892

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Charles H Kelly, 1st Edition, Light toning to stock, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Former owner's name to front pastedown. Light wear only to dark red boards with bright gilt titling. 12mo. [8] 148pp + publisher's ads, Good, No Jacket, 12mo, 148

Life Of Rev Colin C McKechnie

John Atkinson · 1898

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Thomas Mitchell, 1st Edition, Scarce biography of leading Methodist. In VG, clean and bright internal order. Gift inscription to fep. Light wear to green boards, dulled to spine. 12mo. xv. 252pp, Good, No Jacket, 12mo, 267

MEMORIALS OF THE LATE MR ROBERT PIGOTT, A Faithful Servant Of Jesus Christ, And For Thirty Years The Beloved Pastor Of Providence Chapel, Swindon, Containing His Autobiography And Letters

Robert Pigott, et al · 1903

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, E Wilmshurst, 1st Edition, Autobiography augmented by funeral sermon, letters and poems. Scarce in first edition. Stock a little toned and binding rather shaken with some looseness, but all holding. Title page loosening. Brown cloth a little worn, moreso to edges, with...

Reminiscences Of Isaac Marsden, Of Doncaster

John Taylor · 1888

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, T Woolmer, All in VG clean and bright internal order. Former owner's inscription to fep. Edgewear to gilt and black decorated boards, a little dulled to spine. 12mo. Xi, 193pp + publisher's ads, Good, No Jacket, 12mo, 204

THE LIFE STORY OF THOMAS LANGTON OF MALTON, The Yorkshire Evangelist

Isaac C Watson · 1895

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Rochdale, Thomas Champness, 1st Edition, A little spotting early and late, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Light wear and a little marking to green boards. First edition, second edition also available. 12mo. 210pp, Good, No Jacket, 12mo, 210

THE LIFE STORY OF THOMAS LANGTON OF MALTON, The Yorkshire Evangelist

Isaac C Watson · 1896

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

Rochdale, Thomas Champness, 2nd Edition, Light toning to page edges but otherwise in VG internal order. Frontispiece photo of a robust Langton. Blue boards a little marked and worn to edges with bright gilt titling. Second edition, first edition also available. 12mo. 210pp, Go...

Byron - And Where He Is Buried

Thomas Gerrard Barber · 1939

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Hucknall, Henry Morley & Sons, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Well produced Byron biography with a focus on the Church of St Mary Magdelene, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire. Illustrated with plates and fold-out plan. Toning to page edges and spotting to endpapers but in general ...

THE LIFE AND SAYINGS OF THE LATE KILSBY JONES, Congregational Minister, Llandrindod.

Vyrnwy Morgan · 1896

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Elliot Stock, 1st Edition, Thorough account of the life of notable minister. Stock a little toned with occasional light marking, but otherwise in good order. However endpapers split and binding loose, though holding. Pink cloth worn, faded and spitted. Best regarded as...

LADIES FOR LIBERTY Women Who Made A Difference In American History [SIGNED]

John Blundell · 2011

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

New York, Algora Publishing, 1st Edition, All in VG, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Signed by author to title page with dedication. Card covers lightly worn. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8xo. xi. 218pp, Signed by Author(s), Very...

Vidocq

Philip John Stead · 1959

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, Panther / Hamilton & Co, First paperback edition of biography of "the first and most feared of all the great detectives" and hard to find thus. Suitably sexed up on the cover with sensational blurb and Josh Kirby artwork. Toned to page edges, but otherwise all in VG in...

FROM POLE TO POLE The Life Of Quintin Riley 1905-1980

Jonathon Riley · 1998

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Privately Published, 2nd Edition, Clean and bright block is in VG order. Blue card covers show crease parallel to spine and small corner crease to front foot. Overall VG. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. x. 225pp, Very Good, No Jacket, ...

FIGHTER PILOT A Self-Portrait

George Barclay, Humphrey Wynn (ed) · 1976

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, William Kimber, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, With foreword by Sir John Grandy. All in good internal order with gift inscription by the mother of George Barclay to fep. Block edges spotted. Blue boards have bright gilt titling to spine and a little wear to edges. Upper bo...

ISSIGONIS The Official Biography

Gillian Bardsley · 2005

£13.75 (€16.48 | $18.17 | ¥2,900)

Cambridge, Icon Books, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, All in fine, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Smart black boards have crisp gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. Xii. 486pp, Near Fine, Very Go...

Now And Then, This And That [SIGNED]

Logie Bruce-Lockhart · 2013

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

Dereham, The Larks Press, 1st Edition, Autobiography of the long lived and much adventured Bruce-Lockhart, and signed with long inscription by him to half title. All in VG+ clean and bright internal order. Light wear and some corner creasing to pictorial card covers. Bookselle...

MEMORIES OF ARNOLD AND RUGBY SIXTY YEARS AGO Chiefly Chats With My Younger Children

A Member Of The School In 1835, '36 & '37 [William Charles Grover] · 1897

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Privately Published, ND. c.1897. Exceptionally scarce firsthand account of life at Arnold's Rugby School in the 1830s. Published anonymously, but later identified as the work of Canon William Grover. Some parts of this account were serialised in The Parents' Review magazine in...

Strafford (2 Vols)

Lady Burghclere · 1931

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,691)

London, Macmillan And Co, 1st Edition, Complete in two volumes. Light toning and occasional minor foxing, but otherwise all in VG internal order, with tissue guarded plates and fold-out facsimile letter showing well. Some suggestions of ex-library use including attractive 1930...

MARGARET RUTHERFORD [Inscribed] An Illustrated Study Of Her Work For Stage And Screen, With A List Of Her Appearances

Eric Keown · 1956

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Rockliff, 1st Edition, Presentation copy, inscribed by Rutherford to fellow cast member Philip Lowrie: "To Philip with whom I played so happily in 'Farewell, Farewell, Eugene'. The Garrick Theatre January 26th 1960." Farewell, Farewell, Eugene ran at the Garrick, Londo...

RE-SISTERS The Lives And Recordings Of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe And Cosey Fanni Tutti [SIGNED]

Cosey Fanni Tutti · 2022

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Faber & Faber, 1st Edition, Signed by Tutti, with her distinctive cipher, to half-title. All in fine internal order bar a couple of minor marks to edge of block. Minimal wear only to white paper-covered boards with crisp black titling to spine. VG+ unclipped d/j. 8vo. ...

J T CHRISTIE A GREAT TEACHER A Selection Of His Own Writings With Introductory Memoirs

J T Christie; Donald Lindsay; Roger Young; Hugh Lloyd-Jones · 1984

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Maldon, The Plume Press, 1st Edition, Presentation copy with MSS letter laid in from Christie's daughter to Owen Chadwick. Bar some minor dust spotting, all in VG+, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Smart blue boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG clipped d/j. 8vo...