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London: Chatto and Windus, 1994. Third impression. Hardback. Good/Goos. The story of the four Lennox sisters Black boards with title to spine. Tight binding and clean pages.Dj mylar covered and price clipped. Shelf wear. Heavy book so post and packing to be adjusted accordingly. Third impression AB82

London: Longmans Green and Co., 1950. First Published. Hardback. Good. The life of John Jervis who was admiral of the fleet and lieutenant general from 1800 to 1814, and general from 1814 until his death. He obtained the title ‘Royal’ for the marines after their splendid fighting at the battle of Copenhagen. Several portraits, maps and a battle… Read more about this item

England: Webb & Bower, 1984. Paperback. Very Good. The story of Edith Holden and her international bestseller ""The contry diary of an Edwardian lady"" Some shelf wear & user marks, many rare photographs from the life of the artist AB21

New York: Faber and Faber, 2001. First published. Very Good/very good. Lee Servers book is the first complete biography of Mitchum, and a volume as big, bold, stylish and outrageous as the man himself. Thouroughly researched, it draws upon rare documents and nearly 200 in depth interviews with his family, friends and associates. Black boards with writing to… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape, 1995. First edition. Very Good/very good. The authors dicovered a strange link between Lewis Carroll and their forebear, Prime Minister Gladstone. It lead them to re examine Carrolls diaries and they discovered a code whereby the mathemetician laced his Alice stories with clues to his views on the great and the good of Victorian England. Blue… Read more about this item

London: Harrap, 1987. First published. Very Good/very good. This is the first new biography for 20 years. An enlightened intellectual and tortured dramatic figure, whose jewish ancestry and physiacl handicap played an important part in her personallife and her work. Black boards with writing to the spine. Tight binding and clean pages.Dj mylar covered. Minor shelf wear. Not… Read more about this item

London: Pan Books, 1984. First printing. Paperback. Fair. The Love You Make is the best backstage Beatles book so far. clean;crease along front spine;bumping AB34

London: constable, 1951. First published. Very Good. As described in the title. Brown boards with writing to spine. Quite marked and rubbed. Bumping to corners.Pages yellowed but tight binding.Heavy book so post and packing to be adjusted accordingly. AB68

London: J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1945. Fair/fair. Charles B Cochran only claims for himself the title of ""showman"" but for whom it might be claimed that he is a connoisseur and authority on all aspects of the stage, follows up his book Cook-a-doodle-do with this second book of remeniscences. user marks;cloth cover;leach spots to front cover;tears to… Read more about this item

Robson Books, 1993. Very Good/good. The first fully authorized biography of Maurice Chevalier to appear outside his native France, a full colourful story is told, of this extraordinary man and his life. some shelf wear First Edition AB6

London: Spring Books, 1966. Second edition. Fine/fine. Mr Baily's buoyant and lively account of the amazing Gilbert & Sullivan partnership brings the whole late Victorian era to life - an age when their names were on everybody's lips and the catchy tunes with their witty lyrics hummed from London's Strand to New York's Broadway; largely based on diaries… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press, 1966,1967,1980. Fine/fine. A 3 volume set providing the letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, one of the great 18th century letter writers. This is a 3 volume set the first volume being a later printing than the last 2. All have red boards with writing to spine and identical dustjackets. The 1980 volume is… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 2009. Fine/fine. Napoleons favorite sister. Considered by many to be the most beautiful woman in Europe. If not faithful to her husband, she was noted for her fidelity to the emperor. She was the only sibling to follow him into exile on Elba and she begged to join him on St. Helena.A dynamic portrait of… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co., 1955. Very Good. Red boards with writing to spine. Heavy so post and packing to be adjusted accordingly.Library bookplate, personal. Foxed inside page.Clean pages and tight binding.Some bumping to corners. AB68

London: guild publishing, 1985. Very Good/very good. An american legend, tough talking, straight shooting businessman who brought chrysler back from the brink. Read about his extraordinary life in this autobiography. Black boards with writing to spine, nice tight binding and clean pages. Dusthjacket some shelfwear. First Edition AB12

Texas: Greenleaf Book Group, 1955. First edition. Fine/fine. Through expert storytelling, Scott illuminates basic business concepts with unconventional linkages from explaining what African cattle and medieval heraldry can teach us about branding to discovering the keys to market differentiation by examining a coral reef. cloth cover,veryclean;tight;signed First Edition AB31

Oxford University Press, USA, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. This is an autobiography written originally in irish, a wonderful taste of ireland. Nice tight binding, some shelfwear. An introduction by E M Forster an rendered from Irish by Moya Llewelyn Davies and George Thomson. AB10

London: John murray, 1894. Very Good. The life of Josiah wedgwood maroon boards with gilt writing to front and spine. minor bumping.Some fading to the spine.Foxing to the pages and an owner bookplate inside.Binding a little loose. Heavy book so post and packing may be adjusted accordingly. AB68

London: Guild Publishing, 1984. First edition. As New. The illustrations in this beautiful edition speak for themselves, but among them are the some special treasures - a handful of precious photographs of that time and place preserved by the author for over fifty years, and carefully reproduced in their original sepia tones. AB18

London: Robson books, 1978. Very Good/very good. He was not only a famous songwriter but a knowlegdable collector of rare books and a coin and stamp connoisseur, he loved antique silver. This captures the many sides of his personality. Green boards with writing to spine. Slight bumping to corners. Dj orange with black writing. Corners slight bumping, but… Read more about this item