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Pivot. A Memoir WRIGHT, Machaelle ISBN: 9780927978897 Perelandra Ltd, Warrenton, U.S.A., 2018, softback with stiff card wraps, VG+, 825 pp. No inscriptions, neat annotation on title page (see scan), sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, gentle rubs to corners. Wraps clean and crisp, rubs to edges and corners, front cover bowed gently upwards. Nice clean copy. BIOGRAPHY, MEMOIR, MACHAELLE WRIGHT, NATURE RESEARCHER, TEACHER, FLOWER… Read more about this item

Personalities at Poppelsdorf OLIVER, John A. ISBN: 9781850720916 William Sessions Limited, York, 1991, softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, illustrated from several line drawings and b/w photographs, 189 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners. Lovely edition. BIOGRAPHY, JOHN OLIVER, EXPERIENCES, STORIES, WORK AND LIFE ABROAD 46727 BIOG/O £14.50

A Child Alone: The memoirs of "BB" BB (D.J. Watkins-Pitchford) ISBN: 0718116909 Michael Joseph, London, 1978, 3rd Impression, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards black/gilt, hand drawn frontispiece in addition to three full page plates and small drawings denoting the start of each chapter, 168 pp. Boards clean and firm, smattering of pale marks to front and back boards, no inscription or annotations, sound… Read more about this item

Losing the battle, Winning the War PARKINSON, Ben (with Jerome Starkey) ISBN: 9780751580273 Sphere - Imprint of Little, Brown Book, London, 2021, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, maroon end papers, boards cream/gilt, 304 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, small impact marks to fore-edge of text block. Wrapper clean and crisp, gentle rubs to… Read more about this item

Family Omnibus (advance review copy) ARCHER, Annie Titus Wilson & Son. Ltd, Kendal, 1966, advance review copy with letter to A. H. Griffin from the publishers (see scans), hardback, VG, boards blue/gilt, b/w frontispiece in addition to 6 b/w plates, 76 pp. Boards clean and firm, gentle rubs to edges and corners, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and… Read more about this item

Everybody's Boswell - Being the Life of Samuel Johnson abridged from James Boswell complete text and from the 'Tour of the Hebrides'. BOSWELL, James C. Bell and Sons Limited, London, 1930, 1st Edition, hardback, GD, boards brown/gilt with small embossed gilt decoration on front board, rear end papers decorated with map illustrating 'Tour of the Hebrides' , 54 pen and ink drawings… Read more about this item

I Shock Myself WOOD, Beatrice 0811853616 Chronicle Books LCC. San Francisco, 2006, large format softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 181 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, small pale mark to top edge of text block. Wraps clean and crisp, rubs to edges and corners. Good clean copy. BIOGRAPHY, BEATRICE WOOD, ART, PAINTER,… Read more about this item

Dew Upon the Grass ALLAN, Billie, Lamb Modern Press, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1963, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated end papers in addition to b/w frontispiece and b/w photographs throughout, 140 pp. Neat inscription on front end paper, no annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, gentle rubs to edges and corners. Wraps intact, rubs to edges and corners, grubby in some… Read more about this item

The Life of Thomas Hayton Mawson, Landscape Architect 1861-1933 KISSACK, M. Elizabeth ISBN: 9780955365300 Elizabeth Kissack, Windermere, 2006, softback with stiff card wraps, fine, illustrated throughout from b/w and colour photographs, 104 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp. Excellent condition. GARDENS, BIOGRAPHY, THOMAS HAYTON, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, GARDEN DESIGNER, 'THE ART AND CRAFT OF GARDEN MAKING',… Read more about this item

Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis TODD, Kim ISBN: 9781845114312 I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., London, 2007, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards dark green/gilt, light green endbands, decorated end papers, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs and copies of pen and ink drawings by Maria Merian, 328 pp. Boards clean and firm, very gentle rubs to head and… Read more about this item

The Lettersof Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, with the Characters (vols 1 & 2) BRADSHAW, John (Edit.) George Allen & Unwin, London, 1929, hardback, VG, blue cloth, blind embossed title and borders. Edited with introduction, notes and index by John Bradshaw. Sound, copies, slightly tanned page edges, tanned on spines, no inscriptions. CHESTERFIELD, LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND, CORRESPONDENCE, 18TH CENTURY LETTERS 46376 BIOG/s… Read more about this item

Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: with Notices of His Life (two volume set) MOORE, Thomas J & J Harper, New York, 1829/1831, 1st US editions, gd+, two volume set, full calf leather with gilt borders to front, two colour banding to spine. Volume one 480 pp, volume two 565 pp. Front gutter cracked on vol 1 but binding still very strong.… Read more about this item

Later Letters of Edward Lear LEAR, Edward, STRACHEY, Lady (edit.) Duffield & Co, New York, 1911, hardback, VG+, dark green cloth with light green spine, gilt border and title to spine, gilded upper page edges, hand cut pages, 366pp. 31 b/w plates, over 19 sketches in the text. Good sound copy with no inscriptions. LEAR, HUMOURIST, CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, BOOK OF NONSENSE 46371 … Read more about this item

Memoir and Correspondence of Susan Ferrier 1782-1854 FERRIER, Susan; DOYLE, John A. (edit) Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, London, 1929, VG, hardback, navy cloth, blind embossed cameo and border to front, gilt title, Limited edition no. 325 of 350 copies. B/w frontis with tissue guard, 349 pp. Index. Upper page edges gilded. No inscriptions, gentle shelf wear, solid binding, clean pages. 'Based on… Read more about this item

The Champagne Spy: Israel's master spy tells his story LOTZ, Wolfgang ISBN: 9780853031468 Vallentine, Mitchell, London, 1972, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards orange/gilt, illustrated from one map in addition to b/w photographs throughout, 240 pp. Boards clean and firm, edge worn, water damage to fore-edge of both boards, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, slight lean to the spine, pages clean and… Read more about this item

Blind in One Ear MACNEE Patrick & CAMERON, Marie ISBN: 9780245546747 Harrap Ltd., London, 1988, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards green/gilt, cream end papers, illustrated from 40 b/w photographs, 298 pp. Boards clean and firm, gentle bumps to top fore-edge corners, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, rubs to edges and corners, tiny closed… Read more about this item

I Was That Masked Man MOORE, Clayton (with Frank Thompson) ISBN: 9780878339396 Taylor Trade Publishing, Dallas, 1996, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards red/silver gilt, silver end papers, white end bands, illustrated from 65 b/w photographs, 266 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean, minimal shelf wear. BIOGRAPHY, 'THE LONE RANGER',… Read more about this item

The Real James Herriot : The Authorised Biography. A Memoir of My Father (signed 1st ed.) WIGHT, Jim ISBN: 978071814290X Michael Joseph (Penguin Group), London, 1999, SIGNED, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards dark blue/gilt, blue end bands, illustrated from 64 b/w photographs, 371 pp Boards clean and firm, gentle bumps to lower fore-edge corners, small imapct mark to rear board, title… Read more about this item

I'm Alan Hubbard, who are you? HUBBARD, Alan Alan Hubbard, 2020, softback with stiff card wraps, VG+, glossary of terms, decorated end papers, illustrated from five b/w and 40 colour photographs, 337 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, staining to fore-edge of several pages towards the rear. Wraps clean and crisp. Lovely copy. BIOGRAPHY, CLIMBING, ALAN HUBBARD, MEMOIRS,… Read more about this item

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (signed 1st) IDLE, Eric ISBN: 9781474610278 Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London, 2018, SIGNED, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, near fine/near fine, boards orange/gilt, yellow end papers, illustrated throughout from b/w and colour photographs, 289 pp. Boards clean and firm, title page signed by author (see scan), no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright.… Read more about this item