BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY from Richard Thornton Books
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Stroll On An Autobiography (SIGNED COPY)
by Booth,Tony
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780283997907
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- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$38.34
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London: Sidgwick & Jackson. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's black coloured cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price clipped,and this copy has been Signed and Inscribed by Tony Booth on the Front Endpaper to a fellow Actor and… Read more about this item Item Price
$38.34
Blank On The Map (Rare With Signed Eric Shipton Letter)
by Shipton,Eric
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$3,322.54
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London: Hodder & Stoughton. This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in Publisher's original black cloth lettered in a vibrant red to spine and front board in a Very Good Dust-wrapper with a chip to the top edge of the rear cover and smaller loss to head of spine.Not clipped to front flap.Illustrated with a large folding… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,322.54
Capability Brown
by Stroud,Dorothy
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780571102679
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- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$25.56
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London: Faber & Faber. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher's green hardcover cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good Dust-Jacket with NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price clipped.This copy has NO previous names or inscriptions present but with one former owner's bookplate present on… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.56
The Works of Sir Joseph Paxton
by Chadwick,George F.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1961
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$38.34
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London: The Architectural Press. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Green Cloth with silver lettering to spine in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped and this copy has no previous names or inscriptions present.Slight dustiness/spotting to outer boards.Binding is firm with NO hinge weakness,no… Read more about this item Item Price
$38.34
An Englishwoman in India The Memoirs of Harriet Tytler 1828-1858
by Sattin,Anthony (Edited By)
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780192122445
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- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$23.00
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Oxford : Oxford University Press . This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Black Cloth with gilt lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the edges of the wrapper.Price clipped and this copy has no previous names or inscriptions present.Slight dustiness/spotting to outer boards.Binding is firm with NO hinge weakness,no loose… Read more about this item Item Price
$23.00
The Uruguay A Historical Romance of South America
by Jose Basilio da Gama (Richard Burton Translation)
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780520045248
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- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$12.78
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Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's grey cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price Clipped.The book has a Firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.78
Sacred Summits A Climber's Year
by Peter Boardman
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780340246597
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$15.33
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London: Hodder & Stoughton. This is a Near Fine Copy of this book in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket.Not price clipped and there are no previous names or inscriptions present.Illustrated with 23 plates in colour (one double page) and 7 maps and drawings in the text.Very slight browning of the page edges.8vo 264pp First Edition 1st Impression [1982] . Near… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.33
John Scott Russell A Great Victorian Engineer and Naval Architect
by Emmerson,George S.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780719533938
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$38.34
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New delhi India: John Murray. This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in blue cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket that has just one small crease to the bottom edge of the front cover.Not Price Clipped.The book has a Firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or… Read more about this item Item Price
$38.34
The Mighty Nimrod A Life of Frederick Courteney Selous African Hunter and Adventurer 1851-1917
by Taylor,Stephen
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780002175043
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$89.45
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London: Collins. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's Blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the extremities of the dust-wrapper.Price clipped and this copy has one previous gift inscription showing to the Half Title Page.The book has a firm binding with NO hinge weakness,lovelky clean… Read more about this item Item Price
$89.45
The Secret Life of Wilkie Collins
by Clarke,William
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780850319606
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$12.78
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London: Allison & Busby. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Black coloured boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket that has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.There is a little sun fading to the spine of the wrapper.Not Price Clipped.The book has a Firm binding with no… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.78
Memoirs of a British Agent Being an Account of the Author's Early Life in Many Lands and of His Official Mission to Moscow in 1918
by R.H. Bruce Lockhart
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1932
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$223.63
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London: Putnam. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in blue coloured boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Good Only but rare Dust-Jacket that is chipped to both the head and tail of spine and with further smaller nicks along extremities of the dust-wrapper.Not price clipped with price of 9s net showing to the front… Read more about this item Item Price
$223.63
Sir William Arrol
by Sir Robert Purvis
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1913
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$115.01
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London: William Blackwood & Sons. This is a Very Good + Copy of this hardcover Book in Publisher's original light blue rubbed cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and upper cover.Excellent condition and highly sought after title by the Scots for the remarkable Designer and Bridge Builder.This copy has NO previous names or inscriptions present.Binding remains firm and it's… Read more about this item Item Price
$115.01
The Forsaken Idea A Study of Viscount Milner
by Crankshaw,Edward
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1952
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$25.56
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London: Longmans,Green And Co. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in blue coloured boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price Clipped.The book has a Firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.This copy… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.56
Amelia Edwards Traveller,Novelist & Egyptologist
by Rees,Joan
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780948695612
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$31.95
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London: The Rubicon Press. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in black cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price Clipped.The book has a Firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.This copy… Read more about this item Item Price
$31.95
The Spirit of Self-Help A Life of Samuel Smiles
by Hunter,John
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2017
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780856835124
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- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$19.17
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London: Shepheard-Walwyn. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in brown cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price Clipped.The book has a Firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.This copy has no… Read more about this item Item Price
$19.17
Nimrod Ernest Shackleton and the Extraordinary Story of the 1907-09 British Antarctic Expedition
by Riffenburgh,Beau
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780747572541
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- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$12.78
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London: Bloomsbury. This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's brown cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price Clipped.The book has a Firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.This copy… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.78
Alfred Maudslay and the Maya
by Graham,Ian
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780714125619
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$15.33
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London: The British Museum Press. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Black coloured boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price Clipped.The book has a Firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.This… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.33
Wilfred Thesiger The Life of a Great Explorer
by Maitland,Alexander
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781590201633
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$19.17
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New York: The Overlook Press. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's two tone brown and red cloth with Silver title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price Clipped.The book has a Firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning… Read more about this item Item Price
$19.17
The Intemperate Engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel in Hos Own Words
by Vaughan,Adrian
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780711032804
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$12.78
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Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in black cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price Clipped.The book has a Firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.This copy… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.78
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Memories of a Sculptor's Wife
by Mrs Daniel Chester French
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1928
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$63.90
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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. This is a Good Ex Library Copy of this book in Blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and upper cover.There is a library code number to base of spine and remnant label marks to the rear pastedown of the book.Illustrated with some 26 b&w plates.This title was acquired from an impressive… Read more about this item Item Price
$63.90