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London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1964 Book. Good. Tan Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Unfinished film script dealing with the first half of the autobiography by the Irish writer Maurice O'Sullivan, which was first published in English in 1933. 91pp. Silver lettering to spine. Ex-Library copy with usual stamps and markings. Slight… Read more about this item

London: Peter Davies, 1956 Book. Good. Purple Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Biography of the English novelist Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946), author of over 100 popular novels and many short stories. 253pp with bibliography, illustrated with black and white portrait to frontis. Pink lettering to spine. Slight bumping and fading to spine and top… Read more about this item

Oxford & Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 1992 Book. Near Fine. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blackwell Critical Biographies Series. Detailed account of Chaucer's personal life and the relationship between the man of affairs and the poet. 365pp with index, chronological table and 21 black and white plates. Gilt lettering to spine. minimal bumping… Read more about this item

London: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 1998 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Vivid and frank biography which draws on a vast amount of private and unpublished material, poems, diaries, letters and photographs. 600pp with index, illustrated with 53 black and white photographs. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight creasing and… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Closely drawn biography of the English romantic poet John Keats, drawing on his letters and poems and a wide range of contemporary sources. 356pp with index, illustrated with 16 pages of black and white reproductions. Gilt lettering to… Read more about this item

Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles Ltd, 1973 Book. Very Good. Grey Cloth Boards. Reissued with Corrections. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Second printing of a standard work on the early career of the British architect John Nash (1752-1835). 118pp with index, illustrated with 79 black and white plates plus drawings to the text. Gilt lettering to spine.… Read more about this item

Leeds: The Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture, Leeds City Art Galleries, 1991 Book. Near Fine. Card Covers. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Studies in the History of Sculpture Number 2. Life and work of the English sculptor William Hamo Thornycroft (1850-1925), largely drawn from the Thornycroft Papers donated to the… Read more about this item

Preston: James Askew Book. Very Good. Quarter Bound Red Leather. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Gems of Literature Series. Undated biographical work, 369pp. Gilt design and lettering to leather spine over red cloth boards decorated with black and gilt design. All edges gilt. Label to pastedown has been covered. Some wear to head and tail of spine, some… Read more about this item

London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell & Company Limited, 1889 Book. Good. Decorated Green Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The World's Workers Series. Biography of the English educator and historian Thomas Arnold (1795-1842), who was head master at Rugby School from 1828 to 1841. 128pp illustrated with tissue-guarded portrait to frontis. Top board… Read more about this item

London: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 1998 Book. Very Good. Burgundy Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography of the creator of penguin New Writing and the London Magazine, drawing on private journals and correspondence. 308pp with index, illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight foxing to top… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994 Book. Very Good. Brown Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography of Audrey Hepburn, drawn from the author's thirty-year acquaintance with the star, as well as documents and interviews with her closest associates. 319pp with index, illustrated with 24 pages of black and white photographs. Silver lettering to spine. Grey… Read more about this item

London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1986 Book. Near Fine. Mustard Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Major study of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son of James I and brother of Charles I, who would have reigned as Henry IX had he not died of typhoid fever at the age of 18. 264pp… Read more about this item

London: Michael O'Mara Books Limited, 1997 Book. Near Fine. Dark Blue Cloth Boards. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Completely revised edition of the biography first published in 1992. 288pp with index, illustrated with32 pages of colour photographs. Gilt lettering to spine. Near fine copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine..

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983 Book. Very Good. Brown Cloth Boards. 3rd Impression. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Affectionate portrait of the life and work of the wildlife artist Charles Tunnicliffe by his friend Ian Niall. 160pp illustrated profusely throughout in colour and black and white. Gilt title with border to spine. Slight forward lean to spine, minor… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N Abrams, 2003 Book. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition, First Printing. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Biography of the French-American artist Louise Josephine Bourgeois (1911-2010), dawn from interviews with the artist and with assistance from her studio. 80pp with index, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Blue endpapers. Slight bumping to spine… Read more about this item

London: Biteback Publishing Ltd, 2013 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Story of a mother's fight to save her son from extradition from the UK to the USA after allegations of computer hacking. 337pp with index, illustrated with 8 pages of colour photographs. Slight bumping to base of spine… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 2012 Book. Good. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography of the British navel officer Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833). 354pp with index, illustrated with 8 pages of colour plates. Gilt lettering to spine, burgundy endpapers. Slight bumping to spine and corners and sunning to pages edges,… Read more about this item

Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2009 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reappraisal of the life of Admiral John Byng (1704-1757), the Royal Navy officer whose career ended in a court martial and execution by firing squad after accusations of cowardice after the Battle of Minorca in 1756.… Read more about this item

London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1965 Book. Good. Blue Buckram Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography of the Scottish naval officer, mercenary, politician and peer Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, whose exploits were largely the inspiration for the fictional characters Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey. 275pp with index, 16 pages of black and white… Read more about this item

London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1974 Book. Good. Pale Blue Cloth Boards. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Biography authorized by the Winston Churchill Foundation, with a foreword by the Earl of Avon KG. 224pp with index, illustrated with 16 pages of colour photographs and black and white photographs to the text. White lettering… Read more about this item