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Ernest Hemingway

by Carlos Baker

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1969
Binding
Hardcover
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Sydney: Collins, 1969. Book has slight bumps to spine ends and some minor page edge yellowing and DJ has edge wear O/W very good condition. Great DJ design and rear showss Hemingway photos from 1918 to 1959. B/W plates, index, 702 pgs. HEAVY book.. enquire re shipping.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item
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Don't Blow Out the Candle

by Zena Marenbon

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1973
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780246106209
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London: Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973. A Liverpool Childhood of the Twenties. Book has a price in biro on front e/paper and a phone no. on the back e/paper, but o/wise in VG+ cond. Unclipped DJ has edgewear. 128 pgs. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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George Johnson A Biography

by Garry Kinnane

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
Reprint of First Ed
Published
1986
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780170065733
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Australia: Thomas Nelson, 1986. Near fine copy. Minor creasing to Unclipped DJ edges. Numerous B/W photos. 327 pgs.. Reprint of First Ed. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Richard Burton

by Paul Ferriss

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780297779667
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1981. !st Ed book in near fine condition. 16 pgs of B/w plates . Unclipped DJ has some edge wear and creases. 212 pgs No inscriptions.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Footholds Against a Whirlwind

by Alexander Glen

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First
Published
1975
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Hutchinson, 1975. A Very good copy, some minor rubbing to board edges, some foxing to top page ends, but O/wise near fine. B/W plates and maps. VG Unclipped DJ. 272 pgs. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Antonio Stradivari His Life and Work (1644-1737)

by W Henry Hill, Arthur F Hill and Alfred E Hill

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket as Issued
Edition
First
Published
1963
Binding
Paperback
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N Y: Dover, 1963. Good condition and a facinating account. Covers have some minor shelf wear. Enclosed newspaper clippings on relevant issues from 1979. Numerous drawings and info. 315 pgs. First. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Discovery of Nehru

by Kenneth Griffith

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1989
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780718131753
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London: Michael Joseph, 1989. Book in crisp clean condition. Rem mark bottom edge. Unclipped DJ some edge wear. 216 pgs. First Ed. An original look at India and the life of Nehru. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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In Camera Secret Justice in Rhodesia

by Peter Niesewand

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1973
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780297766766
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1973. Firsr Ed. Unclipped DJ. very small tear near spine. Secret justice in Rhodesia. Peter Niesewand writes his own story.B/W photos. 209 pgs. Good clean copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Confessions of a European in England

by J H Huizinga

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1958
Binding
Hardcover
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London: William Heinemann, 1958. Facinating book about a Dutchman's perception of the British People. Inside VG. Some minor shelf wear to boards and prev. owner's name. Overall VG .296 pgs. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Mozart the Dramatist

by Brigid Brophy

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1964
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Faber and Faber, 1964. A new view of Mozart, his operas and his age. Internally near fine. Purple boards with some bumping and even foxing around where DJ was on first enp and page. Crisp and clean pages. 328 pgs. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Cesar Franck His Contemporaries, His Time, His Works

by Norman Demuth

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First
Published
1949
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Dennis Dobson, 1949. Some rubbing to boards on top edge. DJ minor wear. internally exc, Numerous illust. and notation examples, List of his works. 230 pgs. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Hemingway - A Title Fight in Ten Rounds

by Jed Kiley

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First British Ed
Published
1965
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Methuen, 1965. Minor wear to side pg ends and unclipped DJ. O/wise very good. B/W plates. 145 pgs. Very interesting account of Heminway's life.. First British Ed. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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