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Imprint: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1983 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The first full length biography of the premier theatrical knight, Sir Ralph Richardson, published in the year of his eightieth birthday. The author uncovers a many faceted personality whose life and achievements are no less remarkable than his contemporaries, such as Olivier and Gielgud, yet have gone largely unsung. 43 illustrations. **** NOT EX LIB **** 15. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 006629. ISBN: 0340270411
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Imprint: London, Bloomsbury, 2005 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. xii + 436 pages. 52 illustrations. This is the last biography of John Paul II to have been written while he was still alive. It is also the best, as none of the author's predecessors has matched his exposition of the literary, philosophical and dramatic sources of the Pope's pontificate, or his nimble untangling of the strands of theological argument. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.87 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST R1. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 010063. ISBN: 9780747576471
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Imprint: London, Michael Joseph, 1970 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition. A Very Good + unmarked copy with VG complete dustjacket. The author is a well known American who has worn many hats - a vice consul to Spain, amateur bullfighter, art teacher, author, secretary to Sinclair Lewis, socialite, raconteur, are just a few in his long life. He was acquainted with many famous people and this autobiography is replete with them and also with delightful drawings by the author. It begins at Sardi's in New York with a marvellously funny conversation with Noel Coward and Eva Gabor and ends with his collecting famous and infamous last words such as the poisoner William Palmer's, who just before his hanging asked 'is it safe'. D4E. Illustr.: Conrad, Barnaby. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 003475. ISBN: 071810773x
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Imprint: London, Hamish Hamilton, 1959 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Silver title on green boards which are clean and unmarked with a minor indentation to front side. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. 252 pages. Translated by Carl Wildman with an introduction by Harold Nicolson. 1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000449.
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Imprint: Edinburgh, Canongate, 2006 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. In this fascinating follow up to the highly successful 'Dear Francesca', the author writes to her other daughter, Olivia, to tell the story of her grandparents, the humble Italian shepherds who emigrated to Edinburgh and helped transform Britain's food culture. A story of a family's journey from poverty in Southern italy to a new life in Scotland and a brilliant evocation of wartime experiences. Illustrated with contemporary photographs. A1E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005350. ISBN: 1841958441
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Imprint: Florida, Siloam Press, 2001 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with small name and address label to front pastedown with Fine complete dustjacket. The author is one of America's leading oncologists and oversees a cancer care facility widely known for alternative treatment methods. He explains the risk factors that cause heart disease, why technology cannot always help, how gum disease and heart disease are related, chelation therapy, how to lessen the risk of high blood pressure and diabetes and much more. C3D. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 004894. ISBN: 0884197654
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Imprint: Florida, Siloam Press, 2002 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with small name and address label to front pastedown with Fine non price clipped dustjacket. The author is one of America's leading oncologists and in this book he explains aspects and facts about this disease that can help you make informed decisions towards regaining and maintaining your health. He shows how conventional treatments and alternative metabolic therapies can work together to improve results, minimise side effects and protect quality of life, how to choose the best treatment for you and which drugs give temporary relief but cause long-term disaster. C3D. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 004893. ISBN: 0884198464
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Imprint: London, Century, 2004 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with a near Fine price clipped dustjacket. This collection of the comedy duo's works is a comprehensive compilation of the finest sketches that they wrote together, featuring transcripts of one night stands and including previously unpublished scripts for Not Only But Also, it promises to be a revelation even for Cook and Moore's most informed fans. It also charts the extraordinary friendship between the two and its almost telepathic intensity, which not only brought them together but also pulled them apart time after time until their eventual reconciliation. D4F. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 004433. ISBN: 1844134008
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Imprint: Loughton, Essex, Piatkus, 1983 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 192 pages. 36 illustrations. Glossary. Introduction by Melvyn Bragg. The author describes the excitement of the theatre and the special interaction between audiences and actors. He explains, citing plays as examples, the enormous range and power of the theatre and its ability to inform, stimulate and entertain. He advises the reader on how to get the most out of visits to the thatre, what to look for and where to go. He explains the role of an actor and describes the different styles of acting, and also the creative and complex business of getting a play on stage. The book also includes a history of theatre, covering all the major periods from its origins in ritual and Greek and Roman theatre to medieval drama, Renaissance drama, Restoration theatre, theatre in the 18th and 19th centuries and the development of drama up to the present. **** NOT EX LIB **** 201. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008800. ISBN: 0861881427
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Imprint: London, The Bodley Head, 1969 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has two small repaired closed tears and is not price clipped. Alistair Cooke's 'Letter from America' was a familiar weekly pleasure for millions of listeners in Britain and elsewherefor a great many years. A first collection of his broadcasts was published in 1952 and in 1968 he celebrated the 1,000th radio broadcast. He has compiled from 1952 a representative selection, which covers many subjects, many places, many people, which make up a brilliant portrait of America. **** NOT EX LIB **** A1E. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008489. ISBN: 0370003349
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Imprint: London, Church Literature Association/Society of Sainys Peter and Paul, 1984 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A clean, tight and unmarked copy which has some fading to front and a few minor light marks to back cover. Blind embossed stamp to half title page. xxii + 244 pages. George Anthony Denison was a figure of national importance, with a national reputation. He was a priest of the 19th century Church of England, the storm centre of one High Church court case and cause celebre over eucharistic doctrine, and a vigorous participant in every Victorian Church controversy; he impinged on the eminent worthies of his time in Church and State. Denison was a stern but loving parish priest, a quarrelsome neighbour adored by his wife and an extended gentry family. R6. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 008100. ISBN: 0851912230
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Imprint: London, Michael Joseph, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG + dustjacket which is not price clipped. Publisher's promotional postcard included. A fictional tour de force of 920 pages, a masterly recreation of a vanished civilisation. It's focus is the glittering court of the Emperor Minghuang, Son of Heaven, a centre for the arts and a hotbed of intrigue and gossip. Following the death of the empress and his favourite son, the reins of power have slipped unnoticed into the hands of his feared Chief Minister, Li Lin-fu. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.33 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** NOT EX LIB **** 21. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 003958. ISBN: 071813138x
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Imprint: London, Thames and Hudson, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy. In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, the author has documented the history and evolution of symbols from pre-history to the present, providing lively, informative and often ironic. She discusses an enormous variety of symbols from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquois to Oceania, and coming from systems as diverse as Tao, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Tantra, the ancient cult of Cybele and the Great Goddess, the pre-columbian religions of the Western Hemisphere and the Voodoo cults of Brazil and West Africa. 210 illustrations. 50. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 006561. ISBN: 0500271259
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Imprint: London, Chatto and Windus, 2013 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New unmarked copy with an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. 520 pages. 25 illustrations. Lady Diana Cooper was an aristocrat, society darling, an actress of stage and early screen. When she married rising political star Duff Cooper, they became the golden couple who knew everyone who was anyone; they sat at the very heart of British public life. Diana’s letters to her only son, John Julius Norwich, cover the period 1939 to 1952. They take us from the rumblings of war, through the Blitz, which the Coopers spent holed up in the Dorchester (because it was newer, and therefore less vulnerable, than the Ritz), to rurual Sussex where we see Diana blissfully setting up a smallholding as part of the war effort. After a spell with the Free French in Algiers, Duff was appointed British Ambassador to France and the couple settled into the glorious embassy in post-Liberation Paris. D4A PLEASE NOTE; A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.95 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: As New Stock number: 011532. ISBN: 9780701187798
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Imprint: London, Oxford University Press, 1951 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very clean, tight and unmarked copy.vii + 239 pages. 7 illustrations. This is the first study in English of a most fruitful half-century of music - that between 1869 and 1924. The composers who emerged between the death of Berlioz and the death of Fauré include Gounod, Saint-Saens, Bizet, Massenet, Franck, Chabrier, d'Indy, Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Schmitt, Roussel, Milhaud and Poulenc. B2E. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 008647.
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Imprint: London, Ian Allan, 1981 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. The author Basil Cooper, one time editor of Railway World magazine, presents the second in the publisher's series on Rail centres and looks at the railway history of Brighton, a town that became a major railway centre in the latter half of the 19th century. Integrating informative text, historic and modern photographs and maps. 11. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003310. ISBN: 0711011559
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Imprint: Stockholm, Ljus Förlag, 1946 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A little fading to front and a few minor marks to lower edge else a very clean, tight and unmarked copy. A Very Good + well kept copy considering its age. 399 pages. Portrait frontispiece. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1st Prince de Bénévente, known since the turn of the 19th century simply by the name Talleyrand, was the most skilled French diplomat of his time. He worked under the regime of Louis XVI, through the French Revolution and then under Napoleon I, Louis XVIII, Charles X, and Louis-Philippe. 50. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 008428.
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Imprint: Cambridge, Colt, 1991 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. Foreword by Christopher Patten. Published in association with Conservative Central Office. The M.P. author has assembled prize anecdotes from other Members of Parliament, Ministers, Peers and officials of the Conservative party. Witty, quirky and often hilarious, these anecdotes uncover the humour in all aspects of political life, and are an indispensible aid for many an after-dinner speaker. Cartoons by Philip Spence capture the humour. B2C. Illustr.: Spence, Philip. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007767. ISBN: 0905899040
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Imprint: London, Verso, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. xii + 300 pages. Illustrated throughout. Paris, summer 1946. This moment marks an important event in cinema history, not of production but of exhibition. For this was the summer when, after the hiatus of the Second Wold War, French critics were given the opportunity to view films from Hollywood. The films they saw, including The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, Laura, Murder My Sweet, and The Woman in the Window, prompted the naming and theorization of a new phenomena: Film Noir. The book, whilst sympathetic towards the early French critics, is a collection of original essays which attempt to move beyond their first fascinated look. Beginning with the anatomy of that look - of the 'poujadist' climate that nourished it and the imminent collapse of the Hollywood Studio system that gave it its mournful inflection. Later contributions analyse the re-emergence of noir in recent years. 11. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 009405. ISBN: 0860916251
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Imprint: London, The Religious Tract Society, 1915 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boards have fading to spine, spine sides and tops and a line of wear to spine side and to spine top and tail. Internally there is a prize bookplate to front pastedown, age darkening to endpapers and sporadic light foxing else a clean, tight unmarked copy. xi + 248 pages. 8 coloured plates and numerous illustrations in the text by Harold Copping (brother of the author). A1A. Illustr.: Copping, Harold. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010866.
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Imprint: London, Robson Books, 1994 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine copy with near Fine coloured pictorial dustjacket which is not price clipped. A celebration of true personal animal stories by 49 contributors including Barbara Cartland, John Mortimer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Harry Secombe, Clement Freud et al. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3D. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 002203. ISBN: 086051918x
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Imprint: London, George G. Harrap, 1951 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black titles on red boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked with a little light foxing to top edge. A VG+ copy. xciv + 111 pages. 6 illustrations. With a note on French versification by R.P.L. Ledésert. Polyeucte - Martyr is one of the last 17th-century French dramas with a religious subject and is a tragedy in five acts. It was first performed in 1643. Polyeucte is an Armenian nobleman who converts to Christianity and is martyred by the Romans. Text in English except for the play which is in French. Drame en Français. B2D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 008852.
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Imprint: London, Century, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition, first printing. A near Fine unmarked copy with light age darkening to page edges with dustjacket which has a small closed tear to front and is not price clipped. A work of historical detection which uncovers a schoolboy encounter in 1904 between Adolf Hitler and Ludwig Wittgenstein and traces their hidden battle to control history in the aftermath of their meeting and the strange correspondence between their ideas. The author also asserts that Wittgenstein was the recruitment officer for the Cambridge spies - the notorious 'fifth man' whose identity has always remained elusive. B2D. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004431. ISBN: 0712679359
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Imprint: London, Viking, 1991 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. A near Fine copy which has some foxing to top edge with near Fine complete dustjacket. The author follows a trail travelling through Yugoslavia, Ireland Spain, United States, Canada, Italy and Britain in a quest to find evidence of supernatural phenomena encountered in religion. He describes a curious and sometimes sinister landscape inhabited by prophets, saints, charismatic political leaders and exorcists, investigating the Turin Shroud, the ghostly influence of the stigmatic Padre Pio and many other miracles. 21. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 003261. ISBN: 0670821039
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Imprint: Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 2000 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. Jane Corsellis is one of the most able and versatile figurative artists of the present day, renowned for her sensitive interpretation of light and mood, and the tremendous impact of her thoughtfully composed and highly evocative paintings, in both oils and watercolour. She describes how light, in all its subtle variations, is the key to capturing the real essence of any subject, with information and advice relating to a stunning selection of watercolours and oil paintings, she shows how colour, composition and paint handling techniques are considered and combined to interpret a wide range of light effects in her work. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.91 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 20B. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008192. ISBN: 0715311107
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Imprint: Westport, Connecticut, Praeger, 2006 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. xvii + 229 pages. Professor Cortese traverses the terrain between the First and Fourteenth Amendments with skill and precision. His discussion takes the seam between freedom of expression and equal protection apart thread by thread, uncovering bias in the application of First Amendment rights which society should do well to acknowledge and rectify. 16. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 009107. ISBN: 0275984273
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Imprint: London, The Naldrett Press, 1954 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark green lettering on green boards which are unmarked apart from a small tear to base of spine. Internally there is light foxing to fore edge else clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is torn and chipped with many repaired tears. Comprises biographies of Cleopatra, Anne Boleyn, Madame De Montespan, Nell Gwynne, Geramaine De Stael, Marie Waleska, Sophie Dawes, Lola Montez. B2B. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Poor Stock number: 000195.
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1956 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on green cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with just a touch of wear to spine head. Internally there is a taped repair to the page describing The Tontine else very clean, tight and unmarked. 928 pages. Illustrations by Herbert Ryman. The story of a Tontine ( a strange and enticing form of gamble, part lottery, part insurance) begins with the day whenthe Battle of Waterloo was fought and ends when the nineteenth century was drawing to a close. It is a story of great variety which centres on London with many characters and their lives and carries along the suspense of the tontine as the years go by until finally there are but three survivors in this fascinating human lottery. Then there are two. And at last - one. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.95 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST B2C. Illustr.: Ryman, Herbert. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 011274.
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Imprint: Belfast, Booklink, 2012 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy. 88 pages. A photographic history of the iconic ship the Titanic and the Belfast shipyard of Harland and Wolff. S. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 011103. ISBN: 9781906886394
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Imprint: London, Lorenz Books, 1999 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards as dustjacket with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 256 pages. In this important new volume, the ancient mythologies are brought to life in the most comprehensive coverage yet produced. An outstanding 550 images, including superb new illustrations of the classic stories, make this the most evocative and detailed guide to the fabulous myths and legends of the ancient world. Three powerful and compelling cultures are featured: the Classical mythology of ancient Greece and Rome; the fairytale myths of the Celtic world; and from Northern Europe, tales of Germanic gods, Nordic warriors and fearsome giants. A clear and comprehensive reference work, arranged alphabetically with copious cross references. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.71 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 25. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008214. ISBN: 1859671640
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy with near VG+ dustjacket. The noted author and biographer traces Olivier's life from his earliest years to his unparallelled fame, in which we see Olivier's lean years as a drama student, his rising years in Hollywood and his triumphant seasons as a Shakespearean actor at the Old Vic. Here are all the stories, from rehearsals to reviews, behind the making of his most brilliant plays and also the private side. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.90 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** NOT EX LIB **** 12. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 003879. ISBN: 0297769839
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Imprint: Lewes, East Sussex, Book Guild Publishing, 2006 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page with dedication. A Fine unmarked copy. 166 pages. 57 coloured plates and drawings in the text. Foreword by Dennis Healey (Lord Healey of Riddlesden). The Cuckmere Valley is one of the loveliest and most varied areas of countryside on the South Coast, where you can wander from ancient Roman byways to river banks, through new forests to old heaths, and see otters or ospreys or rare orchids, and hear the song of the nightingale. An immensely readable and superbly illustrated book for the lover of nature and the English countryside, which presents the true richness of the Cuckmere Valley. 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 008115. ISBN: 1846240573
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Imprint: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1943 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on green boards which have age toning to spine and light bumping to lower corner tips but no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked a Very Good+ copy. xi + 801 pages. 8 plates. 31 text figures. A seminal work by the distinguished medievalist which was first published in 1938. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST 1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 011275.
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1945 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown title on light brown cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with a little fading to spine. Internally there is an inscription to front pastedown and some light foxing to endpapers else clean and unmarked. 271 pages. Portrait frontispiece. 5 maps showing Livingstone's journeys. A well researched account of David Livingstone's journeys in Africa from 1866 to 1874. C3C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 001919.
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1976 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on black cloth boards. A near Fine unmarked copy. Slightly chipped dustjacket showing contributors and a stylised portrait of Malraux is not price clipped. Includes a major new essay especially written for this book by Malraux. Contributors include Isaiah Berlin, E.H. Gombrich,Walter Langlois, Hugh Thomas and Tadao Takemoto and 13 others. 37 illustrations. 21. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000541. ISBN: 0297771779
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Imprint: Albuquerque, New Mexico, University of New Mexico Press, 1990 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in red cloth boards with near Fine dustjacket. Harold Courlander 1908-1996 was an American novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist, an expert in the study of Haitian life. The author of 35 books and plays and numerous scholarly articles, Courlander specialized in the study of African, Caribbean, Afro-American (U.S.), and American Indian cultures. He took a special interest in oral literature, cults, and Afro-American cultural connections with Africa. In the Bordeaux Narrative he brings to life in fictional form the frequently terrifying (and sometimes reassuring) supernatural world of the back country peasants of Haiti. The story is set in the 19th century and tells of Dosu Bordeaux's quest to find his brother, who has been captured , reduced to a zombie state, and put to work as a slave on a remote mountain plantation. The narrative brings into play the vodouns (deities or spirits of traditional Afro-Haitian religious belief), the need for constant placation of the vodouns, trances in which the deities enter the heads of their devotees, and the transference of human souls or spirits from one person to another. A1E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008749. ISBN: 0826309151
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Imprint: London, Doubleday, 2000 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine part from age toning to closed edges with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 294 pages. 39 illustrations. Tom Courtenay was born in Hull in 1937 and brought up near the fish dock where his father worked. When he left home for university, his mother, Annie, wrote to him every week and when her letters became more searching and more intimate in response to Tom's unhappiness he kept every one, not knowing that after her early death they were to become his most treasured possessions. Tom has selected the best of them to include in this book and interwoven with them a portrait of what was going on in his life in the heady days of the early 1960's when successful young working class actors were coming to the fore. Partly a memoir of a working-class way of life that has gone for ever, partly a powerfully moving record of the love between mother and son, partly a portrait of the artist as a young actor. D4D. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 010423. ISBN: 038560095X
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Imprint: Paris, Delachaux et Niestlé, 1952 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 147 pages. Tables des Matières: Introduction; 1 - Le XVI Siecle; 2 - Les XVII et XVIII Siecles; 3 - Le XIX Siecle; 4 - Le XX Siecle. R7. Book Condition: Très Bon. Binding: Couverture Souple. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 009032.
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Imprint: London, Hutchinson, 1959 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy which has age toning to endpapers with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. 159 pages. Once again Mary Cousins has given us a book about the saints of long ago, in which you will find stories about Antony, the saint who commanded the fishes to listen to him; about Cuthbert, who built for himself a hermitage on a lonely island when all his work among men was done; about John of God, the soldier, sailor, tinker, tailor saint, who became the patron of sick people and of hospitals. Besides giving us the secret of their happiness, the saints have given some of us the names which we receive at baptism - our Christian names. Delightfully illustrated in colour by Margery Gill. The book will be welcomed by parents of young children who are looking for simple short lives of the saints. R1. Illustr.: Gill, Margery. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 009494.
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Imprint: London, John Gifford, 1964 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. TRUE FIRST EDITION Silver title on blue boards which are clean with some light marks but no wear. Internally there are a few spots of light foxing to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. The author is Edmund George Cousins (1893-1996 ) a British crime writer. A New Year's Eve party at a Lieutenant-General's home in Norfolk - the investigation of a young Army Captain's Court Martial in Rome - these were the apparently unrelated circumstances that merged together and involved Colonel Richard Barne of the War Office in a chain of adventures which nearly culminated in his disgrace and death, and in the course of which two murders in high places were exposed. **** NOT BOOK CLUB **** B2B. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 011298.
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Imprint: London, Angus and Robertson, 1978 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in laminated pictorial boards. A wonderful look at the poles of the world with a moral message from the celebrated French oceanographer, in which he points out the effect man is having on this environment. Most beautifully illustrated with stunning colour photography. 3. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 004110. ISBN: 0207955190
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Imprint: London, Victor Gollancz, 1992 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A VG+ copy which has a gift inscription to front endpaper with dustjacket which has a water stain to the reverse and is not price clipped. 286 pages. 36 illustrations. Here is the first-ever biography of one of Britain's finest and best-loved actresses. Elusive, mercurial and resolutelt private, Maggie Smith is one of the few performers to have achieved indisputable stardom on both stage and screen, with a career that spans the West-End, Olivier's National Theatre, Broadway and Hollywood. In seeking Maggie Smith's enigmatic essence, Michael Coveney considers in detail each phase of her career and her turbulent first marriage to Robert Stephens and her enduring second marriage to her first love, screenwriter Beverley Cross. 14. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 010213. ISBN: 0575051884
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Imprint: London, Arco, 1962 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 17 plates and numerous illustrations in the text. This covers the entire range of antiques within the range of the ordinary collector, with the emphasis on what appears in antique shops - furniture, porcelain, pottery, silver, brass, copper, pewter, maps and prints, bibelots, bric-a-brac, Victoriana. The book is thorough, comprehensive and easy to consult. B2B. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 007694.
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Imprint: London, Faber and Faber, 1997 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. xiii + 257 pages. 'Peter Cowie has certainly caught the flavour and the facts of this screwy enterprise. Making The Godfather was an adventure, and you can be assured that it went down much the way it is described in this book. Of course, whatever immortality The Godfather films achieve is due to the great acting and Mario Puzo's writing.' - Francis Ford Coppola. In the 25 years since The Godfather was released, this monumental Paramount Pictures film has grown in stature and is constantly rated The book brings to life the whole story behind the creation of the three Godfather movies.anywhere in the top 5 Best Film category. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.84 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 11. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 009419. ISBN: 0571190111
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Imprint: New York, Reynal / William Morrow, 1978 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue cloth spine with light blue paper boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear and just a touch fading to top. Internally there is a signature to front endpaper else clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete but has some small removals to bottom of front and a small closed tear to back G+. The American author was editor of Look and Flair magazines in the 1940's and 1950's and became acquainted with a number of White House occupants with her most valued friend being President Eisenhower, on whose behalf she attended the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth. Others in her memories are Winston Churchill, Pope John, Pablo Picasso, Marilyn Monroe et al. She moved to England in 1955 to seriously pursue her ambition as a painter and became a collected artist. 22 photographic illustrations. A very fascinating autobiography of an accomplished woman. 23. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 002131. ISBN: 0688612008
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Large Gilt motif to front with gilt lettering on light brown cloth. Dustjacket depicts coat of arms to front and painting of early Rothschild family to rear. Dustjacket very slightly chipped and slightly faded at edges. The definitive biography of the dynasty written with the co-operation of many Rothschilds in England and France. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.15 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 11. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 000523. ISBN: 0297765388
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Imprint: London, Hamish Hamilton, 1977 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on green boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean and unmarked. A near Fine copy. Dustjacket is VG+ and is not price clipped. The author's second book which is a delightful story of a Welsh farm, it's animals and her childhood and farming life before the Second World War. 1. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 001063. ISBN: 0241897610
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Imprint: London, Harper Collins, 1997 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine uninscribed copy with light age fading to page edges with complete dustjacket which is VG+. Second impression. 19 photographs. A warm and insightful biography of the family of the Dalai Lama who was plucked from his family at the age of two in Tibet in 1938 to become the most autonomous spiritual and political ruler of any nation in the world. His family had to cope with the huge changes as they learned to cope with their son's destiny and to appreciate their little Lhamo Dhondup as his holiness or Kundun, a re-incarnation of thirteen previous Dalai Lamas and later they would have to cope with the shadow of China's invasion in 1951 and exile to India. The author's previous book Tears of Blood in 1992 told of the Tibetan people's plight after China's invasion and at that time began her growing friendship with the Dalai Lama's family. *** NOT EX LIB *** C3D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002954. ISBN: 0006278388
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Imprint: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy (Fine apart from a line mark to closed top edge) with Fine dutjacket which is not price clipped. Internally Fine and unmarked. xvi + 514 pages. 3 maps. First Edition, First Printing. Ireland is a country that arouses strong opinions: everyone has a view on its character, its foibles, its charm and its waywardness. It has inspired some of the best poetry and nurtured some of the best writers in the world, and in the book poets, novelists, artists, dramatists, historians, philosophers, peasants and aristocrats are brought together to celebrate and commemorate the nation and its people. Irish history lives more in the present than that of other countries, and there are constant reminders in these pages of past triumphs and tragedies, and their continuing impact on the national psych. Conquest, famine, emigration, the decline of the language, the struggle for identity and independence are all charted here. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST D4B. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 011030. ISBN: 0192142615
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Imprint: London, W.Nicholson, 1890 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt embossed titles and black embossed decoration with black embossed motif of bird on foliage to back on red cloth bevelled boards. Boards are clean with gilt and decoration bright. A neat contemporary name and address to front pastedown, age darkening of endpapers and some marks to closed fore edge else clean and unmarked. Not dated but circa 1890's. The author Mrs. Craik ( Dinah Maria Mulock 1826-1887). First published in 1857 and her most acclaimed work **** SCARCE NICHOLSON EDITION **** B2B. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 001535.
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