A CONSTANT HEART: THE WAR DIARIES OF MAUD RUSSELL 1938-1945
Written by Emily Russell; John Julius Norwich.
Stock no. 1328531
Published by Dovecote Press. Circa 2022. Very good condition.

Cardwraps. Edited by Emily Russell, foreword by J.J.Norwich. 319 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780995546233. 2nd printing. Rubbing to corners. Light mark to base of textblock. Contents clean.

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WARWICK THE KINGMAKER
Written by Paul Murray Kendall.
Stock no. 1828716
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as The Kingmaker. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis, a few b/w plates and foldout pedigree. 135 pages including index. Top edge red. Second Impression. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, browned to spine and worn at top of spine, rear panel is a little grubby and browned.

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NINE ELMS ENGINEMAN
Written by A.E. Hooker.
Stock no. 1828646
Published by Bradford Barton. Almost very good condition.

Autobiography of A.E. 'Bert' Hooker, engineman born into a family of railwaymen. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 124 pages plus 4 page publisher advert to rear. ISBN: 0851534546. Undated. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Covers are grubby and browned, spine is rubbed, faded and browned. Text block browned. Else contents clean.

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THE ART OF DAVID JONES: VISION AND MEMORY
Written by Ariane Bankes; Paul Hills. Illustrated by David Jones.
Stock no. 1828612
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book challenges the simplistic view of David Jones (1895-1974)as an outsider or an eccentric and instead explores his work in relation to the wider cultural and intellectual climate of his times. Fresh insights into the career of a multi-talented British artist. Blue cloth boards, white title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848221604. Minor knock to lower edge of rear board and corresponding tiny crease to lower edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. Else a lovely copy.

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MATILDA: HER LIFE AND LEGACY
Written by Joyce Stevens Smith; Joyce Savidge.
Stock no. 1828611
Published by Matilda And War Memorial Hospital. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of Matilda L. Sharp and the hospital she founded in Hong Kong. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 166 pages. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Top edge of text block slightly dusty. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, slightly faded to spine, stained to rear panel. There is a second dustwrapper beneath the outer which is clean.

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CHAGALL: LOVE AND EXILE
Written by Jackie Wullschlager.
Stock no. 1828610
Published by Allen Lane. 1st UK 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An elegantly written biography giving a full and true account of the Chagall the man and the artists and of a life as intense, theatrical and haunting as his paintings. Fuchsia cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w plates. 582 pages includes index. ISBN: 9780713996524. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Pictorial dustwwrapper lightly rubbed at edges and scuffed.

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RED COMET: THE SHORT LIFE AND BLAZING ART OF SYLVIA PLATH
Written by Heather Clark.
Stock no. 1828608
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 2020. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This biography focuses on Sylvia Plath's remarkable literary and intellectual achievments while restoring the woman behind the long-held myths about her life and art. Burgundy paper spine with gilt title, red paper boards. B/w photos. Vertical edges untrimmed. xxix and 1118 pages. A Borzoi book. ISBN: 9780307961167. Third printing. A lovely copy.

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LADY CHARLOTTE GUEST: THE EXCEPTIONAL LIFE OF A FEMALE INDUSTRIALIST
Written by Victoria Owens.
Stock no. 1828606
Published by Pen & Sword. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When impoverished artistocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833, her relatives looked on with dismay. Charlotte championed Welsh culture and translated the Mabinogion into English. She also taught herself John's business from the inside. When John died in 1852, she replaced him as head of the ironworks. This book traces the ardent, creative years of her first marriage, explores her determination - widowed - to preserve John's legacy, and observes her growing devotion to the scholarly Charles Schreiber, her sons' tutor. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. x and 214 pages including index. ISBN: 9781526768810. Lower corners of boards bumped else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at bumped corners.

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JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY PAINTER OF LIGHT (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Benedict Nicolson. Illustrated by Joseph Wright.
Stock no. 1328446
Published by The Paul Mellon Foundation For British Art. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large heavy volumes. Green cloth with gilt titles. Volume one contains text and catalogue, volume two contains tipped-in colour plates plus b/w photos of illustrations. ISBN: 0710062842. Bumping to spines and corners. Some slight discolouration to cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrappers are edge worn with small tears and white rear panels are grubby.

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DIMSIE: MEMOIRS OF A PILOT FROM AIR TO GROUND - A TRILOGY
Written by Donald Stones.
Stock no. 1328434
Published by Wingham Press. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

3 volumes in one. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 392 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1873454082. Spine slightly bumped. A few light marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased and lightly foxed on verso.

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THE COMPLETE DIARY OF A COTSWOLD LADY VOLUME ONE THE LADY OF RODBOROUGH
Written by Agnes Witts.
Stock no. 1328429
Published by Amberley. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Introduction and diaries covering the period 1788-1793. Colour and b/w illustrations. Red boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 9781848680104. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased.

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THE WORLD OF CHARLES RICKETTS
Written by Joseph Darracott. Illustrated by Charles Ricketts.
Stock no. 1328428
Published by Eyre Methuen. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt title to spine. 200 pages. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0413396800. Pale yellow mark to front pastedown. Pale browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is price-cut and a tiny bit rubbed at lower edge of front panel.

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