BIOGRAPHY
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JOSEPH LISTER 1827-1912
Written by Richard B. Fisher.
Stock no. 2135951
Published by Macdonald and Jane's.
1st
1977.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The great surgeon who pioneered antiseptics and revolutionized 19th-century medicine. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0354041452. Marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with small nick to base of spine; a few marks.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL HISTORY
BLASTING & BOMBARDIERING
Written by Wyndham Lewis.
Stock no. 1822867
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode.
1st
1937.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The autobiography (1914 to 1926) of Wyndham Lewis: painter, novelist, satirist and controversialist. Orange cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w plates. Boards lightly browned. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Scattered foxing throughout. Dustwrapper is heavily browned, marked, and lightly edge-worn, four lines of pencil writing to plain rear panel. Musty odour present.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
PICTURES IN THE FIRE
Written by Bunny Arkell.
Stock no. 2135849
Published by B.A. Hathaway Printers.
Circa
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Autobiography of a farmer of Fresian herds. Containing many anecdotes of life on the farm, the high points of Bunny's life and also the tragedies. Mock leather boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 103 pages. SIGNED by author to title page.
- Categorised in:
- COUNTRYSIDE
- FARMING
- BIOGRAPHY
- CATTLE (FARMING)
HOWARD WINSTONE THE WELSH WIZARD
Written by Les Miles.
Stock no. 2135435
Published by Concept Associates Ltd..
1995.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The biography of this boxer. Black boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1899812008. Foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Some edge creasing and a few marks to wrapper.
DAN GURNEY: THE ULTIMATE RACER
Written by Karl Ludvigsen.
Stock no. 1822626
Published by Haynes Publishing.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A stunning tour de force opens this new biography of Dan Gurney as Karl Ludvigsen chronicles one of the most dramatic periods of the American racer's career - the 60 days in May and June of 1967 in which he qualified on the front row at Indy and won at both Le Mans and Spa. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos. ISBN: 1859606555. Some light crinkling to some pages through fingering (not grubby). White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and slightly grubby.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
WILLIAM KENT: ARCHITECT, DESIGNER, PAINTER, GARDENER, 1685-1748
Written by Michael I. Wilson.
Stock no. 1822200
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul.
1st
1984.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
William Kent is one of the most important figures in the history of English eighteenth-century art. Here, the author presents a broad overall survey of Kent's work together with a narrative account of his life. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0710099835. Large bookplate to front pastedown else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned at edges and slightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- ART
- HISTORY
- BIOGRAPHY
GERONIMO: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Alexander B. Adams.
Stock no. 2135254
Published by New English Library.
1st
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Pale yellow boards, gilt title to spine; vignette to front cover. Illustrated Biography; b/w photos. ISBN: 0450016277. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- BIOGRAPHY
SAMBO SAHIB
Written by Elizabeth Hay.
Stock no. 1321445
Published by Paul Harris Publishing.
1st
1981.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of Little Black Sambo and Helen Bannerman. B/w photos. Red boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 090450591X. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly creased at edges and faded to spine.
THE MAN WHO WAS H.M.BATEMAN
Written by Anthony Anderson.
Illustrated by H.M. Bateman.
Stock no. 1321411
Published by Webb & Bower.
1st
1982.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The author pays tribute to a unique and powerful talent and holds a revealing mirror up to the awkward and complex nature of the man who was H.M.Bateman. Colour and b/w illus throughout. 224 pages. Illustrated brown boards. ISBN: 0906671574. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed, small white spot to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge rubbed.
BARNES WALLIS: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by J.E. Morpurgo.
Stock no. 1822129
Published by Longman.
1972.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Biography of Barnes Wallis who has been at the forefront of progress in aviation. From airships to bombers and the famous bouncing bomb. B/w photos. ISBN: 0582103606. Third impression. Text block browned and a little foxed. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small closed tears and chips, is grubby and faded to spine.
GEORGE ORMEROD HISTORIAN OF CHESHIRE
Written by John Peter Hess.
Stock no. 1321249
Published by Herald Printers (whitchurch) Ltd.
1st
1989.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An exceedingly readable biography of a man who was one of the earliest historians. Red boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951461400. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is edge worn and just a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- CHESHIRE
- BIOGRAPHY
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN THE BOSS
Written by Mick Wall.
Stock no. 1321212
Published by Abstract Sounds Books Ltd.
1st
2010.
Nearly fine condition.
Special edition four DVD and book set. Pictorial boards. 116 pages. B/w and colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780956603999. Spine and corners slightly bumped. DVD's look unused but they have not been tested.