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WINSTON S. CHURCHILL VOLUME V 1922-1939
Written by Martin Gilbert.
Stock no. 2132687
Published by Heinemann.
1st
1976.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0434130117. Two pages are loose. Wrapper is faded to spine, creased and crest to front has faded.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICS
RAGLAN FROM THE PENINSULA TO THE CRIMEA
Written by John Sweetman.
Stock no. 2132652
Published by Arms & Armour Press.
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
B/w illustrations. Biography of Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, first Baron Raglan. ISBN: 1854090593. A few light marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MILITARY
- BIOGRAPHY
HIGH SPEED DIARY: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF REGINALD ELLIS TONGUE
Written by R.E. Tongue.
Stock no. 1818999
Published by Dove Publishing.
1st
2002.
Very good condition.
Reggie Tongue was only 22 when he drove in his first real motor race, the 24 Hour Grand Prix d'Endurance, at Le Mans. This is an account of the life and times of Mancunian Reginald Ellis Tongue based on his diaries, cuttings, books, photograph albums, flying logbooks, and reminiscences he tape-recorded three years before his death in 1992.Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0953414256. Light creasing to corners and top corners of first few pages. Previous owner's address label to inside rear cover. Minor grubby marks to rear cover. Contents clean.
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
ELIZABETH BUTLER BATTLE ARTIST: AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by Elizabeth Butler.
Illustrated by Elizabeth Butler.
Stock no. 1818951
Published by Fisher Press.
1st thus
1993.
Very good condition.
Originally published in 1922. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1874037086. Minor foxing to top edge of text block.
THE MAN WHO LOVES GIANTS
Written by David Shepherd.
Illustrated by David Shepherd.
Stock no. 2132145
Published by David & Charles.
1975.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An artist among elephants and engines. David Shepherd's Autobiography. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour plates. 164 pages. ISBN: 0715370529. Browning to cover edges. Page edge browning.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- BIOGRAPHY
- RAILWAYS
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ELEPHANT
THE AMBIVALENCE OF BERNARD MANDEVILLE
Written by Hector Monro.
Stock no. 1818868
Published by Clarendon Press.
1st
1975.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A consideration of The Fable of the Bees and also Mandeville's little-known other books including a pamphlet on public executions and another on public brothels, a medical treatise on nervous indigestion.Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0198120613. Light browning to text block. Blue dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- PHILOSOPHY
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- SATIRE
TURNER'S TRIUMPHS: EDWARD TURNER & HIS TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES
Written by Jeff Clew.
Stock no. 1818852
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc..
1st
2000.
Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Biography of the man who was probably the most important individual in the history of the British motorcycle industry. Includes coverage of all Edward Turner's motorcycle designs. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 1901295877. Page 146, 150, 152 and facing pages of these three pages have some surface paper damage affecting a little text - pages stuck together and when prising apart some surface paper was left behind especially pages 150 & 151.
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- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR CYCLES
- COMPANY HISTORY
- BIOGRAPHY
AKBAR THE GREATEST MOGUL
Written by S.M. Burke.
Stock no. 1818763
Published by Munshiram Manoharlal.
1st
1989.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Based mainly on accounts left behind by those who personally knew the emperor well, the result of several years of research. Insight into the character and achievements of the founding fathers of the celebrated Mogul dynasty in India. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.
THE LAST SECRETARY GENERAL: SEAN LESTER AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Written by Douglas Gageby.
Stock no. 1818673
Published by Town House.
1st
1999.
Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Based on Sean Lester's diaries, telling for the first time the story of a unique Irishman, who came to hold the highest office in the League of Nations. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1860591086. Foxing to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper has a couple of minor grubby marks.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- IRELAND
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICS
WALKING WITH THE DAMNED
Written by Ted Schwarz.
Stock no. 1318391
Published by Paragon House.
1st
1992.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The shocking murder of the man who freed 30,000 prisoners from the Nazis. Black spine with gilt title, green boards. 326 pages. ISBN: 1557783152. Name and date in pencil to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut.
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- NAZIS
- JEWS AND JUDAISM
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- POLITICS
ARTHUR RACKHAM HIS LIFE AND WORK
Written by Derek Hudson.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1318099
Published by William Heinemann Ltd..
1976.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An introduction to the man behind the work with comments on his technique and achievements. Bibliography at rear. Re-issued with a revised checklist of Rackham's work. Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour tipped-in plates and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0434353507. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Old price written in biro to top corner of front free-endpaper (crossed out with pencil). Damp stains to lower corners of first 12 pages. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repairs and some fading to spine and edges.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ILLUSTRATED
- BIOGRAPHY
- ART
- REFERENCE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
JEROME K. JEROME: A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY
Written by Joseph Connolly.
Stock no. 1318067
Published by Orbis Publishing.
1st
1982.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages. Includes an account of Jerome's life, assesses his works and includes a complete bibliography of his first editions. ISBN: 0856133493. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed and just a little edge rubbed.
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- BIOGRAPHY