LEONARD ROSOMAN
Written by Tanya Harrod. Illustrated by Leonard Rosoman.
Stock no. 1329423
Published by Royal Academy of Arts. Circa 2017. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

n her engaging assessment of Rosoman's remarkable achievements throughout his long career, Harrod gives the reader a thorough grasp of this underrated artist and his world. Large, heavy format. Blue boards. ISBN: 9781910350638. Still in original shrinkwrap.

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A FIGHTER IN MY SIGHTS
Written by Tom Neil.
Stock no. 1329414
Published by J&kh Publishing. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 216 pages. ISBN: 1900511703. Spine slightly bumped, a couple of small indentations to cover edges. Contents look unread.

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SIR HENRY SEGRAVE
Written by Cyril Posthumus.
Stock no. 1329368
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of the British racing car driver. B/w photos. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 227 pages including index. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a few small tears.

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THOMAS SMITH OF DERBY, 1721-1767: PIONEER OF THE PICTURESQUE
Written by Trevor Brighton. Illustrated by Thomas Smith.
Stock no. 1829659
Published by Bakewell And District Historical Society. 1st 2013. Very good condition.

Thomas Smith was a topographical and picturesque landscape painter. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. 207 pages including index. A few minor marks to covers, lower rear corner of cover is creased. Top margin corner of first few pages is lightly creased. Contents clean.

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JAMES I: SCOTLAND'S KING OF ENGLAND
Written by John Matusiak.
Stock no. 1829642
Published by The History Press. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Few kings have been more svagely caricatured or grossly misunderstood than England's first Stuart. Yet, as this biography demonstrates, the modern tendency to downplay his defects and minimise the long-term consequences of his reign has gone too far. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 351 pages including index. ISBN: 9780750955621. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a barcode label with old price to rear panel.

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GERMAN KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 1914-1918: THE HOLDERS OF THE ORDEN POUR LE MERITE
Written by Alan C. Wood; Terry C. Treadwell.
Stock no. 1829632
Published by Brassey's. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Orden Pour le Merite, or 'Blue Max' as it was popularly known, was the highest decoration that could be won by a member of the Imperial German Armed Forces in the First World War. 81 illustrated biographies of all the German airmen who won the award. Yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 1857532317. Front spine edge of boards is grubby, small patch of surface cloth missing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and slightly marked.

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AN INFAMOUS PAST: E.M. CIORAN AND THE RISE OF FASCISM IN ROMANIA
Written by Marta Petreu; Norman Manea.
Stock no. 1829606
Published by Ivan R. Dee. 1st UK 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biography of E.M. Cioran, the renowned Romanian-French nihilist philosopher and literary figure. Foreword by Norman Manea. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, blue paper boards. xiv and 332 pages including index. ISBN: 1566636078. A lovely copy. Black dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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SPLIT-CANE AND SABLE: A BOOK OF FISH, MEN AND NATURE
Written by Robin Armstrong. Illustrated by Robin Armstrong.
Stock no. 1329328
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Proving by his distinctive skills with rod, line and brush, that there is far more to fishing than meets the eye, the author has given us a charming book about his life and occupations. Colour & b/w illustrations. Burgundy boards and gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0460047450. SIGNED by the author to title page (inscribed to previous owner). Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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EOIN O'DUFFY: A SELF-MADE HERO
Written by Fearghal McGarry.
Stock no. 1829599
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Eoin O'Duffy who was an Irish revolutionary, soldier, police commissioner and politician. He was one of the most controversial figures of modern Irish history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xvi and 442 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199276554. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Corners of boards bumped, lower rear edge has a small knock. Contents clean. Green dustwrapper is scuffed and is rubbed at corners.

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GRAHAM SUTHERLAND: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Roger Berthoud. Illustrated by Graham Sutherland.
Stock no. 1829595
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An authorised biography, showing the artist, Graham Sutherland, to be no less complex and fascinating as a man than as an artist. Green cloth boards, brown title block with gilt title to spine, brown title to front. B/w and a few colour photos and illustrations. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 0571118828. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Text block very slightly browned. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is grubby.

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DE LEMPICKA
Written by Gilles Neret. Illustrated by Tamara De Lempicka.
Stock no. 1829584
Published by Taschen. Nearly fine condition.

Tamara De Lempicka was a Polish painter best known for her polished Art Deco portraits of aristocrats and the wealthy, and for her highly stylized paintings of nudes. ISBN: 9783836532273. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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DRIVEN PATRIOT: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JAMES FORRESTAL
Written by Townsend Hoopes; Douglas Brinkley.
Stock no. 1829559
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Bluejacket Books. A haunting portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the mid-twentieth century. Forrestal forged a career that took him from his working-class origins to the social and financial stratosphere of Wall Street, and from there to policy making in Washington. This absorbing study not only takes an understanding look at this complicated man but presents an authoritative history of the tumultuous years of America's rise to world primacy. Blue cardwraps. A few b/w photos. xvi and 587 pages including index. ISBN: 1557503346. Covers lightly scuffed. Small stain to top edge of text block and a few margins. Contents clean.

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