BEN JONSON A LIFE
Written by Ian Donaldson.
Stock no. 1330912
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A vivid biography drawing out on freshly discovered writings by and about Jonson, revealing him as a writer whose work strikingly forsees modern age. Black boards, metallic blue title to spine. Pink endpapers. 533 pages. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780198129769. A fine copy.

TO BURMA SKIES AND BEYOND
Written by Reginald Jordan.
Stock no. 1831051
Published by Janus Publishing Co.. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An Airman's Story (Group Captain Reg (Lucky) Jordan DFC AFC). A stimulating and immensely absorbing story of an RAF officer's forty years in aviation. B/w photos. With a foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Aiken. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. vi and 302 pages. ISBN: 1857561384. SIGNED by the author with a gift annotation in ink to title page. Also includes a letter from the author. Boards and contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

THEY GAVE US SHAKESPEARE: JOHN HEMINGE & HENRY CONDELL
Written by Charles Connell.
Stock no. 1831044
Published by Oriel Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

John Heminge and Henry Condell prepared and oversaw the First Folio edition of Shakespeare (1623) and without their work which was undertaken in part as a gesture of respect and love towards their former colleague some plays would have been lost and others would only exist in garbled versions. Heminge and Condell were closely associated with Shakespeare and were among the principal actors in his plays. Brown imitation leather cloth boards with gilt tooling to sides and gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 110 pages. ISBN: 0853621934. Boards clean and bright. Minor foxing to text block and prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and lightly creased at top of spine.

JOURNEY INTO SILENCE
Written by Jack Ashley.
Stock no. 1831035
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Detailing MP Jack Ashley's early years, and his election to parliament; but which begins (with a silent bang...) with the sudden loss of hearing that then marked him out as one of the most courageous, honest, inspirational, blunt and hard-working MPs this country has had (in recent history, anyway). Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 191 pages including index. ISBN: 0370013840. Boards clean. Slight lean to spine. Text block browned with light foxing. Endpapers lightly browned, inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

THE LETTERS OF BEETHOVEN (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Ludwig Beethoven; Emily Anderson.
Stock no. 1831033
Published by The Macmillan Press Ltd.. 1986. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gathers all of composer, Ludwig van Beethoven's, nearly sixteen thousand letters written between 1787 to 1827, the year of his death and provides notes on background information concerning Beethoven's life. Collected, Translated and Edited with an Introduction, Appendixes, Notes and Indexes by Emily Anderson. Three volumes. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spines. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0393022471. A very nice set contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks, dustwrappers are lightly browned to spine.

SIDETRACKS: EXPLORATIONS OF A ROMANTIC BIOGRAPHER
Written by Richard Holmes.
Stock no. 1330900
Published by Harper Collins Publishers Ltd. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of 20 pieces showing how fluid, playful and unconstrained and many voices of biography can be. A collection held together by a subtle autobiographical thread. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. 420 pages. ISBN: 0002555786. Spine bumped. Light page browning else contents clean.. Dustwrapper is edge creased and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

DICKENS
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1330899
Published by Guild Publishing. 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book Club edition. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 1195 pages including index. B/w photos. Name and date in ink to half title-page. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is edge creased and faded to spine.

LETTERS FROM A LIFE: SELECTED LETTERS AND DIARIES OF BENJAMIN BRITTEN (TWO VOLS)
Written by Donald Mitchell; Philip Reed.
Stock no. 1330898
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Boxed set of two volumes. Grey cloth covers with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 619 + 1403 pages. ISBN: 0571164056. Minimal rubbing to spines and corners. Dustwrappers are edge rubbed and wrapper spines are very sunned. Grey cloth covered slipcase is slightly scuffed and dusty.

MOSTLY WOMEN: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S LIFE
Written by Michael Ward.
Stock no. 1831013
Published by Granta Books. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A remarkable anthology of the photographer's, Michael Ward's, work catching the various moods of Britain and its stars from the 1950s to the 1980s. It also tells of Ward's own strange story: of a boy born to theatrical and quite spectacularly careless parents who sent him to boarding school at the age of three; of his beautiful mother, who fell in love with him; of a failed career as an actor; of his working life on a great newspaper; and of his five marriages and the women in between. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xi and 356 pages including index. ISBN: 9781862078499. SIGNED by Michael Ward to title page with gift inscription. Very minor mark to lower edge of text block. Else contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

GEORGE STEPHENSON A BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF THE FATHER OF RAILWAYS
Written by Hunter Davies.
Stock no. 1330888
Published by Purnell Book Services Limited. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book club edition. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 337 pages. B/w photos. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Name and date in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and first few and last few pages. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and creased.

THE CRIME OF GALILEO
Written by Giorgio De Santillana.
Stock no. 1330884
Published by Mercury Books. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition.

A biography of the Italian scientist, concentrating on his prosecution for urging belief in revolutionary astronomical discoveries. Paperback edition. 338 pages including index. Covers are edge rubbed, grubby and browned. Spine especially browned. Name and date in ink inside front cover. Foxing and slight grubbiness to textblock.

JOHN ADAMS
Written by David McCullough.
Stock no. 1330882
Published by The Free Press. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

The adventurous life of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot. Paperback edition. Some colour and b/w plates. 751 pages including index. ISBN: 0743232291. Textblock is slightly grubby and foxed. Spine is lightly creased from the book being held open to read.