IN PURSUIT OF REASON: THE LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
Written by Noble E. Jr. Cunningham.
Stock no. 1330879
Published by Ballantine Books. Very good condition.

A concise, comprehensive one-volume biography of one of the greatest Americans who ever lived. Paperback edition. 414 pages including index. B/w photos. ISBN: 0345353803. 12th printing. Covers are slightly edge worn with slight lifting of laminate at edges. Contents are edge browned and slightly foxed else clean.

LINCOLN
Written by David Herbert Donald.
Stock no. 1330878
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This compelling biography presents a moving, original portrait of a man who did not seek fame, but who rose reluctantly and spectacularly to the occasion. Blue cloth spine with silver title, pink boards. B/w photos. 714 pages. ISBN: 022404222x. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Some foxing to contents. Top edge of textblock is a little grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

MY LIFE IN RUGBY
Written by Terry Holmes.
Stock no. 1330874
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Holmes speaks of the triumphs and tragedies of his magnificent career. Peach boards, gilt title to spine. 181 pages including index. B/w photos. ISBN: 0333402294. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is a tiny bit sunned to spine.

CHARLES JAMES FOX: A MAN FOR THE PEOPLE
Written by Loren Reid.
Stock no. 1831000
Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charles James Fox was one of the most colourful, complex and controversial figures of eighteenth-century England. The book grows out of a professional interest in Fox's talents as a parliamentary speaker. The scope, therefore, is that of a biography, with Fox's attainments as a speaker coming to the foreground at frequent intervals. Light brown cloth boards, dark brown title block with silver title to spine. xiv and 475 pages including index. Boards clean. Text block browned with some foxing. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to flaps. Musty odour present.

LLOYD GEORGE: FROM PEACE TO WAR 1912-1916
Written by John Grigg.
Stock no. 1830998
Published by Methuen London Ltd. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The third volume of John Grigg's highly acclaimed biography of Lloyd George. Covering the period 1912-16, From Peace to War begins when Lloyd George is at the pinnacle of success and achievement. Yet in the following two years he is plunged into turmoil in both his personal and political life. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 527 pages including index. ISBN: 0413466604. Boards clean. Slight lean to spine. Text block a little grubby and lightly foxed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is foxed to flaps, lightly browned and lightly scuffed, slightly faded to spine.

ANTHONY EDEN
Written by Robert Rhodes James.
Stock no. 1830996
Published by George Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A portrait of Anthony Eden, Neville Chamberlain's foreign secretary in the 1930s, who held the same position under Churchill during World War II and succeeded the latter as prime minister in 1955. A sympathetic but not uncritical historiography. Purple cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xiv and 665 pages including index. ISBN: 0297789899. Boards clean, light rubbing to base of spine. Text block a little grubby with a few small foxspots. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, minor foxing to flaps.

MACMILLAN 1957-1986: VOLUME II OF THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Written by Alistair Horne.
Stock no. 1830995
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1989. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A masterly account of Harold Macmillan's Prime Ministership (1957 - 63) and emergence as one of the most influential international statesmen of the 20th century. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvii and 741 pages including index. ISBN: 0333496213. Boards are clean. Text block a little grubby to lower edge and a little foxing to top edge. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and last few pages. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily foxed to flaps and a little scuffed.

BILL CLINTON: MASTERING THE PRESIDENCY
Written by Nigel Hamilton.
Stock no. 1830994
Published by Century. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An insightful, prodigiously researched, and wonderfully readable account of Bill Clintons first term in office. It shows how a well-meaning but naive new president failed to assert true leadership in his first two years, and then illustrates how, in an astonishing act of self-reinvention, the president turned defeat into victory. A gripping tale of hubris and redemption-and a chronicle of one of the most dramatic reversals of fortune in modern American politics. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. XV and 766 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844132096. Light crease to top & tail of spine. Minor white spots to boards. Text block browned. A few minor foxspots present. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and scuffed.

JOHN STUART MILL: VICTORIAN FIREBRAND
Written by Richard Reeves.
Stock no. 1830992
Published by Atlantic Books. 1st thus 2008. Very good condition.

A biography of John Stuart Mill, an English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant. Richard Reeves covers Mill's political and social activism in detail. Mill identified problems with Victorian London, and he wanted to fix them. He was driven to make Victorian London a better place with less poverty, less overcrowding, and more prosperity. Pictorial cardwraps. A few b/w illustrations. 616 pages including index. ISBN: 9781843546443. Light reading creases (vertical) to spine. Corners a little creased and lightly rubbed. Text block a little grubby. Some foxing to contents else clean.

BY JOVE, BIGGLES!
Written by Peter Berresford Ellis; Piers Williams.
Stock no. 1330871
Published by W.H. Allen. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Biography of one of the most popular children's authors of the mid 20th Century - Capt. W.E. Johns creator of 'Biggles'. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 306 pages includes index. ISBN: 0491027753. Slight bumping to spine and corners, very small split to base of spine. Contents fine.

BIGGLES! THE LIFE STORY OF CAPT. W.E. JOHNS
Written by Peter Berresford Ellis; Jennifer Schofield.
Stock no. 1330869
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc.. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A new and revised edition of the biography of the creator of Biggles, Worrals, Gimlet and Steeley. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 320 pages includes index. ISBN: 187410526X. Spine slightly bumped. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty else contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and just a little edge creased.

BIGGLES THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY
Written by John Pearson.
Stock no. 1330868
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Study of the Real Biggles, who until now had remained something of a mystery. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. 311 pages. ISBN: 0283983981. Minimal bumping and fading to base of spine and lower cover edges. Very small patch of surface paper damage to rear board. Contents fine.