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LLOYD GEORGE
Written by Martin Pugh.
Stock no. 1330841
Published by Longman Group UK Ltd..
1st
1988.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Profiles in Power series. Black cloth covers with gilt title to spine. 206 pages, including index. ISBN: 0582023874. Heavy foxing, mainly at page edges. Some browning to endpapers. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
EVERYWHERE FOR WALES
Written by Phil Bennett; Martyn Williams.
Stock no. 1330838
Published by Stanley Paul.
1st
1981.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, silver title to spine. 175 pages. B/w photos. The autobiography of a truly great Welsh Rugby player. ISBN: 0091463106. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small white mark to top edge of front cover. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly sunned to spine.
STANDING OFF
Written by Gareth Davies.
Stock no. 1330837
Published by MacDonald; Queen Anne Press.
1st
1986.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, gilt title to spine. 176 pages. B/w photos. Autobiography of a gifted Welsh Rugby player. ISBN: 0356121577. Very slight shelf wear to spine and corners. Some light marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and lightly sunned to spine.
THE LAUREL AND THE IVY
Written by Robert Kee.
Stock no. 1330836
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1993.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of Charles Stewart Parnell and Irish Nationalism. Black boards, silver title to spine. Green endpapers. 659 pages (including index). A few b/w photos. ISBN: 0241128587. Slight bumping to spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing and fingermarks to textblock, top edge of textblock slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- IRELAND
- HISTORY
- POLITICS
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
THE YOUNG LLOYD GEORGE
Written by John Grigg.
Stock no. 1330834
Published by Eyre Methuen.
1st
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Covering Lloyd George's life from his birth in 1863 to the end of the Boer War in 1902. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. 320 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0413256901. Minimal shelf wear to spine and corners. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and top edge a bit dusty. Dustwrapper is just a little rubbed at edges.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICS
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
TUNES OF GLORY: THE LIFE OF MALCOLM SARGENT
Written by Richard Aldous.
Stock no. 1330832
Published by Pimlico.
1st PB
2002.
Very good condition.
The defining work on an extraordinary life drawn from the author's exclusive and unlimited access to Sargent's private letters, photographs and diaries. Cardwraps. 302 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0712665404. Some page corner tips creased. Light page browning throughout. Scuffing to rear cover.
RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON: THE INVINCIBLE QUEST
Written by Conrad Black.
Stock no. 1330830
Published by Quercus.
1st
2007.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A thrilling and masterly re-appraisal of the most controversial president in US history. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w photos. 1152 pages (including index). ISBN: 184724209X. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to lower edges of front endpapers, also affecting the lower edges of the prelims and the lower edge of the textblock. Textblock is lightly fingered, top edge is grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICS
THE OLD CAUSE: THREE BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES IN WHIGGISM
Written by John Carswell.
Stock no. 1330828
Published by The Cresset Press Ltd..
1st
1954.
Almost very good condition.
The lives of Wharton, Dodington and Fox which span the century and a quarter that elapsed between the Restoration and the Regency. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. 402 pages (including index). B/w plates. Spine slightly bumped. Light spotting to covers. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and pale page browning. Light musty smell to contents.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICS
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
BRITTEN MOTORCYCLES THE JOHN BRITTEN STORY
Written by Felicity Price.
Stock no. 1330822
Published by Motorbooks International.
1st
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large oblong format. Blue boards, silver titles. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 076032056X. A couple of light marks to cover edges. Spine slightly bumped. A tiny knick to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel else fine.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR CYCLES
- MOTOR CYCLE RACING
- BIOGRAPHY
FROM MOTORCYCLES TO MONOPLANES
Written by David Snow.
Stock no. 1330821
Published by Diana Snow.
1st
2010.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The story of George Barnes, an Edwardian Record Breaker, Sportsman and Entertainer. Large format. Cardwraps. 130 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780952902911. SIGNED by the author to inside front cover. Slight wear to spine and corners. Contents clean.
EDWARD WILSON OF THE ANTARCTIC: NATURALIST AND FRIEND
Written by George Seaver; Apsley Cherry-Garrard.
Stock no. 1830946
Published by John Murray.
1948.
Very good condition.
Polar icon, doctor and naturalist, who died with Scott on the return home from the 'Terra Nova' ill-starred expedition to the South Pole. Includes a Memoir of Oriana Wilson. Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cheap Edition. Grey cloth boards, blue title to spine. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. xxxiv and 310 pages including index. Spine cocked and lightly browned. A few minor marks to boards. Text block browned. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned, contents generally clean.
- Categorised in:
- EXPLORATION
- POLAR
- ANTARCTIC
- BIOGRAPHY
LLOYD GEORGE: THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION 1902-1911
Written by John Grigg.
Stock no. 1830944
Published by Eyre Methuen Ltd..
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This sequel to the author's "The Young Lloyd George", describes the career of David Lloyd George from 1902 to 1911. The book's central drama is the political and constitutional drama surrounding his 1909 Budget, but there are many sub-plots, including his dealings with the suffragettes. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 391 pages including index. ISBN: 0413326209. Minor scuffing to boards. Text block a little grubby, foxed to top edge. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly rubbed at edges.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY