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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BRECKINRIDGE: STATESMAN, SOLDIER, SYMBOL
Written by William C. Davis.
Stock no. 1829558
Published by University Press of Kentucky. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

John C. Breckinridge rose to prominence during one of the most turbulent times in America's history. Born to a well-known Kentucky family in 1821, he became a celebrated statesman, heroic soldier, and supporter of compromise. Pictorial cardwraps. xxviii and 687 pages including index. This is a physical print-on-demand copy. ISBN: 9780813192550. Lower front corner of covers lightly creased. Small stain to top rear edge and gutter margin of index pages. Else contents clean.

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ACCIDENTAL AGENT
Written by John Goldsmith.
Stock no. 1829555
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A true and exciting story of SOE. After several unsuccessful attempts to offer his services to his country, Goldsmith found himself, quite by accident, in the sinister and romantic world of espionage. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0850520371. Foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, lightly faded to spine, foxing to verso.

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NO TIME TO LOSE: THE FAST-MOVING WORLD OF BILL IVY
Written by Alan Peck.
Stock no. 1829553
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 1972. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A tribute to a great champion of motorcycle racing, Bill Ivy. Dark green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 158 pages including index. ISBN: 0900549149. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Front pastedown is pulled over very close to vertical edge of boards (binding error). Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and is rubbed at top & tail of spine.

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THE RACER'S EDGE: MEMOIRS OF AN ISLE OF MAN TT LEGEND
Written by Dave Molyneux.
Stock no. 1829551
Published by Wharncliffe Books. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A frank autobiography of the greatest TT sidecar racer of all time. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. x and 164 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845631420. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and scuffed.

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TEN MINUTES TO BUFFALO: THE STORY OF GERMANY'S GREAT ESCAPER
Written by Ulrich Steinhilper; Peter Osborne.
Stock no. 1829543
Published by Independent Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Having fought throughout the Battle of Britain, Ulrich Steinhilper was shot down as he flew his Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 on a bomber escort duty. So it was in late October 1940 Ulrich was to begin a phase of his life which would stretch him to the limit of physical endurance and to the edge of insanity. He was to become a prisoner of war, but he was not a man to embrace something as alien as imprisonment lightly and so he was to dedicate himself to the idea of escape... Blaqck cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 432 pages. ISBN: 1872836011. SIGNED by the author to bookplate on front endpaper. Lower corners of boards bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly scuffed to rear panel.

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MARK GERTLER
Written by Sarah Macdougall. Illustrated by Mark Gertler.
Stock no. 1829534
Published by John Murray (publishers) Ltd.. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biogaphy of the Jewish artist Mark Gertler. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations & b/w photos. xv and 398 pages including index. ISBN: 0719557992. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn and corresponding wear to dustwrapper spine. Minor dint to lower edge of a few page margins. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is also scuffed to rear panel.

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JON EKEROLD: THE PRIVATEER
Written by Jon Ekerold.
Stock no. 1829533
Published by Text & Technik Verlag. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

This is the story of one man's struggle to reach the pinnacle of his sport of motorcycle racing. Besides his own personal tale, he also provides a fascinating insight into an era that was probably the most dangerous period in the sport. Limited numbered edition of 4000 copies. Pictorial glazedd boards. Colour & b/w photos. 190 pages. ISBN: 3932563212. SIGNED by the author and motorcycle racer (with personalised dedication) to front endpaper. Copy 518 of 4000. A very nice copy.

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THE HIROSHIMA PILOT
Written by William Bradford Huie.
Stock no. 1829525
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Claude Eatherly was the pilot of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Since then, he has been almost constantly under psychiatric care. He is said to have blamed himself for "killing 100,000 innocent people", and to have sought punishment by committing a series of bizarre crimes. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 299 pages. Foxing to text block and prelims, endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge-rubbed with slight loss, and scuffed.

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