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Some Sort of Genius. A Life of Wyndham Lewis.

WYNDHAM LEWIS. Paul O'Keeffe. · 2000 · Clearwater Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 697pp. Black boards lettered in silver at the spine. Illustrated with thirty-eight photographs and reproductions. A small area of staining to the top edge and a former owner gift inscription neatly inked ...

Edmund Wilson. A Biography.

EDMUND WILSON. Jeffrey Meyers. · 1995 · Clearwater Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Houghton Mifflin, Boston & New York, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 554pp. Cloth-backed boards lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with thirty photographs. A tiny sliver of discolouration to the board extremities, else a fine copy in virtually fine du...

A Shadowed Man: Henry Williamson 1895 1977. With a foreword by Richard Williamson.

HENRY WILLIAMSON. Lois Lamplugh. · 1990 · Clearwater Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Wellspring, Devon, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 190pp. Card wrappers (not issued in casebound format until the second edition of the following year). Illustrated with photographs and manuscript reproductions. Top- and fore edges lightly spotted and with a ...

Jonathan Swift. A biography. (SIGNED)

VICTORIA GLENDINNING. · 1998 · Clearwater Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Hutchinson, London, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s), First Edition (first printing) - this copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 324pp. Red boards lettered in gold at the spine. With facsimile reproduction endpapers and twenty-two further captioned reproductions. ...

Edward Garnett. A Life in Literature.

EDWARD GARNETT. George Jefferson. · 1982 · Clearwater Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 350pp. Maroon cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A tiny speckling to fox-spotting to the top edge, else a virtually fine copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly rubbed at the head of the spine p...

Young Betjeman. (THE DEDICATION COPY)

JOHN BETJEMAN. Bevis Hillier. · 1988 · Clearwater Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

John Murray, London, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First edition - the dedication copy, inscribed by the author "To Oliver, one of the dedicatees, with much love from his uncle, the author, Bevis. Redhill, July 1988". 8vo. 479pp. Blue boards lettered in gold at the spin...

Alastair Gray. A Secretary's Biography.

ALASDAIR GRAY. Rodge Glass. · 2008 · Clearwater Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Bloomsbury, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 341pp. Blue boards lettered in silver at the spine. Illustrated with eighteen photographs. Head of the backstrip very lightly rubbed, and with a crease to the corner of a single text leaf. A very good copy i...

Alice Walker. A Life.

ALICE WALKER. Evelyn C. White. · 2004 · Clearwater Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

W. W. Norton, New York, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing) - not published in the UK. 538pp. Grey paper-covered boards lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with forty-eight photographs. In virtually fine state with non-price-clipped dust wrapper, just fractional...

Rupert Brooke. His Life and His Legend.

RUPERT BROOKE. John Lehmann. · 1980 · Clearwater Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 178pp. Blue boards lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with twenty-three photographs and reproductions. A sliver of discolouration to the extreme top edge of the spine, else in fine state w...

St. John of the Cross. His Life and Poetry. With a translation of the poetry by Lynda Nicholson.

GERALD BRENAN. · 1973 · Clearwater Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Cambridge University Press, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. xii, 222pp. Red boards lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with four plates. Former owner name inked to the front free endpaper. Very good indeed in slightly toned and rubbed non-price...

Radclyffe Hall. A Woman Called John. A biography.

RADCLYFFE HALL. Sally Cline. · 1997 · Clearwater Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

John Murray, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. xiv, 434pp. Black cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with thirty black and white photographs. A tiny trace of toning to the paperstock, else a fine copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, a li...

The Wandering Years. Diaries 1922-1939.

BEATON, CECIL. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1961. 2nd impression. First volume in Beaton\'s six volume series of Diaries. Autobiography of the British fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as costume designer and set designer for stage and...

Beasts In My Bed (SIGNED COPY)

Durrell,Jacquie · 1967 · Richard Thornton Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Collins This is a Very Good Copy of this hardback book in blue boards with gilt title lettering to spine and in a good only dust-wrapper with a few repaired closed tears and there are a couple of small chips to the wrapper along it's extremities.Price clipped with some creasin...

Struggles & Triumphs or Recollections of P.T. Barnum

Barnum,P.T. · 1882 · Richard Thornton Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Ward Lock & Co A Good Copy in Original Pictorial Boards,with some 26 steel engraved plates,one former owner's name to the half title page.Adverts to both the front and rear,original yellowback priced at 2 shillings,one small closed tear to the first advertisement leaf,some wea...

Edward Heath A Personal and Political Biography (Signed & Inscribed by Edward Heath)

Hutchinson,George · 1970 · Richard Thornton Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Longman This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has three small closed tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not price clipped.This copy has been Signed and Inscribed by Edward Heath on th...

That Untravelled World An Autobiography

Shipton,Eric · 1970 · Richard Thornton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Hodder & Stoughton This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in a Good Only Dust-Jacket which has a 1 inch ship to the top edge of the upper cover and sma;ller v shaped chip to top edge of the lower cover.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous owner's names or inscription...

The Hard Years His Autobiography

Brown,Joe · 1967 · Richard Thornton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Victor Gollancz This is a Good Copy of this Book in blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Fair only Dust-Jacket which has been heavily repaitred with tape along spine top and bottom edges.There are numerous chips and tears to the extremities.Price clipped and with...

Successive Journeys A Family in Four Continents (SIGNED COPY)

Herbert,Nicholas · 2008 · Richard Thornton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Bright Pen This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's grey cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not price clipped with this copy SIGNED by Nicholas Herbert to the title page.The bin...

Blood & Fire The Autobiography of the UB40 Brothers

Ali & Robin Campbell with Paul Gorman and Tim Abbot · 2005 · Richard Thornton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Century This is a Fine Copy of this book in original black Hardcover cloth with silver title lettering to spine in a Near Fine Dust-jacket that has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price clipped and this copy has been signed by both Ali and Robin Ca...

Liberace An Autobiography (SIGNED COPY)

Liberace · 1973 · Richard Thornton Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

W.H. Allen This is a Fine Copy of this Book in a Fine Dust-Jacket,and signed by Liberace on the title page in his flamboyant way '' Liberace love To Winifred'' he Title Page.illustrated with approx 30 pages pf wonderful photographs n black and white.Uncommon title with Liberac...