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Baum, Claire · 2014 · Rainy Day Books

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,676)

Book Very Good. Azrieli Foundation Very clean tight copy.

Ellen Buxton's Journal 1860-1864.

BUXTON, ELLEN / CREIGHTON, ELLEN R.C. (EDITOR). · 1967 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1967. Arranged by Her Grand-daughter Ellen R.C.Creighton. Ellen Buxton was born in 1848 and was the grand-daughter of the liberal reformer, Thomas Foxwell Buxton. This book contains some of the earlier diaries plus her sketches shwing family games and ad...

My Gorgeous Life. An Adventure. (signed).

EVERAGE, DAME EDNA. [BARRY HUMPHRIES]. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London: Macmillan, 1989. 0333492412. 1st edition. "Dame Edna Everage: The Life, The Loves, The Legend" 'Autobiography' of the Australian "Megastar". Pp.292, inscribed to half-title page, occasional cartoon illustrations by John Richardson, toning to pages. Purple boards, dustw...

Mrs Delany Her Life and Her Flowers.

HAYDEN, RUTH. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London: British Museum Publications Ltd, (Colonnade Books), 1988. 0714100986. Reprint. "At an age when most people's powers are declining, Mrs Mary Delany, one of the most remarkable personalities of the eighteenth century, was embarking on her finest work of all. Between the ...

Alexina A Woman in Wartime York.

Wilson, Van C · 1995 · Hessay Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

York, V C Wilson, 1995. First Edition. Soft Cover, 59pp. Illustrated blue soft card covers. B + w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy. The author's mother's story of life in York in the Second World War, her social life, friendships, work and the first losses, and her serv...

Alexina A Woman in Wartime York.

Wilson, Van C · 1995 · Hessay Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

York, V C Wilson, 1995. First Edition. Soft Cover, 59pp. Illustrated blue soft card covers. B + w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy. The author's mother's story of life in York in the Second World War, her social life, friendships, work and the first losses, and her serv...

Lord Melbourne's Susan.

Howell-Thomas, Dorothy · 1978 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Gresham Books, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover, Foreword by Robert Gittings. 146pp. Green boards. Complete illustrated dustjacket with a light scrape mark to the front bottom edge where a sticker has been removed. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. Includes The story ...

The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton

Michael Mott · 1984 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. Third printing. Hardcover. 690p. A hardcover book in near fine condition with a dustjacket in very good condition. The book is clean and tight. The dustjacket has light edgewear and rubbing but no chips or tears. Former owner's name else...

The Great Friend: Frederick Ozanam

Albert Paul Schimberg · 1946 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Milwaukee, The Bruce Publishing Company, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 344p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Spine slightly bent down the middle. Edges and endpapers foxed, and early owner's signature on front endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight...

A Delayed Life: the True Story of the Librarian of Auschwitz

Kraus, Dita: · 2022 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

New York: Square Fish (Macmillan), 2022 1st. thus PBK 337pp. + a few b/w portraits. VG.

Orwell: The War Broadcasts

West, W. J. (Ed) · 1985 · The Glass Key

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

London, Duckworth/British Broadcasting Corporation, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. 8vo. Pp 304 + 16pp b&w plates. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and bright, unclipped dust jacket. Near Fine/near fine.

Betjeman: A Life

Wilson, A.N. · 2006 · The Glass Key

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. First US edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp 375 with b&w illustrations throughout. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name of ownership in pencil on the title page else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy...

Orwell: The Life

Taylor, D.J. · 2003 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2003. Later printing. Hardcover. 2nd impression. 8vo. Pp xiv +466 + 16pp b&w plates. Black cloth boards stamped in silver on the spine. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Very Good +/very good +.

Proust: A Biography

Hayman, Ronald · 1990 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

London, Heinemann, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp xxiv + 564 + 12pp b&w plates. Brown cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Th...

George Orwell: A Life - Revised Edition

Crick, Bernard · 1981 · The Glass Key

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1981. Revised edition. Hardcover. First printing of the revised edition. 8vo. Pp xxx + 473 + 16pp b&w photographs. Brown cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound co...

Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography

Bair, Deirdre · 1990 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

New York, Summit Books, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp 718 + 16 pp b&w plates. Quarter bound in brown cloth stamped in silver on the spine with sides of violet paper boards. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. The pr...

Orwell: The War Broadcasts

West W.J. (Ed) · 1985 · The Glass Key

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

London, Duckworth/British Broadcasting Corporation, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. 8vo. Pp 304 + 16pp b&w plates. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name of ownership on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and b...

The Last Great Frenchman: A Life of General de Gaulle

Williams, Charles · 1993 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

London, Little, Brown, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp xvi + 544 + 16pp b&w photographs. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name of ownership on the half-title else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Ve...

Memoirs 1885-1967

Maurois, André · 1970 · The Glass Key

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

London, Bodley Head, 1970. First UK edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp 439. Translated from the French by Denver Lindley. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name of ownership on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an...

George Sand: A Woman's Life Writ Large

Jack, Belinda · 1999 · The Glass Key

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp xiv + 412 + 16pp b&w plates. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. An ex-library copy with minimal markings and name of ownership on the title page. Very Good/very good.