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CLEVER HEARTS Desmond And Molly MacCarthy A Biography [SIGNED]

Hugh Cecil; Mirabel Cecil · 1990 · Dodman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1st Edition, Well written and illustrated biography of the remarkable MacCarthys, signed by the Cecils to title page. All in VG internal order. Minor corner creasing to a couple of pages, but otherwise all is clean and bright. Smart black boards with b...

HOME IN THE WORLD A Memoir

Amartya Sen · 2021 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Allen Lane, Nobel Prize winner's autobiography in fine, clean, crisp and bright condition throughout. Smart green boards with white titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j a little worn to lower corner with some surface loss. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Ch...

AFTER-IMAGES Autobiographical Sketches [Author's Copy]

W D Snodgrass · 1999 · Dodman Books

£32.50 (€38.96 | $42.94 | ¥6,854)

Rochester, BOA Editions, 1st Edition, Entertaining and insightful autobiography from Snodgrass. This his own copy with his blind embossed roundel stamped to fep. All in fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. Very light shelfwear to smart blue boards with bright silver t...

HEMINGWAY A Biography

Jeffrey Meyers · 1986 · Dodman Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

London, Macmillan, 1st Edition, First UK edition of this well received literary biography. Light dust spotting to top of block, but otherwise all in VG, clean and bright internal order. Blue boards with bright gilt titling to spine, lightly bumped. VG unclipped d/j. This is a ...

A Life in Music

Daniel Barenboim · 1991 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1st Edition, Light dust spotting to top of block, but otherwise all in VG+ clean and bright internal order. No inscriptions. Smart black boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Chu...

It's All In The Book

Al Read · 1985 · Dodman Books

£10.75 (€12.89 | $14.20 | ¥2,267)

London, W H Allen, 1st Edition, Entertaining autobiography of once-famed British funny man. In near fine, crisp, clean and bright order throughout. No inscriptions. Smart black boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Mo...

THOMAS MANN A Biography

Ronald Hayman · 1996 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, Bloomsbury, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, First printing of first UK edition, in VG+, crisp, clean and bright order throughout. Smart blue boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j showing light edge wear. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Chu...

MRS P'S JOURNEY The Remarkable Story Of The Woman Who Created The A-Z Map

Sarah Hartley · 2001 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Simon & Schuster, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Hartley's entertaining biography of the extraordinary Phyllis Pearsall is, bar light toning to stock, in VG+, clean crisp and bright order throughout. Smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j....

THIS FOUL THING CALLED WAR The Life Of Brigadier-General R J Kentish, CMG, DSO (1876-1956)

Basil Kentish · 1997 · Dodman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Lewes, The Book Guild, 1st Edition, Well written biography of remarkable soldier and, among much else, founder of the National Playing Fields Association. In near fine, crisp, clean and bright order throughout. Smart black boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped...

ANNE SEXTON A Biography

Diane Wood Middlebrook · 1991 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st Edition, 5th or later Printing, Well regarded biography of the extraordinary Sexton. In VG, clean and bright internal order. Smart cream boards, a little shelfworn, with green cloth and gilt titling to spine. Light wear only to VG unclipped d/j. T...

A RAGE FOR ROCK GARDENING The Story Of Reginald Farrer, Gardener, Writer & Plant Collector

Nicola Shulman · 2004 · Dodman Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Boston, David R Godine, 1st Edition, First US edition, in VG+, clean and bright order throughout. Minor marking to endpapers. Smart burgundy paper-covered boards with white cloth and bright gilt titling to spine. VG+ unclipped d/j. 12mo. xvi, 123pp, Very Good, Very Good, 12mo ...

MAURICE BOWRA A Celebration

Hugh Lloyd-Jones (ed) · 1974 · Dodman Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

London, Duckworth, 1st Edition, With contributions from, among others, Isiah Berlin, John Betjeman, Anthony Powell, Cyril Connolly and Osbert Lancaster. Toning to page edges reflecting quality of stock, but otherwise all in VG, clean and crisp order throughout. Former owner's ...

The Journals Of Arnold Bennett 1911-1921

Arnold Bennett; Newman Flower (ed) · 1932 · Dodman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Cassell And Company, 1st Edition, Second volume of Bennett's journals, illustrated with his own WW1 sketches. Light toning to block edge and endpapers, but otherwise all is clean and bright. Smart grey boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j a little...

ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Recollections

Katherine E. Symons, A. W. Pollard, Laurence Housman, R. W. Chambers, Alan Ker, A. S. F. Gow, John Sparrow · 1936 · Dodman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Bromsgrove, Bromsgrove School / The Housman Memorial Fund, 1st Edition, From the limited edition of 500 copies published in November 1936. All in VG clean and bright internal order. Very small, neat signature of former owner to fep. A little light wear and marking to cloth wit...

Edward Thomas

R George Thomas · 1972 · Dodman Books

£5.75 (€6.89 | $7.60 | ¥1,213)

Cardiff, University Of Wales Press, 1st Edition, In the 'Writers Of Wales' series, no.593 from an edition of 750 copies. Bar a couple of minor spots to block edge, all in clean and bright internal order. Card covers lightly rubbed and a little marked to rear. 4to. 82pp, Very G...

SIDETRACKS Explorations Of A Romantic Biographer [SIGNED]

Richard Holmes · 2000 · Dodman Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London, HarperCollins, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Light uniform toning and a little dust-spotting to top of block, but otherwise all in VG order throughout. Smart black boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j lightly worn to top edge. Signed by Holmes to tit...

BUSTER KEATON Cut To The Chase

Marion Meade · 1996 · Dodman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London, Bloomsbury, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Thoroughly entertaining and highly readable biography of the cinema genius that was Keaton. First UK edition. Stock a little toned but otherwise all in VG order throughout. Smart burgundy boards with bright gilt titling to spine. ...

Ben Jonson And King James

Eric Linklater · 1931 · Dodman Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,691)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1st Edition, All in VG clean and bright internal order. Light shelfwear only to smart red cloth boards, a little dulled to edges. Unclipped d/j well worn and rather toned. 8vo. 328pp., Very Good, Fair, 8vo, 328

Victoria, The Widow And Her Son

Hector Bolitho · 1934 · Dodman Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1st Edition, All in VG, crisp, clean and bright internal order. No inscriptions. Colour frontispiece. Smart green cloth with gilt tilting. Spine a little dulled. A nice copy. 8vo. 390pp, Very Good, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 390

FLYING BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS My Life From Boyhood In The Scottish Highlands To My Boldest Daredevil Stunt Yet And The Final Reward

Bruce Grant · 2020 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Bruce Grant, 1st Edition, Autobiography of daredevil aviator (and much more besides). In VG, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. 8vo. 259pp, Very Good, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 259