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KINDRED SPIRITS Adrift In Literary London

Jeremy Lewis · 1996 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Flamingo, Thoroughly entertaining publishing memoir. Stock as little toned but otherwise in VG internal order. Light wear only to covers. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1098831). 12mo. 311pp, Very Good, No Jacket, 12mo, 311

RECOLLECTIONS OF DR JOHN BROWN With A Selection From His Correspondence

Alexander Peddie · 1893 · Dodman Books

£6.25 (€7.49 | $8.26 | ¥1,318)

London, Percival & Co, 1st Edition, All in VG order throughout, bar a little occasional foxing, moreso to title page. Neat inscription to fep. Smart quarter dark brown cloth with bright gilt titling to spine, tan cloth-covered boards, lightly marked to rear. 12mo. 197pp + 24pp...

UNCLE WILLIE 70 Years Of Unbroken Congregational Ministry

Don Borland · 1995 · Dodman Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

Chapel-en-le-Frith, Caron Publications, 1st Edition, All in near-fine clean crisp and bright order. Gift inscription to fep. Smart burgundy cloth with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8...

Edward Garnett : A Life in Literature

George Jefferson · 1982 · Dodman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1st Edition, All in VG order throughout, with just a little light toning commensurate with stock and age. Smart maroon boards with bright gilt titling to spine. Unclipped VG d/j in removable protective cover. Small selection of newspaper reviews included...

THE CURIOUS CASE OF LADY PURBECK A Scandal Of The XVIIth Century

Anon. (Thomas Longueville) · 1909 · Dodman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1st Edition, All in good internal order. Pages lightly tanned, very occasional spotting. Green cloth covers a little worn and bumped. Gilt titling to spine., Very Good, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 148

The Best Years Of Their Lives

Peter de Morny · 1955 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, Centaur Press, 1st Edition, All in VG internal order. Black boards with gilt titling to spine lightly worn. D/j worn and creased, with small loss. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831)., Very Good, Fair, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 244

My Tablecloths: A Few Reminiscences

Ethel Alec-Tweedie · 2008 · Dodman Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,691)

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, Very poorly executed reprint by the scavengers of the publishing world, who here have taken a New York Public LIbrary copy of Alec-Tweedie's 1916 memoirs and reproduced it, stamps, markings, and all. However, as the original is hard to find, this may...

Seen And Not Heard

Barbara Daykin · 2013 · Dodman Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,691)

Privately published, 1st Edition, Childhood memoir of Daykin, awarded an MBE in later life for services to education. Dedicated and signed 'Best Wishes Barbara'. All in VG clean internal order. One photograph tipped on in text as called for. Covers lightly marked. Scarce. Thi...

Yours, And Mine [SIGNED]

Judith Rascoe · 1973 · Dodman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Boston, Little Brown, 1st Edition, VG condition, clean and bright with just a couple of spots to edge of block. D/J VG in protective cover. Inscribed on fep: 'Many pleasant memories of Squaw Valley in 73 Judith Rascoe'. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston C...

Mary Whitehouse

Max Caulfield · 1976 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Oxford, Mowbrays, 1st Edition, Not unsympathetic biography of the remarkable Mary Whitehouse. Bar dust spotting to top of block, all in VG+, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Light shelfwear only to blue boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j, faded t...

THE MAN AND THE BOOK Sir Walter Scott

John Buchan · 1928 · Dodman Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,691)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 3rd Edition, Third edition of Buchan's Scott biography, complete with VG d/j, and hard to find thus. All in VG clean and crisp internal order, bar a little toning to endpapers. Gilt to top of block. Very smart blue boards with bright gilt titling....

WHATEVER NEXT? Reminiscences Of A Journey Through Life (+ Letter And Sermon)

Earl Ferrers · 2011 · Dodman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, Biteback, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, First printing of this "poignant and charming" memoir of the much liked Robert Washington Shirley, Earl Ferrers. Laid in is a signed letter from the Bishop Of Norwich with a copy of the sermon he preached at Ferrers' funeral. All in...

The Duchess Countess

Catherine Ostler · 2021 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Simon & Schuster, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, In VG+, crisp, clean and bright order throughout. Smart dark blue boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG+ unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 466pp, Very Good, Very G...

LADY MORGAN'S MEMOIRS: Autobiography Diaries And Correspondence [2 Volumes]

Lady Morgan [Sydney Owenson] · 1863 · Dodman Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Wm H Allen & Co, 2nd Edition, Complete in two volumes, Lady Morgan's remarkable and entertaining memoirs, steered to publication after her death by W Hepworth Dixon. Engraved frontispieces to both volumes, these and title pages rather foxed, but thereafter all is gener...

DOUBLE LIVES An Autobiography

William Plomer · 1943 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1st Edition, Light toning to wartime economy stock, but otherwise all in VG, clean and bright internal order. Green cloth lightly bumped and a little marked, with bright gilt titling to spine. 12mo. 216pp, Very Good, No Jacket, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall,...

Lord Berners The Last Eccentric

Mark Amory · 1998 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1st Edition, Stock toned to page edges reflecting poor quality, but otherwise this entertaining biography is in VG order throughout. Green boards are lightly bumped and bright gilt titling to spine is applied upside down. Light wear only to unclipped d...

EMINENT MARICONES Arenas, Lorca, Puig, And Me

Jaime Manrique · 1999 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Madison, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1st Edition, Short (auto)biographical essays, in VG, crisp, clean and bright order throughout. Former owner's stamp to rear pastedown. Smart blue cloth with bright gilt titling to spine. 8vo. 116pp, Very Good, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7...

From Early Life

William Cooper · 1990 · Dodman Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,691)

London, Macmillan, 1st Edition, 89 short chapters of biographical reminiscence, some more interesting than others. (eg. Cooper notes that girls' school classrooms smelt faintly of onions). Dust spotting to top of block, but otherwise in fine, clean crisp and bright internal o...

FRIENDS OF PROMISE Cyril Connolly And The World Of Horizon

Michael Shelden · 1989 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

New York, Harper & Row, 1st Edition, First US edition, in fine internal order bar some light dust spotting to top of block. Smart black paper-covered boards with silver titling on black cloth to spine. VG unclipped d/j, faded to spine. This is a charity sale for Friends of Mor...

MOLLY KEANE A Life

Sally Phipps · 2017 · Dodman Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

London, Virago, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Excellent literary biography. Preface by Diana Athill. Stock toned to edges of block, but pages clean and bright. No inscriptions. Smart black boards with crisp yellow titling to spine. Front board leads very slightly. VG unclipped d/...