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HELEN KELLER The Women Of Renown Series

Esther Samms · 1953 · Dodman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Newnes Educational Publishing, Everything you need to know about Keller in this brief and pleasingly presented biography, produced for schools. In VG order throughout. Attractive cloth backed card covers. One of a number of books in the Men of Courage and Women Of Reno...

ROBERT CLIVE Men Of Courage Series - Book Ten

L Edna Walter · 1953 · Dodman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Newnes Educational Publishing, Everything you need to know about Clive (from a 1950s perspective) in this brief and pleasingly presented biography, produced for schools. In VG order throughout. Attractive cloth backed card covers. This is a charity sale on behalf of Fr...

THE RAIN ON MY FACE

Quentin Quatermain · 2004 · Dodman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Avicenna Press, First, Near-fine throughout. VG unclipped d/j lightly faded to spine. 4to. 351pp., Near Fine, Very Good, 4to, 0

An Autobiography And Other Essays

G M Trevelyan · 1949 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, Longmans Green & Co, First, All in VG internal order. A little marking to endpapers. Smart blue cloth. Silver titling to spine. D/j rather grubby and worn with some loss to edges. 8vo. 237pp This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831)., ...

NO RAIN IN THOSE CLOUDS Being an Account of my father John Smith's Life and Farming from 1862 to the Present Day

David Smith · 1945 · Dodman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, J M Dent & Sons, 1st Edition, 3rd Printing, Third printing of first edition in VG condition throughout. Light green boards with blue titling to spine. In unclipped d/j (including 'cheaper edition' sticker to inside flap, a little worn to edges and with one or two close...

More Memoirs And Soliloquies

W. R-S [William Riley-Smith] · 1952 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Privately Printed, ND. 1952 (WorldCat). Curious second collection of reminiscences from Riley-Smith, director, among much else of John Smith's Brewery in Tadcaster. Illustrations are by Mr Bradley, his bank manager. Entertainingly self-effacing: "Therefore my dear friends, if ...

HUCKS Through Adversity To Great Heights My Autobiography [SIGNED]

Darren Huckerby · 2011 · Dodman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Norwich, Wensum Publishing, 1st Edition, Well written autobiography of noted Norwich City footballer, signed by him to half title. All in VG, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Minor toning to edge of block. Smart black boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG clipped...

Conversations With James Joyce

Arthur Power · 1974 · Dodman Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Millington, 1st Edition, Scarce UK first edition of Power's record of conversations with Joyce during their long friendship. Stock lightly toned and a little spotted to edge of block, but otherwise in VG order throughout. Smart blue boards with bright gilt titling to s...

ENCHANTRESS OF NATIONS Pauline Viardot: Soprano, Muse And Lover

Michael Steen · 2007 · Dodman Books

£22.50 (€26.97 | $29.73 | ¥4,745)

Cambridge, Icon Books, 1st Edition, In near-fine order throughout, clean, crisp and bright. Smart black boards with bright guilt titling. VG unclipped d/j faded to spine. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 543pp, Near Fine, Very G...

Adventures Of An Obscure Victorian

W G Riddell · 1932 · Dodman Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Macmillan And Co, First, 2nd Printing, Scarce. 2nd impression. All in VG internal order. Neat owner's inscription to ffep. Clean bright red cloth, lightly worn to edges of spine, the latter a little faded. 8vo. 275pp + ads., Very Good, no dj, 8vo, 0

DON'T CALL ME HERO An autobiography

Jim McGregor with Luke Boyd · 2003 · Dodman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Brentwood, Tennessee, Willeo, 1st Edition, Exceptionally scarce autobiography of B-24 bomber pilot who served in the Second World War in the US Eighth Air Corps. As the cover states: "You don't send a man to war and get the same man back". Written at the age of 83, McGregor dr...

LADY The Story of Claudia Alta (Lady Bird) Johnson [Signed by Subject]

Jean Flynn · 1993 · Dodman Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Austin, Eakin Press, 1st Edition, SIGNED BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON on pre-title page: "For Tony - on a happy visit to the LBJ Ranch! February 8, 1998, Lady Bird Johnson". Written by a "biographer of famous Texans for young Americans" and in fine, crisp, clean and bright order thro...

THE OLIVIERS A Biography [Signed by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh]

Felix Barker · 1953 · Dodman Books

£675.00 (€809.09 | $891.77 | ¥142,359)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1st Edition, Signed by Laurence and Leigh to lightly toned photo frontispiece. All in generally good internal order. Some spotting to endpapers and edge of block, but this only intruding onto pages occasionally and then minor. Smart burgundy boards wit...

ALEXANDER PENROSE FORBES Bishop Of Brechin The Scottish Pusey

William Perry · 1939 · Dodman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge [SPCK], 1st Edition, Stock toned to edges, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Signs of label removal to endpapers, but no indications of library use. Blue boards a little worn to edges and rather faded to spine. This is a ...

Millicent Garrett Fawcett

Ray Strachey · 1931 · Dodman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, John Murray, 1st Edition, First edition of this biography of leading figure in the women's suffrage cause, with eight plates and a frontispiece portrait. Likely ex-lib as some evidence of label removal to rear pastedown, but no other indications. Stock toned and some l...

The Brighter Side Of Banking [SIGNED]

Arnold Wilkes · 1958 · Dodman Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Widnes, Swale, 1st Edition, Poet and former banker Wilkes penned this book of 'confessions' on retirement while wishing he could have written another book of poetry instead ("but nobody seems to like, or read, poetry these days, or to try to understand it. Not my type of poet...

Noa Noa

Paul Gaugin · 1920 · Dodman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

New York, Nicholas L Brown, 1st Edition, 3rd Printing, Third printing (February 1920) of the first edition (December 1919) of Gaugin's remarkable account of his life and work in Tahiti, as translated from the French by O F Theis. Lacks frontispiece portrait. Stock toned, but o...

THE MYSTIC BRIDE A Study Of The Life-Story Of Catherine Of Siena

Mrs Aubrey Richardson [Jerusha D Richardson] · 1911 · Dodman Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

London, T Werner Laurie, ND. [1911 - WorldCat]. All in general good internal order, though frontispiece is (present but) detached. Edge of block toned and marked. Rems of label to rear pastedown suggesting ex-WH Smith library. Boards dulled, worn and shaken. Best regarded as a...

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX 35 Years In Kitimat And Terrace, Working For Alcan, Raising A Family, And Living The Good Life

Alan McGowan · 2019 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Alan McGowan, Second volume of McGowan's memoirs, in near fine, crisp, clean and bright order throughout. 8vo. 230pp, Near Fine, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 232

JOURNEY WITH GENIUS Recollections And Reflections Concerning The D H Lawrences

Witter Bynner · 1953 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, Peter Nevill, 1st Edition, Lawrence in New Mexico in the 1920s. Light toning to stock but otherwise in VG internal order throughout bar foxing/spotting to endpapers. Grey boards a little bumped and faded to spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (r...