Biografi

Memoirs Of A Polyglot

William Gerhardi · 1931 · Dodman Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Duckworth, 1st Edition, Gerhardi's entertaining autobiography, written at the age of 35, and now hard to find. This copy in generally good internal order with pages lightly toned but clean and unmarked. Spotting to edge of block only occasionally intruding. Fep has bee...

BOTTOM BUNK - TOP TWO DRAWERS An Account Of The First Voyage By An Apprentice Aborad A Tramp Ship In The Early Fifties [SIGNED]

Gerald Stevens · 1998 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Bishop Auckland, The Pentland Press, 1st Edition, Dedicated and signed by the author under his pseudonym (Gerald Stevens) and his real name (Jeremy Ryder Smith) to fep. In fine order throughout. Smart black boards with bright gilt titling to spine. Near fine unclipped d/j. Thi...

FROM AN OCCULT DIARY Marriage With Harriet Bosse

August Strindberg · 1965 · Dodman Books

£18.50 (€22.17 | $24.44 | ¥3,902)

New York, Hill And Wang, 1st Edition, First thus. Light spotting to edge of block and red tint to top is a little marked, but internally all is in VG clean and bright order. Philip Toynbee press review laid in. Smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. Unclipped ...

Marriage With Genius

Freda Strindberg; Frederic Whyte (ed) · 1940 · Dodman Books

£12.25 (€14.68 | $16.18 | ¥2,584)

London, Jonathan Cape, In Cape's Life & Letters series. The love, marriage and parting of Strindberg and his second wife. Spotting to edge of block, but this only occasionally intruding onto pages which are generally clean and bright. Bookplate of TV Scudamore to front pastedo...

PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR An Adventure [SIGNED]

Artemis Cooper · 2013 · Dodman Books

£17.25 (€20.68 | $22.79 | ¥3,638)

London, John Murray, 1st Edition, First paperback edition, signed by Cooper to title page. In near-fine, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. 12mo. 448pp, Signed by Author(s), Near Fine, No Jacket, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall, 464

THE ROOSEVELT LETTERS Being The Personal Correspondence Of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Early Years 1887-1904

Franklin Delano Roosevelt · 1949 · Dodman Books

£8.75 (€10.49 | $11.56 | ¥1,845)

London, George G Harrap & Co, 1st Edition, Collected correspondence of the youthful FDR. A little fine spotting to edge of block, but internally all is clean and bright. Light wear and minor bumping to black cloth, with bright gilt titling to spine. 8vo. 468pp, Good, No Jacket...

SIEGFRIED SASSOON A Biography

Max Egremont · 2005 · Dodman Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

London, Picador, 1st Edition, 4th Printing, Fourth printing of first edition. Heavy foxing to block edge, occasionally intruding onto pages. Otherwise all in VG order throughout. Plum paper-covered boards with bright gilt tilting to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity s...

The Way It Was [SIGNED]

Herbert Lanks · 1983 · Dodman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Privately Published, 1st Edition, Entertaining autobiography of the much-travelled Lanks, curiously written in the third person. Well illustrated and all in VG, clean and bright internal order. Colour postcards showing Herbert and his wife Gladys affixed to front and back past...

GUY BULLEN By His Friends

His Friends · 1938 · Dodman Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

London, The Highway Press, 1st Edition, Good biography of Bishop Bullen, covering military service, Cambridge, St Marylebone, Nigeria and The Sudan. Illustrated with photos. Fascinating appendix covering the construction of a mud church at Wusasa, Zaria, in Nigeria. Map endpap...

Jacob's Room Is Full Of Books

Susan Hill · 2017 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London , Profile Books, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, A second year-long tour of Hill's well stocked shelves. In fine internal order bar small mark to bottom edge of block. Smart red boards with bright gilt titling to spine. FIne unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends ...

The Quest For Proust

André Maurois · 1950 · Dodman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1st Edition, Stock a little toned, with occasional minor foxing, but in general all in good internal order. However blue boards are heavily marked and thus best regarded as a reading copy. This is a charity sale for Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831...

The Great Pierpont Morgan

Frederick Lewis Allen · 1965 · Dodman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York, Harper & Row, "The unparalleled story of America's mightiest financier." Perennial Library paperback edition. Stock toned and inside covers a little marked, but otherwise all in good order. 12mo. 250pp, Good, No Jacket, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall, 250

Samuel Crompton

Hector Charles Cameron · 1951 · Dodman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, The Batchworth Press, 1st Edition, Ex-lib, but bar accession stamp to verso of title and number to spine, no other evidence thus. Well illustrated and all in VG internal order. Minor shelfwear to green cloth, with small bump to spine. 8vo. 144pp, Good, No Jacket, 8vo -...

Running Accompaniments

Henry Woodd [H W] Nevinson · 1936 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1st Edition, Volume of later memoirs from Nevinson. In VG, clean and bright internal order. Smart green cloth, lightly marked. Dulled gilt titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j, a little toned and lightly worn to edges with minor loss. A nice co...

THE GAMEKEEPER'S BOY The Story Of A Boy Growing Up On The North Norfolk Coast A Century Ago

Mike Cringle · 2002 · Dodman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Dereham, The Larks Press, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing, In fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. Very light wear only to smart pictorial covers. 8vo. 93pp, Anne Cringle, Near Fine, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 93

One More Shake

W Buchanan-Taylor · 1944 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Heath Cranton, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Includes the attractive bookplate of noted pianist Marjan Rawicz to front pastedown. Excellent, discursive and opinionated selection of short essays, part memoir and much about light entertainment, from Buchanan-Taylor, highly ...

EUGENE O'NEILL The Man And His Plays

Barrett H Clark · 1933 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1st Edition, First UK edition. Bibliography to rear. Very light toning to stock but otherwise in VG clean, crisp and bright order throughout. No inscriptions. Smart brick red cloth with crisp blue titling to spine. Scarce in d/j, this unclipped, lightly ...

Life Of Victor Hugo

Frank T Marzials · 1888 · Dodman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London, Walter Scott, 1st Edition, Extensive bibliography to rear. In general good, clean and bright order throughout. Trimmed to top edge, with gilt. Others rough-cut with some dulling to extremities. Dark blue boards lightly marked, with bright gilt titling to spine. 8vo. 22...

HIGHLANDERS OF SCOTLAND A Series Of Portraits, With Biographical And Historical Notices, Illustrative Of The Principal Clans And Followings, And The Retainers Of The Royal Household At Balmoral, In The Reign Of Her Majesty Queen Victoria

Kenneth Macleay · 1872 · Dodman Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Mr Mitchell, Publisher To Her Majesty, ND. [1872 - WorldCat]. Remarkable collection of portraits of Scots notables, with 31 photographs of illustrations of leading figures mounted on printed card, to accompany text. In good internal order bar a little marking to title ...

Maurice Maeterlinck

Edward Thomas · 1911 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, Methuen & Co, 2nd Edition, Second edition, published in November 1911, one month after the first. Heavy foxing to edge of block, but this only occasionally intruding onto pages. Red boards show water damage to top right of front (see photo). Exceptionally scarce with d...