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Charles Fairfax Murray: The Unknown Pre-Raphaelite

Elliott, David B. · 2000 · Denton Island Books

£18.85 (€22.59 | $24.90 | ¥3,976)

Book Guild Publishing, 2000. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781857765106 Clean unmarked pages, slight wear to jacket edges. Illustrated biography of this nineteenth century painter, dealer,collector and benefactor. 280 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography &...

I Flew for the Fuhrer: Story of a German Airman

Heinz Knoke · 1997 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,710)

Greenhill Books, 1997. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9781853672637 Slight curling to covers, noticeable creasing to lower front corner, pages clean and unmarked. Heinz Knoke was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of World War II and this vivid firsthand record of h...

Out of My Life

Marshal von Hindenburg · 2015 · Denton Island Books

£18.85 (€22.59 | $24.90 | ¥3,976)

Naval & Military Press , 2015. Softcover. As New. 9781845742997 Clean bright and unmarked, in as new condition. Facsimile printing of Hindenburg's autobiography. 482 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781845742997. Inventory No: dscf1...

The First Iron Lady: A Life of Caroline Ansbach

Matthew Dennison · 2017 · Denton Island Books

£16.85 (€20.20 | $22.26 | ¥3,554)

William Collins, 2017. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780008121990 Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly age toned; slight creasing to upper edge of jacket. ‘Matthew Dennison’s compelling and deftly narrated study of Caroline of Ansbach … Dennison is a t...

Sultan of Swing: The Life of David Butler

Michael Crick · 2018 · Denton Island Books

£15.85 (€19.00 | $20.94 | ¥3,343)

Biteback Publishing, 2018. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781785904387 Clean unmarked pages, slightly age-toned, slight creasing to spine ends of jacket. The story of David Butler is the story of all the elections anyone can remember. And what a brilliant stor...

The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination

Fiona MacCarthy · 2011 · Denton Island Books

£14.85 (€17.80 | $19.62 | ¥3,132)

Faber, 2011. Softcover. As New. 9780571228621 Very clean bright and unmarked, in as new condition. A well-kept copy. This magnificent and deeply felt biography brings with it a sense of completion, not least in its account of one of the greatest and most fruitful Victorian fri...

Thanks a lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story

Roger Daltrey · 2018 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,710)

Blink Publishing, 2018. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Small nick to edge of pp. 331-334, pages otherwise clean and unmarked; bright, clean jacket. The incredible story of The Who, from the band's frontman and rock'n'roll legend Roger Daltrey 352 pages. Quantity Available: 1....

Rescuing Horace Walpole

Wilmarth Lewis · 1979 · Denton Island Books

£20.85 (€24.99 | $27.55 | ¥4,397)

Yale University Press, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780300022780 Top corner clipped from flyleaf, contents otherwise unmarked, jacket in clear removeable cover. From the front flap: "Lewis has written much about his collection [of Walpole's writings etc]. H...

Letters of Ted Hughes

Christopher Reid, ed. · 2007 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,710)

Faber & Faber, 2007. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Slight discolouration to top edge, contents otherwise clean and unmarked, slight creasing to jacket edges. At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter writing as 'excellent training for c...

A Ransomed Dissident: A Life in Art Under the Soviets

Igor Golomstock · 2018 · Denton Island Books

£16.85 (€20.20 | $22.26 | ¥3,554)

I.B.Tauris, 2018. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781788312950 A clean bright copy, slight curling to top front edge of jacket. Golomstock recounts in lively style his life in three separate communities: the Moscow art world of the 1960s, the human rights movement and the pos...

John James Audubon: A Biography

Alice Ford · 1988 · Denton Island Books

£14.85 (€17.80 | $19.62 | ¥3,132)

Abbeville Press, 1988. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780896597440 Remains of erased pencil inscription to top corner of half-title page, contents otherwise unmarked; jacket protected by a clear removeable wrapper. A fine biography of one of the world's greatest nature artis...

On the Move: A Life

Oliver Sacks · 2015 · Denton Island Books

£16.85 (€20.20 | $22.26 | ¥3,554)

Picador, 2015. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781447264040 Clean unmarked pages; bright, unclipped jacket. A well-looked after copy. Perhaps the most winning quality about Sacks' brutally honest book was his consistent willingness to consider the points of view of others.he ...

Heard The Cuckoo...Adjusted Brakes

Tony Aitken · 2015 · Denton Island Books

£22.85 (€27.39 | $30.19 | ¥4,819)

CreateSpace , 2015. Softcover. As New. 9781499292107 A very nice clean bright copy in as new condition. 178 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781499292107. Inventory No: dscf10077.

He Shot, He Scored: The Official Biography of Peter Ward SIGNED/Inscribed

Matthew Horner · 2009 · Denton Island Books

£42.85 (€51.36 | $56.61 | ¥9,037)

Sea View Media, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780956276902 Inscribed by person(s) connected with book. SIGNED to the front endpaper by Peter Ward, and inscribed "Best Wishes". Slight age browning to upper closed page block, pages clean and bright, slight cre...

Duncannon: Reformer and Reconciler, 1781-1847

Dorothy Howell-Thomas · 1993 · Denton Island Books

£18.85 (€22.59 | $24.90 | ¥3,976)

Michael Russell Publishing, 1993. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780859551922 Slight age spotting to top edge, pages otherwise clean and unmarked, slight creasing to spine ends of jacket. A nicely kept copy. 400 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiograp...

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon: Getting to the Core of Apple's Inventor

Steve Wozniak · 2006 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,710)

Headline Review, 2006. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780755314065 First Edition. Clean unmarked pages; short 1/4 inch tear to lower front corner of jacket. 313 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780755314065. In...

Selected Letters Of Edith Sitwell

Edith Sitwell · 1997 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,710)

Virago, 1997. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781860492556 Clean unmarked pages, binding remains firm; price-clipped jacket, slight colour fading to spine. This volume includes unpublished letters to many significant figures, including W.B. Yeats, Bertrand Russell and Be...

Shimon Peres: A Biography

Golan, Matti · 1982 · Syber's Books

A$16.50 (€10.14 | $11.18 | £8.46 | ¥1,785)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1982. First Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by: Photographic. Good Condition/Good. 9780297780199 This list of illustrations, acknowledgements and index. Between pages 150 and 151 there are eight pages of black and white photography. Black coloure...

Completed Jew

Sholl, Andrew · 2002 · Syber's Books

A$22.00 (€13.52 | $14.91 | £11.28 | ¥2,380)

Comsoda Communications, East Keilor, 2002. First Edition, Softcover, Illustrated by: map & photographs. Very Good Condition. 9780958091206 Inscribed by Author. inscribed by the author on the blank page opposite the dedication page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIII, 152 pa...

Lauren Bacall; By Myself and Then Some

Bacall, Lauren · 2006 · Syber's Books

A$12.50 (€7.68 | $8.47 | £6.41 | ¥1,352)

Headline, London, 2006. First Edition, Softcover, Illustrated by: Photographic. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780755313518 The text is illustrated with 4 inserts, of 8 pages each of colour and black-and-white photography. The autobiography of Lauren Bacall, with additio...