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Raglan: From the Peninsula to the Crimea

Sweetman, John · 1993 · Books & Bygones

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Very Good Very Good First Edition Arms & Armour London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall From this work emerges the portrait of a caring, thoughtful and capable man, greatly at variance with the unflattering image bequeathed by Raglan's detractors.

Henry Clay Frick: An Intimate Portrait

Sanger, Martha Frick Symington · 1998 · Books & Bygones

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Book Very Good Very Good Reprint Abbeville Press New York 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall This beautifully designed biography will appeal to art history lovers and to historians, presenting a singular and compelling reading and visual experience. Additional postage will be payable o...

Crown of Thorns: The Reign of King Boris III of Bulgaria

Groueff, Stephan · 1987 · Books & Bygones

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Book Good Fair First Edition Madison Lanham, MD 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Traces the life of King Boris of Bulgaria, who defied Hitler's demand to send Bulgarian Jews to Nazi concentration camps and died under mysterious circumstances. Dustjacket spine is sunned.

Queen Victoria's Children

Bennett, Daphne · 1980 · Books & Bygones

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Good Good First Edition Gollancz London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg produced nine children before his untimely death at the age of 42 in 1861. Dust jacket spine is sunned.

Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Biography

Erickson, Carolly · 1993 · Books & Bygones

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Book Very Good Very Good Robson Books London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall A biography of the Young Pretender, Charles Stuart, whose claim to the British throne divided the kingdom and shook the monarchies of continental Europe.

Sir John: The Many Faces of Gielgud

Francis, Clive · 1994 · Books & Bygones

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Book Very Good Good - Priceclipped First Edition Robson Books London 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall In joint celebration of a distinguished career and Sir John's 90th birthday, actor and artist Clive Francis has compiled an evocative book of caricatures, complemented by many anecdo...

Writing from Within: A Guide to Creativity and Life Story Writing

Selling, Bernard · 1998 · Books & Bygones

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Book Very Good Third Edition Hunter House Alameda, CA 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall This book helps you gain the skills and confidence you need to write your own life story.

Essential Mosimann, The

Mosimann, Anton; Daneff, Tiffany · 1993 · Books & Bygones

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Book Very Good Very Good First Edition Ebury London 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Lifts the lid off the life of a great chef, charting the places, the people, the events, the foods and the dishes that have shaped Anton Mosimann's career and his own particular style of cooking. Sho...

Summers Will Never Be the Same: Tribute to Brian Johnston

Martin-Jenkins, Christopher & Gibson, Pat · 1994 · Books & Bygones

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Book Good Very Good Reprint Partridge London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Brian Johnston, who died in January 1994, was one of the best-loved figures on radio. His unique broadcasting style won him a special place in the hearts of listeners everywhere. Although "Johnners" became...

To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal Account

Bellow, Saul · 1978 · Books & Bygones

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Book Good Penguin Books London

Sense of Purpose, A

Wilson, Tug · 1992 · Books & Bygones

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Book As New First Edition Tug Wilson Glasgow The story concerns the reality of life as experienced by the people who lived in the tenements - and millions like them - of their dreams and aspirations - their weaknesses and strengths - but above all their tolerance and wry humou...

Sense of Purpose, A

Wilson, Tug · 1992 · Books & Bygones

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Book As New First Edition Tug Wilson Glasgow The story concerns the reality of life as experienced by the people who lived in the tenements - and millions like them - of their dreams and aspirations - their weaknesses and strengths - but above all their tolerance and wry humou...

Great Western, The: Legendary Lady of the Southwest

Sandwich, Brian · 1991 · Books & Bygones

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Book Good Signed by Author(s) First Edition University of Texas Press El Paso 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Title page has been inscribed For Aunt Nin - with best wishes, Brian Sandwich 8/11/93.

Fred Bason's Third Diary

Bason, Fred · 1955 · Books & Bygones

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Book Good Good Signed by Author(s) First Edition Andre Deutsch London 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Front endpaper is inscribed - This copy is owned by my loyal readers and friends Stella and Harold Wheal of Catford, They do not wish to lose this copy. We suggest ever so politely...

Catherine the Great: Life and Legend

Alexander, John T. · 1989 · Books & Bygones

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Book Very Good Very Good First Edition Oxford University Press Inc, USA New York 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Empress of the vast Russian Empire by the age of 33, Catherine's private and public life generated tremendous controversy, and she has been portrayed variously as a polit...

Kitchener: The Man Behind the Legend

Warner, Philip · 1985 · Books & Bygones

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Very Good Very Good First Edition Hamish Hamilton London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall An in depth review of one of the world's most respected military leaders.

Sir Francis Drake

Thomson, George Malcolm · 1988 · Books & Bygones

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Book Good Andre Deutsch London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall This is more than a biography, it is also a broad and searching analysis of the age.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography

Forster, Margaret · 1988 · Books & Bygones

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Book Good Good First Edition Chatto and Windus London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall This biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, written with reference to Browning correspondence only recently available, argues that the poet was a strong and determined woman largely responsible f...

Holy Smoke: Religion and Roots: A Personal Memoir

Purves, Libby · 1998 · Books & Bygones

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Book Very Good Very Good First Edition Hodder & Stoughton London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall In this memoir Libby Purves recalls her strange Catholic childhood in convents around the world with stories of white-robed nuns amid the gilded temples of Bangkok, rations of beer for n...

Byron and Shelley

Blumberg, Jane · 1992 · Books & Bygones

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Book As New As New First Edition Collins and Brown London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1816 was "the year without a summer", when a volcanic eruption blotted out the sun, and it was also the season when a momentous friendship was forged. Byron, Shelley, Mary Shelley (who wrote "F...